The Rich Tea Revelation

Jono says
heey
stefan lamb says
heyyyy =)
Jono says
no magic today?
stefan lamb says
no idea
not seen anyone online lol
I'm having a really weird chocolate related moment here
Jono says
... do i wanna know ?

stefan lamb says
lol it's not weird sexual, it's weird philosophical
Jono says
go on
stefan lamb says
lol okie dokie, but it's a long one
basically, the muse started with a Rich Tea biscuit, which was (as expected) disappointingly lacking in chocolate
it occured to me that even though my mum knows Rich Tea biscuits suck, and she hates them and prefers chocolate ones, she buys them anyway because she thinks they are less fattening than chocolate ones
she'll then eat them, disappointed every time, due to lack of chocolate on these shitty biscuits
thing is, chocolate-related happiness has been associated with chocolate biscuits, and then biscuits, and then we've naturally come to the outcome that all biscuits will give you the same chocolatey high that you expect from chocolate
Jono says
i see
stefan lamb says
i.e. the feeling of happiness that you crave from a chocolate biscuit can be gained from a none chocolate (i.e. shit Rich Tea) biscuit
but here's the thing, if you're eating chocolate biscuits for the chocolate high, and you wrongly associate chocolate high with biscuits, and you then buy non-chocolate shit Rich Tea, and you eat the Rich Tea expecting a chocolate high but not getting a chocolate high....
...why exactly are you eating the shit non-chocolate Rich Tea at all?

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stefan lamb says
I mean that in the context not of 'why don't you eat chocolate biscuits instead' but rather 'why don't you eat NO biscuits instead'
lol Chris, welcome to my philosophy muse, you've missed quite a bit
anyway, I'm wondering if this idea of associating chocolate high with non chocolate biscuits is what leads to compulsive eating and the like, and subsequently all pseudo-addictive behaviours
lol I think I bored you ages ago jono
Jono says
you didnt
and i agree
why eat a biscuit with no chocolate on it, if you find the plain ones initiate chocolaty cravings
stefan lamb says
exactly
plus, Rich Tea biscuits fucking suck.