alt Hacker NewsThis is something that I like to ask friends and acquaintances: Would you rather take a pill that gives you perfect nutrition and nullifies your hunger feeling or a pill that the gives you perfect nutrition and nullifies any other calories you eat.
It's pretty much 50/50. Which is weird, as you'd think that eating is only a pleasure when hungry and I'm proposing them a way to get rid of hunger. Even weirder is that I personally would take the second pill and enjoy my gluttonous lifestyle.
Regarding this thread: I personally decided for myself that if I can be stubborn towards my wife, friends and mom (and I am a stubborn SOB) I sure as hell can be stubborn towards my own bodily desires. I removed all meals except once per day and pretty much all desserts. Fuck what my body thinks it desires, if it needs it that much it can go fix a meal while I sleep.
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That's some philosophical weirdness right there. I guess we're kind of into the biological aspects of the human condition and don't want to part with them, because they're like a fun, mildly disgusting game. There'd have to be some other entertaining lifestyle that you gain in exchange, and you'd have to be sure you could dig it before you'd agree to the switch.
I want both... Some days, in particular when working hard or focusing on something, food is just fuel and not something I want to spend time on. I'd definitely take that first pill for those days.
But I also really like cooking. If I have the time I don't mind spending hours in the kitchen to prepare something. I don't really need that second pill yet, but sometimes you just want to pig out...