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The treadmill was invented as a prison rehabilitation device
- colbyh 8y agoThey still are, IMO.
- always_good 8y agoThis comment doesn't even make sense. How is it a point of opinion? And how is someone jogging at home or the gym paying reparations for something in the context of TFA? Are they making atonement for being a couch potato?
- jklinger410 8y ago>Are they making atonement for being a couch potato? Yeah I think that's what they were getting at.
- golemotron 8y agoYes. This is in the category of "ignore what people say and watch what they do."
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- sametmax 8y agoIt's a joke.
- adammichaelc 8y agoI believe the headline changed. Used to say something to the effect of "treadmills originally invented as a torture device"
- jalk 8y agoTreadmills are an ancient invention[1] and not invented in 1818 as the article suggests. And I'm sure they were frequently "fitted" with slaves or prisoners [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel
- foxyv 8y ago> These devices are no longer used for power or punishment, and the term "treadmill" has come to mean an exercise machine for running or walking in place. Weird, they still feel like industrial age torture devices ^_^
- RaceWon 8y agoIMO stationary bikes fall into the same category. A major brand of these gizmos, that buys much TV ad time, shows people using their device, while outside the window it appears to be a glorious day--the sun is shining, and the trees are all green. Get on a real bike fer Pete's sake; improve your balance, improve your driving, sweat your ass off and have a blast!
- chc 8y agoThis assumes that you have enough space to go biking, that the area is safe for biking, that the temperature is comfortable for biking, and several other factors that could all tilt the scale away from "riding a bike would be more enjoyable than a stationary bike." So I think you're much too eager to dismiss the value of stationary bikes.
- always_good 8y agoWell, this rebuttal reminds me of "not everyone has the time to exercise, I know someone with three jobs and eight kids." I definitely agree with their characterization of these infomercials.
- jrq 8y agoYou know what? Honestly? A person who has made that 3-job and 8-kid decision in their life has deliberately compromised their own health. It's not the fault of the world that they made a bad call and sacrificed the time they could have used to stay healthy. Consumers need to be more responsible and skeptical about the choices advertisers want them to make. Don't have so many kids, stay healthy first and foremost, don't develop bad spending habits, do develop good savings habits, and use your job as a vessel to forward your career, and not your paycheck. If you don't have enough time to maintain your health, you have put your own self in that position, some way, somehow. Not you, obviously, but just in general.
- aesclepius 8y ago> Consumers need to be more responsible and skeptical about the choices advertisers want them to make. Don't have so many kids, stay healthy first and foremost, don't develop bad spending habits, do develop good savings habits, and use your job as a vessel to forward your career, and not your paycheck. You're speaking from a position of privilege in time, money and access. Many people start out life with involuntary handicaps, physical ailments and hell, just shitty luck. It's very easy to criticize people who made one or two bad decisions (or had bad things happen) early on and have to deal with it.
- edflsafoiewq 8y agoNow 'tis oakum for his fingers and the treadmill for his feet And the quarry-gang on Portland in the cold and in the heat,
- okfine 8y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/2p88e1/help_can_someone_explain_these_lines_from_oh_who/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/2p88e1/help_can_som...
- edflsafoiewq 8y agoThe poem is also a reference to Wilde's trial.
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- gweinberg 8y agoLike the song says, "The more it stays the same, the less it changes."
- jhallenworld 8y agoThe one at Sugar House in Charleston, SC was famous for punishing slaves.
- m3kw9 8y agoLobster used to be prison food
- lucidguppy 8y agoI dare you to eat overcooked boiled lobster - day in day out without butter.
- sdca 8y agoSomewheeere beyond the seaaa