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raff7 t1_iuqrgax wrote

Except that it isnā€™t.. your diet is just what you eat and drinkā€¦

Not saying that the rest are not important, just that they are not part of your diet.. which is a word with a very specific meaning

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carloandreaguilar t1_iuqu5ri wrote

Itā€™s a figure of speech, since food is what you consume and what fuels youā€¦

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j592dk_91_c3w-h_d_r t1_iursn0w wrote

This is unnecessarily pedantic

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raff7 t1_iursuwy wrote

I think the whole quote is just stupid because of this thoā€¦

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InsertCoinForCredit t1_ius3ry5 wrote

That means your vocabulary is stunted. You need to broaden your literary diet.

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CareerDestroyer t1_ius1ymg wrote

That's because either your literary skills are not developed enough to acknowledge not everything is taken literally or you are a classic "akkshuallly" attention-seeking redditor case

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raff7 t1_ius4ieq wrote

I think it makes no sense, not that I do not understand it.. it just doesnā€™t have any valueā€¦

You are jus using the world diet as a substitute for ā€œstuff you consumeā€, and pretending that itā€™s a deep thought

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Ok_Vegetable_1441 t1_ius4dll wrote

Coming from the one who can't even keep a career without destroying it and going homeless again

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