very kirk van houten coded
bullshit world
Because it’s a little TOO easy.
Your body and brain know you didn’t put any effort into it, not because you were in a rush, but just because you couldn’t be arsed to. So it punishes you by making you hyper aware that you’re consuming the uncanny valley of food. It’s not NOT food, but it’s not FOOD.
To be clear, I’m just using “you” generically. Absolutely no judgement here lol
This is shockingly profound and I appreciate you for this, mate.
In an interesting corellary, those frozen meals taste delicious after I get home from busting my ass all day at work. On a slow work day or weekend tho, they feel how OP described.
Source?
Trust me bro
Delayed gratification is good for you.
They made it up, otherwise food your SO made for you wouldn’t taste good either lol
I’ve been poor before but I’ve always had access to food and decent shelter. I use to eat ramen noodles, chili and rice, and baloney sandwiches. I could really stretch out a $20 a week food budget.
When I eat a microwave meal I’m just happy I can afford to enjoy variety in my meals now though I still like sandwiches.
Record an album. You’ll feel better.
That’s clearly for a whole bunch of people though. What a poser
Ok, but that is a whole plate of vein-in shrimp on decorative kale.
You do you Marie, but damn. There’s gotta be a better way.
I just wanted to say I love how you phrased the question and un upvote was not enough to express that
I’d say a contributing factor could be tv/films. It’s very common to see the divorced/dumped/bereaved/generally lonely people heating up frozen food and pushing some meat puck around with a fork, feeling pretty close to ending it all… it’s just dumb social commentary but I think it shares some blame for the “universal view” of one person heating up a frozen dish being kind of pathetic
My biggest issue with them is they always say for 2 yet there’s no way I could consider one a full meal. (might be a UK portion thing maybe).
You could be focusing on “it’s amazing how easy it is for me to make food!” But you’re not. Your emotions are leading you somewhere, instead of your rational mind. Next time you recognize that you feel like that, pause, and pay attention to what exactly it is that you are feeling, without judgement. Use your rational mind to observe your emotional state. Just observe it, don’t control it or try to change it. Hopefully you’ll discover something, maybe even the answer you’re looking for.
Because there was no reason to try any harder, no one to impress, not even yourself.
Because we live in a society.
Attitude. I love a night in solitude, watch a movie I fancy. Eat stinky fermented stuff with an air fried meal.
“I sleep in a race car. Do you?”
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Because it’s not healthy. Check the nutrition content and it’s probably loaded on sodium for example.
Food has always been something that’s very social and growing/hunting/preparing it a crucial part of culture. We’re wired for it. It binds us. Even if you had made no effort as part of the process, the kinship of knowing someone went all that effort for you is difficult to replace.
Anyway, when you just heat frozen food and eat it alone, all that pretty much goes down the drain.
