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With my struggle to control my eating habits, there’s a phrase I use often that tries to encapsulate the helplessness I feel, but which really just serves to deflect any sense of agency I should feel.
That phrase is “accidentally ate”. As in, “I accidentally ate an eggnog milkshake and it was delicious.”
Here’s the (short, but sweet (like chocolate cake)) post where I first used that phrase publicly.
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Suddenly there appeared left-over cake in the break room this afternoon. German chocolate cake, and a lemon cake. Several of us were in there accidentally eating some.
One lady commented, “Well, we don’t want this to go to waste, do we?”
I replied, “Right. Eat up! There’s people starving in Gitmo, after all!”