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Breatharian colleague

107 replies

Gffbjjgfddbjkkm · 24/06/2025 18:15

Aibu to think that he must be lying? He's healthy-looking and not too thin. Never seen him eat or drink.

There's no way that he exists on thin air.

OP posts:
FlatErica · 24/06/2025 21:19

Breatharians are lightweights. I never breathe.

MrsSkylerWhite · 24/06/2025 21:21

Sorry, what?!

Lins77 · 24/06/2025 21:40

Delphiniumandlupins · 24/06/2025 21:07

What's the difference between "water and diluted juice" and "diluted juice and water"?

no idea 😂

Lins77 · 24/06/2025 21:43

It was obviously bollocks, nobody can live on nothing... but good to have it confirmed!

It was a bit concerning how unquestioning the original article was.

Lurkingandlearning · 24/06/2025 22:16

Lazygardener · 24/06/2025 18:40

Clearly a vampire covering his tracks😂

😂😂

Bridgetjonesheart · 24/06/2025 22:36

Sounds like a fancy disguise for anorexia to me.

KillerMounjaro · 24/06/2025 22:59

Delphiniumandlupins · 24/06/2025 21:07

What's the difference between "water and diluted juice" and "diluted juice and water"?

Well obviously you have one one week and the other the next week!

DucklingSwimmingInstructress · 24/06/2025 23:05

MaySea · 24/06/2025 20:40

I read about a breatharian who used to go out into the dessert to absorb energy from the sun. Apparently the best way to get it inside you is to go somewhere remote, take your kit off, bend over and point your chocolate starfish at the sun. Like a solar ray suppository.

Was it a chocolate dessert she went to?

Lins77 · 24/06/2025 23:07

I thought they would stay well away from desserts.

Dominoeffecter · 24/06/2025 23:08

CrystalMighty · 24/06/2025 18:20

Mate.

😂

WhatTheShit · 24/06/2025 23:12

Maaaaaaate.

PruthePrune · 24/06/2025 23:13

He will be existing from the times of his own BS.

RedToothBrush · 24/06/2025 23:15

Heartbreaksally · 24/06/2025 19:42

I misread this as Bretheren

Likewise! And I couldn't work out what he was lying about?!

PepsiForEva · 25/06/2025 06:10

HelpMeGetThrough · 24/06/2025 21:10

Not eating at work is no big deal. Nobody has seen me eat in the office, as I don’t.

That's a good point. I used to have bulimia and always had alot of criticism growing up when I ate anything and I struggle to eat in front of other people. I don't eat in the office in front of people, ever.

Notsosure1 · 25/06/2025 06:15

BotterMon · 24/06/2025 18:21

Well if he isn't lying, he won't be your colleague for very long

Love this 👏🏻

BellissimoGecko · 25/06/2025 06:19

BotterMon · 24/06/2025 18:21

Well if he isn't lying, he won't be your colleague for very long

😂😂

Serpentstooth · 25/06/2025 06:21

I just got quite cross about replies mocking a poster who asked a perfectly reasonable question to which she could not have known the answer. Felt it was a bit much. Then I saw this question. Perhaps your colleague does what I'm doing? Eating my words.

TheBig50 · 25/06/2025 06:31

Butchyrestingface · 24/06/2025 20:20

If I actually had to kill my own dinner, I'd be a breatharian.

Albeit not a very long-lived one.

You could always eat plants, beans and vegetables. There is a happy medium between slaughtering a cow and dying 🤣

Ivy888 · 25/06/2025 06:32

Some people just don’t feel comfortable eating in front of other people

Bjorkdidit · 25/06/2025 06:34

So how did you get from 'never seen him eat or drink' to him being a breatharian?

Is that your deduction or is this what he's claiming? Either way, unless you are with him 24/7 then you don't know what he eats and drinks.

Meetmeundertheclock · 25/06/2025 06:43

Breatharianism. Everyday on MN I usually learn something new. This is new to me.
As an indicator of how the day is likely to go, it looks like a bad day is on the way. What Bollocks!

MaySea · 25/06/2025 06:59

DucklingSwimmingInstructress · 24/06/2025 23:05

Was it a chocolate dessert she went to?

Oops! I guess so!

sashh · 25/06/2025 07:03

Does he go to the toilet?

TorroFerney · 25/06/2025 07:37

RedPanda2022 · 24/06/2025 20:47

Sounds like this chap needs help.
i work in mental health and have seen patients who have an eating disorder cover it up with similar explanations, he could be lying or he could be developing delusional beliefs around this that could be very dangerous, I would monitor, speak to your boss if you have concerns.

No, it’s not for her to “monitor” .

allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld · 25/06/2025 07:40

@Gffbjjgfddbjkkm do you know of any living hunger strike prisoners?? are they still alive????????

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