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I'm tired of being on the network

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  1. parasti · · focus · HN ↗
    > The people who love being connected never let the thing leave them be it pocket, palm, face-down next to the fork

    I'm tired of convincingly presented falsehoods. I hate being on my phone. I also can't stop being on my phone.

    1. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗
      It's the same group of people that say being overweight is a lack of willpower.
      1. Nux · · focus · HN ↗
        Yeah, re eating, smoking etc it is a question of willpower in most cases. Ay least there's now a pill/injection for it.
        1. Tade0 · · focus · HN ↗
          Quite often it's really a question of gut flora and lack of knowledge regarding good eating habits.

          Also fat cells are endocrinologically active, so they try to compel the person to, well, get fatter.

          I've been doing this the hard way lately and there's still much that I don't know, because food and lifestyles used to be different, so my parents only told me what they knew from theirs.

          To illustrate just how different, my great-grandmother reportedly disliked food that she described as "rich" - too calorie dense for her taste. By this definition cottage cheese was "rich".

          1. talon8635 · · focus · HN ↗
            The gut is an interesting component we are learning more about, for sure. But as an addict, it still comes down to changing your habits, which indeed fixes the floura.

            I’m not sure I can really believe the often cited claim that a major component here is a lack a knowledge. Does anyone truly believe Cheetos are as good or better for you than broccoli?

            The most obvious explanation to me is that we are just flooded with addictive food and bombarded with ads to entice us. That and healthy food presents more friction in terms of having to buy the ingredients and prepaid it, and we are all short on time and overstressed.

          2. pixl97 · · focus · HN ↗
            >ack of knowledge regarding good eating habits.

            This and most research points at eating habits being formed within the first few years of life. Once imprinted on you they are very very difficult to change.

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