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Upset_Necessary_2723 t1_iur2qeg wrote

-what's your diet?

-y'know, a bit of jazz, and some horror movies

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nomisnator t1_iuqrtpl wrote

That’s lifestyle not diet

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NbdySpcl_00 t1_iurya2d wrote

Interestingly enough, the etymology is more in step with OP's musings. But yes, today we think of the English word 'diet' as referring to food -- either to mean our usual eating habits, or a special restriction used for the purpose of losing weight.

Diet <= food eaten regularly / habitually <= a daily apportionment of food and labor <= 'a prescribed way of life' < 'way of life', regimen <=> diaeta

As an additional point of interest, by studying this I finally get where the phrase 'Diet of Worms' (the council of city named wurms) originates. diaeta => regimen => daily duty, assembly => council => Diet

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BoopsScroopin t1_ius0hvq wrote

This is the only remotely interesting thing about this entire post.

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vkeyunl0ckslife OP t1_iur79lw wrote

If there is no life, what is the use of that style?🤔

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wkfngrs t1_iurv9m1 wrote

Man what mushrooms are you eating?!? I want some.

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raff7 t1_iuqrgax wrote

Except that it isn’t.. your diet is just what you eat and drink…

Not saying that the rest are not important, just that they are not part of your diet.. which is a word with a very specific meaning

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carloandreaguilar t1_iuqu5ri wrote

It’s a figure of speech, since food is what you consume and what fuels you…

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j592dk_91_c3w-h_d_r t1_iursn0w wrote

This is unnecessarily pedantic

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raff7 t1_iursuwy wrote

I think the whole quote is just stupid because of this tho…

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InsertCoinForCredit t1_ius3ry5 wrote

That means your vocabulary is stunted. You need to broaden your literary diet.

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CareerDestroyer t1_ius1ymg wrote

That's because either your literary skills are not developed enough to acknowledge not everything is taken literally or you are a classic "akkshuallly" attention-seeking redditor case

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raff7 t1_ius4ieq wrote

I think it makes no sense, not that I do not understand it.. it just doesn’t have any value…

You are jus using the world diet as a substitute for “stuff you consume”, and pretending that it’s a deep thought

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Ok_Vegetable_1441 t1_ius4dll wrote

Coming from the one who can't even keep a career without destroying it and going homeless again

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Evilkenevil77 t1_iusl497 wrote

Reddit is junkfood, but its healthier than Twitter.

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[deleted] t1_iuu5eh1 wrote

Haha agree. At least sometimes we can have some good discussions

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Infinite-Passenger13 t1_iurv20f wrote

What's with the image

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BoopsScroopin t1_ius08ul wrote

If you round out your diet with media, relationships, and vague concepts, you too can achieve a galaxy brain. It's all part of the 4 dimensional food pyramid.

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124psu t1_ius01sj wrote

The reach is impeccable.

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chakijz t1_iusaiiv wrote

Isn't this exactly the meaning of "you are what you eat?"

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SjurEido t1_iusj8y4 wrote

This... is meaningless lol.

Why are you referring to "who you hang out with" as your diet?

Why not just say "Eat healthy and be around healthy relationships"?

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MuminMetal t1_iuvxgxi wrote

It sounds better when you're inhaling the mystical ganja smoke.

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Just2brosHelping t1_iuu9x4q wrote

There’s a pretty famous book called Infinite Jest bt David Foster Wallace that has this exact theme. What you consume makes you who you are.

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Rashkhanna t1_ius033a wrote

Diet is not just what we physically eat but it's also includes what we absorb mentally from our environment. The process of absorption involves the reading, feeling, inhaling, looking even taste something that is all includes eating which not only builds our body but also our soul.

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young_earth t1_iut81km wrote

the new "Live Laugh Love" for this generation

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Darth_Cody t1_iuv4neh wrote

Your diet literally is what you eat and not any of that other shit. Are those things important? Yes. Do they have anything to do with your diet? No.

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