Blueberry comments on Optimal Employment - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Louie 31 January 2011 12:50PM

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Comment author: Blueberry 11 February 2011 10:31:09AM 4 points [-]

Because I like soda and it tastes good! Why would it be a bad thing?

Comment author: syllogism 11 February 2011 12:51:12PM *  2 points [-]

I almost deleted my comment because I think it's a bit too snarky. But honestly, I struggle with self-control issues, and can find sweet things a bit tempting. But there's good motivation to resist, because if I drank soda like water the fitness and health consequences wouldn't nearly be worth the taste.

The "cost" of drinking a whole bunch of soda is much more than the price of it in dollars. So I don't feel like a restaurant's doing me any favours by making it normal to just chug it down.