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The population is growing more obese. Got that. We are headed toward AI computers to do things for us. Got that. We are launching more satellites into space. Go

• metalliqaz 5y ago
  Obesity causes suffering. It seems like if we could communicate that effectively, something would change. But that doesn't account for how addictive modern junk food is. Just like everyone knows smoking meth leads to suffering, people still do it. Our food supply is poisonous and highly addictive. We need to take drastic measures in the name of public-health and national security... just like with climate change.
• carlosf 5y ago
  > without arguing (which doesn't work) My anedote: I went from 290 lbs to 190 lbs over the last year. I totally knew that I was eating garbage, but I thought I was young, so I thought I could just switch to being healthy a few years later. I thought focusing on career was more productive at my age. So I start feeling weird after eating carbs and one blood test later I found out I was on my way to having type 2 diabetes before 30. Losing weight was hard as fuck, it was like my body was completely wired to bad eating and sedentary habits. I often felt like and addict and felt stupid. Like, why couldn't I just exercise and eat less shit? Maybe just like cigarettes, the best approach to junk food is never starting. I guess if I had tested my pressure / blood sugar more often I could have realized how bad things were earlier? So that's an idea.