"Breatharianism" - Humans couldn't get any stupider... until now - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 08:25:31 am
content: Apologies for the non-electronic post (although the article does talk about "energy from the universe").I knew some people living amongst us have, let me say "questionable" beliefs, who aren't too bright (sometimes due to no fault of their own) or are just downright nuts (again, sometimes beyond their control).But readingthis "news" articlejust took my opinion of some people to an all-time low.If you can't be bothered reading it (and I don't blame you)... basically this couple believes they can live a "Breatharian" lifestyle, essentially believing that"humans can easily be without food — as long as they are the connected to the energy that exists in all things and through breathing".Thankfully if they continue their current 'claimed' lifestyle (of which I call bullshit anyway), they aren't long for this world and won't carry on sharing their nonsense.There isn't a face-palm big enough.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 08:34:47 am
content: But it is NOT necessarily really true. Even if they believe it, because they may be confused about what is happening.E.g. they are saying they eat nothing. Then saying they eat nothing for 7 days per 21 days. Then saying that if they/he are with friends they/he eat to be sociable. They also eat three times a week. Also sometimes eat for the taste. etc etc.tl;drThey are probably eating, really.It's like someone who is wildly overweight and claims that they are NOT over-eating. 99.99%+ of the time, they are.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 08:43:14 am
content: They're probably over the maccas vibe and trying something new.It's just another clever way to fast, and it might help to push some poisons out that are affecting their thought processes...till the next paycheck and maccas binge

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 08:43:35 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on June 17, 2017, 08:25:31 amor this...

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 08:44:50 am
content: The linked to article, below. Seems to say that research indicates that people with these beliefs are basically lying/cheating, and it is NOT true.In the very rare cases where it is (different source maybe), they end up seriously ill or even die, unfortunately.http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/BreatharianismQuoteQuote

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 08:49:19 am
content: More food for the rest of us, Darwin strikes again!

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 08:59:06 am
content: Quote from: blueskull on June 17, 2017, 08:53:19 amHow? no one has mentioned the 87V yet

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 09:27:05 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on June 17, 2017, 08:25:31 amThis has been around for years, I remember one of the leading proponents was challenged to prove it and to do so he was locked in a room with only a pack of chocloate biscuits for company, after some short period of time the biscuits had gone and he was hospitalised after collapsing due to dehydration and malnutrition.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 09:30:26 am
content: Quote from: CJay on June 17, 2017, 09:27:05 amIt's a bit like all (until some amazing new science gets invented or something) free energy claims, articles, videos etc etc. Are usually bogus, and have hidden wires going to power supplies or hidden batteries or other tricks, to attempt to fool the observers.Unless the free energy device(s), use known legitimate methods, such as solar cells, wind turbine generators, radio-active decay energy, etc.

author: yada
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 01:30:20 pm
content: QuoteIf you eat the way they describe you look like a concentration camp victim after three years. But they say they eat NOTHING for three years? That's just bullshit. You would have a miscarriage from not eating during pregnancy. They didn't even correct the spelling mistakes in that article. Made up bullshit by the writters.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 03:00:42 pm
content: Not really news, this has been around for a while:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia(Related links in that article are worth looking at too.)

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:08:39 pm
content: Quote from: yada on June 17, 2017, 01:30:20 pmUh no, unless you're so fat you can't get out of bed before hand, you'll look like a concentration camp victim within three months and be dead within three years, if you eat that little.QuoteIf they ate that little before trying for a baby, it's unlikely they'll conceive at all: malnutrition normally causes loss of libido (both genders), impotency and low sperm count in men and amenorrhoea in women.

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:31:21 pm
content: What a coincidence, I'm an eatarian. I've discovered I don't need to breathe as the universe lets me extract all the oxygen I need from food. As long as I keep eating all the time.You don't want to be around when I gotta use the facilities.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:33:48 pm
content: Quote from: yada on June 17, 2017, 01:30:20 pmYou wouldn't even get pregnant. Women with eating disorders stop menstruating surprisingly soon after they start starving themselves.Quote from: yada on June 17, 2017, 01:30:20 pmNo, massive self-delusion by the writers. Many believers of this kind of extreme nonsense are quite sincere. Deluded, but quite sincere. This seems to be some kind of cross betweenfolie à deuxand some kind of extreme eating disorder.I've known people with eating disorders. I look at them and I see a 'concentration camp victim' physique. They look in the mirror and see someone fat; they believe what they're seeing, they are not making it up, lying or bullshitting, they are mentally ill.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:36:08 pm
content: Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on June 17, 2017, 11:31:21 pmYou eatallthe time and you still fit into the facilities?

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:43:16 pm
content: Quote from: Cerebus on June 17, 2017, 11:33:48 pmThe thing is they don't look like concentration camp victims. They look like a physically healthy and attractive couple. I know not every one with an eating disorder is thin, in fact most are normal weight, but they would be too thin if they were eating as they claim to be. I suppose delusion can run deep.Incidentally people with eating disorders yet are normal weight often fail to get treated, because they don't look ill. I've heard some horror stories, such as someone who was hospitalised because they tried to cut the fat off their belly with a meat cleaver!

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:44:35 pm
content: That's why I don't want you around, there's no room for anyone else!

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:52:22 pm
content: This is nothing new. People have been eating air, sunlight, water, whatever. Some people try to sustain themselves on faith alone.Humans have a want for the best situation to be true, and some people project that onto their lives more than others.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2017, 11:55:01 pm
content: Quote from: Halcyon on June 17, 2017, 08:25:31 amEasy enough to test I think.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2017, 12:05:17 am
content: Quote from: Hero999 on June 17, 2017, 11:43:16 pmYeah. I was just addressing the 'sincerely deluded' aspect, using people I've actually known as an example.

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2017, 11:22:31 am
content: Well "Breatharianism" is nothing compared to "Transabled" people, who are cutting off their own limbs to become disabled.http://www.naturalnews.com/050100_transability_identity_disorder_disabilities.html#It gets weirder by the day!It is also called BIID:Body integrity identity disorder (BIID, also referred to as amputee identity disorder) is a psychological disorder in which an otherwise healthy individual feels that they are meant to be disabled. BIID is related to xenomelia, "the dysphoric feeling that one or more limbs of one's body do not belong to one's self".Or this person, which got blind on purpose:I Made Myself Blind: Living With BIIDWhere will this trend end?

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2017, 11:29:25 am
content: Quote from: HighVoltage on June 18, 2017, 11:22:31 amThe desire to amputate part of ones body is nothing new. I think people like that need help.An interesting question is if someone does that, should they get disability benefits? Most people would probably say no.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2017, 02:46:40 pm
content: No, no, no. Although if you think about it, wanting to be disabled is partway to wanting to be dead (suicidal)...I think it's time for the gene pool to get some more cleaning.

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2017, 03:39:49 pm
content: This guy was a big story making the rounds a few years back. I'd gather that this story definitely fueled the interest in this sort of thing, since it was a "viral" type story that made it's rounds in the usual places. An interesting story, but still never really answered the question. ??https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prahlad_Jani"Prahlad Jani (Gujarati:??), also known as "Mataji", (born Chunriwala Mataji, 13 August 1929) is an Indian sadhu who claims to have lived without food and water since 1940. He says that the goddess Amba sustains him."

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2017, 08:01:39 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on June 18, 2017, 02:46:40 pmClorox is perfect.Oh wait, she already used that on her eyes.Nevermind, we need something stronger.

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2017, 10:57:09 pm
content: In defence of Breatharianism,it does come in handy when practiced 3 times a day,keeps the love handles and jabba the hutt look under check too