Annoying comments you hear all the time

[Irish Oisin]

We say go on the piss as well, and the first few months of me not drinking was filled with arguments with my friends about how I don't drink. Usually in pubs, it's where we socialise!

[Terinatum]

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[Nomad Jay]

I have been trying to imagine how that conversation went. It seems really awkward to ask someone that.

 

What did you say? "Yes, because I ate a baby."

There really isn't a response to that other than a blank stare. Though I was tempted to ask him if he was going to finish his omelet....

[Timmy M]

@Terinatum it's not that people believe that being fat = ignoramous/stupid/etc its partly to do with certain peoples unwillingness to really try, inability to accept responsibility for their own actions and stubbornness in the face of sense 

 

i'm not saying people have to do things exactly as we do, but it's the fact that despite knowing what they're doing isn't working (and blindly hoping that it does) people refuse to change because they have an absolute belief in a system that isn't working for them

[goodbyeharrison]

Not realising this honestly made me depressed enough to give up on weight loss at one point in my life. And now understanding it 4 years later is whats gonna make it actually work.

 

 

Diet really is the hardest and most important part. Happy to hear you haven't given up!!!  

[shortstuff]

Short comments. They annoy me so much!!!!

Yes I'm short, thanks for reminding me, yes I may only just be able to reach that thing up there, but I can still reach it, yes I am actually tall enough to join the navy, and just because I am a "good height" for the submarines doesn't mean I should work on the submarines.

And than there's the comments about not drinking alcohol. I don't drink because I can't stand the taste of it. Most people don't/can't get this and as a result of this I get a lot of pressure to drink even from people who know I don't drink.

Most recently I got "you know a little bit of alcohol won't hurt you" when offered a try of someone's drink.

[Terinatum]

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[I-Jo]

what?

[Timmy M]

what?

 

probably a reply to my comment

[Terinatum]

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[I-Jo]

no- I figured that out- it's just your post is kind of all over the place.

 

I'm also not into the very feel bad for everyone vibe- I just don't get it.  

 

I'm also not going ot listen to someone who obviously (or says they do) knows something and continually makes bad choices and continually makes bad discisions.

 

It's one thing (you are correct) for someone to be well researched and read up on this stuff- and be at the begining or middle of a journey.  

 

But most of us are referring to people at the gym- or work- or friends- people we see regularly- people we see "excusing" themselves for just this once- or I had a bad day- or I worked hard at the gym... they know better- and they still eat like crap- and even have the gall to give other people crap.  These aren't totally strangers.

nope.

 

I also note that there are a tremendous amount of people who won't take advice from someone whose never been over weight- and had to loose it. 

 

 

 

 

how is the converse not true- how am I going to take someone's advice seriously if they "know" but aren't doing???

 

(That being said I believe you can know things w/o having done all the things yourself- you might not be an expert- but you sure as shit aren't ignorant) but that is a two way street is what I'm saying.

 

  Because I have no issue with someone saying yeah I'm learning/doing X, Y and Z and have started working out and doing X Y and Z.... you might not have lost weight or gotten fit- you just started but again- doing... they are still doing.  

Even worse are people who say oh that's not that bad for you... usually coming from someone who is less fit/healthy than you.  yeah no- not so much. 

[JasontheKiwi]

This has gotten quite away from the topic, I was quite enjoying my nit picking of people and their annoying comments. 

[Terinatum]

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[ArmoredGallant]

Short comments. They annoy me so much!!!!

Yes I'm short, thanks for reminding me, yes I may only just be able to reach that thing up there, but I can still reach it, yes I am actually tall enough to join the navy, and just because I am a "good height" for the submarines doesn't mean I should work on the submarines.

And than there's the comments about not drinking alcohol. I don't drink because I can't stand the taste of it. Most people don't/can't get this and as a result of this I get a lot of pressure to drink even from people who know I don't drink.

Most recently I got "you know a little bit of alcohol won't hurt you" when offered a try of someone's drink.

 

I always feel like if someone has something about themselves that makes for an easy joke, then they've probably heard them a million times and are sick of them. Plus, I don't like a challenge, I like to make jokes that people have to think about (and often don't get). Same as dirty jokes, it's really easy to make a funny dirty joke, but keeping it clean is more of a challenge with most people I encounter. Anyway, so my shorter friends, while still getting teased by me, are safe from short jokes.

Alcohol is just another example of how a lot of people would rather drag you down than even think you might be doing something better. Personally, I enjoy drinking once in a while, but I certainly don't get offended if I offer someone a beer and they say no. Others, however, get downright offended, as if you insulted them in some way, because you don't drink. It happens with other things, like pork (my wife and I avoid pork like the plague), but alcohol especially seems to be a trigger I've noticed.

 

Anyway, more power to you. Even if it's just because you don't like the taste, alcohol as a whole isn't really great for weight loss.

[The Mouse]

Since I've read up on paleo/keto/primal, etc, I've been slowly switching my eating habits (I've wanted to go all in, but with my mum and dad running the kitchen, it's hard for me to really take it up full steam. Doing 1-2 meals and snacks good, though, and building my stash in the fridge) and my extended family has noticed. In particular this one aunt.

 

Auntie's not too big, but she is plump. She has a treadmill that rarely gets used (was really only used by her son, who went from over 200lbs and big by any standard to a near fashion-model build - slight, not muscular, but slight and a huge inspiration to the entire family) and she complains that her diets don't work - she tries low-fat to moderate success, but never loses belly fat.

 

So the other day, we were all visiting my grandma and I showed up with a smoothie in a bottle (coconut milk, avocado and berries) and a meat-egg scramble in a mason jar. She spies me taking a drink of my smoothie and asks (politely, but kind of with that "oh, how's that temporary thing working for you?" kind of tone) "oh, are you on your diet?".

 

While I understand the good intentions behind it, I mean, come on! First, it's not a "diet" for me - it's a lifestyle change that I'm trying to get behind. Second, I've got a freaking MEAT SCRAMBLE in my mason jar. No. It's not a "diet" by your definition, Auntie. I eat bacon. And coconut milk. And eggs. Not a diet, just good food for life. And as she and her daughter gripe to me about not being able to kick the rice or bread, I've given up trying to teach them about how carbs reduce fat. Neither of them want to give it up - they know the science is right (at least my cousin does), but they figure they'll just "treadmill more".

 

Y'know what? I let you treadmill more, you let me enjoy my "diet" in peace.

[Sambalina]

... I've got a freaking MEAT SCRAMBLE in my mason jar. 

 

This is a quote to live by Awesome!

[cracked_belle]

"Why do you work out? youre so skinny." -----hmm maybe to be healthy. shocker, i know. Apparently being naturally thin means it's an excuse to be a couch potato and not lift a finger. 

 

"Why are you watching what you eat? youre already skinny"---- maybe i don't want to fill my body full of crappy processed food that you are unable to pronounce. Oh yeah and because mcdonalds is freaking disgusting.

those two get me too.

 

I workout and eat well to BE HEALTHY, motherf****ers.  lol.

[MariahSnow]

I always feel like if someone has something about themselves that makes for an easy joke, then they've probably heard them a million times and are sick of them. Plus, I don't like a challenge, I like to make jokes that people have to think about (and often don't get). Same as dirty jokes, it's really easy to make a funny dirty joke, but keeping it clean is more of a challenge with most people I encounter. Anyway, so my shorter friends, while still getting teased by me, are safe from short jokes.

Alcohol is just another example of how a lot of people would rather drag you down than even think you might be doing something better. Personally, I enjoy drinking once in a while, but I certainly don't get offended if I offer someone a beer and they say no. Others, however, get downright offended, as if you insulted them in some way, because you don't drink. It happens with other things, like pork (my wife and I avoid pork like the plague), but alcohol especially seems to be a trigger I've noticed.

 

Anyway, more power to you. Even if it's just because you don't like the taste, alcohol as a whole isn't really great for weight loss.

 

I was out with coworkers Friday and one girl ordered everyone car bombs without an kind of consent or input from us. I'd only had a beer and I was halfway out the door, so I satisfied her with drinking it. But she and some other people were starting up with 5-hour energies and stuff like that. I could tell the road it was going down, the peer pressure, and so I just left. The best way I've found to deal is to remove myself from the situation. And what sucks is that I was having a great time, getting a great ab workout from laughing. All it takes is one person to peer pressure you into doing shots to make the night miserable.

 

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky, but that whole "I stayed up for 36 hours and then did this crazy thing and did this other crazy thing and it was awesome" just doesn't really turn me on anymore. I'm more like, "I went to bed at 9 PM and had an awesome sunrise bike ride Saturday morning! And then I went grocery shopping and so I could read and do laundry and see Jurassic Park in 3D later that day!" I hate how a few extra drinks and a few extra hours at a bar can make your Saturday a "recovery" instead of doing the things I want to do.

[everytoid]

-MariahSnow
The times that I have gotten up and left turned out to be the times that my 'friends' have done some very very very stupid things.  Most recently, we were all set to go to a club.  About an hour before we were set to meet, 'friends' announced that other 'friends' were going to join us (I did not know them), so I opted out.
At the club they were involved in a big brawl over a small scuffle between said 'friend' and a drunk teenager.

Taking an objective look at things is healthy.  Stepping away when you see that the situation is going downhill is also a good principle.

 

annoying:
Receiving comments about my long hair; be it from classmates or just a random person driving by screaming obscenities.
 

[The Mouse]

Everytoid:

Long hair done right is charming. People just don't know how to react to handsome. Grr.

 

Also, glad you got out of that. I'm lucky to have a friend group that doesn't really drink and we don't define fun through drinking, but I've seen some other friends go down the wrong road and end up hiding out in stairwells at 3AM after having the cover the bill for a drunken table that walked out on them. Peer pressure when it comes to drinking is really not good, and I hope that more people can learn that it's okay for them to walk away and choose not to be part of it. 

[ArmoredGallant]

You know how they say you are what you eat? Well, you also become who you surround yourself with, at least to a point. I know from experience. In my younger days I used to drink with friends and the like; I remember the times we practically spent a week drinking and having a great time. However, as I've gotten older, and probably more mature, I find that I have just as much (if not more) fun just playing board games with my friends, or going on walks, and so on. I think once I found a healthier group of friends, I just stopped enjoying alcohol like I once did. Even know, I have some great tequila that's just sitting around, maybe being used for a margarita once in a great while (and even then it's really only for the flavor). 

 

[Anamal]

Largest annoying comment set I get is "Phoenix, you're a rabbit." or "You keep the produce section up and running with how much you have to buy.  Seriously, all those veggies...," etc, etc.

 

I honestly like veggies.  I do.  Even as a fat guy, I Would rather munch on carrots or fruit than chips.  Healthier AND tastier.  Hell, I had a post-doc visit me at my apartment one time and he commented on how my fridge was way too healthy for a grad student...

Yes, I get the rabbit comment all the freaking time... because it totally get funnier each time... oh wait no it doesn't.

 

I also get the "your favorite food is salad" and the "what do you want for dinner? Let me guess, salad!" And one friend who really enjoys insisting that I'll buy a bag of romain lettuce and eat that for a week... *sign* tired of people's talk.

[goodbyeharrison]

"you treat your body like jews in a concentration camp"

 

seriously. crossing. a. line.

[I-Jo]

Yes, I get the rabbit comment all the freaking time... because it totally get funnier each time... oh wait no it doesn't.

 

I also get the "your favorite food is salad" and the "what do you want for dinner? Let me guess, salad!" And one friend who really enjoys insisting that I'll buy a bag of romain lettuce and eat that for a week... *sign* tired of people's talk.

what's all this rabbit talk about?  I'm sauting up ground beef and red sauce to make meat sauce- no pasta- that's dinner.

 

i love me some veggies and shit- but I want my meat and none potatoes dinner damnit!!! 

[RisenPhoenix]

what's all this rabbit talk about?  I'm sauting up ground beef and red sauce to make meat sauce- no pasta- that's dinner.

 

i love me some veggies and shit- but I want my meat and none potatoes dinner damnit!!! 

 

Well for dinner, yea (except I totally do potatoes.  They are tasty and delicious and Paleo-be-damned on that front, for me).  Lunch I usually go crazy with the veggies to get my filled for fairly low calories.  Gives me a bit more wiggle room for the inevitable snacking I'll do during the back half of the day (usually with nuts/beef jerky).  People just don't usually see my dinners, because I don't split them for lunches.  I keep them as dinners for a few days.