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So why aren't people working on that? I would hope they are. Of course if something like that actually comes out there will be lots of pushback from those with
by orangecat 16y ago
So why aren't people working on that?
I would hope they are. Of course if something like that actually comes out there will be lots of pushback from those with overdeveloped Protestant work ethics. No pain no gain, it's "cheating" to just take a pill, etc.
- theBobMcCormick 16y agoAt least hear in the US, I've never seen the public apposed to taking the easy way out. Witness the massive(no pun intended) diet and weightloss industry.
- galdosd 16y agoOh, but the situation is even worse than that-- the Protestant work ethic already caught you (or us, or many people, whatever). I'm talking about the assumption that exercise is some sort of pain for gain tradeoff that you would suffer through in exchange for a later reward, but is itself unpleasant or undesirable without the health benefits. This insiduous paradigm seems to be everywhere in (at least) American culture. And so the magic pill already exists! And there's no patent. No copay. No HMO can deny you it. And it's fun!