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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9699338 times)

Heliman

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39390 on: November 05, 2011, 01:47:20 am »

I've done some research on this.


What you are suggesting is Water fasting, and doing it for 31 whole days. This is a really, really bad idea and you absolutely must not do it. I cannot stress enough how bad of an idea it is to fast for 31 days. Seasoned, experienced fasters, can do 14-20 days with no serious damage, and only under supervision. A beginner won't be able to take a week. What you're suggesting is a step way, WAY too far. You can seriously injure yourself from fainting after standing up too fast, you can kill yourself if you pick up any pathogens, you can totally ruin your future prospects as your lack of food dismantles your grades/loses you your job.

Seriously, SERIOUSLY, DO NOT, NOT do this. This is as serious as I've ever been on these forums, NOTE THE CAPS, THIS MEANS THIS IS BAD.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39391 on: November 05, 2011, 01:48:25 am »

I've done some research on this.


What you are suggesting is Water fasting, and doing it for 31 whole days. This is a really, really bad idea and you absolutely must not do it. I cannot stress enough how bad of an idea it is to fast for 31 days. Seasoned, experienced fasters, can do 14-20 days with no serious damage, and only under supervision. A beginner won't be able to take a week. What you're suggesting is a step way, WAY too far. You can seriously injure yourself from fainting after standing up too fast, you can kill yourself if you pick up any pathogens, you can totally ruin your future prospects as your lack of food dismantles your grades/loses you your job.

Seriously, SERIOUSLY, DO NOT, NOT do this. This is as serious as I've ever been on these forums, NOTE THE CAPS, THIS MEANS THIS IS BAD.

^This. THIS. Oh Heliman, how well you've summed it up.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39392 on: November 05, 2011, 02:15:41 am »

You realize that fruit isn't all that low-cal, right? Those that are "juicy" (overwhelmingly water, basically) are typically the lower calorie ones, but a banana (for instance) typically has about 100 calories. Sweet fruits are basically sacks of sugar genetically engineered to taste delicious, you know. Brief research suggests that a single serving of lean beef, or chicken breast (I figure that "lean meat" typically refers to one of these two, but feel free to correct me), has between 200 and 250 calories. That doesn't necessarily rule out your statement, but it does make me a bit suspicious.

At any rate, everything Heliman said is correct. Listen to this man, he is trustworthy.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39393 on: November 05, 2011, 04:31:40 am »

Grimshot, take the Muslim Ramadan fasting as an example. It's 20-30 something days, but the rules of it is just that they are not allowed to eat during the day, which means they'll still have supper once the sun goes down (or something) and they'll have breakfast before dawn as well. And I believe Ramadan is mainly meant to humble/give experience in how it is to be poor. The point is, if you want to do that, and I still think it is a noble goal to try to understand how less fortunate people have it, but you might want to start by simply eating less for a short time, preferably easing down the content so your body doesn't panic and go into "OMG I MUCH LESS FOOD THAN USUAL I'M STARVING RED ALERT QUICKLY GO INTO NUTRITION AND ENERGY CONSERVATION MODE or otherwise screws itself (and you) up.

I've had serious thought about fasting myself, as a "personal journey" (or whatever else pretentious name one could call it) as I find insatiable hunger - spiritual and material - to be one of the biggest flaws with myself and modern society in general, but since I know how bad it can be for me I planned on having several (shorter to begin with, to get to know what I would be dealing with) periods spread out over years, all including time set aside for gradial decrease and increase of the amount of food I eat. Of course, it hasn't come to anything more than fantasising and light planning, but still.

those starving because of their country.

Ah, true Patriotic Spirit what eh? :P
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39394 on: November 05, 2011, 04:53:55 am »


those starving because of their country.

Ah, true Patriotic Spirit what eh? :P
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39395 on: November 05, 2011, 05:03:37 am »


those starving because of their country.

Ah, true Patriotic Spirit what eh? :P
The question every patriot must ask himself is: Are you willing to sacrifice your daily rations so that the Glorious Leader can pee in a solid gold chamberpot?


It's better than having Glorious Leader pee in your rations, at least.
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« Reply #39396 on: November 05, 2011, 05:05:43 am »

True patriots don't need rations anyway. They get their nourishment from basking in the Glorious Leader's  presence.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39397 on: November 05, 2011, 06:14:57 am »

Oh, you know what I meant. Al-Shaba'ab certainly aren't helping the famine (which was caused by drought).

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39398 on: November 05, 2011, 06:19:54 am »

True patriots don't need rations anyway. They get their nourishment from basking in the Glorious Leader's  presence.

And their children will grow strong under his radiant smile. Hold them high towards his portrait!


Oh, you know what I meant. Al-Shaba'ab certainly aren't helping the famine (which was caused by drought).

Hehe, yeah. I just couldn't resist :D
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« Reply #39399 on: November 05, 2011, 06:30:03 am »

Anyway, we've derailed the thread enough. Let's get back on topic.

I was sad today because i got sunburnt.

Darn australian sun.

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« Reply #39400 on: November 05, 2011, 06:36:04 am »

*looks out through window, can't see more than a few metres because of fog and gray*

I'm sad that you are sad because of sun.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39401 on: November 05, 2011, 06:50:57 am »

*looks outside and sees bleakly clear skies. Not a cloud in sight*

I'm sad that you are sad that he is sad because of sun.


Cloudy, rainy weather > all other weather.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #39402 on: November 05, 2011, 06:52:10 am »

*looks outside, returns with frost on her eyebrows*
I'll take your sun if you don't want it.
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« Reply #39403 on: November 05, 2011, 06:54:31 am »

*looks outside, returns with frost on her eyebrows*
I'll take your sun if you don't want it.
Done!

In other news, I think my dog is doing co-ordinated vomitings. Even if it isn't plotted, he shouldn't be vomiting...
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« Reply #39404 on: November 05, 2011, 07:19:25 am »

Oh aye, Merchant. I hate the heat. I'm happiest in the winter. I would love the summer if it weren't for the stinking heat. It's still spring but today was 30C and tomorrow is 32C - two years ago it got 46C in the city. I just about died.

I don't regulate temperature very well, so summer for me is spent indoors drinking foul hydrolytic solution. I'm european-by-descent and I've lived in Australia all my life, and yet I can't take the heat... Honestly, my best mate who came from the north of England finds it easier on hot days than I do.

If it were up to me I'd go live in Europe or the northern parts of America.
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