Pulp Fiction aficionados may recall the scene where Vincent Vega was waxing poetic about how much he loves pork and Jules told him he doesn’t eat pork. To Vincent’s question “Why not, Pork Chops are good, bacon is good” Jules came back with the above quote. He told Vincent pigs are filthy animals. The scene reminded me that we all have self-imposed boundaries we’ve given ourselves for protection. They stop us from doing things that might be pleasurable but can have deadly consequences.
Jules doesn’t eat pork, the meat of a filthy animal. Vincent eats pork but has limits like deciding against trying to bang Mia Wallace because her husband, Marcellus, has been known to throw men off the roof like he did to Tony Rockihara after Tony was rumored to have given Mia a foot rub.
So what are your limits? What food won’t you eat or what act will you not attempt regardless of the upside because the downside is too risky? When you think of it please keep it to yourself because no one cares what you do.
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