by freemindfade 21 Replies latest social entertainment
I'm tired of hearing about so many people committing suicide. It's so sad and is becoming so common. We definitely have a mental health crisis in the United States right now.
Those of you living in other countries ... are you seeing the same thing? Or is this another American phenomenon?
My favorite Bourdain quote of all time:
Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter-faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn.
To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.
Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food. The body, these waterheads imagine, is a temple that should not be polluted by animal protein. It's healthier, they insist, though every vegetarian waiter I've worked with is brought down by any rumor of a cold.
Oh, I'll accomodate them, I'll rummage around for something to feed them, for a 'vegetarian plate', if called on to do so. Fourteen dollars for a few slices of grilled eggplant and zucchini suits my food cost fine
I'm tired of hearing about so many people committing suicide. It's so sad and is becoming so common
Suicides go up when suicides are reported, it's why people posting suicide threats on forums should be removed because the harm is often not to them (people seriously considering it tend not to tell people, that's more for getting attention) but to others who they may influence.
Throw in programmes all about suicide and add some drug addiction and you got yourself an epidemic.
It just goes to show though that happiness is an inside game. You can't get it from money, or experiences or anyone else. It's something you have to find within.
Ain't that the truth. As my husband says, where ever you go, you can't escape yourself.
You've all piqued my interest though, about this poor chap's book. Sounds like a good read.
He killed himself. Not exactly out of his control
Mental illness is out of everyone's control!
Sad and very unexpected .
Liked his shows as he traveled around the globe investigating what people eat and how they prepare it.
His wisdom and wit will be sorely missed
https://airows.com/travel/23-brilliant-life-lessons-from-anthony-bourdain
1.) “SKILLS CAN BE TAUGHT. CHARACTER YOU EITHER HAVE OR YOU DON'T HAVE.”
2.) “IF YOU’RE TWENTY-TWO, PHYSICALLY FIT, HUNGRY TO LEARN AND BE BETTER, I URGE YOU TO TRAVEL – AS FAR AND AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. SLEEP ON FLOORS IF YOU HAVE TO. FIND OUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE LIVE AND EAT AND COOK. LEARN FROM THEM – WHEREVER YOU GO.”
3.) “DON'T LIE ABOUT IT. YOU MADE A MISTAKE. ADMIT IT AND MOVE ON. JUST DON'T DO IT AGAIN. EVER”
4.) "WHAT NICER THING CAN YOU DO FOR SOMEBODY THAN MAKE THEM BREAKFAST?"
5.) “TRAVEL CHANGES YOU. AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THIS LIFE AND THIS WORLD YOU CHANGE THINGS SLIGHTLY, YOU LEAVE MARKS BEHIND, HOWEVER SMALL. AND IN RETURN, LIFE - AND TRAVEL - LEAVES MARKS ON YOU. MOST OF THE TIME, THOSE MARKS - ON YOUR BODY OR ON YOUR HEART - ARE BEAUTIFUL. OFTEN, THOUGH, THEY HURT.”
6.) "YOU LEARN A LOT ABOUT SOMEONE WHEN YOU SHARE A MEAL TOGETHER."
7.) “YOUR BODY IS NOT A TEMPLE, IT'S AN AMUSEMENT PARK. ENJOY THE RIDE.”
8.) “MAYBE THAT’S ENLIGHTENMENT ENOUGH: TO KNOW THAT THERE IS NO FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE MIND; NO MOMENT OF SMUG CLARITY. PERHAPS WISDOM...IS REALIZING HOW SMALL I AM, AND UNWISE, AND HOW FAR I HAVE YET TO GO."
9.) “I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU TO LIKE YOU OR RESPECT YOU.”
10.) “GOOD FOOD IS VERY OFTEN, EVEN MOST OFTEN, SIMPLE FOOD.”
11.) “WE KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THAT THERE IS A DIRECT, INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREQUENCY OF FAMILY MEALS AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS. BLUNTLY STATED, MEMBERS OF FAMILIES WHO EAT TOGETHER REGULARLY ARE STATISTICALLY LESS LIKELY TO STICK UP LIQUOR STORES, BLOW UP METH LABS, GIVE BIRTH TO CRACK BABIES, COMMIT SUICIDE, OR MAKE DONKEY PORN. IF LITTLE TIMMY HAD JUST HAD MORE MEATLOAF, HE MIGHT NOT HAVE GROWN UP TO FILL CHEST FREEZERS WITH CUB SCOUT PARTS.”
12.) "OPEN YOUR MIND, GET UP OFF THE COUCH, MOVE.”
13.) “LUCK IS NOT A BUSINESS MODEL.”
14.) “THERE’S SOMETHING WONDERFUL ABOUT DRINKING IN THE AFTERNOON. A NOT-TOO-COLD PINT, ABSOLUTELY ALONE AT THE BAR – EVEN IN THIS FAKE-ASS IRISH PUB.”
15.) “UNDER 'REASONS FOR LEAVING LAST JOB', NEVER GIVE THE REAL REASON, UNLESS IT'S MONEY OR AMBITION.”
16.) “IT’S VERY RARELY A GOOD CAREER MOVE TO HAVE A CONSCIENCE.”
17.) “THE WAY YOU MAKE AN OMELET REVEALS YOUR CHARACTER.”
18.) “CONTEXT AND MEMORY PLAY POWERFUL ROLES IN ALL THE TRULY GREAT MEALS IN ONE’S LIFE.”
19.) “GOOD FOOD AND GOOD EATING ARE ABOUT RISK.”
20.) "THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS AT THIS IN RUSSIA, SO NO MATTER HOW MANY JELL-O SHOTS OR JAGER SHOOTERS YOU MIGHT HAVE DOWNED AT COLLEGE MIXERS, NO MATTER HOW GOOD A DRINKER YOU MIGHT THINK YOU ARE, DON'T FORGET THAT THE RUSSIANS - ANY RUSSIAN - CAN DRINK YOU UNDER THE TABLE.”
21.) “IF YOU LOOK SOMEONE IN THE EYE AND CALL THEM A ‘FAT, WORTHLESS, SYPHILITIC PUDDLE OF BADGER CRAP’ IT DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T LIKE THEM. IT CAN BE – AND OFTEN IS – A TERM OF ENDEARMENT.”
22.) “WITHOUT NEW IDEAS SUCCESS CAN BECOME STALE.”
23.) “BUT I DO THINK THE IDEA THAT BASIC COOKING SKILLS ARE A VIRTUE, THAT THE ABILITY TO FEED YOURSELF AND A FEW OTHERS WITH PROFICIENCY SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO EVERY YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN AS A FUNDAMENTAL SKILL, SHOULD BECOME AS VITAL TO GROWING UP AS LEARNING TO WIPE ONE’S OWN ASS, CROSS THE STREET BY ONESELF, OR BE TRUSTED WITH MONEY.”
Really brings me to tears, freemindfade.
His interviews are worth the time to hear. I wish l could locate one in particular that l heard on the climate toward women in the early years in the kitchens he worked in. He said the nostalgia with which he wrote of those years ignored the abuse/harassment of women then in the industry. He was regretful yet not a perpetrator.
He took down Hilary Clinton for her hypocrisy in taking Weinstein thousands while she disavowed any knowledge of the accusations against him. He did not buy it. His girl friend was one of Weinstein’s accusers- of rape.
Whatever wrongs he felt guilty of -he owned up to them. What a human being.
Mental Illness is not a choice.
If you are, or someone you know is, feeling suicidal please, please seek help without delay.
You may find the following information of use. http://ibpf.org/resource/list-international-suicide-hotlines
