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The alternative is thinking food is more important than working toward securing a house that you own, or paying off your student loans, or retraining yourself so you don’t go broke, or any number of other things. Food is cool but it’s just not all that.

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Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Nah I don’t think that’s the alternative. It’s not about dedicating your life to it. It’s about allowing yourself some nice experiences to enhance your daily life even though you have very important bills to pay and can’t just buy whatever food you want.

I didn’t even comment because I’m some kind of cooking or dining enthusiast. It was more about the general attitude (which I very much grew up with) essentially that it is silly and self-indulgent to stop and smell the roses when there’s money to be made or work to be done. Basically the conservative culture where being a good human means being a productive boot-licking worker bee and not getting into all that touchy-feely human stuff.

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- ronigami@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The thing is, I just don’t enjoy food that much. It’s not that enjoyable most of the time. If you’re eating the way your doctor wants you to it’s going to be unpleasant. It’s better to just treat it as a slog that it is instead of using it as an escape. Imo.
  
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  - Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yeah, there’s some real truth to that, not gonna argue at all. With my ADHD and weak appetite I’ll just forget to eat, or not want to eat in the first place.
    
    But even with whatever I enjoy in moderation whether it’s due to the excellent food or the environment (thinking holiday family dinners this time of year) or both, I don’t look at it like an escape. It’s just a nice enhancement to your day that engages your senses. In that way I think of the occasional amazing meal the same way I think of the occasional spirited drive home on a twisty road in beautiful weather with all the windows down.
    
    However, I do want to acknowledge that we are all different and have to figure out what works for our particular brain given our experiences and environment. Food might just never be a contributor for you. And it’s not a huge one for me either, but over the past few years I’ve learned to value and hold on to any little incremental positive life improvements I run into.
    
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- Alphonsus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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