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t1_iuqrtpl wrote

That’s lifestyle not diet

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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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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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t1_iursn0w wrote

This is unnecessarily pedantic

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t1_iursuwy wrote

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

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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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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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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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t1_iusl497 wrote

Reddit is junkfood, but its healthier than Twitter.

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t1_iuu5eh1 wrote

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

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t1_iurv20f wrote

What's with the image

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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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t1_iusaiiv wrote

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

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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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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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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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t1_iut81km wrote

the new "Live Laugh Love" for this generation

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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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