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by briandear 2684 days ago
So is whisky. Life isn’t worth living if you can’t enjoy it. Kale juice might be good for the physical health, but who wants to live in a world without Coca Cola and ice cream? What’s the point of living a long life if you can’t have any fun?
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bluntfang 2684 days ago
I guess it really depends on your goals. Some people want to do extreme sports and have a great body. Those people probably drink <1 soda per month. Some people want to sit in front of their computers and binge on soda and video games. Most people are somewhere in the middle. that's all OK, but it doesn't mean all of them are treating their body well.

I find your post to be aggressive and prescriptive, while the post you replied to is just attempting to state fact.

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Retra 2684 days ago
Every human who lived before the invention of Coca Cola and ice cream found a reason to live. The question I have is how did you end up thinking that the only lives worth living must include these specific amenities? That's a dangerously inflexible attitude toward other people's cultures.
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briandear 2684 days ago
No it’s not “dangerously inflexible” — Coca Cola can be any particular vice for a culture. The point is that in my culture, ice cream and Coke are not “good” for you, but they make many people happy. You can find similar “bad” things in every culture that make life worth living.
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Retra 2684 days ago
You could conceivably use "who wants to live in a world without Coca Cola and ice cream" to justify the mercy killing of people who live in a society without Coca Cola and ice cream. So why even condition things in such an absurd way?

>he point is that in my culture, ice cream and Coke are not “good” for you, but they make many people happy.

If the point is that vices can do more good than harm, you can say that. You don't have to use phrasing which suggests life would be valueless without those specific vices. The inflexibility is that not even your own life would be valueless if you lost them: you could easily find other vices to amuse yourself by.

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temp1928384 2684 days ago
I live in a world without coke and sugar just fine...
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