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> Healthcare, too, is a modern experience that is best avoided This is a joke, right?

by baxuz 5y ago

Eddy_Viscosity2 5y ago
It is best avoided. Avoid meaning to alter your course in advance, i.e.: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, or the best way to stay healthy is not to get sick.
- SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
  > the best way to stay healthy is not to get sick This is a pretty “duh” statement. Of course people don’t want to get sick. But many illnesses are genetic, even illnesses that we presumably have some control over (like blood cholesterol levels or addiction). Many illnesses are caused by exposures and traumas in our childhoods where we had very little control in our life. Even lifestyle illnesses can be pointed to as coming from a place where one may not have been enabled to live a healthy lifestyle, due to ignorant raising.
  - globular-toast 5y ago
    Well, I think so, but around 65% of adults are overweight in my country, less than 30% eat enough dietary fibre and 82% of adults consume alcohol. Of course there are things out of our control, but a lot of people act like they don't care about getting sick.
  - Eddy_Viscosity2 5y ago
    Those would be cases then where it couldn't be avoided, so you end up seeking health care. There is a difference between 'avoiding' and 'not using under any circumstances'.
- baxuz 5y ago
  I mean, I completely agree. This is why I also don't write unit tests and why I avoid debugging my code. The best way to have a correct program is not to write buggy code in the first place. /s
  - Eddy_Viscosity2 5y ago
    Sarcasm noted, but there is truth to that. You could sit down and slop together some code or you could do it thoughtfully according to a plan. Likewise with health, you could eat right and exercise or eat junk and sit on that ass. Doing these things don't guarantee bug-free code or sick-free life, but the improve the odds. It's a cliche and obvious, I understand the resistance.

> Healthcare, too, is a modern experience that is best avoided This is a joke, right?

by baxuz 5y ago

> Healthcare, too, is a modern experience that is best avoided This is a joke, right?

It is best avoided. Avoid meaning to alter your course in advance, i.e.: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, or the best way to stay healthy is not to get sick.

SamoyedFurFluff 5y ago
> the best way to stay healthy is not to get sick This is a pretty “duh” statement. Of course people don’t want to get sick. But many illnesses are genetic, even illnesses that we presumably have some control over (like blood cholesterol levels or addiction). Many illnesses are caused by exposures and traumas in our childhoods where we had very little control in our life. Even lifestyle illnesses can be pointed to as coming from a place where one may not have been enabled to live a healthy lifestyle, due to ignorant raising.
- globular-toast 5y ago
  Well, I think so, but around 65% of adults are overweight in my country, less than 30% eat enough dietary fibre and 82% of adults consume alcohol. Of course there are things out of our control, but a lot of people act like they don't care about getting sick.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 5y ago
  Those would be cases then where it couldn't be avoided, so you end up seeking health care. There is a difference between 'avoiding' and 'not using under any circumstances'.
baxuz 5y ago
I mean, I completely agree. This is why I also don't write unit tests and why I avoid debugging my code. The best way to have a correct program is not to write buggy code in the first place. /s
- Eddy_Viscosity2 5y ago
  Sarcasm noted, but there is truth to that. You could sit down and slop together some code or you could do it thoughtfully according to a plan. Likewise with health, you could eat right and exercise or eat junk and sit on that ass. Doing these things don't guarantee bug-free code or sick-free life, but the improve the odds. It's a cliche and obvious, I understand the resistance.