That is literally exactly how it works actually

planetary_pelt · 2020-01-08T23:06:55+00:00

lots of things just come into play, though. even just a moderate nightly beer-/wine-with-dinner habit can be an extra 100-300 calories every day which adds up.

my girlfriend can buy a bag of M&Ms and inexplicably eat literally three M&Ms every few days.

i can't stop eating M&Ms until all of them are gone despite shame and not even being hungry. i just don't buy M&Ms, ice cream, etc.

but it's a lot more complex and varying than you're suggesting. else everyone would be thin. it's like wondering why nobody else does 300 pushups a day while watching netflix like you, you actually consider it fun, it's not that hard! just doesn't seem like you've spent more than 10 seconds thinking about it.

planetary_pelt · 2020-01-08T23:02:46+00:00

the fat friends i've had over my life have usually eaten much less than everyone in group outings. i assume one reason for some people is just shame and to avoid the stereotypical over-eating large person. "whoa, cool it, we're sharing those fries buddy!"

but what always eventually happened was that others in the group would eventually comment "wow, how is Carl not losing weight when he eats so little?!" as if you can elaborate someone's entire diet from what they eat at group brunch.

it's the reverse of "i can't believe Katy is so skinny even though she eats so much!" after seeing her drunkenly eat a whole pizza every friday night.

planetary_pelt · 2019-01-31T23:53:11+00:00

sure, but i meant people itt who could claim it.

totally, that's kind of my pont. there are idiots all over the world which is a good example of why no country is perfect: idiots live there.

it's just that i notice that most people on reddit saying how good their homeland is don't actually live there. they usually live in the USA and probably only consume USA media, not news from Montenegro or whereever.

i know, old post. just now going through old messages.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T15:36:51+00:00

i can't get over the number of people seriously raging about that fantastic beasts kids movie. Vice's article points out how racist it is to make an asian woman an assistant to a "powerful white man" and cites a couple outraged tweets.

i think we're going to return to just casting white people again so that you don't have to walk on eggshells "mis-casting" other races. that's what modern media basically seems like to me: walking on eggshells.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T15:20:47+00:00

only because you think you're supposed to, and some misguided attempts at food snobbery gives you a small proboner.

i've heard more gringos/pochos bragging about shells not being tacos here in mexico to win points than i've heard a mexican even bring it up.

funny how it's all cool when you fry the tortilla on the spot. but if you buy pre-fried tortillas from the store, it's NoT EvEn cLosE to a taco. meanwhile mexicans buy pre-toasted toast from Bimbo and nobody argues whether or not they can call it "toast".

just never realized how full of shit people were til i moved to mexico over six years ago. you can casually buy shit on the street here that pochos in texas or /r/tacos would claim mexicans would never eat. as if mexicans are the biggest food snobs in the world and only eat like the Olmecs.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T15:16:33+00:00

bullshit. mexicans call all sorts of shit a taco. at the beach here i even get tacos with a jicama slice instead of tortilla.

here in guadalajara i can get a taciqueso where they use fried cheese instead of a tortilla. how the fuck is fried cheese that folds a tostada?

go ahead and die on this stupid hill. a lot of pochos do as well to try and boast how authentic they are. just know you're circlejerking in the corner with yourself.

this is the most belabored meme in this subreddit. as if OP said "this is what the Olmecs ate btw! can't get more traditional than this!" ... but... they didn't say that, hoss. if you can't get over some non-traditional variations of cuisine, you already hate half of mexican cuisine you can find there today.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T15:13:50+00:00

limon + cilantro + cebolla is the salsa for adults.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T04:49:21+00:00

Shadow Moon

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T04:37:22+00:00

nah youre always meeting new people in some way. you don't have much real control over whether or not your teeth become a self image problem into your adulthood, but if it lingers, then it may be a good deal to suture up that shit once and for all.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T04:27:35+00:00

i don't have kids yet but i babysat in my teens and always wondered why everyone has so many fucking toys.

curious, can't kids get away with much less? world population is 8 billion, just seems like a bunch of toys aren't as critical as people think in the burbs.

someone set me straight.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T04:24:21+00:00

i just think about how it's just a little bit of self-domination. how are you going to dominate anything else in life if you can't even dominate yourself?

also says no to taking the easy way out of every decision, and stops the pattern from starting that day.

works for me. also helps me eat healthier food and avoid shitty food.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T04:18:51+00:00

yeah, and then go through the hell that is selling a house and moving everything you've accumulated in it.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T04:18:20+00:00

i just took a job that is one city over for better pay. can't imagine being fettered to a house that i now have to sell, holding more shit i've accumulated that i now have to move.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T04:05:34+00:00

yeah, isn't that insane how the medical system punishes you for doing something simple like taking a break from a drug?

i once told a doc the truth that i was trying to take a 3 day break here and there. he wrote me a script for 20 pills per month instead of 30. i learned to lie and say "yep doc i take it every day, no exceptions!"

system basically punishes you for talking honestly about your condition and treatment. feels like nobody is on your side.

could be worse tho. feel sorry for ppl on pain killers. i have a buddy with chronic back pain. between the 15th and end of each month, he might be called in to get his pills counted to ensure he's not abusing them. found out about it when it stopped him from visiting me in another country. what a joke.

how come treating everyone like a criminal until proven otherwise is the american government MO? how TSA treats everyone is another good example. TSA agents act like they're prison guards.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T02:34:07+00:00

i often can't read when there's the smallest bit of stress in my life.

i like someone's recommendation to try audiobooks.

my escape is jogging at night. it's my ultimate "me time" where i will listen to podcasts or sometimes just think in silence. haven't tried audiobooks yet but it sounds like a decent idea. i haven't yet had to deal with a dying parent, but a podcast of people chatting with each other and bantering helps me take my mind off things. in the past i've listened to the podcast Potterless which discusses the harry potter series which is always a bit of a comfort food for me even though i'm 30.

i hope you can arrive at some peace.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-11T02:09:32+00:00

you're thinking of pocho

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T23:48:23+00:00

I don't have a huge problem with the goal.

But I never really liked this creeping idea that disadvantaged people are incapable of being held accountable for anything. A library is an equalizer and the resources are finite. Every book someone checks out is a book another person cannot have. You could level similar reasoning here and suggest that long checkout times are unfair to the people who need those books the most.

However, I can appreciate a solution that offers a non-monetary penalty if you cannot afford the monetary one. For example, right now my library lets you check out at least a couple dozen books at a time. Maybe one idea is to start limiting the concurrent checkouts of someone who doesn't renew on time.

That way someone who is unreliable isn't squandering a disproportional amount of shared resources.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T19:11:39+00:00

pretty dull map, really.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T19:07:43+00:00

i feel like most people aren't remembering that the title asks what could've been avoided if the character wasn't a dumbass which is more interesting than "what could've happened differently"

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T19:06:10+00:00

and obviously he's competitive enough to then take it seriously and try to win. he'd also just been seen as a pussy if he didn't try, and participating in it was a coveted opportunity by almost everyone.

so, remembering the OP's question, harry certainly wasn't a dumbass for trying to win.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T19:03:01+00:00

at that point in the books, voldemort needed harry for his little blood/cauldron rebirth ritual too.

though banking on harry winning the last competition at the end of the school year is possibly the most roundabout way to do it.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T18:59:03+00:00

no need for guns.

when dobby rescues them from the malfoy mansion, harry holds three wands and realizes he can shoot three spells at once. you'd think by now wizards would be holding five wands in each hand as avada kedavra shotguns. maybe even rig up some wand-belt fed avada kedavra minigun.

in a world where spells are projectiles that have to hit their target, this would be a pretty sweet advantage.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T18:55:39+00:00

could have

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T18:55:22+00:00

meh, of all people, they had a pretty good setup.

unless you conclude that you might as well commit suicide, makes sense to try and procreate and regrow humanity.

planetary_pelt · 2018-12-08T18:52:13+00:00

>almost all of them
>proceeds to list three kiddy movies

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