• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    The idea could be perfectly cute, and I feel like it would have been so easy to not make it “shame-y”.

    Like, “just a nibble”, "pretty good!”, “yum!” and “my favorite”. “I couldn’t possibly…”, “if you insist”, and “thanks Grandma”.

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        6 months ago

        I briefly looked into how you make a food safe painted plate at home and the answer seems to be “easy if you have a kiln”.
        You might be able to find a paint your own pottery store near you. I went to one with some friends and it was a lot of fun and I got a colorful owl coin bank for like, $10 or something. Just have to make sure it’s food safe, but they usually coat everything in a glass food safe glaze so it should be.

        Unrelated, weed is legal where I live, so when I checked the website for the place I went, it had big banners for “summer kids clay classes!” And “pot-tery for adults!” right next to each other.
        It totally makes sense but part of me is still startled by tangential consequences of legalization.

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      6 months ago

      “Food Coma / Foodie” are in the image, and that’s pretty solid. Maybe “3-Star / 5-Star / Greasy Spoon”? I like the one that you came up with that ends with “thanks Grandma.”

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      6 months ago

      That was the only way we could stop our cat from making a mess everywhere, so probably works for Hobos too

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    6 months ago

    These are not a good way to track how much you eat, get a calorie & nutrition tracking app

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      6 months ago

      Passive vs active engagement.

      These plates are a passive, very visual reminder. A tracker app requires you actively use the app, and not consciously/subconsciously underestimate portions.

      Neither is a holistic solution, both require buy-in, each is going to have different effectiveness for different people.

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        6 months ago

        While it’s true that multiple strategies can be helpful, I don’t think the tiny “skinny jeans” circle on that plate is anything but a harmful idea.

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    6 months ago

    It’s it the dream of every little girl to become a mother? Now you know how!

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      6 months ago

      I feel like there’s a toxic body image/patriarchal component to only eating the large portion once you are a mother/soon to be a mother. Something about “letting yourself go” or something terrible like that