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[–] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago (2 children)

As an adult, I can bake as many cakes as I want, and everybody will want to hang out with me even more than usual because of all the delicious cakes.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago

I'm down to hang out with cake and you

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Some recent studies point that bacon is not that bad if you not mix it with a lot of carbos

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It’s cured fatty meat.

Too much of it isn’t going to be great no matter what you do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (7 children)

The thing is, fat isn't all that bad for you. The idea that fat is unhealthy is mostly dead outside of sugar lobbyists. It's sugar that you really have to look out for.

Salt is also likely not as bad as reporting used to make it out to be. It causes short term blood pressure increases, but potentially not long term and also we don't know the direction of causation with that and heart disease.

Basically, don't over-indulge, but bacon probably isn't going to kill you.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Fat isn't just one thing. There are absolutely fats that are very unhealthy.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Weren’t there studies that showed it’s linked to increased risk of cancer? Even all processed meat like hot dogs and sausages.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah, nitrates can be a problem, I was thinking about saturated fat.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ah, you see not everyone has a car.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don’t have a car, I get the train or bus instead.

Because nothing will stop me having cake.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Not everyone needs a car, I can get a cake without driving!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When I was an early teenager I realized with an epiphany that I could take my paper route money, go to the grocery store, and buy my own cookies! It was a light bulb moment. No mom to tell me how many I could have. An entire box of cookies all to myself! So I did it, and I ate half a box of Oreo cookies, and drank 2 cherry Cokes. I got so sick that I threw up and had to go to bed several hours early. At that point I realized that my mom wasn't just being mean when she told me "no" and put limits on me, and I started listening to her more. Of course a couple of years later my real teenage years started, and I completely forgot that valuable lesson.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Did the same when I got to college and ate three packets of pop tarts for breakfast.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In my early twenties I started getting into the habit of eating a couple Pop-Tarts every morning for breakfas and began to notice Pop-Tarts were giving me pain in my heart. Literal pain in my heart. I've always been a healthy fit person, those Pop-Tart pains are the closest thing I've ever felt to a heart attack, and anyway that's how I stopped eating Pop-Tarts.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm reminded of Paula Poundstone's routine on how she eats a box of Pop Tarts a day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLLP1Wtrg0U

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

One man can.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I was raised poor so even now that I can afford it, I feel something forbidding me from buying cake. That and knowing that I gain weight very easily and it takes me lots of hours to get raid of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Regular grocery store cake is usually not worth it anyway. You’re much better off making your own, or at least your wallet and taste buds are better off, even if your blood sugar is not

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Do this enough, and physics will stop you from getting in your car.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Adulthood is being able to buy and eat as much cake as you want, but knowing that you really shouldn't.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's kind of my problem. I wish I could stop myself from buying ice cream.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I shot up to 50 pounds above my healthy weight during 2020, and a big part of that I can attribute to the availability of Ben & Jerry's Phish Food at a nearby gas station

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For me, the brand is Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream. They're pricey, but I ended up buying a couple of pints and eating them over the weekend. It completely undoes all my progress throughout the week too.

Aw, shoot. Maybe I need to cut out ice cream.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've had a pint of Phish Food in my freezer for months now. I keep wanting to eat it, but that stuff is so outrageously high in calories, and I know I'll eat the whole pint the moment I open it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is the problem. If only there was a way to put less in a bowl, but I’ve never figured out how to do that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Oh, look at Mr. Portion Control over here. πŸ™„

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Its only 1100 Cal per pint, what could go wrong?

edit: don't tell me you stop at half a pint, that is clearly impossible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

My wife manages to eat only one scoop of half-baked. She must be a witch.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

If only bought cake were nearly as good as home made.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I bake cakes and sweet treats for my family. I am kind of worried about the consequences on all of us. Please help.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

I remember realizing this at about 20, and that if I bought my own cake ingredients I could make cake for startlingly little money. The most expensive part was probably the ready made frosting.

Anyway I started making cakes for friends and neighbours in my apartment building after work. I didn't keep it up for very long, maybe a year, but I'm convinced my reputation is still riding high, decades later, from the goodwill I sowed during that time.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My car doesn't have a bakery in it πŸ˜”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need a bigger car, yours is missing critical features. I bet it doesn't have a bowling alley either...

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You can, you absolutely can. The thing is now it's not just that cake at the bakery counter in the grocery store. You're going to commit to buying a 10,000 calorie pile of wonder. You need to make sure that you do a good job. You need to go find the best goddamn cake in your area. But then, that means you got to drive a little bit. And it's going to be expensive, and you already a couple of pounds heavier than you should be because you're out of time and dealing with the kids. Ah crap, the kids they're going to want some cake. I have to eat this in my car. Do you think the bakery has utensils? Damn now I'm going to have to go two places. Ahh screw it maybe the next time this is posted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yeah it makes me want to go out and get a cake. For about 30 seconds before I think about the logistics of actually getting a cake, having to pay for it myself, then eating like 2 pieces before I start feeling sick and overloaded on sugar and just leave the rest in the fridge until it goes stale.

Freedom is wasted on the old

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I discovered that in my mid-20s. I enjoyed eating a whole cake all by myself whenever the hell I wanted a few times and then the consequences begin to show and that's how we learn our lessons about things like that and then we eventually teach our kids the right way to do things and then they get bored with that and they turn around and rebel and then they learn their lessons in their 20s and the cycle continues.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Can you order cake like you can order pizza? This calls for further investigation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes but it's up charged by the delivery app you use + tip to the driver so an $8 cake becomes $16 after taxes fees and tip.

On the other hand, cake.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have literally done this while watching Matilda

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I think about that kid every time I'm sitting there eating a whole cake straight out of the box without even bothering to slice it up or anything.

Which is uh... not often >_>

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Don't do it, it's a trick by big cake!!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Only if you have a car, otherwise you need to walk or take public transportation.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

As an adult anyone can stop or hinder you from having a delicious cake

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I live near a store that sells mini sheet cakes. I buy them whenever I'm in the mood.

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