Procreation.
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Beat me to it :)
Lol, this is the Alpha reply
I would say the amount of depression, sadness and anxiety I have experienced has carpet bombed my former natural tendency to have an ego about stuff.
Things have been broken deep down in me from it but the silver lining is I don't obnoxiously over prioritize myself by default!
Gotta have pride to lose it!
I have zero desire to reproduce. Actually, I'm very strongly averse to it.
It's totally zero for me too.
I'm pretty zero on the property urge too. Owning is a big one for humans.
zero on the property urge
As in buying a house? I'm not particularly interested in this either. There are a few things I want as far as customization goes, but there's a lot of baggage with buying a house that I really don't want to deal with.
I mean possessions in general.
I'm in the process of trying to lose a little weight to get my BMI a comfortable distance below the "Overweight" tier. That requires fighting natural urges to eat anything and everything available because of evolving in an environment where food was hard-won or otherwise scarce.
And yet, I wouldn't say I've fully overcome the programming because my body and hindbrain literally scream at me and start bargaining every time I skip a snack, but it seems to be working.
So it's not commonly reported, but all cause mortality is lowest in the "overweight" category of between 25-30 BMI. There's reason to believe that "overweight" but not "obese" is healthier than "normal."
Probably gives the body a little bit of extra resilience while limiting the harmful effects of obesity.
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My diet is fine. You may have missed that I'm cutting out things that qualify as snacks. Things whose nutritional content is limited and are mostly fat and carbohydrates, including those commonly eaten right after what might otherwise be a sensible meal.
I'm talking biscuits (cookies), cakes and the like. I already don't eat crisps (chips) nor do I drink anything with fizz or sugar (or both).
If I can't get to a good weight doing just that, I might look into alternative sources of nutrition and superfoods, but those tend to cost the sort of money that I can ill afford to spend.
Also, I looked at the blurb for that book and it claims that it contains recipes that will "treat" cancer. That's weasel wording to avoid being called snake oil, while at the same time convincing the gullible that it contains a cure, so you'll forgive me if I give it a miss.
I can stop hiccuping
Oooh! I have a hiccup technique that's been so effective, that I've had at least four different people call me up out of nowhere and ask what it was because they couldn't get rid of their hiccups.
I'm curious what your technique is.
I breath a little slower using the diaphragm.
I just posted mine under another comment. Probably works for similar reasons as yours, but with more showmanship! 😂
Not OP but 7 small sips of water does it for me. It's extra helpful because my hiccups hurt.
I call mine disbelieving the hiccups.
Immediately after a hiccup say the following in it's entirety before your next hiccup:
"Hiccups are defined as a spasm of the diaphragm. A spasm is a random tensing of a muscle. If spasms are random, they cannot occur in a pattern. Therefore these hiccups do not exist."
I'm pretty sure it works because you are focusing your attention on saying the phrases quickly, and causing irregular breathing. But it's a lot more fun to tell people that they go away when you stop believing in them.
Disclaimer: For whatever reasons, this trick does not work for drunken hiccups. If anybody knows what the difference is, I'd love to know, because I've always thought it was strange that it never works when someone has been drinking.
That is a very interesting idea, I'll have to try that out haha
Reproduce or socialize. I have very little desire to do either.
Took me a minute to realize this is about human behaviour and not actual programming.
I would probably say not needing to fill a social 'need' to be sane in life. I enjoy my time alone more than with others.
Just like Anthony Bourdain said "I understand there's a guy inside me who wants to lay in bed, smoke weed all day, and watch cartoons and old movies. My whole life is a series of stratagems to avoid, and outwit, that guy."
I too have to avoid giving up and being that guy.