Year-Round Holiday Season Well, it's Valentines week, so I can eat candy. Well, it's October, so a few mini candy bars a day won't hurt. Well, it's November, you're supposed to eat a lot! Well, It's [Christmas Season half-year] so calories don't count! There are maybe two months a year that there isn't a constant supply of sugary shit in the main Hallway in my office for one reason or another. Today struck me. Today, somebody left a box of chocolates in the hallway. Almost everyone in the office is a planet of one category or another. I always make it a point to spend a few minutes just near the treats, because without fail a fat will make either a snarky comment about it being something I don't eat, or be envious of "how you can just look at X and not eat any!" I'd like to think it hits their self-esteem at least a little. Three hams around the chocolate, reading which kind is which, eating a number of them each. One of them makes the comment that "Calories don't count during Christmas!" and they all laugh. I'd love to understand the mindset of someone that couldn't tell you that a whopper has more calories than a grape pretending to care when they're eating sweets. Meet Hamtaro. Hamtaro's probably clocking in around 300lbs, and she regularly puts away 2000Cal lunches, always fast food, always more than just one large meal at BurgerTownUSA. Usually a dessert as well. For lunch. I'm probably worse to her than anyone in pointing out my weight, gym habits, food choices, etc. By the third piece of candy, she moans and vocally realizes "It's Christmas season, so I can endulge!" WHAT IS ENDULGING IF IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN EVERY OTHER DAY OF YOUR LIFE Christ, there was an old Twilight Zone episode about a gambler that dies and ends up in a Casino where he wins every bet, every slot, etc. He thought it was heaven, until he realized how miserable it is just winning every time, at which point he figures out that he's in Hell. Is that what it is for these people? Just a Twilight Zone Fatty Edition hell? Or more the heroin addict that doesn't get the high anymore, just uses to stay normal? That fucking "endulge" comment just lit me up.  All I want for Christmas is an end to the never-ending Holiday Endulgement season.