In my childhood I had yellow skin (Carotenemia) from overdosing on carotene from my idiot mom’s woo diets. Macrobiotic diet with a shitload of pumpkin and carrots almost everyday. I won’t eat pumpkin even 45 years later.
I had a bit of an orange complexion, only for a very short while, however in the other sort of way.
I just really liked carrots, and whenever I’d see carrots I’d munch on them. For a while in my childhood it would be normal to see me just eating carrots throughout a Summer.
Once my mum noticed they were very quickly cut out, then later I just understood the cool orange skin was not good and I shouldn’t have that many carrots. Life is unfair sometimes.
I cannot stress this enough: it was a lot of carrots.
Thanks for the wonderful anecdote! “Hey look Joe, kid & carrot again I told you about”.
I still like carrots now and then, mostly as an ingredient, and sometimes just raw.
My mom did a good job making everything taste disgusting, certainly pumpkin and Japanese seaweeds cooked in too much salt. I remember she promised us to make fries once. My sister and me very happy, couldn’t believe it as we where not allowed to eat nightshade plants…macrobiotic diet forbids, so that evening we had…pumpkin fries, we both crying. Disgustingly made btw and just some tamari and gomasio (more salt) for sauce.
My favorite thing about him is that he then uses the English phrase for the rest of the video, like they should do anyway. Don’t tell me I have septicemia, tell me I have toilet presence in blood.
No, she was just into that esoteric spiritual I tjing and tarot bullshit, lateron Rudolf Steiner, homeopathic and faith healers shit. In the ‘70s this was a fad diet here in the Netherlands. She was very, very violent as well. I was pulled out of that when school began to notice the bruises, bad health and child protection services was notified. She didn’t have a good upbringing though, but I didn’t pass it onto my son. I don’t hate her but she is a total idiot.
We were underfed, anyhow macrobiotic diet is notorious for not getting the nutrients you need. We where skinny, yellow, itchy, hungry, getting too much salt and a diet without much variety. “Oh your behaviour is to much yang right now…I need to get you on salad for a couple of weeks till I get you balanced”.
Holy shitposts.
In my childhood I had yellow skin (Carotenemia) from overdosing on carotene from my idiot mom’s woo diets. Macrobiotic diet with a shitload of pumpkin and carrots almost everyday. I won’t eat pumpkin even 45 years later.
I had a bit of an orange complexion, only for a very short while, however in the other sort of way.
I just really liked carrots, and whenever I’d see carrots I’d munch on them. For a while in my childhood it would be normal to see me just eating carrots throughout a Summer.
Once my mum noticed they were very quickly cut out, then later I just understood the cool orange skin was not good and I shouldn’t have that many carrots. Life is unfair sometimes.
I cannot stress this enough: it was a lot of carrots.
Thanks for the wonderful anecdote! “Hey look Joe, kid & carrot again I told you about”.
I still like carrots now and then, mostly as an ingredient, and sometimes just raw.
My mom did a good job making everything taste disgusting, certainly pumpkin and Japanese seaweeds cooked in too much salt. I remember she promised us to make fries once. My sister and me very happy, couldn’t believe it as we where not allowed to eat nightshade plants…macrobiotic diet forbids, so that evening we had…pumpkin fries, we both crying. Disgustingly made btw and just some tamari and gomasio (more salt) for sauce.
We were into shoplifting not much later.
Carot meanting “Carrot” and “-emia” meaning presense in blood ☝️
My favorite thing about him is that he then uses the English phrase for the rest of the video, like they should do anyway. Don’t tell me I have septicemia, tell me I have toilet presence in blood.
Presenting to the emergency room
Where we are now.
Were you or your mom overweight or there was some kind of medical issue that made her force this diet on you?
No, she was just into that esoteric spiritual I tjing and tarot bullshit, lateron Rudolf Steiner, homeopathic and faith healers shit. In the ‘70s this was a fad diet here in the Netherlands. She was very, very violent as well. I was pulled out of that when school began to notice the bruises, bad health and child protection services was notified. She didn’t have a good upbringing though, but I didn’t pass it onto my son. I don’t hate her but she is a total idiot.
We were underfed, anyhow macrobiotic diet is notorious for not getting the nutrients you need. We where skinny, yellow, itchy, hungry, getting too much salt and a diet without much variety. “Oh your behaviour is to much yang right now…I need to get you on salad for a couple of weeks till I get you balanced”.
I am still seeing a shrink for that shit…
That sounds terrible. Glad you survived.
Heh, thank you kindly Jaybone, how a shitpost can trigger eh?