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I had two of those thoughts today, that would probably get me ostracized from society if I expressed them freely. Earlier today I overheard a teen girl with a

I had two of those thoughts today, that would probably get me ostracized from society if I expressed them freely. Earlier today I overheard a teen girl with a giant behind, talking with her friend how she wants to go home and do nothing, to her obese friend, on a Friday. Sorry but this is not how teenagers acted in the past. And its not normal that so many young people are morbidly obese, stay at home do nothings. People are stumbling along and nobody notices how fat everyone is around here, as if its all fine, but maybe they notice but too afraid to speak up. But really its not fine, its actually pretty horrible. And is probably an indication of some sort of toxicity. Maybe like lead poisoning from lead pipes. I also draw a line, I don't think we should be wearing space suits to live on this planet. Sorry if that means people will die from exposure to disease. But thats not the path I want humanity to take. Independent thinkers can often come off as lacking empathy. Expressing empathy is very important in communication, especially If you want to be liked by other people. But as society, I think its crutch too. Its not that I don't think we have too much empathy. I think we use empathy to cover up problems, which can be solved. A little temporary pain, can reduce suffering in the long run.

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These are pretty conventional counter sentiments online, I don't claim I independently thought of them. But you can't freely express them. Try talking about fat people at work, and report how well that goes over. After you lose your job, you might feel a little "ostracized" from society. My point which I did not state adequately in my comment, is that obesity is huge problem, that people use empathy to cover up for. I'll use cigarettes as an example, it wasn't until packages started showing graphic pictures of cancer, damaged lungs, and huge graphic labels and warnings. That the public/social pressure to quit, had substantial effect. I think its misguided to put all our effort in protecting at risk individuals, when the responsibility lies with most of these people to lose weight, and strengthen their immune system. You have to be a blind person to ignore the real authentic evidence of obesity in this country. I won't even bother to look for links to studies. Here's an article stating its 40% and higher. https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-02-27/us-obesity-rate-passes-40-percent#:~:text=According%20to%20data%20released%20Thursday,40%25%20for%20the%20first%20time https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/.... Its also directly linked to this pandemic in the USA. Its a direct predictor of mortality from COVID. Study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346803/ I don't oppose wearing masks, as a short term strategy to reduce infection. The evidence that they work is marginal. I have no problem wearing them, other than it may give a false sense security to at risk individuals. But how long should we wear masks? A year, two years, a decade... ? Its very conceivable that technological innovation will take over, and cloth masks will become full-on ventilators. Which at that point really will resemble "space suits". So will wearing mandated "space suits" be a path that we want humanity to go down on? Or will nature select out the weak, like it has done for millions of years in our evolution. Also, "my body my choice" has to be respected at some point. If we want to save the most lives, we would really want to isolate the most at risk elderly and mandate some nation wide weight loss program. Mandating that everyone do an hour walk, lose weight if you are obese, and put a treadmill in every classroom, would save more a lot more lives than just masks.

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dukeofdoom 6y ago

These are pretty conventional counter sentiments online, I don't claim I independently thought of them. But you can't freely express them. Try talking about fat people at work, and report how well that goes over. After you lose your job, you might feel a little "ostracized" from society. My point which I did not state adequately in my comment, is that obesity is huge problem, that people use empathy to cover up for. I'll use cigarettes as an example, it wasn't until packages started showing graphic pictures of cancer, damaged lungs, and huge graphic labels and warnings. That the public/social pressure to quit, had substantial effect. I think its misguided to put all our effort in protecting at risk individuals, when the responsibility lies with most of these people to lose weight, and strengthen their immune system. You have to be a blind person to ignore the real authentic evidence of obesity in this country. I won't even bother to look for links to studies. Here's an article stating its 40% and higher. https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-02-27/us-obesity-rate-passes-40-percent#:~:text=According%20to%20data%20released%20Thursday,40%25%20for%20the%20first%20time https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/.... Its also directly linked to this pandemic in the USA. Its a direct predictor of mortality from COVID. Study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346803/ I don't oppose wearing masks, as a short term strategy to reduce infection. The evidence that they work is marginal. I have no problem wearing them, other than it may give a false sense security to at risk individuals. But how long should we wear masks? A year, two years, a decade... ? Its very conceivable that technological innovation will take over, and cloth masks will become full-on ventilators. Which at that point really will resemble "space suits". So will wearing mandated "space suits" be a path that we want humanity to go down on? Or will nature select out the weak, like it has done for millions of years in our evolution. Also, "my body my choice" has to be respected at some point. If we want to save the most lives, we would really want to isolate the most at risk elderly and mandate some nation wide weight loss program. Mandating that everyone do an hour walk, lose weight if you are obese, and put a treadmill in every classroom, would save more a lot more lives than just masks.