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How is it not true? Overeating / over-sugaring is at least close to smoking in its aggregate detrimental effects. So many health problems are caused by overweig

How is it not true? Overeating / over-sugaring is at least close to smoking in its aggregate detrimental effects. So many health problems are caused by overweight. If people feel this is a ridiculous comparison, they need to be corrected. The lowest common denominator does not dictate how I communicate.

delusional 5y ago
You're giving away the differentiator right in your comment. You've never heard anyone talk about "oversmoking" because there's no such thing as "the right amount of smoking" (or rather, that amount is zero. No smoking is the _correct_ amount of smoking). I agree that obesity is terrible. I even agree that the "oversugaring" is probably a large portion of the cause side of the obesity problem. I'm just pointing out that when you compare it to smoking, you sound full of yourself. I'm of normal weight but consume way too much sugar (I'm working on it). When you tell me that I'm as bad as smokers I don't hear someone telling me the hard truths. I hear someone erecting a pedestal they can put themselves on.
- staticassertion 5y ago
  What is the right amount of sugar? What are the health benefits of sugar? Your body does not require it at all, it is strictly negative impact unless you're literally starving or trying to gain fat to avoid starvation. You're making this weirdly personal. No one is saying you're a bad person for eating sugar or "as bad as" a smoker. There's no pedestal.
  - delusional 5y ago
    > What is the right amount of sugar? What are the health benefits of sugar? I don't have to answer your questions and it's not like you'd care about my answers anyway. The guy I'm responding to said "over-sugaring" which implies there's an amount of sugar that's not too much. I would expect something like eating an apple would fall under his definition of "not too much" but I wouldn't know. What's the point of the rhetorical questions? I feel like you're trying to "own" me in order to put me into some Ben Shapiro youtube clip. If you want to make an argument, just make it. > No one is saying That's an odd point to make for someone just entering the discussion. I'm telling you what impression it leaves on me. Just saying "well your impression is wrong" is not really an interesting observation. Communication is a two-way street where we collaboratively create the impression we want. If you want to leave a different impression, then communicate differently.
    - staticassertion 5y ago
      Jesus Christ you're touchy.

delusional 5y ago

You're giving away the differentiator right in your comment. You've never heard anyone talk about "oversmoking" because there's no such thing as "the right amount of smoking" (or rather, that amount is zero. No smoking is the _correct_ amount of smoking). I agree that obesity is terrible. I even agree that the "oversugaring" is probably a large portion of the cause side of the obesity problem. I'm just pointing out that when you compare it to smoking, you sound full of yourself. I'm of normal weight but consume way too much sugar (I'm working on it). When you tell me that I'm as bad as smokers I don't hear someone telling me the hard truths. I hear someone erecting a pedestal they can put themselves on.

staticassertion 5y ago
What is the right amount of sugar? What are the health benefits of sugar? Your body does not require it at all, it is strictly negative impact unless you're literally starving or trying to gain fat to avoid starvation. You're making this weirdly personal. No one is saying you're a bad person for eating sugar or "as bad as" a smoker. There's no pedestal.
- delusional 5y ago
  > What is the right amount of sugar? What are the health benefits of sugar? I don't have to answer your questions and it's not like you'd care about my answers anyway. The guy I'm responding to said "over-sugaring" which implies there's an amount of sugar that's not too much. I would expect something like eating an apple would fall under his definition of "not too much" but I wouldn't know. What's the point of the rhetorical questions? I feel like you're trying to "own" me in order to put me into some Ben Shapiro youtube clip. If you want to make an argument, just make it. > No one is saying That's an odd point to make for someone just entering the discussion. I'm telling you what impression it leaves on me. Just saying "well your impression is wrong" is not really an interesting observation. Communication is a two-way street where we collaboratively create the impression we want. If you want to leave a different impression, then communicate differently.
  - staticassertion 5y ago
    Jesus Christ you're touchy.