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• noah91734 2y ago
  You are missing the point entirely. Only in America is "exercise" something you must go out of your way to do. Walking (miles) is exercise. Playing is exercise. Our kids do neither of these things independently of household income because we've built our cities to make walking impossible and dangerous, and because we've now normalized locking our kids away indoors and shoving an iPad in their face because we convinced ourselves that they will get kidnapped or run over by a car if they are ever outside and unsupervised.
  • slothtrop 2y ago
    > Only in America is "exercise" something you must go out of your way to do. No. Growing obesity rates is not an issue unique strictly to America, it's just prevalent there. > we've built our cities to make walking impossible and dangerous Kids can and do play in the suburbs. There are parks everywhere. They ride their bikes everywhere. The "fuckcars" angle fails to account for the disparity. > normalized locking our kids away indoors and shoving an iPad in their face Now you're getting warmer. > You are missing the point entirely. I addressed the argument conveyed to make your "point", and there isn't only a single "point" to be made in discourse. Notwithstanding that if you wanted to make another point, then you'd have made it.