On: Everything must be paid for twice

[Talanes]

>You should think about the kind of behavior either of these feelings encourage, or discourage.

If I was going to drive myself to destitution chasing good feeling like a rat in an experiment, there are far more effective hits I could get than just "the feeling of spending money on something I like, but may not actually use."

I already have to have the skills to not let good feelings completely drive my decision making, so what benefit is there to making an unavoidable process into a source of negative feelings? Would it be healthy to feel nausea every time I eat so that I don't overindulge?

[tonyedgecombe → Talanes]

>Would it be healthy to feel nausea every time I eat so that I don't overindulge?

It might be healthier than becoming obese which comes with it's own negative feelings.

[Talanes → tonyedgecombe]

And yet I have enjoyed food for nearly 32 years, and I am if anything underweight. Enjoyment is not synonymous with overindulgence.

[chmod775 → Talanes]

That's nice anecdata, but there's still an obesity epidemic with at least ~70% of the US population being at least overweight and 40% being obese.

Despite obesity being a (if not the) leading cause of death, people are overindulging anyways.

It would appear that overwhelmingly people will act against their best interests if it just makes them feel good. At least when it comes to food.

I'm happy for you that you appear to be an exception.