[ghostdog]

(06-03-2013 12:56 PM)cardguy Wrote:  

I was thinking about this today. As I sat in my favourite pizza restaurant reading a book on philosophy.

Imagine a world in which everyone of us had acess to a thousand supermodels who we could fuck as often as we want.

But at the same time - it is also a world where our diets were restricted to the very basics. Bread, water, vitamin pills and the occasional protein shake. Except for those who 'learned game', were born good looking or were rich/famous/powerful. Those people got access to the meals which could be as extravagent as they want.

I would imagine over time - people would obsess over food the way people do today over sex. Whilst at the same time - taking the sex they have access to for granted.

In many ways our obsession over food would be worse than any obsession over sex. Since (to quote Louis CK) there is no subsitute for eating a nice meal. Unlike with sex where jerking off is quite a good substitute.

I am not sure what point I am trying to make. Except that when thinking philosophically about sex - you have to separate the qualities associated with sex from the restricted supply of sex which conditions most people's relationship with it.

when the need for food replaces the need for sex, isn't that how obesity happens? abnormal amounts of salt, fat, carbs make the brain go crazy
or any addiction for that matter, same setup
the best way to get out of obesity or addiction is to look in the mirror and tell yourself youre not longer winning at sex, the pinnacle of survival
but if life is just about obtaining mental states and feelings, the orgasm can just be substituted with something else like a drug, detrimental to health, but health is about reproducing anyway
we are really fragile