11-28-2006, 04:13 AM
1. I was speaking in generalities, not to what's-his-face directly. I have no idea if you weeze whe you breathe (a thing I hear often on the elevator) or sweat when walking up stairs (a thing I see often on the subway)
2. I in one aspect of my life, I am better than people who have no self control and either let food, laziness, alcohol, drugs, or whatever else ruin their life. Those with self control are better than those who have no self control. In other areas of life, they may be better than I am. Maybe they are more charitable, funnier, smarter, love more easily, whatever. There many aspects of someone's value. While I will freely mock each and every time, and clearly and without shame state my utter superiority as a person in each individual characteristic, I have rarely (though I know I most certainly have in my posting life - with good reason) stated with conviction that I am better than someone else as a whole.
But this bullshit enabling sympathy I hear (not just on this board) about people who are actively destroying their lives with food or drugs or some other type of sloth/gluttony masks the real issue. It's not an addiction, it's not biological, any genetic disposition is minimal copmaratively, it's the person who is commiting an action to themselves with they and they alone are 100% responsible for.
That does not imply that they are just a shit person. Depression is a very logical catalyst, and by no means am I discounting that, I've been depressed; I gained weight because of it. And I'm sure my depression pales in comparison to what most people are going through / have gone through, because, let's be honest; my life rules. But still, as was mentioned by whoever-the-poster-is that he/she is responsible for his/her actions alone.
I'm again speaking in generalities, and not saying that that guy is blaming anyone else, but I the point is that the passing the buck from the fatties, druggies, drunks to anyone or anything other than 100% themselves is counter productive and merely lets them feel better about continuing their horrible lifestyles. It's OK to make people feel like shit about themselves. Especially when they deserve it; or when it's fun. Good can come out of tough love.
2. I in one aspect of my life, I am better than people who have no self control and either let food, laziness, alcohol, drugs, or whatever else ruin their life. Those with self control are better than those who have no self control. In other areas of life, they may be better than I am. Maybe they are more charitable, funnier, smarter, love more easily, whatever. There many aspects of someone's value. While I will freely mock each and every time, and clearly and without shame state my utter superiority as a person in each individual characteristic, I have rarely (though I know I most certainly have in my posting life - with good reason) stated with conviction that I am better than someone else as a whole.
But this bullshit enabling sympathy I hear (not just on this board) about people who are actively destroying their lives with food or drugs or some other type of sloth/gluttony masks the real issue. It's not an addiction, it's not biological, any genetic disposition is minimal copmaratively, it's the person who is commiting an action to themselves with they and they alone are 100% responsible for.
That does not imply that they are just a shit person. Depression is a very logical catalyst, and by no means am I discounting that, I've been depressed; I gained weight because of it. And I'm sure my depression pales in comparison to what most people are going through / have gone through, because, let's be honest; my life rules. But still, as was mentioned by whoever-the-poster-is that he/she is responsible for his/her actions alone.
I'm again speaking in generalities, and not saying that that guy is blaming anyone else, but I the point is that the passing the buck from the fatties, druggies, drunks to anyone or anything other than 100% themselves is counter productive and merely lets them feel better about continuing their horrible lifestyles. It's OK to make people feel like shit about themselves. Especially when they deserve it; or when it's fun. Good can come out of tough love.