[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
I agree with the point that you can get sufficient vitamins from a pill and get rid of vegetables all together. I do feel, however, that during a diet, since they are low in macros, they take up some space in the stomach which can stop people from shoveling more calories down their throats. We also live in a time where people do not drink anywhere near as much water as they should and vegetables, being mostly water, help provide some extra without having to drink 8 glasses.
I will say that they seem more useful to the average person than they do to a bodybuilder.
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See that’s exactly what I’m talking about! The only good thing about vegetables it seems is that for fat people they’re a tasty alternative to filling their stomach with dirt so that they’re not hungry enough to keep eating doughnuts. By that definition their very usefulness is a product of how nutritionally worthless they are.[/quote]
They also act as a natural laxative because of its high fiber content. This is really only important for people who eat shit that does not get processed very well and sits in the stomach. Yet again a positive for vegetables but something that bodybuilders with clean diets do not need from them.
Sociopathic men.
male thought processes
menstration
female emotions.
having to move back in with family
lack of sexual intercourse.
the goddamn dentist.
bad drivers.
70 yo men at the gym who try to proposition me.
I’m pms-ing. EVERYTHING is pissing me off.
dudes who promise me a log cabin and a Fresian and then take it back.
[quote]csulli wrote:
Tolkien
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Why csulli, why?!
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Because the sonofabitch was infatuated with elves and halflings. Elves are hyper-effeminate and make extensive use of cowardly magic and bows. Hobbits are exceedingly weak and pathetic and make extensive use of cowardly stealth and trickery.
He even makes stupid hobbits like the focal point of the stories and main heroes somehow. The appeals to weak little children who want to feel like they can be important to by making use of weak cowardly tactics despite the fact that they would really be almost totally useless.
Fine, whatever. It didn’t appeal to me though. He made dwarves a laughing stock. They were like fucking comic relief the whole goddamn time. Dwarves! The guys who are strong and tough and heavily built and so stout and barrel chested as to be almost as broad as they are tall. Who grow epic beards even the most manly man couldn’t hope to match. I mean they’re almost literally powerlifters.
Who make the best and strongest beer and can out drink an entire village of a lesser race. Who wield the weapons of a true warrior, massive axes and hammers! Who have a grim, stoic demeanor and aren’t afraid of a good doom and never forget a grudge.
But no Tolkien preferred to portray them as inferior to the Elven Abercrombie and Fitch boys for whom he had a massive hard-on.[/quote]
Him and CS Lewis pretty much invented the Fantasy genre themselves. I understand why you see it the way you do.
Now I am going to go all PWI on y’all. There is actually a biblical reference to all Tolkein and CS Lewis’ books. The whole fantasy genre was invented as a tool to bring people to Christ. Good vs Evil, the weak beating the strong, the elves were actually Angel like characters.
[quote]theBeth wrote:
Sociopathic men.
male thought processes
menstration
female emotions.
having to move back in with family
lack of sexual intercourse.
the goddamn dentist.
bad drivers.
70 yo men at the gym who try to proposition me.
I’m pms-ing. EVERYTHING is pissing me off.
dudes who promise me a log cabin and a Fresian and then take it back.[/quote]
People who slip the existence of God into every conversation.
People who slip the lack of existence of God into every conversation.
People who aren’t punctual. I’d rather you just say that you’re going to be late than tell me you’re going to be on time and always be late.
As an extension of 3), people who don’t respect my (and other people’s) time. Has anyone else had the situation where you get a message saying to meet up “in 5” but they only show up like 20 minutes later? It’s like saying, “I’d rather you wait for me than me wait for you”.
People who have a strong opinion on everything. Miley, Syria, Oil, God, Kony 2012, Global Warming, Haiti, Obesity, Cancer… everything.
People who are always talking about the importance of family. In my experience those are the kinds that will ask stuff from you and expect it done for them because hey, we’re family. Most people already know the importance, and don’t need it reinforced.
People who bail on plans made.
People who use their old age as an excuse to not be compatible with the world around them.
Spoiled children. I’m sitting here typing this on my computer that my parents bought me, after sleeping till 2pm on a Wednesday. If I think you’re spoiled, you have a problem.
Parents who can’t lay down the rules. I recently came across this couple with 2 children who literally let the children walk all over them.
Lack of positivity in general. There’s no need to be so negative about things. That’s kind of the common denominator of all the other points listed above.
[quote]csulli wrote:
Also I just found out that Vitamin C is itself an antioxidant. So here I am again wondering wtf fruits and vegetables do for me that a pill cannot.[/quote]
Trying to get nutrition in pill form is a bit like trying to understand an orchestral movement listening to only a few individual notes played in isolation from one another.
There are even some chemicals when extracted and administered in isolation do very different things to the body than what they do when in food.
[quote]csulli wrote:
Tolkien
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Why csulli, why?!
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Because the sonofabitch was infatuated with elves and halflings. Elves are hyper-effeminate and make extensive use of cowardly magic and bows. Hobbits are exceedingly weak and pathetic and make extensive use of cowardly stealth and trickery.
He even makes stupid hobbits like the focal point of the stories and main heroes somehow. The appeals to weak little children who want to feel like they can be important to by making use of weak cowardly tactics despite the fact that they would really be almost totally useless.
Fine, whatever. It didn’t appeal to me though. He made dwarves a laughing stock. They were like fucking comic relief the whole goddamn time. Dwarves! The guys who are strong and tough and heavily built and so stout and barrel chested as to be almost as broad as they are tall. Who grow epic beards even the most manly man couldn’t hope to match. I mean they’re almost literally powerlifters.
Who make the best and strongest beer and can out drink an entire village of a lesser race. Who wield the weapons of a true warrior, massive axes and hammers! Who have a grim, stoic demeanor and aren’t afraid of a good doom and never forget a grudge.
But no Tolkien preferred to portray them as inferior to the Elven Abercrombie and Fitch boys for whom he had a massive hard-on.[/quote]
Him and CS Lewis pretty much invented the Fantasy genre themselves. I understand why you see it the way you do.
Now I am going to go all PWI on y’all. There is actually a biblical reference to all Tolkein and CS Lewis’ books. The whole fantasy genre was invented as a tool to bring people to Christ. Good vs Evil, the weak beating the strong, the elves were actually Angel like characters. [/quote]
Yeah, I didn’t actually know that about Tolkein until I was older. C.S. Lewis should be pretty obvious considering he wrote Case for Christianity. The fact that Christianity basically cornered the market on fantasy was one thing that led Phillip Pullman to write the “His Dark Materials” trilogy that the movie “The Golden Compass” was from. Those books are essentially retelling “Paradise Lost” from the opposite perspective and clearly refer to the and praise the killing of God.
[quote]Madtytecurls wrote:
Also I hate people who are fussy-pants bitches about eating vegetables. Grow the fuck up and learn that eating a balanced diet is how you take care of yourself and part of what it means to be an adult. Taking a multi-vitamin won’t make up for the lack of fiber and anti-oxidants in your diet if you neglect vegetables.[/quote]
I like vegetables. I think they taste great. In fact I think everything tastes great. I haven’t met a food I wouldn’t eat with a smile on my face. I just don’t get what they’re good for. They’re nutritionally barren and seem like a waste of time. Maybe I need them for anti-oxidants. I’ll just find the most efficient way to get those. Blueberries or something probably. Fiber is totally useless if you ask me though. It is literally just indigestible garbage. As long as you can successfully execute a shit, I don’t see any need to seek out fiber lol.
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What about shitting longevity? Executing a shit at 25 years old is one thing. Executing a shit in such manner that you will still be able to execute shits half a century from now is another thing.
[quote]Madtytecurls wrote:
Also I hate people who are fussy-pants bitches about eating vegetables. Grow the fuck up and learn that eating a balanced diet is how you take care of yourself and part of what it means to be an adult. Taking a multi-vitamin won’t make up for the lack of fiber and anti-oxidants in your diet if you neglect vegetables.[/quote]
I like vegetables. I think they taste great. In fact I think everything tastes great. I haven’t met a food I wouldn’t eat with a smile on my face. I just don’t get what they’re good for. They’re nutritionally barren and seem like a waste of time. Maybe I need them for anti-oxidants. I’ll just find the most efficient way to get those. Blueberries or something probably. Fiber is totally useless if you ask me though. It is literally just indigestible garbage. As long as you can successfully execute a shit, I don’t see any need to seek out fiber lol.
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What about shitting longevity? Executing a shit at 25 years old is one thing. Executing a shit in such manner that you will still be able to execute shits half a century from now is another thing.
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I cant remember the German source but the gist was that “fucking is really overrated, whereas shitting was seriously underrated”.