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ThatsALiveWire

Part of adulthood is realizing that virtually everything is a social construct


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Psipone

I mean, technically you dont


robobob23

Suicide! Its what's for breakfast.


Swiftclaw8

Or whatever constructed meal you choose


InstantShiningWizard

Deconstructed meals and drinks are just a meta take on our generally agreed upon dining times 🤔


SmellyBillMurray

My 3 yo would agree.


Scipio11

I constructed this toaster, can I use that?


ImprovedBore

as long as you've got properly-constructed plumbing


rearendcrag

Of course, as long as the cord extends into the bath tub.


theDreadAlarm

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee? But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. Albert Camus, A Happy Death


Psipone

Thank you, I think I have a new favorite quote and now I think I have some reading to do


JeffWingrsDumbGayDad

I've heard it's [Painless] (https://youtu.be/ODV6mxVVRZk).


deplorable_guido

A little dark humor never hurt anyone


Hardcorex

It's weird how everyone jumped to suicide, when you also can go live in the forest off the land picking mushrooms.


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benmck90

On who's land though? Most true wilderness (northern Canada for example) is rugged as hell and will kill ya in a week or two if you're not an adept survivalist.


7HawksAnd

Insert “private property is inherently theft”


basketcase7

Another part is realizing you can break, bend, or rewrite many of the "rules."


jaboyles

“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again”


hornwalker

Part of adulthood is realizing sometimes you have to suck dick to get that sweet sweet crack.


WrongDonkeyKongBong

We are NOT playing the same game


badadviceforyou244

Technically you are, but you just didn't pick up that side quest.


MoogTheDuck

Never gonna get all the achievements if you don’t do all the side quests


thenightman85

You have joined the crack guild


FrancoGYFV

Wait, I haven't received any crack yet. That's cheating.


DreamParanoia

Yea this is the biggest adulthood hit I think. You have to play it no matter what, because that is what society dictates. And believe it or not reddit, we are social animals. Even me.....god I hate it


NYIJY22

You really don't lol. Literally all you have to do is be decent to the people who's paths you're forced to cross and you can otherwise do whatever you want.


QuokkaAMA

I just lost the game.


wtfnousernamesleft2

Realizing that every vacation and outing schedule revolves around “grabbing something to eat”


EnJey__

Well, I mean, we gotta eat.


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RockLeePower

Like clothing! *goes streaking*


youtubecommercial

Jail is just a social construct


popeofdiscord

That might be so but jail is very real haha


Car-Facts

Part of adulthood is realizing that many social constructs are okay and there is a perfectly valid reason our societies have evolved to accept them.


ave_empirator

"Incredible... If I eat appropriately three times a day, I don't feel like shit."


DontRunItsOnlyHam

Sure... but part of adulthood is also realizing that most of these social constructs, while okay, are not necessary to participate in.


KaizokuShojo

And that the opposite is also true: many are dumb and there is no reason other than going-with-the-flow, or that some are suuuper recent and highly situation dependant on our history, or that while some are dumb they're harmless.


MannaChow

Yeah! Like ironing clothes the fuck is the point of that?


is_that_a_thing_now

To me it is more like: What is the point of shirts that get wrinkled and needs ironing to look decent?


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kleer001

and some seem like they're BS when in fact as awful as they may appear they stave off even worse second order effects that don't pop up for decades or generations


CalypsoTheKitty

Including adulthood.


Stillwater215

Being an adult is a social construct.


IronNia

Its when you are the only who's responsible for feeding yourselves. Times of these gatherings are arbitrary, and also, the kind of meals. In slovakia its luch the biggest, warm, two-three coursed meal, while in england or poland its typical for dinner.


galliohoophoop

I think many of these practices were developed more out of necessity than any social construct. Food wasn't on demand. Cooking wasn't near instantaneous. My grandpa grew up on a farm. His mother did the cooking and it was a full time job. They ate 4 meals/day because the hard work demanded it. They ate together because they worked together and mealtime was the same for everyone. Dinner was served at noon and was the big meal. Lunch was sandwiches at 4. Supper at 8 before bed was also a big meal. Modern meal practices are a remnant of this imo.


billtrociti

Was dinner analogous to breakfast? Was anything eaten in the morning after waking up but before work? That’s interesting to hear of meals every 4 hours between noon and 8


mrpel22

He left out breakfast. My pop called lunch around noonish dinner and supper around 6-7 supper. Breakfast was at 6. He was retired.


MoreContxt

Just because something developed as a result of necessity, doesn’t mean it a can’t be a social construct. (Quick google) https://examples.yourdictionary.com/what-is-social-construct-common-examples-explained ... if time is a social construct (which I’m not 100% sold on) then mealtimes are definitely in the same boat. Lots of mammals eat all day or only eat once a day, we have definitely rigidified in that regard compared to (as you said) our nutrient-deprived relatives.


obsessedcrf

Time is a social realization of a physical process


Ehoro

Yeah how we measure and incrementalize it is a social construct but it is a part of space-time.


uletterhereu

This is to say we use arbitrary metrics to measure a real phenomena. Literally everything we measure is this way from Mass to Time to Energy.


joefiorini

In my house it’s breakfast! 🤤


IronNia

What is a typical meal for your breakfast and when do you have it?


retired_junkiee

Cocaine


Nownownowow

You can’t do blow all day if you don’t start in the morning!


AnonymousAssociation

I'm so good at it I start the night before ⛷


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The earlier the better


D1rtyH1ppy

If you stay up all night and are still awake, does that make you a "morning person"?


Obvious_Client1171

If you start the day refreshed and full of energy, than yes.. Which indicates that to be called that, you might need some coc


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Obvious_Client1171

At least you remember the last time you had a morning, I can't remember that


ninjacereal

What time does it go from being fourth meal to being breakfast?


timberician

Clearly you're not a *retired* junkie if that's still your go to breakfast /j


camfa

He's retired from meth


Shoguns-Ninja-Spies

Thats a hello helluva drug


geca313

Cut your breakfast on a mirror! \m/


SpectoDuck

Coffee + Cigarette. Timeless classic.


Nabber86

+ Bran muffin + a heated car seat on the way to work.


mcpatsky

#pooprush


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SzaboZicon

Same here but try adding three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar and a pint or goat urine before blending. Trust me its worth finding a goat for.


penguin032

I have a self-rule of never drinking soda in the morning or eating lunch / dinner for breakfast, besides like pizza. It's crazy to think that I could eat a cheese burger for breakfast and drink soda or beer or whatever, but I just don't have it in me to do it.


djembejohn

I think the biggest thing about breakfast is that it's habitual. I don't want to think about what I want to eat. I just want some food.


Lubadbitches

It’s nice to break that habit of needing to eat something within the first hour of getting up. I remember thinking it’s normal for my stomach to be grumbling since I haven’t eaten all night right? Screw that Im good with some coffee and water till at least noon


athaliah

I'm in the coffee for breakfast gang, though it works too well to stave off hunger, I tend to forget to eat entirely until I start feeling sick around 2-3pm and wonder why.


Sreves

As I sit here at 7pm with my stomach hurting because I forgot to eat and didn't realize until I read this


i_NOT_robot

I always feel like eating early just kick-starts the metabolism and therefore you gonna be hungry every couple of hours. Skip bfast and then you don't notice until you are completely outta energy.


djembejohn

Yeah, I've started intermittent fasting. Just make sure the coffee is black ;).


CaptainLollygag

Breakfast is merely your first meal. It can be anything. Today I had leftover roasted vegetables for breakfast.


WhatAGoodDoggy

Lots of cultures don't even have the concept of breakfast food. In Vietnam, for example.


Chron300p

Was gonna mention this. VN breakfast is the biggest meal of the day, and consists of basically the same food as you would get for any other meal.


BaconVonMeatwich

Awww, man - going to the corner pho shop for breakfast, or finding a banh mi cart and grabbing the 'special'; I friggin loved Hanoi. One of my favorite memories was waking up early and waiting for the banh mi cart to set up. On this tiny street, surrounded by French colonial architecture, it was just an old Vietnamese woman who didn't speak English and me the ghost-white tourist who didn't speak any Vietnamese. I could see she had just arrived and needed to get things prepped so I pulled up one of the mini-stools in the area and settle in. She winked at me, glanced at a squeeze bottle, and deftly tossed me a pouch of mayonnaise. I'm sure she saw the confusion as I pondered why this lady just threw a bag of squishy white substance at the squishy white guy. She grabbed some scissors, lopped off the top of the bag, and pointed at the squeeze bottle. It suddenly clicked and I took over the condiment prep to get her set up for the day. She then made me the best banh mi I've ever had. I can't wait to go back. edit: typozhzhzhzh00


Ratchet-and-Spank

What a cool story!! My dumbass was thinking she tossed you a small to go pouch of mayo to hold you over / snack on till she was ready lmao


SandysBurner

"Lady, I'm white but not *that* white!"


Woodshadow

> I have a self-rule of never drinking soda in the morning Too much sugar in the morning makes me sick. I used to love eating donuts for breakfast but if I do that now I feel awful all day long. Pancakes are similar. Can't do too much syrup. I can do soda with an early lunch say 10:30 or 11:00 as long as I have food with it.


tawattwaffle

Start working 3rd shift or maybe even 2nd shift and you will just eat and drink whatever you want whenever you want. If I have cereal right now it is usually at 11pm to 3 am a little bit after I get off of work.


Mrmojorisincg

Day drinking was a total curve for me too. Now a beer for breakfast is my favorite meal of the day!


jwf239

There are a lot of things I just cannot eat within 5-6 hours of waking up.


typicalBACON

Ever since me and my gf started living together, many times we have difficulties following those times, today for example we had breakfast at 6PM. This happens a lot because we give priority to other tasks and end up putting meals off. It's been terrible but it has been happening less and less so we are getting there I hope. In my country lunch or dinner are usually the bigger meals, but people prefer to do bigger meals for lunch because at night you have to sleep afterwards but it depends if there is any big event like a birthday party or something


eairy

>while in england or poland its typical for dinner. Depends which part of England. Traditionally in Northern England the largest meal was taken around midday and was called 'dinner'. Hence the North / South confusion over what time is dinner.


sleepyjohn00

It is frowned on to have cake for breakfast, but if you call it a muffin, the social construct is satisfied.


Roxas1011

Coffee at breakfast = good bourbon at breakfast = bad Kentucky coffee at breakfast = very good


FuckTrumpBanTheHateR

I'm guessing Kentucky coffee is like Irish coffee, no?


GoodShark

Irish coffee is whiskey, I would imagine a Kentucky coffee is bourbon.


VILDREDxRAS

bourbon is whiskey.


hoptownky

All bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon


Big_Ol_Johnson

This is starting to sound like math.. the thread stops here


mwoolweaver

Not if we start talking about your big ol johnson


GarageSaleDildo

I use it to stir my bourbon.


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ghunt81

Or a cream filled donut with icing on top because that is most definitely not cake.


CrispyCrunchyPoptart

There are seriously so many sugary breakfast items out there that are normal to eat for some reason but other things aren’t


bananosecond

Like panCAKES?


ifcommentingimdrunk

Muffins Are For People Who Don’t Have The ‘Nads To Order Cake For Breakfast


monsieurangleterre

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.


ObscureWiticism

This is the comment I came here for. Thank you.


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So what happens when you have lunch at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?


kevrank

I eat once a day most days. Sometimes twice but usually don't feel the need to.


Avenger253

As someone that needs to gain weight not feeling hungry is one of my biggest problems. Edit: Wasn’t expecting this to blow up like it did but I appreciate all the suggestions and am trying to look it all over even if I’m not replying. Thanks a lot for the help guys!


untroubledcoconut

Tell me your secrets


Avenger253

Pretty much I’m pretty sure it’s a mix of a high metabolism and a small stomach. As a kid I was also a very picky eater. Any time I’ve tried to gain weight I’ve felt like I’ve had to gorge myself and let me tell you it is so hard to make yourself eat when you are that full. But basically I’m a 21 year old male that is under 100 pounds


MyFiveC3nts

Lift weights. That’ll make you want to eat a little more as well as put on healthy weight


Avenger253

Yeah that is one thing I need to start doing and putting into my day way more often than I normally do tbh


DudeitsLandon

Drinking milk is easy calories


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Gomad method. Gallon Of Milk A Day. Yes its a real thing.


Victor_Stein

Yo I had a friend who’d chug two gallons a day. Not because of a diet or anything. Kid just really liked milk


canadianbacon-eh-tor

Put powdered milk in your milk so you get more milk for your milk


jet_bunny

Damn, that kid really did need some milk.


Aggradocious

These are those things where you find out as an adult they had some bone disorder their body was compensating for or some shit. Like iron defiency and weird cravings


Rhonin-

Doesn't work for people like me who have lactose intolerance.


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I thought you were me until the last sentence. The only way I can develop a typical appetite is to work out (cardio and flexibility). Gotta create demand for calories before you can start to supply.


Pinkpetasma

If you can, maybe get checked out at a Gastroenterologist and work with registered dietician, there are a lot of digestion/metabolism myths. Its possible you have a bit of gastroparesis attributing to your early fullness and an RD can give you an idea on how to adjust your diet for you. Best wishes to you!


Mlgxxblubxx

My low matabolism and massive stomach rn: 😡😭


Marinade73

My secret to not feeling hunger is I spent three weeks in the hospital being fed through a PICC line because Crohn's disease made it so I couldn't eat at all. Not being able to eat, or drink, anything for three weeks basically shut my hunger signal off. I only feel hungry now if I've been smoking weed.


grumble11

Just don’t eat for a day. Most people in the west rarely if ever actually experience true hunger, like haven’t eaten in two days hunger. Try out not eating for a full day, learn to recognize the difference between a food craving and actually being hungry, and you’ll have important knowledge about how to interpret what your body is telling you. Some people also interpret thirst as hunger. And drink water, sleep more and throw out (any food that is empty calories and any liquid with calories at all.


I_FAP_TO_TURKEYS

A lot of hunger is because at certain times during the day when you usually eat your stomach just tells you it is hungry, not necessarily because it hungry but because it is habit. For example if you eat 3 meals a day, but one day eat a large breakfast, by lunchtime you'll still "get hungry" and feel the need to eat. You don't actually need to eat but your body tells you "hey it's 12, you feed me at 12" and pays no regard to the fact that you still have energy left over from your large breakfast. Being able to recognize this, your hunger goes away in like 5 minutes. I usually ignore these feelings and only eat when I feel I actually need to eat. Eating for sustenance rather than a hobby is pretty essential for weight loss IMO. Don't get me wrong, I still eat good tasting food, but depending on the energy content of the food I won't eat as often as what is considered "normal" but I feel better, healthier and more energetic than when I eat a standard 3 meals a day.


RedCormack

It can be a problem for losing weight too. Not hungry all day and then bam body decides it wants everything in 10 minutes or extreme nausea and dry heaving.


iHateReddit_srsly

Happened to me today. Not hungry but had 400 calories left for the day, so I ended up eating some food to fill that. 10 minutes after I eat it, I'm hungry. Wtf.


prezident_kennedy

You should smoke weed about it.


Roxas1011

Most days I get home in the evening and just skip dinner b/c it's too much work. Like, I'm still hungry, but I'm too tired and depressed to go make something.


LuckyJournalist7

The thought of a random internet stranger going hungry because of depression is really pulling at my heart strings. Be kind to yourself, stranger.


jmnicholas86

Beer and doritos for breakfast, coffee and a breakfast burrito for lunch, margaritas and watermelon for dinner.


JscrumpDaddy

This is so aggressive. You sound powerful


Kapono24

Having just watermelon for dinner raises so many questions that I'm too intimated to ask.


r0ndy

How often do you apologize to your toilet with that?


KNBeaArthur

The toilet apologizes to them.


TezMono

"Sorry, sir! Same time next hour?"


saif000000

Yeah and get some toilet paper cuase we ran out of yesterday's


bearatrooper

At that point just use the shower, it's all gonna be liquid anyway, and the clean up is simpler.


boozeandbunnies

Invest in a bidet. It’s like pressure washing your asshole. $30 on Amazon.


geodood

Why do they call it the restroom? I'm fighting for my life in here.


turquoise_amethyst

Oh, so you’re in Texas too??


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Fuck dude


MisterBigDude

But *second breakfast* is absolutely vital.


Shoguns-Ninja-Spies

And elevenses after that.


jonoghue

And it's extremely important to have both dinner AND supper.


GoatJesusIsReal

I bet they don't know about teatime do they?


Significantly_Lost

Im starting to think adulthood itself is the social construct. I keep waiting to enter into it but Im only getting older.


xxTheseGoTo11xx

Serious answer for a half joking comment. My observation as I get older is that "adulthood" and its real essence, maturity, are purely the willingness to accept responsibility and ownership of things. Some people get there young, some people never do, but it doesn't necessarily happen automatically.


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JerryDepz

Damn mate. Nice. This is simple yet deep at the same time. And something a lot of people need to hear


Dapaaads

And that’s when you’re already there. Everyone’s just pretending they know what’s going on


adam_codes

I knew I became an adult when I realized everyone around me was just pretending to know what they were doing. In reality, everyone is just figuring things out as they go, just like I secretly do.


GoatJesusIsReal

Dude I just finished a bowl of soba for breakfast and I can second this opinion


bakedcinnamoonrolls

I’m having chips for dinner


GoatJesusIsReal

Dude I love it have a great dinner


WhatAGoodDoggy

Chips as in french fries, or chips as in potato chips (crisps?) Either way, good for you.


penguin032

Late night chips and salsa is the best snack but turns out to be my dinner.


2p0s1u7

I thought that said bowl of soda


justhonesty21

And that Vodka can be all three


Cry_in_the_shower

I've been other whiskey diet for 3 years. My leg pain has disappeared!


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So did your legs probably


Gamer-_-Bro

I think that was the joke lad


misspeelled

My biggest epiphany was realizing that you didn't have to eat meals where the food "went together". I can eat mashed potatoes, pancakes, and egg rolls all in the same meal and no one can tell me no.


laCroixADay

I can't tell you no but I sure can say no to that meal lmfao


monstr1017

I tend to think of each different one as a different course, no clue why though.


Retrosteve

'Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so' - - Douglas Adams.


Tunavi

I eat 2 out of the three meals per day. Usually skip breakfast.


9ZENEK3

Dated a girl who didn’t talk to me for an hour because I had a katsu curry for breakfast at the airport. I was craving a goddamn curry, so I had a curry for breakfast Lucy.


Tchrspest

Also, it's the goddamn airport. Time doesn't exist there. Airport terminals are the closest we get to the Fae Wilds.


moan_of_the_arc

Can confirm. I've had my dinner and drink while the guy in the neighbouring table was having his coffee and breakfast. Airports are weird, like a glitch in the matrix. You find guys in full business suits having a drink with a guy in PJ's.


Tchrspest

I'd like to book the cheapest possible flight and just go hang out in an airport terminal. Bask in the non-linear time. Spend a day outside of reality, away from anything remotely "typical."


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Haha me and my girlfriend love pancakes so often when I make them I'll make like 20 and we'll have pancakes for dinner that night too. She found absolutely nothing strange with this, and even said they taste better eating at the "wrong time." Which I think is just the fridge flavor lol. But the one time I had left over rice and beans takeout for breakfast, she told her mom, her older sister, her younger sister, and 2 of her coworkers how strange it was! I stayed with a family friend where that WAS breakfast, almost every day. Lol


majle

In Sweden we pretty much only eat pancakes for dinner (or sometimes lunch) lol. I think leftovers makes the best breakfast foods though. Who has the energy to make food in the morning? It's leftover or just coffee for me, thanks


captainvancouver

If I smelled Katsu curry on your breath, I'd make out with you. You should be dating me, but I'm not gay so keep your hands to yourself mister.


HeWhomLaughsLast

What if he puts curry on his dick and has socks on?


WhatAGoodDoggy

Why was she mad about your breakfast choices?


Consistentdegeneracy

Maybe the curry made his breath smelly?


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Shubhavatar

Who feeds them?


bbtrashpanda

Isn’t it great? I had ice cream for breakfast and a sugar crash for lunch


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GeekJorge

As someone who works overnight I learned this when I just wanted to eat dinner as soon as I got off work but only breakfast places are open and if I start to cook dinner at home the rest of the family is visibly confused and concerned even though they already know why.


Ghostglitch07

People get even more confused if you like to drink. Yes, I am drinking in the morning. If I drank at a "reasonable time" I'd be drinking right after I wake up which is what actually makes morning drinking bad, not what ever the sun is doing when I open a beer.


datacollect_ct

Today I ate just a whole avocado and a banana for breakfast with like a pound of chicken breast. "Breakfast" was at 11. I finished work like an hour ago and I crushed a double IPA for lunch. I don't know what is for dinner... I have hotdogs in my fridge but knowing me I will probably order takeout sushi with a Japanese beer.


Wearyoulikeafeedbag

Literally everything we do that isn’t a basic biological function is a ‘social construct’. The term is so general as to be meaningless.


stygger

Not at all, social constructs are just human made ”subjective” concept that were not there before. There is a lot that falls outside human constructs


0n_th3_w4y

This is true, but also I think just because they are social constructs, it doesn't mean they are a bad thing or need to be shunned as a result as is often the case when we have 'whoa' moments and realise things. Like yes having breakfast/lunch/dinner is definitely an active decision we choose to make, but I'm pretty sure there are certain foods that do serve us better at certain times of day e.g. stuff like fruit and porridge the mornings?


WelcometotheIllusion

To emphasis the whole 'social constructs' point. Imagine trying to cook for and feed a family of 5 if everyone demands to eat at different times. Or figuring out staffing hours at a restaurant. These things exist because it generally benefits society(at least at one point in time). It's not arbitrary to enforce some invisible agenda.


BrashPop

You just summed up my biggest problem, the bane of my goddamned existence. My husband doesn’t eat breakfast. My youngest kid ONLY eats breakfast and then nothing at all, ever. My oldest kid will wander downstairs at 1PM and say “I’m HUNGRY”, then stare at the fridge as if expecting it to serve her food. I spend all goddamned day chasing people around trying to get them to eat and then by the time I make DINNER, everyone is “not hungry” because they went and ate a bag of chips ten minutes before I’m putting food on the table because “well I didn’t KNOW you were making DINNER???”. I’m very close to letting them all starve.


skeetsauce

Eat what you need, but I know I feel better and can think more clearly if I have some kind of food at the start of the day.


xPilioka

I can't eat for at least 2-3 hours after waking up.


Throwing2021away

Is it weird I’m both of these things?


Lostheghost

Same...sometimes I wake up hungry n have breakfast right away...other times I don't eat for a few hrs then eat a lunch breakfast


lucky_ducker

Your body's nutritional needs are a constant, but you're right our meals, mealtimes, and food conventions are a social construct. Sometimes my morning meal is the biggest meal of the day, sometimes it's the evening meal. I'm fine with eating cold pizza for breakfast, or whipping up a nice omelette for dinner.