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What are your unpopular opinions about health / fitness?

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  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    oh how I would love to write my psych dissertation on cake culture in the workplace....haha!

    Why not? Another theme would be how it intersects with the individualism of American culture...hence the primary defence being along the lines of "it's your choice to eat or not eat the cake" "just say no" etc. How does cake culture play out in societies that value conformity over individualism?

    I'm not American. It intersects with my culture of being a human who has always, throughout history, shared food as social bonding.

    May I ask, what you are then? Although many cultures have commonalities, there is no one 'human' culture.

    Can you tell me of a human culture where sharing of food in times of celebration isn't a thing?

    In China, the traditional food to celebrate a birthday are peaches and noodles, not cake.

    But still food...........

    Yes. Ok, I didn't want to go there but honestly, you are not using the term "culture" correctly. The definition of culture is the customs, practices and beliefs of a particular people or society. By definition, there can be no universal human "culture". So your point that all humans share food is merely pointing out a commonality between cultures. Sorry, but there it is.

    Pedantic straw clutching?

    Across all human cultures there are customs around the sharing of food at time of celebration. What those foods are will depend on the celebration and again, customs and the evolution thereof. It is a shared commonality amongst humans of different cultures. There. Better?

    That is a more accurate statement. Thank you.

    And invalidates your assertion that there exists a "cake culture."

    Ah, you beat me to this point. It was still worth making again.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    3bambi3 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    mmapags wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    oh how I would love to write my psych dissertation on cake culture in the workplace....haha!

    Why not? Another theme would be how it intersects with the individualism of American culture...hence the primary defence being along the lines of "it's your choice to eat or not eat the cake" "just say no" etc. How does cake culture play out in societies that value conformity over individualism?

    I'm not American. It intersects with my culture of being a human who has always, throughout history, shared food as social bonding.

    May I ask, what you are then? Although many cultures have commonalities, there is no one 'human' culture.

    Can you tell me of a human culture where sharing of food in times of celebration isn't a thing?

    In China, the traditional food to celebrate a birthday are peaches and noodles, not cake.

    But still food...........

    Yes. Ok, I didn't want to go there but honestly, you are not using the term "culture" correctly. The definition of culture is the customs, practices and beliefs of a particular people or society. By definition, there can be no universal human "culture". So your point that all humans share food is merely pointing out a commonality between cultures. Sorry, but there it is.

    Of course you didn't.

    I don't expect you to understand. After all you are a layman so are not as sensitive to the misuse of technical terminology.

    So one undergrad course makes me an expert? Well, form a line, folks! I am now a master in post-modern literature, environmental studies, chemistry, biology and philosophy! I'm smart af.

    Yeah, I'm down with this! I'll rewrite the tax code!

    This does serve to remind me how different the higher education system is in the US to where I am.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,226 Member
    Macy9336 wrote: »
    oh how I would love to write my psych dissertation on cake culture in the workplace....haha!

    Why not? Another theme would be how it intersects with the individualism of American culture...hence the primary defence being along the lines of "it's your choice to eat or not eat the cake" "just say no" etc. How does cake culture play out in societies that value conformity over individualism?

    because it doesn't really fall into my focus area - but if I were going general psychology it would (my focus area was team dynamics)

    But it is team dynamics. You just need the right frame.

    At my old workplace, one of the team leaders took a whole series of those cake baking/decorating classes. She lived with just her son, so she'd bring her practice cakes to the office for her team. You better believe it affected team dynamics, not to mention the number of other teams who found excuses to visit her team, number of people who applied for openings on her team, etc.

    For my taste, the cakes weren't even particularly tasty. Really gorgeous, though. Her team wasn't the fattest team, either. I think tech support was, and they never brought treats.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    What if the people eating cake are thin? Do you still pity them? I mean, I do, since if they had sense they'd be eating pie, but we covered that.

    For the record, it shows that the one time I watched the Matrix I fell asleep, since my reaction to the "blue pill" thing was "wait, Viagra makes you eat cake and donuts?"

    Oh it's a Matrix thing? I've never seen it so I was confused too.

    Wasn't there a couple guys on here who were going on about them being "redpillers"? They seemed to be rather deplorable types when it came to their relationships with the opposite sex.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    What if the people eating cake are thin? Do you still pity them? I mean, I do, since if they had sense they'd be eating pie, but we covered that.

    For the record, it shows that the one time I watched the Matrix I fell asleep, since my reaction to the "blue pill" thing was "wait, Viagra makes you eat cake and donuts?"

    Oh it's a Matrix thing? I've never seen it so I was confused too.

    Wasn't there a couple guys on here who were going on about them being "redpillers"? They seemed to be rather deplorable types when it came to their relationships with the opposite sex.

    The red pill/blue pill language is common amongst MRA-types and pick-up culture. There's been at least one notable example floating around the boards a while back.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    I have just been on a 3 week holiday and returned to page 147 of this thread. I think I may have missed a whole lot. :)

    My jet lag this afternoon will be spent catching up, and hoping nothing has happened that will close it down before I do.

    Nice to be back.

    Cheers, h.

    I was just wondering about you! Hope you had a wonderful holiday and it is so nice to see you back!! :)
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