Why can't I stream applesauce to my fridge?: How teleportation will worsen the obesity crisis.

[Kpt._Rob]

It's one A.M., I'm sitting on the couch, watching Mezzo, and trying desperately to scrape the last of the applesauce out of the jar with a plastic spoon. I am not going to Wal-Mart right now... but damnit all I want more applesauce. Depression sets in, I throw the jar in the trash, there will be no more applesauce for me. I watch the TV, and think to myself, "if I can watch all 9 seasons of the X-Files on Netflix, and download Halo 3 to my X-box, all without even moving my ass off the couch, why the hell can't I stream applesauce to my refrigerator?"

It's a silly thought of course, but I'm a silly person. Still, I realized that if someone ever invents teleportation, it's primary purpose will probably not be for delivering people (as we have always imagined in our Sci-Fi fantasies), but for delivering things. After all, why would I want to teleport down to Wal-Mart for my applesauce, when I could just push some buttons, and have it delivered to my refrigerator in seconds? And hell, if I can get anything delivered at any time, do you really think I'll settle for applesauce all the time, when cake, cookies, and freshly cooked bacon are all readily available?

I try to stay healthy, I really do. I exercise every day, but that alone isn't enough, you have to eat healthy too. And while I'd like to believe I've got a lot of self control, the truth is that I just show restraint while I'm at the grocery store, but if I had to show restraint 24/7... well, let's just say I'd need some bigger jeans. Or a wheel chair and a portable censor bar. Already people in western societies eat crap that, well, frankly no one should eat... ever. Especially here in America where I live. Am I the only one who thinks that the invention of teleportation could lead to the last time they ever saw their own feet?

 

[Shockolate]

*Old timer voice*

Back in my day we had to walk 10 miles to get to the nearest applesauce store! Builds character!

 

[AvsJoe]

Am I the only one who thinks that the invention of teleportation could lead to the last time they ever saw their own feet?

I had never thought about it before but you bring up an excellent and completely logical point. Hoo-boy, I can definitely see that happening.

 

[Hurray Forums]

If we ever reached the point in tech where teleportation was commonplace then you can bet obesity wouldn't be an issue anymore. So I wouldn't worry too much .

 

[Wedlock49]

Applesauce succesfully merged with fly...

Opening telepod 2...

 

[Bellvedere]

I'm pretty sure that no one would choose to sit in the same place for the rest of their lives. It would be incredibly boring.

There would be so many problems related to having teleportation technology, unemployment and security are the two big ones that come to mind.

 

[HK_01]

If we could teleport ourselves too, what would stop us from having teleporters that arrange the particles on the other side in such a way that you're not obese anymore? I mean, it should work. Different body(or rather, the same body but in shape) with the same mind comes out the other end of the teleporter.

 

[skeliton112]

Well, fat people will just get fatter and fit people will go exercise anyway.

It will only worsen it for fat people.

 

[Miumaru]

Reminds me of this book where one of the characters was from a place where people literally never leave their homes. He was perplexed by the door to outside too, and when he got out it was baren and identical. Good book though.

Edit: Because computers took care of EVERYTHING.

 

[-Samurai-]

I had to double check to make sure I read that title correctly. It almost sounded like a horrible tech question. The problem is, you don't have your food-stream cable correctly hooked up to your fridge.

Anyway, I'd definitely suffer from any sort of teleportation or food streaming. My self control is near zero, and I friggin love food.

 

[Naheal]

Well, fat people will just get fatter and fit people will go exercise anyway.

It will only worsen it for fat people.

I believe I've been ninja'd

Spoiler: Mild Rant

THANK YOU! Someone else gets it! We don't have an obesity crisis. We have a moron crisis. Are you obese? STOP EATING! Go outside and exercise for Christ's sake. It doesn't take THAT much willpower to go out for a walk for half an hour, I promise.

 

[IzisviAziria]

Well, fat people will just get fatter and fit people will go exercise anyway.

It will only worsen it for fat people.

I believe I've been ninja'd

Spoiler: Mild Rant

THANK YOU! Someone else gets it! We don't have an obesity crisis. We have a moron crisis. Are you obese? STOP EATING! Go outside and exercise for Christ's sake. It doesn't take THAT much willpower to go out for a walk for half an hour, I promise.

well, the problem is that you have the willpower to go out and exercise... So you don't see the true problem.. Lotta people are so mentally weak, they just literally don't have the willpower to force themselves to stop being lard asses. They want to... they may even take a couple steps toward that goal. But after a couple days of exerting themselves, they lose interest, or find ways to become "too busy".

 

[Gigaguy64]

Applesauce succesfully merged with fly...

Opening telepod 2...

Oh God no!
What has Science done!?

[sup]The Fly and The Fly 2 freaked me out, really REALLY badly.[/sup]

 

[Kpt._Rob]

Well, fat people will just get fatter and fit people will go exercise anyway.

It will only worsen it for fat people.

I believe I've been ninja'd

Spoiler: Mild Rant

THANK YOU! Someone else gets it! We don't have an obesity crisis. We have a moron crisis. Are you obese? STOP EATING! Go outside and exercise for Christ's sake. It doesn't take THAT much willpower to go out for a walk for half an hour, I promise.

I do thirty minutes of fairly intense exercise every day, but I still put on weight when I eat too much. Exercise alone won't keep you thin if you're taking in more calories than you burn, and with any food you could imagine at the press of a button, I have a hard time imagining that more people wouldn't gain weight. It's not too difficult to have self control for a couple hours a day, (that's why I always eat before I go to the grocery store, so I'm not hungry while I'm there and picking up everything that looks good) but if people can get anything they want at the push of a button, it's too easy to give in to cravings.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I'm pretty sure that no one would choose to sit in the same place for the rest of their lives. It would be incredibly boring.

I don't know about you, but I know plenty of people who spend most of their waking lives sitting down. They sit for breakfast then walk to their car and sit while driving to work. At work they will sit until lunch where they will walk a short distance to an eatery of some kind, then return to work and sit. They walk to their car and sit while driving, return home and sit around watching TV. Then the sit while having dinner, do some more sitting in front of the TV and finally go to bed.

If teleportation could be used to keep these people from walking perhaps a mile over the course of the day, you could rest assured they would take the opportunity.

 

[Bellvedere]

I'm pretty sure that no one would choose to sit in the same place for the rest of their lives. It would be incredibly boring.

I don't know about you, but I know plenty of people who spend most of their waking lives sitting down. They sit for breakfast then walk to their car and sit while driving to work. At work they will sit until lunch where they will walk a short distance to an eatery of some kind, then return to work and sit. They walk to their car and sit while driving, return home and sit around watching TV. Then the sit while having dinner, do some more sitting in front of the TV and finally go to bed.

If teleportation could be used to keep these people from walking perhaps a mile over the course of the day, you could rest assured they would take the opportunity.

Oh sure, I'm not disagreeing that people would abuse the technology and it could lead to an increase in obesity. I'm just saying that a person would go to other places (by teleportation probably) otherwise their life would just become stagnant. I mean I'm pretty lazy. If I could teleport food or any other items to exactly where I am I would but I couldn't just stay in the house all day, it would drive me mad. I like going out and doing things, meeting people, drinking, dancing, general shenanigans, tv is fun but I couldn't experience my entire life through it or the computer for that matter.

Being able to go anywhere in the world I think would encourage people to get out more if anything. We're limited when travelling because of money. If you could go to Japan for an hour after work wouldn't that be better than spending the night watching family guy re-runs?

I make the assumption that teleporting would not be as costly as any sort of transportation today since if it were more expensive most people would still drive to work and walk to the shop to buy bacon since it's relatively little effort compared to working a full day for the money to teleport stuff.

 

[Forgetitnow344]

Has anyone ever actually TRIED to download food?

Thanks to all of the music/movies/games I obtain instantaneously (ALL LEGAL OF COURSE LOL) online, when I'm tired I'll start searching for torrents of my favorite foods. I've gone as long as five whole minutes before realizing what I'm doing is completely insane.

Anyone else been there?

 

[Folio]

Has anyone ever actually TRIED to download food?

Thanks to all of the music/movies/games I obtain instantaneously (ALL LEGAL OF COURSE LOL) online, when I'm tired I'll start searching for torrents of my favorite foods. I've gone as long as five whole minutes before realizing what I'm doing is completely insane.

Anyone else been there?

Would that be like those printers that create plastic molds? My internet is really slow, so my apples are rotten when they are finished. Once I wanted applejuice but I got apple cider. The other time I wanted milk but got cheese!

Maybe I should just put a cow in the fridge. If I gave it wheat and honey it might milk Honey Loops.

 

[Forgetitnow344]

Has anyone ever actually TRIED to download food?

Thanks to all of the music/movies/games I obtain instantaneously (ALL LEGAL OF COURSE LOL) online, when I'm tired I'll start searching for torrents of my favorite foods. I've gone as long as five whole minutes before realizing what I'm doing is completely insane.

Anyone else been there?

Would that be like those printers that create plastic molds? My internet is really slow, so my apples are rotten when they are finished. Once I wanted applejuice but I got apple cider. The other time I wanted milk but got cheese!

Maybe I should just put a cow in the fridge. If I gave it wheat and honey it might milk Honey Loops.

That's usually when I figure it out. The problem of transitioning food from computer to stomach always jerks me back into reality.