Comments on: Credit Cards, Overeating, & the Credit Card “Blame Game” http://www.creditcardchaser.com/credit-cards-overeating-the-credit-card-blame-game/ "Chase" down the best credit card offers! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:30:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joel http://www.creditcardchaser.com/credit-cards-overeating-the-credit-card-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Joel Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:19:22 +0000 http://www.creditcardchaser.com/?p=3733#comment-401 Yup, regardless of the motivations though the responsibility is still up to the eater/spender to own up to the consequences of their actions and realize they they are the ones to blame. Wouldn't you agree? Yup, regardless of the motivations though the responsibility is still up to the eater/spender to own up to the consequences of their actions and realize they they are the ones to blame. Wouldn’t you agree?

]]> By: Settle Credit Card Debt http://www.creditcardchaser.com/credit-cards-overeating-the-credit-card-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Settle Credit Card Debt Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:37:52 +0000 http://www.creditcardchaser.com/?p=3733#comment-394 Well people who overeat are usually trying to distract themselves from something else, a bad day at work etc. People rarely just eat "because they like food" - if that was all, the body's inbuilt "feeling full" mechanism would stop them eating too much. The obese ignore their body's signals because the need to avoid the pain of whatever is going on in their life is greater than the discomfort of feeling full. And people who overspend have the exact same psychology - they are distracting themselves from something, spending to make themselves feel better. In my experience, it's only when they get truly scared that they start paying down their debts. And the obese only go on diets when they get ill and their doctors tell them their life is at risk... Well people who overeat are usually trying to distract themselves from something else, a bad day at work etc. People rarely just eat “because they like food” – if that was all, the body’s inbuilt “feeling full” mechanism would stop them eating too much. The obese ignore their body’s signals because the need to avoid the pain of whatever is going on in their life is greater than the discomfort of feeling full.

And people who overspend have the exact same psychology – they are distracting themselves from something, spending to make themselves feel better. In my experience, it’s only when they get truly scared that they start paying down their debts. And the obese only go on diets when they get ill and their doctors tell them their life is at risk…

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://www.creditcardchaser.com/credit-cards-overeating-the-credit-card-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Financial Samurai Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:06:37 +0000 http://www.creditcardchaser.com/?p=3733#comment-382 I agree. Someone always farts in a crowd, hence why it's good to eat our consumer or spend your fair share and let others bail you out. It's the American way. I agree. Someone always farts in a crowd, hence why it’s good to eat our consumer or spend your fair share and let others bail you out. It’s the American way.

]]> By: Joel http://www.creditcardchaser.com/credit-cards-overeating-the-credit-card-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Joel Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:56:49 +0000 http://www.creditcardchaser.com/?p=3733#comment-381 Yep, I agree with you and I am all for people being able to choose how they want to act BUT where I do get my feathers ruffled is when people make their own choices but then act as if they do not deserve the consequences. (i.e. "It's not my fault - it's the credit card company's/McDonald's fault that I am in debt/fat") Wouldn't you agree? Yep, I agree with you and I am all for people being able to choose how they want to act BUT where I do get my feathers ruffled is when people make their own choices but then act as if they do not deserve the consequences. (i.e. “It’s not my fault – it’s the credit card company’s/McDonald’s fault that I am in debt/fat”) Wouldn’t you agree?

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://www.creditcardchaser.com/credit-cards-overeating-the-credit-card-blame-game/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Financial Samurai Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:14 +0000 http://www.creditcardchaser.com/?p=3733#comment-380 Hmmm, I blame my parents for not giving me the genes to allow me to have six pack abs. Even at my most fittest, with 6-7% body fat, I could only get a 4-pack. Hence, I gave up, but still blame them haha. People are happy to be overweight since the pleasure of food outweighs any bad feelings of being overweight. In the same line of thinking, people are happy to go in debt, b/c the happiness the stuff they buy brings is more than any pain debt creates. Everything is rational! Hmmm, I blame my parents for not giving me the genes to allow me to have six pack abs. Even at my most fittest, with 6-7% body fat, I could only get a 4-pack. Hence, I gave up, but still blame them haha.

People are happy to be overweight since the pleasure of food outweighs any bad feelings of being overweight.

In the same line of thinking, people are happy to go in debt, b/c the happiness the stuff they buy brings is more than any pain debt creates.

Everything is rational!

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