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user-inactivated  ·  2487 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shake it up. Offer up one somewhat unpopular opinion that you hold.

The reason to eat meat every day is because I want to and it is delicious. I mean, there's no grander reason than that even for people who eat meat every day.

Food labels are a waste of time because people don't care and if they do then they already use the labels on there to care. The big reason that eating heatlhy and cheaply is hard is because there are a ton of foods that don't keep (fruits and vegetables) that are healthy, and because you can only mark up a salad so much before it becomes ludicrous. So marking up meat and fat based dishes makes a restaurant a lot more money.

Memory is terrible. That's why it's awesome. I can re-write everything at will. Revisionist biography. Excellent.

Being famous for acting and being pretty is probably terrible. Being famous for being rich is probably awesome. Bill Gates does not look unhappy.

You are absolutely correct about the drugs.





user-inactivated  ·  2487 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Food labels are a waste of time because people don't care and if they do then they already use the labels on there to care.

That's the same logic I used as a kid. "Why bother telling people about something better? Those who don't care about it won't use it, and whose who do, will".

It's the kind of deterministic logic that pushes away progress and education. "If they want to learn, they'll learn". Yes, well... Some people are just unaware of the same benefits you have in your head when you cite whatever it is you cite. Maybe they grew up in an environment that demotes creative thinking or education as a whole.

Unless it is your job to care about this, you don't have to... but then, if it isn't and you do, how is your opinion relevant? You don't have the knowledge of the person possessing the skills to make these decisions for a living; why should we listen to you?

At least food labelling is a step towards healthier eating. Not bothering is not.

    Memory is terrible. That's why it's awesome. I can re-write everything at will. Revisionist biography. Excellent.

Never seen someone so excited about the prospect of lying to themselves.

user-inactivated  ·  2486 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Never seen someone so excited about the prospect of lying to themselves.

Convincing lies are the backbone of art.

user-inactivated  ·  2486 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Art is escapism. Rewriting your own history is foregoing responsibility for the things you did. The difference? Escapism is temporary.