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I was told it was originally pitched as his character from ER but they ended up having to re write it cause they couldn’t convince whoever they needed to to use the ER production.

There was a lawsuit about this from the widow of Michael Crichton (who would have had to sign off on ER IP). The widow claimed The Pit is an ER ripoff and that the Crichton estate should be compensated.

We already have examples of this, with some deep meta.

The TV show MASH depicted an army field hospital from the Korean War in the 1950s. They frequently called out specific medical procedures for treating various conditions. One of the main actors was Alan Alda who played a lead surgeon. Many years later, the same actor Alan Alda again played a doctor on the medical drama ER. I remember there was a scene where they needed to treat a specific emergency medical condition and there wasn’t the time/materials/whatever to do the modern technique one would use for this. Alda’s character suggesting the really old method (that was used as a contemporary technique his character used in MASH). I can’t remember if they ended up using it or if they shot down Alda’s ER character for the method being out-of-date.

I think the issue is that sugary cereal is both bad for you and not that enjoyable.

See, this is what I feel about alcohol, but I don’t go around judging people for enjoying it. Tastes are subjective. We each get to decide for ourselves what we like, and if we differ thats just fine!

For the same price, I can get a bahn mi with veggies, pate, and egg or pho or fried ramen.

So your breakfast is a minimum of 460 calories or so for ramen, and the prep time for the meal to be perhaps 20 minutes?

My cereal (with milk) is about 240 calories and the prep time is about 2 minutes.

I look at people who eat cereal … wondering what’s going on in their life that they’re not willing to deal with the cognitive load of seeing what alternatives exist for breakfast.

I have about 10 minutes for breakfast in the morning and you’re suggesting something that is going to be twice the calories and ten times the prep time. If that high calorie breakfast with lots of prep time is worth it to you, by all means, go ahead. You’re welcome to make your own choices and they don’t affect me in the slightest. I don’t judge you for it, either.

I’m not quite following you, but I respect it. I’ll delete my reply to you before this one, and even this one after you read it.

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No. I’m pointing out to others who may read this thread that if they have been stuck in the mindset of choosing between options of sugary cereal, that they have the other option of simply not consuming it. We often forget that these sorts of options exist, because no one talks about them.

Also, the example you pulled from my post history is profoundly weird, because it makes me look good… Like, I’m saying that I enjoy something, but recognize that it is an indulgence and then moderate my indulgence because other things are more important to me. I dunno, sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Ouch. Doubling down on the superiority, huh? That’s a bad look, friend.

Okay, following your logic, should I go to your beer post you made 4 hours ago and as a reply put :

“I mean, the better alternative is to just not drink alcohol.”

Is that helpful at all? Would you welcome that reply? Would that be productive to the conversation at all where you are celebrating your enjoyment of something? Should I remind others reading your post that “have been stuck in the mindset of choosing between” drinking to excess or to moderation that they have other options of simply not consuming it? Should I remind people reading your post about your enjoyment of alcohol (even in moderation) that these sort of options exists, because no one talks about them? Do you see how pretentious and unwelcome that would look as reply to your alcohol drinking post?

I mean, the better alternative is to just not buy sugary cereal.

Are you really in a position to criticize others on what they consume?

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I choose not to drink alcohol. When I see other people posting about what they drink, I don’t go around telling other people they shouldn’t. These are personal choices. We’re both aware of the potential health consequences of our chosen actions. I believe people should be free to do what they want as long as they aren’t hurting other people. I don’t want to think the worst of you, but the only reason I think of for you to make your comment was from a position of moral superiority. I know I’ve been guilty of that before and been ashamed of it later. Did I just catch you on a bad day?

Malt-O-Meal cereals used to be the “cheap offbrand”. Not so anymore. They’re usually slightly cheaper than the name brand, but I’ve also seen them be more expensive per oz/gram than the name brand. I stopped buying Malt-O-Meal cereals 5 or 6 years ago when I saw the new pricing. The new “off brand” are the store brands. Those are significantly cheaper than Malt-O-Meal.

I believe the anal probing stories of the 50s-70s were excuses made up by queer men to rationalize their late night encounters.

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That’s a hard question to answer; as I’m not conscious and remembering said decisions. I have to go on what I’ve been told of my behaviour, which is really odd in itself.

Gotcha, so those around you can tell by your behavior change that this is occurring.

I’m very sorry you suffer from this. Thank you for sharing your personal experience. I know it will help me if I’m every with someone that needs support for these kind of challenges.

This is me comming out of a focal-discognitive seizure; where I’m effectively blacked out for 3-10min, but still mobile and making decisions.

Can I ask if during the 3-10 minutes you have the same personality/would make the same decisions were you aware?

What if you’re just really into contradictory messaging?

If I understand the explanation, its like when an author (or their proxies) buys thousands (millions) of copies of their own book to make them “sold” so that they can raise their standing on the “Best Seller’s List”.