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Comment author: Artaxerxes 19 November 2014 01:03:56AM *  2 points [-]

Sounds like a noodle virtue to me, or at least it uses the same basic idea for humour.

But if you want to keep in the spirit of EY's dementors, the article writer does some wacky reasoning to end up roughly at the virtue of dietary restriction.

Comment author: DanielLC 22 November 2014 01:22:33AM 0 points [-]

Terry Pratchett's noodle implements generally make sense if you work them out. I doubt this is any different.

Comment author: Ritalin 19 November 2014 03:52:09AM *  -1 points [-]

A-ha! That makes sense! Also, it's actually an important virtue! People judge you on it!