Anyone ever deny themselves pleasure from vices for no good reason?

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  • BrentCrude
    SBR MVP
    • 11-16-05
    • 4665

    #1
    Anyone ever deny themselves pleasure from vices for no good reason?
    Man,a person turns on the t.v.these days and every show contains a preachy message about what's good or bad for you.Of course some politically correct bad behaviors which a person should avoid at all cost are never brought up but I won't get into that.

    Let's say you love pizza or shrimp and haven't had it for awhile and you are hankering to pig out at the $7.99 all you can eat buffet.Most of the time you deny yourself of this pleasure not because it wouldn't be good for your health but it's because you are brainwashed that a simple pleasure like this is bad for you and you are a bad person for wanting it.Hell,you can't even get real french fries anymore because the government is banning certain vegetable oil and ** Donald's can't use their secret ingredient beef tallow in the oil because it offends certain religious groups.

    Same goes for beer drinking.There is nothing better than pounding down a number of ice cold 40 ouncers on a hot day after you mow the lawn and want to sit back and enjoy the manicured lawn and nature.Once again,you deny yourself this pleasure because your F'd up neighbor can see you.

    Then you have gambling where if you are going out with some broad she makes it sound like you are a compulsive gambler at risk of not being a good potential provider if you make a handful of $5 parlay bets for the weekend.This same broad will think nothing of giving $50 to Hillary's campaign or donate some money down a rat hole charity like Habitat for Humanity.And if you don't say how wonderful she is for doing it,she will get ticked off at you.All women have FFLF the female fun limitation factor if a guy they are involved with is enjoying himself with simple harmless pleasures.

    Then you have porn on the internet.What guy isn't going to look at free porn now and then.It's not like you are paying for it or watching snuff movies or kiddie porn.Everyone has you pigeon holed as a dangerous sex offending pervert if a porn site address is on your computers history or files.

    Now today you have one of the supposed biggest lottery jackpots in history with the Poorball,I mean powerball being worth 300 plus mill.The government even lies about that because it's an annuity that's 300 mill and the cash option is 150 mill and after all taxes you will have gotten about 75 mill out of the deal.I'm talking house taxes,interest on interest,capital gains etc.I wish someone from the government would come out and say how bad for your health playing the powerball is if you are poor!It's mostly dumb poor people that play it.I only play a few times ayear when the roll over is huge because I figure all the taxes and takeout were already paid for by suckers.

    Then you never hear how bad it is for your health that you have to work an extra few hundred hours a year to pay for pro sports teams new arenas and stadiums and for all sorts of white elephant programs and facilities the government makes you pay taxes for.Look at what a friggin joke NASA is.It's just a total waste of money where they send unqualified people into space so they can come back and give motivational speeches to women and such telling them that they can be everything they want to be.Ya,like supreme wasters of my tax dollars.

    My suggestion is that if you are past 40 and now look like a train wreck,go out and enjoy yourself and don't deny yourself the little pleasures in life that are near and dear to you.

    P.S.I usually love to listen to John Stossel on 20/20 but last night he jumped on the non profit you should all volunteer for charity deal and how it should be mandatory for kids in school to do so for graduation credits.Ya,you are going to deny yourself pleasure and instead go and wipe someones butt who chose not to do it themselves.

    My charitable pleasure in life is to feed a couple stray cats at my doorstep every night,spoil my adopted greyhound and to gather free expired bakery and fallen apples by the ton and buy feed,grains and seeds for the critters at my hideaway.I'm probably killing them all with kindness.hehe!
  • SBR_John
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 07-12-05
    • 16471

    #2
    Gamblers as a group seem to collect other bad habits. So is it denying pleasure or just striking a balance? Some good healthy time like taking care of yourself like exercise, taking care of a family memeber(take the kid to a ball game) and giving back to the community are all good for real balance.
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    • SBR Lou
      BARRELED IN @ SBR!
      • 08-02-07
      • 37863

      #3
      I have a very addictive personality, I'm sure most of us do. So it was easy to indulge into vices I shouldn't have, I won't go into my life story, but the usual path some gamblers tread upon... using our nose as a vacuum cleaner, being irresponsible, etc. Now I have found it much more satisfying to indulge myself into healthier habits, my addiction is on eating as healthy as possible, exercising six days a week. I'm not extremely big on donating money for religious or charitable purposes, but thats mainly because I'm rewarded enough doing nice things for my own family. Anybody who tells you to contribute to society or give back more isn't doing enough of that themselves. I'll give the shirt off my back to a friend, or help a stranger in need, but it isn't going to be by sending a check to an organization.
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