Everyone knows why they go to a buffet. To hoggishly stuff as much edible matter in our gullets as is humanly possible. The buffet is an American staple in that we eat so much there that we might literally need staples to keep our guts from busting. We eat there when the week hasn't gone well or for any old reason honestly. Just pack the kids in the car and lets go not think about anything but how to get our faces to the maximum level of stuffed. Except don't think about that either just think about not thinking and all will be well.
I've often thought that the buffet should be a liberal enrichment program for places where people are starving. I think that third world governments should just make business deals with Golden Corral so that they can feed their people. The government covers the costs of operation with a sizable profit margin for their efforts. For golden corral it's great publicity and a lot of profits. For third world countries they immediately go from being concerned about starvation to a diabetes epidemic in under a year. And yes, that is a positive.
Realism: In truth sometimes the food is good. But at most buffets the food is anything but good. And almost everyone that works there has the feeling that they aren't actually working at a restaurant serving people as much as they are slopping hogs at the farm. Studies show that this state of mind can lead to increased rates of homicidal behavior towards obese people and pigs. I made that up.
I wonder how many heart-attacks happen at all you can eat buffets? I wonder how many people there are that really love working at them and how many people actually do love them? What is it to really love eating someplace? It's usually something about how the place makes you feel, or that it has something in common with how you grew up. I guess a lot of Americans grew up being force fed like ducks for foi gra. The same customer base that loves buffets would also be in favor of a new sector in the restaurant industry called the "Forced Feeding Tube Restaurant." You pay ahead of time with your credit card online so that when you arrive you can go right to your reserved toilet. You drop your drawers and sit down. Then the servers attach a giant feeding tube to your face and you just let it all happen until a computer monitoring your vitals alerts the staff that you're about to die. Then they unplug you, resuscitate you and you go on your way. Leaving behind your dignity and a sizable tip for the staff that had to witness you become a human tick.
Don't get me wrong. I love to pig out and I do go to the buffet ever so often. I also get the psychology behind over eating and compulsive eating. By that I mean that I understand that there is something to get about those topics. I haven't actually read about them nor do I intend to. But like with most repetitive behaviors that can kill you, overeating and compulsive eating are probably linked to some kind of trauma. So there is always that little tinge of sadness when I think about the "bigguns" out there eating themselves into an early grave. For these people their addiction is no different from a cocaine addict. Either way they can't stop and the repetitive behavior will eventually kill them. Now a big fat guy probably wouldn't suck your dick in exchange for your Big Mac and fries, but you never know.
Maybe it's time for a revision of some kind for buffet offerings. The buffet could become the ultimate health food bonanza. In theory, it could be a place where you have all you can eat of only healthy offerings. If you're a compulsive over eater would that help? Could you live better by eating a 1000 of things that can't hurt you but can only help you? That would be interesting to see. Maybe one day there will be a health foods version of golden corral where the most unhealthy thing you can get is still good for your heart. This idea is like if someone wrote a book that was entirely composed of just 0's and 1's then tested it on a random group of people. Someone in the room might like it, but nobody will believe that it will actually work for humans.
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Eating too much is probably linked to trauma. I think that every behavior is linked to a person's philosophy. Philosophy is linked to people's experiences (or lack thereof).
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Everything starts and ends with philosophy. The sad part about our "bigguns" is many of them (and myself) do choose the no-think route. They just want to feel something pleasant, instead of looking inward to unpleasant truths or realities. I know I prefer eating massive amounts of sweets over examining my lack of belief in results or poke holes in my lack of an iron clad work ethic.
Philosphoises are tricky due to the fact that as humans we think too much. Many of us believe the bible is the most important book in our lives. However, probably 90% of us still read more from pop-culture Cosmo or People magazines than the bible every week.
I would rather stuff my face full of food than examine my life's behavior to see how shitty my life's philosophy is. You know what? I think I'll go to the buffet today. ;)
how true! You're both enlightened. I'm super enlightened because I'm responding practically a year late. You can now see which tabs I regularly click in the dashboard of this site lol
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