Okay, so I am a shitperson in the Air Force, and every month or so, our base shuts down for a "training day". This is a fancy way of saying we all sit in the break room doing absolutely jack shit, receive a condescending lecture about being scumbags, or mop and sweep our hangar. Very important stuff, obviously. This past week, our training day was pretty par for the course until they rolled in this "dietician" who works in the clinic. Our leaders hauled her in because we as a bunch are notoriously sleep-deprived and addicted to caffeine, in addition to other bad habits. A small fat at best, she lectured us as if we were brain damaged chimps (because, y'know, maintainers and all), and I shit you not these topics were covered, all the while I was about to fucking explode from rage and disbelief:
- Some kid asked why his thin grandmother was able to eat like shit all the time, while his obese butter barge of a grandmother ate nothing but fruits/vegetables/insert more untrue shit here. The small fat dietician's one word answer was "Genetics". Another presumed shitlord piped up right after without missing a beat, saying, "Your grandma's a secret eater." Hallelujah.
- A bodybuilder type asked a question about his intermittent fasting. The SFD just gaped in horror for half a second, before saying, "YOU NEED TO STOP STARVING YOURSELF IMMEDIATELY! I bet your body is in starvation mode-- you could be damaging your metabolism permanently." The bodybuilder type just stared at her like she grew antlers and ceased his questioning. Who could blame him when this woman was more a source of fat logic than actual scientific information.
- The icing on the cake-- I could hold my shitlording no longer and straight up asked her if she believed in CICO. She responded by saying that it only worked for people with absolutely no medical problems/ genetic issues at all. She kind of rolled her eyes like she couldn't believe the stupidity of my question.
And this went on for about an hour. I kept quiet, but inside my head, this was on repeat:
"SFD, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things i have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award no points, and may God have mercy on your soul".
Guess thats what we get when your base's dietician gets her degree from Costco.
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[–] wmeth 0 points 17 points 17 points (+17|-0) ago
Ohhhh I would have gone in on that cow. (Air Force cop, what's up buddy!) We're notorious for just being complete dicks to those people so they'll beg to never come back again.
[–] slugsrgr8t 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Funny thing: military is not kind to stupid but so many higher ups are the definition of retardation.
[–] burn_montag 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Army officer here, can confirm. I often facepalm myself into unconsciousness due to my peers
[–] wmeth ago
Fact.
[–] Lostmyabilitytoeven 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago (edited ago)
I would have loved to join in on that, I would have kept pressing her until she admitted to not believing in physics. I'm so glad Navy Medicine never forced us to put up with that shit.
[–] Raylan 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
That idiot didn't even know what intermittent fasting is. (For those who don't, it's not starving yourself. It's basically skipping breakfast then catching up with a big meal.) I hate dietitians and their bunk-ass degrees.
[–] Unsung_Heroes_again 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
I thought breakfast was grab as much coffee as you can 😆
[–] la_fupacabra 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
yes
[–] Raylan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I put cream in my coffee, so it is breakfast. :)
[–] XenoClimber 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I do this quite a lot. Never knew what it was called, or that there was a name for that. Cheers.
[–] Svoodie 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
It seems to me that a recurring theme is that hobby level bodybuilders generally have better understandings of nutrition than most professional nutritionists.
[–] Shitelord772 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Bear with me a moment; this is relevant I promise.
When I took sociology in college, my professor was an avowed communist, spouting all kinds of opinions I disagreed with. However, when it came time to turn in papers or take tests, I just regurgitated his beliefs back to him in order to pass. Easy A for a stupid required humanities class.
I think something similar happens in nutrition classes. Back when there was only one fat person in a class, that one would argue fatlogic with the professor. "But I only eat xxx calories and exercise every day..." They would get shut down by the professor.
Eventually they would just shut up and answer the test questions, while still holding their fatlogic beliefs, and pass the class. Many of these types have then gone on to get degrees in nutrition and other health fields, and now have actual credentials.
Now that many of them do have credentials, they get to perpetuate their fatlogic from atop a fortress of authority, which is very dangerous for our society as a whole, because many uninformed people will be suckered into believing as they do.
[–] BoracicBaronetYr ago
Optimistic Devil's Advocate: The next generation won't buy what these cows are selling any more than you agreed with Prof. Marx. They're just regurgitating the beliefs back until they don't have to bite their tongue anymore.
Yeah, yeah... I've heard about that bridge for sale.
[–] Harry_Areola 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
May the beetus have mercy on your soles
[–] Unsung_Heroes_again 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Totally one of my favorite quotes of all time, and only thing an adam sandler movie ever contributed to society.
Good for you showing self restraint, if i was stuck listening to this shit i might have lost my mind.
[–] Speshul_Sn0wflake 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I laughed so hard at that. I quoted the same thing a month or so ago on someone's post. I loved Billy Madison as a kid. Aren't dieticians supposed to be educated? Nobody's paying them for their opinion, and any dietician that doesn't believe in CICO should be fired.