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That was exactly right, though.
There's also some bad faith sunk cost thinking that I engage in. The junk food I've already purchased, I treat as though it's free, because I have no intention of replacing it (that's the bad faith part).
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With regard to my kids' leftovers, I know it would be better for myself (and not negative for the world) if I just threw it away. But I lie to myself and tell myself it's wasteful, to justify me eating it.
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Yeah, that's another place I engage in some bad faith reasoning about the leftovers crowding out some costly future consumption.
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This reminds me hyperbolic discounting and dual self models of self control. Your long-run self is committing your short-run self to not snack by not buying snacks when the long-run self is still in control.