And I thought it was the media, poor role models, and unsupportive friends who gave us body image problems and eating disorders! Now you can actually pay to have technology verbally abuse you to get you to stay on your diet. Gizmodo peeped this Diet Floor by Spanish ceramic company Tau Ceramica — tiles that yell at you to knock it off when they sense your weight standing on them (ostensibly in front of a fridge).
It's unclear whether the phrases it yells at you come pre-set or if you can make your own custom messages, but you can set different phrases for different people (you enter each individual's weight and coordinating phrase). If you can customize it, then I guess those who do well with tough-love can hurl hurtful insults at the themselves, and those who like a gentler approach can program in some kind words of motivation. It may have its uses, but I personally hate diets, and therefore anyone or anything telling me to stay on a diet? Hate that more! What do you think?
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that's freaking awful
1Yay...not too neat to me!
2i think that would really upset me so i'm going to say 'leave it'....
3That would just get annoying.
4oh, no. my mirror speaks loud enough.
5That's pretty messed up.
6That's horrible. Plus, it can't distinguish food/beverage trips to the fridge. I don't want something yelling at me, but I certainly don't want something yelling at me for getting a glass of water.
7I need to purchase this. I would love to have something yelling at me, telling me to take my fat ass elsewhere.
8wow, so dumb. i guess some people might need that kind of motivation but it seems like it would just ruin someone's self-esteem, what if you were just walking to the fridge to get bottle of water? i dont know. leave it.
9weird.
10ridiculously
11Shoot! The last thing I need is something yelling at me and calling me fat. That's why I don't own a bathroom scale. I'm happier this way.
12That's masochistic.
The irony is that a lot of women overeat or eat comfort food when we are already down emotionally. Somehow I don't think berating yourself further is the answer to fixing either the original problem or the subsequent comfort eating.
13I'd rather hang myself then remind myself what a cow I am every time I go for food. Seriously, not trying to sound overly dramatic here, but I think anyone who has ever suffered from an eating disorder could understand where I'm coming from on this one.
Seriously, do we really need go give women MORE weight issues? As is, 1 in every 4 teenagers has an eating disorder, or at least severe symptoms of one.
Thanks, but no thanks =S
14Here's my beef with this thing. There will be times when you need to get into the frig and you don't need this thing yelling at you when you're just getting some lunch. Also, if you wanted to avoid the verbal abuse you could always stand to the side and avoid it. It's not full proof.
15If you can program the phrases, then that sounds good, but the last thing I need when I'm feeling bad enough about my weight, and I go to the fridge for a bottle of Crystal Light is my floor screaming insults at me.
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