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This is about as useful as saying "How about you just eat less?" to someone who is struggling with their weight — that is, not useful at all. There's a reason o
by Etheryte 5y ago
This is about as useful as saying "How about you just eat less?" to someone who is struggling with their weight — that is, not useful at all. There's a reason only 15% of overweight people manage to make any progress towards weight loss, never mind any meaningful progress [0]: changing habits is hard, and as a society we haven't found a good way to systematically address the problem. Condescending quips do little to help in that regard.
[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539812/
- nottorp 5y agoIsn't "How about you just eat less?" just a particular case of exercising self control? > changing habits is hard, and as a society we haven't found a good way to systematically address the problem Don't think there is one. Just case by case solutions. But they all boil down to finding the motivation to control a harmful behaviour. Come to think of it, the person in TFA managed to exercise enough self control to turn off their notifications :)
- the_sleaze9 5y agoNot being able to understand why what you're saying is impractical (and just plain rude) is itself indicative of a mental fault. Are you on the spectrum? If you are, why don't you just stop being on the spectrum? :)