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I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by nly »

raffraffraff wrote: post #349
beaner wrote: post #299

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Such a close-minded view. Children are great but they're just more people with their own experiences, like this man. And it seems rare these days that they might be as naturally at-one with the world around them as he is.

I hear you. In not sure if want to be raising kids today. I had a moment in my 20s where I just stopped and thought, "Every single ancestor I had from my parents back to algae had offspring. What if I don't?" If you consider the whole Ocean as history, and the present moment as a single solitary wave heading towards the shore, and your life as the surfer on that wave, it doesn't matter what came before you. What matt…

Something like 10% of all humans that have ever lived are alive today.

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Post by _y5hn »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #212
geocrasher wrote: post #199

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I'm American, and I have to disagree. I have the same thing for breakfast every day, and I love it. I usually have the same thing for lunch, too. It's convenient and I change it up just a little now and then. For dinner, my daughter and I do different things. I think that embracing this is a good thing. It's comfortable. It's safe, and I am content. On the weekends I do change it up too, but during the week, I find m…

I tried eating a particular dish every day for a while. (To the exclusion of other foods.) I didn't get tired of it -- I loved it and still do. But I had to stop because, after a while of this, I would still be hungry after eating a large meal. My stomach would be physically full, but I'd be hungry anyway. I'm still not sure what the problem was. It was a dish basically consisting of lentils, onions, and shredded chi…

Try milk, cheese, grains, egg, muesli, stew, varied foods, get recepees known to work like ayurvedic ones or good veg recipes. Avoid too much bread, good rice (basmati) can be filling. Organic ecological foods also.

If you only eat one dish, it better have everything needed and even then it can be lacking. No need to torment oneself.

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Post by joshjdr »

StavrosK wrote: post #345
usgroup wrote: post #286

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I appreciate the romance, but those of us who have children leave behind much more than stone walls we built in our 20s. He’s a 72 year old Batchelor who’s once stepped foot outside a Welsh valley. If happiness is a lobotomy then credit to us who don’t choose it.

> If happiness is a lobotomy then credit to us who don’t choose it. Why not? By definition it would leave you happy, what does it matter?

Existence is pain to a Meeseeks, Jerry!

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

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Post by nkozyra »

greshario wrote: post #74
nkozyra wrote: post #61

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I don't know that a journalist was involved in this. An editor may have been but this just appears to be a letter-to-the-editor or commentary submission

It's written by this woman, who calls herself a "pop philosopher". Her name is at the bottom of the article: https://storyterrace.com/kiran-sidhu/

"As told to" typically means she simply compiled what he told her. The byline is his.

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

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Post by raffraffraff »

usgroup wrote: post #286
telesilla wrote: post #266

"This valley is cut in the shape of my heart". I've known farmers like him, bachelors who are mild mannered and love their lives and the extended family that comes with living an entire life in one valley. He maybe goes to Sunday service for socialization and the local pub to watch the game, and as long as his sheep are healthy and the sky does what it promises (because he knows the day before always if it will rain)…

I appreciate the romance, but those of us who have children leave behind much more than stone walls we built in our 20s. He’s a 72 year old Batchelor who’s once stepped foot outside a Welsh valley. If happiness is a lobotomy then credit to us who don’t choose it.

People who have children do indeed leave a lot more behind. Yet almost nobody can name their great great grandparents, know what they looked like, or in fact, know anything about them. Sure, "you're their legacy", but they never got to know you and vice versa.

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Post by Al-Khwarizmi »

jiggawatts wrote: post #380

My partner was horrified to learn that I ate the same breakfast pretty much every morning for something like five or six years when I was a teenager. I always had cereal with milk. If I was extra hungry, I would have a second helping. Very rarely, I would try a different cereal brand, but I would always gravitate back to the same one. The funny thing is that at the time, I thought nothing of it! It was just a part of…

I'm a foodie, and still, I eat cereal with milk, for the straightforward reason that I just don't feel like cooking or doing any extra effort at 7 AM.

Of course, if I'm at a hotel, I storm the buffet and try all kinds of things. Surely my breakfasts would be much more creative if I had a cook and a butler.

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Post by max_ »

What most people don't realize is that farmers have alot of free time.

Most work of the day concentrates between early hours of the morning and lates hours of the afternoon.

Most of your day is usually free-time. Better than a 9-5 IMHO

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Post by slyall »

usgroup wrote: post #286
telesilla wrote: post #266

"This valley is cut in the shape of my heart". I've known farmers like him, bachelors who are mild mannered and love their lives and the extended family that comes with living an entire life in one valley. He maybe goes to Sunday service for socialization and the local pub to watch the game, and as long as his sheep are healthy and the sky does what it promises (because he knows the day before always if it will rain)…

I appreciate the romance, but those of us who have children leave behind much more than stone walls we built in our 20s. He’s a 72 year old Batchelor who’s once stepped foot outside a Welsh valley. If happiness is a lobotomy then credit to us who don’t choose it.

Think of all the people who made an impact on history and the world. How many of them did it by having children?

This guy at least got an article written about him, what have you done?

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Post by drevil-v2 »

renewiltord wrote: post #344
M277 wrote: post #314

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People are different, with different desires, personalities, mentalities, ..... Isn't it only natural then that 'happiness' would be different from one person to another? Why speak low about him? You're content with your life, and he is content with his... it really is that simple. You can't go up to an artist and say, "Hey, your painting is crap, you should change x, y, z," because it is the artist's painting , not…

These threads are always so entertaining. Someone will make up this pastoral romance while implying that the city life is somehow lacking. Then someone will do the opposite and the wars will begin. Very entertaining. For my part, I enjoy modal editors so I think vim is better than emacs and I like the GPL over BSD.

> For my part, I enjoy modal editors so I think vim is better than emacs and I like the GPL over BSD.

Calm down, Satan

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Post by tacitusarc »

mrphoebs wrote: post #357
usgroup wrote: post #286

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I appreciate the romance, but those of us who have children leave behind much more than stone walls we built in our 20s. He’s a 72 year old Batchelor who’s once stepped foot outside a Welsh valley. If happiness is a lobotomy then credit to us who don’t choose it.

Children as your legacy are no less consequential or meaningful than this man's stone walls. In the end you are grasping for empty meaning and purpose in the same way the farmer is, your children will perish, their children will perish, you will be forgotten and so will they like the rest of human existence. Our lives have no larger purpose or meaning beyond what ever we pretend gives meaning to your life, like child…

What if you're wrong?
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