• matelt@feddit.uk
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    13 days ago

    the key word here is, ‘for reasons I’ll never understand’. I personally will never understand why oh why an alcoholic can’t simply just have a glass of water if they want to have a drink. I’ll never understand why a gambling addict just don’t gamble. I don’t gamble or drink alcohol, so why do people do it?

    It’s a matter of pleasure. Some people have a disordered brain that tell them they must gain pleasure at all costs, even if it puts them deep in debt or destroys their liver. Everybody who has a substance or a behavioural issue know it’s harmful but they just can’t willpower themselves out of it. It’s tough, and those who will never understand aren’t exactly making it easy with their judgy attitudes.

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      13 days ago

      It’s a matter of pleasure

      Buddy, you’re streets behind…

      I’m saying instead of people trying to keep an empty stomach (which is very hard)

      They can just force fed themselves salad, that way if they don’t have the willpower to pass on shitty food, it doesn’t matter.

      If you have the willpower to eat half a pound of salad a day, you don’t need to use willpower to restrict you’re eating.

      I have no idea how I can make this any simpler, but like I mentioned:

      People are violently opposed to eating a salad.

      I have no interest in spending hours trying to convince you to help yourself. I can lead you to the salad bar, but can’t make you fix a plate