It's lunchtime. You're starving. You're about to rip into a bag of Doritos when the Dining Downer comes along and says, "Oh...my...God...do you KNOW how bad those are for you?" You're eating your tuna sandwich, and Dining Downer tells you all about the mercury in tuna, or how CNN ran some story about rodents in tuna canning factories. You go for dessert, (Oreos), and Dining Downer exclaims, "HOW can you eat something that has trans fat in it??"
Dining Downer (DD for short) lives to ruin other people's meals. DD loves to criticize the food you eat, most often when you are right about to eat it, or right in the middle of eating it. It is unclear what DD's motivation is. Possibly DD truly does have a concern for your health and thinks he/she can shame you into making healthier lifestyle choices. But mostly I think DD is a morally superior pain in the butt who needs to keep his/her mouth shut.
Favorite phrases of DD (usually uttered in judgmental disgust):
-Do you know how much fat/calories/butter/sugar is in that?
-Do you know what they put in those?
-Are you REALLY going to eat that?
Yes, DD, I know there is a lot of fat and calories and butter and sugar in it. That is why it is delicious. And yes, I am going to eat it, because it is delicious. DD is like someone who says to a smoker, "Do you know those can kill you?" As if the smoker will say, "OH!!! Cigarettes can KILL me?? I had NO idea! I'll stop this instant!" DD's favorite target is hot dogs: "That is so disgusting...do you know what they put in those things???" No, DD, I don't...but whatever it is, it sure is tasty.
Most of us are well-informed adults who know that the food we eat may not be the best possible thing to be putting into our bodies. But we eat fast food, or frozen meals, or vending machine items, or other unhealthy things because they are quick, easy, and/or available. Most of us would rather have organically grown, well-balanced meals in carefully measured out portions with no artificial flavorings or additives for breakfast, lunch, and dinner...but we just don't have the time. We're juggling work and personal relationships and other responsibilities, and sometimes we prefer spending time with a friend over packing our own lunches the night before, or we choose that extra bit of sleep in the morning instead of making time for a nice breakfast at home. And if it makes us happy, DD, then leave us alone! Yeah, maybe we might live longer if we ate better, but as Mike would say, who wants to prolong the diaper years?
So DD, I urge you to get down off your nutritional soapbox and jam a carrot stick in your mouth next time you think about criticizing someone else's meal. You don't make them want to eat healthier, you definitely don't make them like you, and you're really just irritating as hell. You go on eating the way you want, but leave other people alone. Oh, and DD...I heard Nabisco reengineered Oreos so they no longer contain trans fat...why not go a little crazy tonight? You could use it.
Dining Downer (DD for short) lives to ruin other people's meals. DD loves to criticize the food you eat, most often when you are right about to eat it, or right in the middle of eating it. It is unclear what DD's motivation is. Possibly DD truly does have a concern for your health and thinks he/she can shame you into making healthier lifestyle choices. But mostly I think DD is a morally superior pain in the butt who needs to keep his/her mouth shut.
Favorite phrases of DD (usually uttered in judgmental disgust):
-Do you know how much fat/calories/butter/sugar is in that?
-Do you know what they put in those?
-Are you REALLY going to eat that?
Yes, DD, I know there is a lot of fat and calories and butter and sugar in it. That is why it is delicious. And yes, I am going to eat it, because it is delicious. DD is like someone who says to a smoker, "Do you know those can kill you?" As if the smoker will say, "OH!!! Cigarettes can KILL me?? I had NO idea! I'll stop this instant!" DD's favorite target is hot dogs: "That is so disgusting...do you know what they put in those things???" No, DD, I don't...but whatever it is, it sure is tasty.
Most of us are well-informed adults who know that the food we eat may not be the best possible thing to be putting into our bodies. But we eat fast food, or frozen meals, or vending machine items, or other unhealthy things because they are quick, easy, and/or available. Most of us would rather have organically grown, well-balanced meals in carefully measured out portions with no artificial flavorings or additives for breakfast, lunch, and dinner...but we just don't have the time. We're juggling work and personal relationships and other responsibilities, and sometimes we prefer spending time with a friend over packing our own lunches the night before, or we choose that extra bit of sleep in the morning instead of making time for a nice breakfast at home. And if it makes us happy, DD, then leave us alone! Yeah, maybe we might live longer if we ate better, but as Mike would say, who wants to prolong the diaper years?
So DD, I urge you to get down off your nutritional soapbox and jam a carrot stick in your mouth next time you think about criticizing someone else's meal. You don't make them want to eat healthier, you definitely don't make them like you, and you're really just irritating as hell. You go on eating the way you want, but leave other people alone. Oh, and DD...I heard Nabisco reengineered Oreos so they no longer contain trans fat...why not go a little crazy tonight? You could use it.
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