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I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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How incredibly small-minded. I respect people who've tried something and decided it's not for them. But to never even try a different kind of food? I suspect it's less that he's found what he likes and more that he's scared he'd find out he actually liked something else better, and has wasted those 10 years.

Maybe food just isn't that important to him as anything but sustenance. He sounds like a very kind and content person.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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post #6

How incredibly small-minded. I respect people who've tried something and decided it's not for them. But to never even try a different kind of food? I suspect it's less that he's found what he likes and more that he's scared he'd find out he actually liked something else better, and has wasted those 10 years.

I think I would be more worried about the nutrient diversity and serious deficiencies of vitamins and minerals for having the same meal for 10 years.

Aw ya poor nutrients and mineralogy be out of tune. Worry is your life unless you decide not to.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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I often envy people like him.

Working in tech it’s very hard not to get lost in rat race and always go for more money, more knowledge, more everything. I’m actively trying to avoid it, but it gets to me as well. And most of my friends think I’m weird that I don’t want to get one more promotion or why I don’t want to push myself outside of my comfort zone. I’m fine where I am.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Here's an interesting thought experiment – would you (and everyone else here) have the same reaction to this article if it was written by a North Korean farmer who was perfectly happy with life being in the exact same situation as this Welsh one?

Would he still be "enlightened" and "content" or brainwashed, oppressed and a victim of propaganda?

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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“ By not leaving my apartment for a year except for shopping” this is entirely foreign to me. Where do you live?!

Where do you live? I live in Portland, Oregon. I haven't left the home except to go on walks around the neighborhood and to pick up groceries from the store (I order them online and they bring them out to my car) since last March. I'm seriously dreading the end of the pandemic. I love never having plans to go anywhere.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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“ By not leaving my apartment for a year except for shopping” this is entirely foreign to me. Where do you live?!

Where do you live where you _have_ been leaving your home for non-essential reasons? I recognize that different countries have had differing levels of effect from COVID, but I'm not aware of any that hasn't had at least _some_ impact.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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“ By not leaving my apartment for a year except for shopping” this is entirely foreign to me. Where do you live?!

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Have you given any thought on how you plan on reintegrating into society, and the negative health effects of this type of isolation? I’m curious what the balance is between covid risk and isolation risk.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

“ By not leaving my apartment for a year except for shopping” this is entirely foreign to me. Where do you live?!

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“ easiest way to not die” are you super high risk? B/c you’ve already likely deceased your chance of dying by just not driving compared to Covid. But if you’re over 65 or have other major health issues then makes some semblance of sense.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

#29

A buddy of mine has rice and beans nearly every dinner though he knows how to cook variations so it’s a surprisingly tasty diet. I’m surprised the guy in the article could go decades without eating any veggies but his diet has clearly worked for him. The strokes could just be genetics and/or old age catching up.

He said he has an onion every day.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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This guy is a saint. To have that kind of contentment and peace is the goal of most religions. Honestly I'd like to hear more of his life, would love to talk to him.

I feel like my could hear that kind of contentment. But of course there are property taxes and the like. It's easy to lose what you have and what makes you happy. I want land, but will never get it.
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