The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[astronelson 339]

9571.

 

I drink a lot of milk.

[Muck308 55]

9572

 

I think a number of conversations have repeated themselves over the course of two threads. Yeah, milk is delicious. I used to keep chocolate milk in my fridge at all times but the last few years it's only made occasional appearances.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9573)

 

Supposedly as an adult your body tolerates milk less than as a kid. I don't know if that's true, although if you think about it, the nutritional content is designed with growing bodies in mind... so perhaps as an adult it doesn't make sense to drink a lot of it regardless.

[kj3400 178]

9574

 

I never drink milk alone, unless it's in hot cocoa, or even chocolate milk, and only occasionally drink after eating cereal.

I'm a water man. Nothing like a cold drink of water....except when it's too cold.

 

I don't drink soda at all. Never could stomach carbonated water. Is that possibly a condition?

 

Juice is good, but I don't get access to juice as often as I could. And there are combinations of juices I don't like.

So all in all, I stick with water.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9575

 

They serve milk with the school lunches here, so when I eat with the kids, I always have a little thing of milk.  If I'm lucky, I'll get the lactose intolerant kid's milk, too.

[Mister Jackz 0]

9576

 

I usually drink milk after eating a spicy food, to weaken the capsaicin.

 

Otherwise, sometimes juice, sometimes cold water.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9577)

 

I have trouble with the idea of drinking milk with a meal that is not breakfast. It's specifically a morning drink.

[Larks2242 251]

9578.

 

I'm more a red bull and rockstar guy, although I drink protein shakes too.

[simlink 1,098]

9579

The closest to those I get is Gatorade. Lots of gatorade seems to help when I'm getting sick.

And sleep. But who has time for that? 

[Duke87 1,070]

(9580)

 

I don't understand energy or sports drinks.

 

But I do understand sleep!

[Pobs 24]

(9581)

 

I used to drink milk a lot, but as I got older I became intolerant, so now I have to limit my diary intake.

 

Sucks, but explains the stomach cramps I got.

[Muck308 55]

9582

 

My go to drink lately has been Arnold Palmer. I buy it by the gallon.

[astronelson 339]

9583.

 

Sleep is something I need more of.

 

Speaking of which, I think I'll get some now.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9584)

 

Crazy Australians going to sleep at 10 in the morning.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9585

 

Almost the same as us in Japan.

[kj3400 178]

9586

 

SLEEP! Love it.

 

Except when you get too much of it. Then it hurts.

 

After all, too much of a good thing is bad for you.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

9587

I love milk as well though my family has restricted some of my consumption of it.

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[Duke87 1,070]

(9588)

 

Why would your family stop you from drinking milk?

[astronelson 339]

9589.

 

One of my aunts banned me from asking her any questions that started with "what if..." once.

[CWLGAMER01 39]

9590

 

In retail sales we always train our employees to ask - Open ended questions.... "What if" you be one of those type.....

[Duke87 1,070]

(9591)

 

I hate "what if" questions. Somehow my mind objects to any hypothetical which is not realistic.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9592

 

I hate "what if..." because those questions fill me with self-doubt, and I have enough of that already.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

9593

 

1. My sister and I used to go through a gallon of milk every couple of days and Mom doesn't go shopping as often as Dad. They also "need" milk for their morning latte.

2. I don't like "What if..." questions but I don't get asked them often.

 

 

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[kj3400 178]

9594

 

What if questions are cool. Much of our modern technology wouldn't have happened otherwise. I think.

Of course there is a limit, because some things are just plain silly.

The most annoying thing in the world to me is a kid with a bunch of 'What if' questions. Or a bunch of 'Why' questions. Or a bunch of questions in general.

[Muck308 55]

9595

 

Suppose you were writing a story. Also suppose I'm trying not to begin with what if.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9596)

 

I'm OK with speculation. The kinds of "what if" questions I hate are personal questions that start with a premise that directly contradicts reality. As an example: I do not like hamburgers. So, if you ask me "what kinds of toppings do you like on your hamburgers?", I have to answer "I don't like hamburgers"... and that's that. The problem then comes when the follow up is "okay, well what if you did like hamburgers, what sort of toppings would you put on them?". I can't answer that question because it's absurd. I don't like hamburgers and I have no way of fathoming how I would like them if I did, so asking me to do so is unrealistic.

 

This sort of thing doesn't happen to me as an adult but it happened to me all the time in school because of writing prompts or class activities... where, for the sake of the assignment, just saying "I don't like hamburgers" wasn't acceptable because I was supposed to write a short essay on it.

[Larks2242 251]

9597.

 

Just passing by..

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

9597

 

But, Duke!  What if you DID like them?  WHAT IF?  WHAT THEN?

[Duke87 1,070]

(9599)

 

What then is unknowable. My teachers in this sort of case wanted me to just make stuff up and write it down for the sake of completing the assignment. But I always objected to responding to an about me prompt with false information. As far as I was concerned, answering the question honestly was more important than meeting any other requirements of the assignment.

 

A couple years ago I was cleaning out my old room and I came across all my old journals from middle school where I had to respond to these sort of writing prompts. A... not insignificant number of my responses were pretty much just me ranting about how "that's a stupid question and this is why I can't answer it."

 

Almost a shame I threw them all away... but I had to. There was some gross immaturity in there I didn't want to preserve.

[Larks2242 251]

9600.

 

Getting closer and closer.