Comment on Eating would be weird if we didn't enjoy it.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
My two takes on this:
- food is fuel
I can and do subsist on a basic and bland diet if necessary. Food is a way to preserve my existence, so I have to eat. And when hungry I will eat anything for the sole sake of keep myself functioning. Some exceptions do apply.
- we’re biologically hardwired to seek pleasure from our food
That is why sugary food and more simply fruits and berries appeal so much to us: it’s sweet, it tastes good, it’s nice.
We actively seek enjoyement in eating. When this no longer happens, worry yourself. Even old people enjoy eating.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I’ve met people who claim they don’t enjoy eating and only do it because they have to. Often, they’re the same people who use that Soylent stuff. I can’t comprehend that mindset. I spend most of my day looking forward to my next meal.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Some company actually markets a product under the name “Soylent”?
Scary.
When individuals reach, in my opinion, that point they are starving for more than food.
Food is the first basic impulse we get satisfied and it is intermixed with confort, closeness and bonding. Later it will upgrade into a communal moment and the sharing of time and exchange of experiences.
Again, in my view, to see eating as a chore says how lonely and dehumanized a person is. How little self worth they have.
Which is sad.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yo I’m the person the one above was talking about! I was on a Soylent only* (I mean I had other food and snacks occasionally) for roughly 2 years. Lost 10 lbs (I barely had anything to lose to begin with) and stayed in excellent shape. I definitely enjoy food, but not as much as the other things I want to do (video games, movies, d&d, reading, hiking), and I’d rather down a quick shake than spens time preparing something.
BTW Soylent is very tongue-in-cheek in their branding, of course they intended to invoke Soylent Green. As with the stuff in the book, it’s something that’s nutritionally complete that you can subsist on for 100% of your diet.
I mean, it can be miserable after a while, and now they go with: Soylent shouldn’t replace every meal, but it can replace any meal. And it’s great! If I’m going for a run or have a busy morning, I can chug one and I’m all set. And unlike most protein bars, it’s not loaded with sugar.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I’m glad to know you lived a fullfilling life at the time and it is obvious after your reply it wasn’t about you or those like you I was thinking about.
Although I still lack the capacity to view Soilent as a good name for a brand…
Besides some cultural differences, I respect your view. It made your life easier (still does, if I’m understanding correctly), you don’t seem a person who enjoys cooking that much (fair enough) and it freed time for things you had higher in your list of priorities.
I can’t do that. If need be, I would, but I’d hate every single moment of it.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Great point. Eating is such a large part of culture. It’s why there are countless cooking/food/travel shows out there (Bourdain being the GOAT). Anyone not participating in this collective ritual is separating themselves from a large part of society.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Bourdain was a genius. Controversial but they all tend to be as such.
I agree with you. But please take a moment to consider this as well: people need time to eat. And by extension, to live. Something we are colectively slowly being drained of, through “work ethics”, “fashion trends”, “healthy life styles”, etc.
We need to live. To eat. To sleep. To be together. To get angry with each other and make amends afterwards. And we are being robbed of our humanity by not having it.