You know, over the years, that list has gotten tiny.
The only thing I really struggle with now, as in if I don’t pay attention and have a whole package next to me I’ll end up eating it all, is stuff like Ghirardelli squares or lindt truffles.
I’m a chocolate fiend. But, normally, I know how much I plan to have at a given point in time and stop when I’m at that point.
But there’s something about those bags of products that defeats me if I don’t pay close attention. I’ll have my two, maybe three truffles (as an example), enjoy them thoroughly and move on.
But then my brain says “did you have two, or three?” a few hours later. And then it says “or was only two, you can have the other now”. So I have the other. This then repeats a few hours later, and my brain keeps lying to me until half the damn bag is gone.
It’s mostly limited to bags because I can’t easily tell how much I’ve had until the bag is low. A box, it’s not going to sneak by me. Bars are never a problem. But bags? Damn. My subconscious knows I’ll enjoy it, and refuses to keep track on my behalf, I have to do it consciously. Bad subconscious! Bad!
I mean, I’m a grown ass man, and if I want the whole damn bag as a conscious decision, that’s what I’ll do. No apologies, no regrets, and fuck anyone that doesn’t like it. But I consciously know that I won’t enjoy large amounts at once because only the really cheap chocolate doesn’t lose its impact after a couple of bites. Hershey’s is the same from the first bite until the tenth, if you don’t mind that regurge thingy it does (and I do, so I rarely have more than a single piece even when I’m in the mood for cheap chocolate). But the mid tier mass produced stuff, you lose the nuances it does have after two to three bites and it’s just not as potent an experience, so I prefer to space it out more.
The really good stuff you could keep eating without losing the magic, but it’s so intense you don’t want/need to. It satisfies in a different way.
So, I choose to just be careful with the bags when I have them and store them away from wherever I am. But damn, if I forget? Gone in a day or two instead of the week+ it should be
I don’t know if it’s regular aging, side effects of covid, for the fact that corporations are making their food shittier and shittier, but very few snacks that I used to be able to eat endlessly taste good enough for me to do that anymore. like something happened to all dressed chips that they just aren’t crack like they used to be.
this goes for a lot of processed foods. things like fresh local strawberries taste just as good as ever, which is why I think it’s actually just the enshittification of food
You know, over the years, that list has gotten tiny.
The only thing I really struggle with now, as in if I don’t pay attention and have a whole package next to me I’ll end up eating it all, is stuff like Ghirardelli squares or lindt truffles.
I’m a chocolate fiend. But, normally, I know how much I plan to have at a given point in time and stop when I’m at that point.
But there’s something about those bags of products that defeats me if I don’t pay close attention. I’ll have my two, maybe three truffles (as an example), enjoy them thoroughly and move on.
But then my brain says “did you have two, or three?” a few hours later. And then it says “or was only two, you can have the other now”. So I have the other. This then repeats a few hours later, and my brain keeps lying to me until half the damn bag is gone.
It’s mostly limited to bags because I can’t easily tell how much I’ve had until the bag is low. A box, it’s not going to sneak by me. Bars are never a problem. But bags? Damn. My subconscious knows I’ll enjoy it, and refuses to keep track on my behalf, I have to do it consciously. Bad subconscious! Bad!
I mean, I’m a grown ass man, and if I want the whole damn bag as a conscious decision, that’s what I’ll do. No apologies, no regrets, and fuck anyone that doesn’t like it. But I consciously know that I won’t enjoy large amounts at once because only the really cheap chocolate doesn’t lose its impact after a couple of bites. Hershey’s is the same from the first bite until the tenth, if you don’t mind that regurge thingy it does (and I do, so I rarely have more than a single piece even when I’m in the mood for cheap chocolate). But the mid tier mass produced stuff, you lose the nuances it does have after two to three bites and it’s just not as potent an experience, so I prefer to space it out more.
The really good stuff you could keep eating without losing the magic, but it’s so intense you don’t want/need to. It satisfies in a different way.
So, I choose to just be careful with the bags when I have them and store them away from wherever I am. But damn, if I forget? Gone in a day or two instead of the week+ it should be
I don’t know if it’s regular aging, side effects of covid, for the fact that corporations are making their food shittier and shittier, but very few snacks that I used to be able to eat endlessly taste good enough for me to do that anymore. like something happened to all dressed chips that they just aren’t crack like they used to be.
this goes for a lot of processed foods. things like fresh local strawberries taste just as good as ever, which is why I think it’s actually just the enshittification of food