kennethmgreen Member

Few of us are short on opinion. Congrats on losing 10 pounds. I wanted a tool to track calories. MFP is one of many. The mobile app works pretty good - it's at least in the top three of the calorie counting apps. There is a significant number of users who only use the mobile app, many who don't even know about the…

Wow. That was a powerful article. What an amazing writer. I envy her mastery of words. I found the article engrossing, not disgusting at all. I can understand why some people would feel uncomfortable with the idea of choosing to be obese - especially on a fitness/calorie counting website. And I suspect OP posted the…

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We're all judgmental to some degree. I am judgmental of you: I think you are compassionate, smart and sensitive. I make this judgment based on what you've written here, and how you've written it. I don't really know you, though. You asked why people would be mean, and what gives them the right to say mean things to you or…

Excellent. Out of all the books, all the literature, all the sayings, all the therapists, the sponsors, the old-timers, all the spin-off programs, the self-help books, the TV shows, the bumper stickers.. you know what the two most important words are in recovery? Me too. Connecting with other folks, sharing experience,…

Agreed. I don't like second-person narrative. It's unnecessarily distracting. Consider the same story in first person (with added paragraphs): The package of twizzlers opens easy, I've been down this road enough times to know how to get the job done. All I had to do was sink my teeth into that special dip in the plastic…

When you go to a dinner party, or hang out with a group of friends, and you say something that someone else doesn't agree with, and they respond with a counterpoint, or simply disagree, what happens next?

Just to be clear, we're not talking about this guy, right?

Depends on whether that buffalo put tomatoes on a cheese sandwich and insisted on calling it a "grilled cheese." Then, yeah, I might have to kill him. Unless he just called it a cheese and tomato sandwich. Then we'd be cool. Buffalo are pretty reasonable, but can get kind of lazy with their sandwich nomenclature. You gotta…

It's good you included step 4. Otherwise, you end up with a lot of sandwiches lying around the house. And no one likes that. Because of the crumbs.

Correct. It may be a delicious sandwich - one I would thoroughly enjoy, in fact. But it is not a grilled cheese. At least according to the Global Sandwich Naming Board.

Too legit to quit. You can put anything you want in a sandwich and make it delicious. If you want to call that sandwich a "grilled cheese" you must put only cheese in that sandwich. There were meetings. It was decreed.

Really, though, how many people do you think are named Judgy McJudgerson? And of those, how many are on MFP? I don't see how it could be a serious problem.

You know what would be hilarious? If Men's Health was the kind of magazine that had ads for fine leather bags, cashmere clothing for men, boutique watches, and other fashion accessories for men like gloves and socks.

Got clean young, and literally grew up in recovery. My tolerance and patience has grown tremendously over the years. And while much of it can be attributed to things learned in meetings, some is simply growing up, getting married, having kids, getting older. I used to think growing older always meant growing more tolerant,…

Not a stupid question, especially if you aren't an alcoholic. Alcohol can be fun. If you don't experience any consequences from drinking alcohol (aren't hurting yourself or others), I see no reason to stop. Some people do experience consequences when they drink alcohol. Some of those have quit consuming it. And some of…

I like the idea that recovery needs to come out of the church basement (I'd extend that to say recovery needs to come out of church, but that's an entirely different discussion). There is no shame in trying to better ourselves. I've been sober since Oct 25, 1986, by way of a ten month stint in an adolescent psych ward. I…

And I want to know what it is.

@Ty: "metric time" apparently isn't nonsensical, as I originally thought: http://zapatopi.net/metrictime/ Thank you, OP, for leading me down this path of discovery.

I would but I just noticed a chinese boy take a crap and need to leave the office.

Not necessarily. They use the metric system. Converting metric hours to American hours is complicated.

Depends on whether you are using American or German hours.

Phew! Thank you. That's what I was trying to say. You said it much more goodlier than myself could did. ETA: really, I just wanted to make people think about bananas.

If someone fails to get a joke, then that's it. They failed to get the joke. It could be the joke wasn't very good, or they aren't very smart. Or a combination of both. But when the joke becomes them not getting it, it's less funny for me. It's generally the behavior after the joke I'm talking about. For example, MFP joke…

Maybe. And that's fine. Believe me, I don't have a problem with making fun of, ridiculing, etc. And I'm not making the rules for humor. You can do whatever you want, including throwing banana peels in my path. I simply enjoy humor much more that is less contrived. Humor that comes spontaneously seems more clever to me. It…

Never been of fan of laughing at someone missing the joke. Either the joke is funny or it's not - on its own merit (including humorous ridicule). But someone not getting the joke isn't generally funny. Especially setting someone up to not get it. Not funny at all to me. If someone slips on a banana peel, that's funny. If…

I wish everyone used MFP exactly the way I do. The right way.

I wish everyone used MFP exactly the way I do. The right way.

Local roasters are almost always going to have a better taste and freshness over packaged stuff. Sounds like you are talking about making it at home, so buy whole beans and grind it for each cup if you can. A French press is a relatively inexpensive way to enjoy very good coffee flavor (coarse grind for French press!) You…

I agree with what you are saying, and it fact, my OP was poking fun at the idea of "sabotage" as it's used on MFP. Also meant to be read aloud with some funky jams. These may help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE http://www.metrolyrics.com/sabotage-lyrics-beastie-boys.html