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I hate it how progressives and liberals often tell us that people are just all completely dumb and that the state needs to take care of them. But lately I have been wondering if perhaps there is a little (a little) bit of truth to this.
A great example is the rise in obesity in the west and the apparent inability of most people to give even a single **** about what they are eating, or how much of it they eat. Let alone exercise. Now don't get me wrong, if people are ok with being big and fat if it means they can eat what they want then that is fine (unless they are parents and they make their kids obese as well). Whatever floats their boat.
But that isn't what I am talking about here. I am talking about people who are just totally ignorant about what kind of filth they are eating and see no problem with eating 2 hamburgers every lunch. And then once they finally realize they have a problem, instead of just eating less crap and more healthy food, in addition to exercising a bit, they just moan about how they have some kind of "condition" that prevents them from losing any weight. Or they look for cheap "lose weight instantly" gimmicks that don't work. Or they start going to the gym and diet for a couple of weeks before just giving up and start crying about how it made no difference, even though they were only there for half a month or may not have fallowed the program correctly.
I mean ok, I know this doesn't apply to EVERYONE. But there is a shocking amount of people that are like this. I won't pretend I am innocent, I have eaten my share of crap food. But I wised up after a while and even in the past there was still a limit to how much I would eat.
I would probably be less resentful of these people if it weren't for the fact that they are constantly moaning and acting as if their lame condition wasn't their own fault. One of my coworkers is a really fat dude who a number of times has just left work only a couple of hours after showing up because of an "upset stomach", and also tends to be lazy as well in that he sometimes looks for excuses to not properly take care of the work that is given to him. It also doesn't help that he is a easily hurt manchild.
But I think I have perhaps ventured a bit past my original topic question: Are most people just too stupid and/or weak-minded to live a smart, responsible and a healthy life? Note that I am not counting people who KNOW they are living very poorly but understand the end-result and are fine with it as stupid. But rather, all of the dumbasses who think they can get away with anything and then are shocked when that turns out to not be true and instantly start to blame someone or something else.
But I think I have perhaps ventured a bit past my original topic question: Are most people just too stupid and/or weak-minded to live a smart, responsible and a healthy life?
Here we go, another beat-up-on-fat-people thread, under the guise of "the epidemic of obesity." Time to load up the mindless venom and have a go at the fatties. Stupid and weak-minded...maybe we should put them in camps, you know, tuck them away so the rest of us don't have to be offended. Revoke their driving licenses...make those fat bastards walk wherever they go. I'm sure there will more great ideas.
I missed the point about obesity making it OK for the government to control our lives. People make mistakes not just about diet or exercise or spouses or career paths or drugs or alcohol. Mistakes are going to happen and that does not mean we need a nanny government to tell us what to do -- even if our mistakes hurt us in the long run.
What the government has been telling us to eat for the past few decades is what made us fat. Carbohydrate-dense foods like bread, pasta, cereals, starches and sugars are the foundation of the American diet, and its what is making us fat. Added sugar is in a staggering amount of our foods. Even some meat has added sugar or grain-based fillers in it. Chicken nuggets are more bread than chicken.
When did obesity really start to get out of hand in the US? It was with the rise of low-fat diets. We replaced satiating fat with quickly-burned sugar in so many of our 'diet' foods, which just set the stage for the rapid increase in obesity in the US.
Think there might be a connection between an acute lack of personal responsibility and health problems and costs?
Overweight people are substantially more vulnerable to Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Stroke, Diabetes 2 and some Cancers.
Imagine if healthcare premiums and costs were based on waist size. Imagine if the only way one could be eligible for Medicaid or Medicare or VA or ... was their waist size. Would this be enough to motivate the masses to drop the lbs?
If so, the demand for healthcare would substantially decline. When the demand declines, prices decline.
What the government has been telling us to eat for the past few decades is what made us fat. Carbohydrate-dense foods like bread, pasta, cereals, starches and sugars are the foundation of the American diet, and its what is making us fat. Added sugar is in a staggering amount of our foods. Even some meat has added sugar or grain-based fillers in it. Chicken nuggets are more bread than chicken.
When did obesity really start to get out of hand in the US? It was with the rise of low-fat diets. We replaced satiating fat with quickly-burned sugar in so many of our 'diet' foods, which just set the stage for the rapid increase in obesity in the US.
Proliferation of cheap food.
Local market has Kraft Mac and Cheese on sale this week for .59.
Soda ( my personal downfall) is 4 cases/$10, must buy 4.
Burger King is offering a Whopper BOGO.
Mc Donalds introduced a 2 for $2 menu.
All you can eat buffets proliferate.
TGIF and Olive Garden mails BOGO entree coupons.
Little Caesars ( and other national pizza pie chains) routinely offer $5 pizza or BOGO.
Local market has Kraft Mac and Cheese on sale this week for .59.
Soda ( my personal downfall) is 4 cases/$10, must buy 4.
Burger King is offering a Whopper BOGO.
Mc Donalds introduced a 2 for $2 menu.
All you can eat buffets proliferate.
TGIF and Olive Garden mails BOGO entree coupons.
Little Caesars ( and other national pizza pie chains) routinely offer $5 pizza or BOGO.
How can you even think about eating over processed macaroni and cheese out of a box?
Why *must* you buy 4 cases of pop? You are not allowed to drink anything else?
Burger King/McDonald's/TGIF/Olive Garden/Little Caesars, all fast food crap.
Your choice to stay out of buffet or limit the amount of food you eat while at a buffet.
The foods in your home would kill me in less than a month.
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