The next time you hear someone say they're just vibing in life without a job, just look at this image.
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Long life isn't everything. World is fucked
World has always been fucked (see Billy Joel's "we didn't start the fire" for simple reference). Life is what you make of it
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Don't you get bored, or back problems from sitting at a computer 24/7 ?
I have enough room to pace in a circle while listening to music and emotionally spiral over my past failures, perpetual inadequacy, etcetera. Also I sometimes need to sleep so I lay down at times. Also it isn't seven days a week, I need to go out to the desert and deliver vegetables and other produce every Friday.
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This is, apparently, Shanin Blake. This is a picture from 2017.
Arguably, there's a lot to criticize her about, but her leading a carefree lifestyle and finding success in publicizing it doesn't seem like one.
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Americans typically have leftovers that they take home
Are you just not aware of how overweight Americans are on average? As i understand it we have been conditioned to believe these insane portions are "a meal". I was simply unable to start losing weight until i traveled to Mexico to discover and internalize what a normal meal portion is. If you go to a restaurant in the US, you should expect to see most of the people around you finishing their plates
The US's obesity problem is more complicated than that. It's not just that our portions are big. Americans have to work pretty long hours too. That means much of our lives we probably aren't getting much exercise, and when we get home a lot of us don't have a lot of energy to cook so we probably eat a lot more pre-packaged food. Stress also contributes a lot to weight gain.
And once you have gained a lot of weight, all of those problems, plus the fact that healthcare is so expensive, make it even more difficult to lose.
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I want to visit America one time just for the food. I keep hearing from American TV about twinkies and red vines and all kinds of stuff, then I try them whenever I get a chance here in the UK and theyre so bad. I need to know for sure whether we're getting a version that conforms to our food laws and they lose a lot in the process or if theyre really that terrible.
A lot of the stuff in those foods are banned outside of America, and for good reason. You're getting the better version, such as it is.
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World has always been fucked (see Billy Joel's "we didn't start the fire" for simple reference). Life is what you make of it
wrote last edited by [email protected]We've had a habitable wilderness for all of human existence until now. Dystopian society is now The only option for living in most of the planet. World has not always been this fucked.
Edit: if you're not convinced, actuaries are predicting 2 billion climate deaths at +2C warming (we're at 1.7C now) and 4 billion deaths at 3C, which is the absolute minimum we're in for assuming we stopped all emissions tomorrow. Obviously that's not happening, so it's going to be way worse than that. Our existing billions of people also depend on a complex web of logistics systems which are currently falling apart or being dismantled. Google "complexity collapse."
One of you can have my ration. I'm not gonna fight you for it.
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As someone who effectively lives in his grandmother's attic and "vibes" I am insulted by the vague comparison. I have to budget with my job damnit, I work as a courier one day a week.
The rest of the week is me doing autism and childhood PTSD things, so jacking off and playing Fallout NV. Also getting new scars via cats.
I also have a far better sense of fashion, THE 1940 SWEDISH TANKER GREAT COAT STAYS ON DURING SEX!
I may not understand much… but this I get
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The US's obesity problem is more complicated than that. It's not just that our portions are big. Americans have to work pretty long hours too. That means much of our lives we probably aren't getting much exercise, and when we get home a lot of us don't have a lot of energy to cook so we probably eat a lot more pre-packaged food. Stress also contributes a lot to weight gain.
And once you have gained a lot of weight, all of those problems, plus the fact that healthcare is so expensive, make it even more difficult to lose.
https://youtu.be/TH6Wq4KWu7M
TL;DW smaller portion size, better school nutrition, healthier foods from convenience stores rather than omega-processed fast food garbage -
I want to visit America one time just for the food. I keep hearing from American TV about twinkies and red vines and all kinds of stuff, then I try them whenever I get a chance here in the UK and theyre so bad. I need to know for sure whether we're getting a version that conforms to our food laws and they lose a lot in the process or if theyre really that terrible.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I've traveled a lot for food, and, despite not living and never having lived in America, the US has the best "foreign" food I've ever had. The best Chinese food I ever had was in the US, for example. In fact, I think high (and high-ish) cuisine in the US is generally quite good (despite crazily sized portions WTF).
I've had incredible Korean food in random towns (~20,000 pop.), incredible Indien in another (<50,000), etc.; I think the US is kinda special when it comes to foreign food like that.
And, of course, there is some American-American food that is amazing. The greatest filet mignon I ever had was also in the US (and again, random small towns, not metropolitan cities). Also: donuts (not from chains) can be craaaaaazy good. Also cheesecake, though I actually prefer the German version of New York cheesecake (cheese cake is originally German, New York improved it, then Germany improved that).
The problem is grocery store food. It all has 3x sugar and chemicals compared Europe. Literally everything, sometimes even organic stuff, tastes fake and disgustingly sweet. It drives me crazy, and is one of the top reasons I would never live in the US. I also dislike the espresso there: nearly all specialty coffee I've had in the US has either been extracted by untrained barista or has been a bad copy of faux-skandinavian roasts. I think that situation is better in larger cities though, which I've spent less time in.
Ok, sorry for this very, very long ramble. Just some thoughts on American food from someone who didn't grow up there but has tried a lot of it.
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We've had a habitable wilderness for all of human existence until now. Dystopian society is now The only option for living in most of the planet. World has not always been this fucked.
Edit: if you're not convinced, actuaries are predicting 2 billion climate deaths at +2C warming (we're at 1.7C now) and 4 billion deaths at 3C, which is the absolute minimum we're in for assuming we stopped all emissions tomorrow. Obviously that's not happening, so it's going to be way worse than that. Our existing billions of people also depend on a complex web of logistics systems which are currently falling apart or being dismantled. Google "complexity collapse."
One of you can have my ration. I'm not gonna fight you for it.
The Antarctic used to have a giant ozone hole. In the late 1960's, Lake Erie was dead from pollution. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted it caught fire. Rain was so acidic that statues in cities were dissolving.
Read history instead of following social media hype. Despite Trump turning back the clock a few years, the environment has improved dramatically over the past 50 years.
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I've traveled a lot for food, and, despite not living and never having lived in America, the US has the best "foreign" food I've ever had. The best Chinese food I ever had was in the US, for example. In fact, I think high (and high-ish) cuisine in the US is generally quite good (despite crazily sized portions WTF).
I've had incredible Korean food in random towns (~20,000 pop.), incredible Indien in another (<50,000), etc.; I think the US is kinda special when it comes to foreign food like that.
And, of course, there is some American-American food that is amazing. The greatest filet mignon I ever had was also in the US (and again, random small towns, not metropolitan cities). Also: donuts (not from chains) can be craaaaaazy good. Also cheesecake, though I actually prefer the German version of New York cheesecake (cheese cake is originally German, New York improved it, then Germany improved that).
The problem is grocery store food. It all has 3x sugar and chemicals compared Europe. Literally everything, sometimes even organic stuff, tastes fake and disgustingly sweet. It drives me crazy, and is one of the top reasons I would never live in the US. I also dislike the espresso there: nearly all specialty coffee I've had in the US has either been extracted by untrained barista or has been a bad copy of faux-skandinavian roasts. I think that situation is better in larger cities though, which I've spent less time in.
Ok, sorry for this very, very long ramble. Just some thoughts on American food from someone who didn't grow up there but has tried a lot of it.
God fuck our coffee. I finally got an espresso machine somewhat recently just so I could have lattes like the ones I had in Europe. A good latte should not need sugar! Espresso should be yummy!
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The Antarctic used to have a giant ozone hole. In the late 1960's, Lake Erie was dead from pollution. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted it caught fire. Rain was so acidic that statues in cities were dissolving.
Read history instead of following social media hype. Despite Trump turning back the clock a few years, the environment has improved dramatically over the past 50 years.
Fine. Until relatively recently, like before mass industrialization.
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Fine. Until relatively recently, like before mass industrialization.
Your premise is that it's going to get a lot worse. But the past 50 years has been improving. It's therefore reasonable to believe we will keep improving.
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You should see some of the "American food" they sell in some parts of Europe and Asia. I feel like it's pretty typical everywhere to misunderstand and exoticize other cultures.
Not just typical. It should be celebrated. I for one throughly enjoy seeing cross cultural exchanges of any creative type. Exotic doesn't need to be derogatory or dehumanizing. (it's really unfortunate that it most often is.) Everybody is exotic somewhere.
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Fucking trust fund babies.
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As someone who effectively lives in his grandmother's attic and "vibes" I am insulted by the vague comparison. I have to budget with my job damnit, I work as a courier one day a week.
The rest of the week is me doing autism and childhood PTSD things, so jacking off and playing Fallout NV. Also getting new scars via cats.
I also have a far better sense of fashion, THE 1940 SWEDISH TANKER GREAT COAT STAYS ON DURING SEX!
stays on
Im sure
during sex
Unproven.
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I have enough room to pace in a circle while listening to music and emotionally spiral over my past failures, perpetual inadequacy, etcetera. Also I sometimes need to sleep so I lay down at times. Also it isn't seven days a week, I need to go out to the desert and deliver vegetables and other produce every Friday.
That sounds mostly okay!
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stays on
Im sure
during sex
Unproven.
I consider it sex when my alter ego takes control and starts ravaging my body. Big grey area though, in terms of consent.
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This is, apparently, Shanin Blake. This is a picture from 2017.
Arguably, there's a lot to criticize her about, but her leading a carefree lifestyle and finding success in publicizing it doesn't seem like one.
Trustafarian is an absolutely brilliant insult.
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I consider it sex when my alter ego takes control and starts ravaging my body. Big grey area though, in terms of consent.
Oof. I get that. Must be rough finding people who are both considerate and capable of dealing with that complexity.
