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HN is rapidly becoming reddit. There is where I expect to find specious and empty reasoning propped up entirely by weird anti-modernist rhetoric. This isn't eve

HN is rapidly becoming reddit. There is where I expect to find specious and empty reasoning propped up entirely by weird anti-modernist rhetoric. This isn't even on topic for the original post. Who are you, random internet weirdo, to indict seven billion people because of a company making and selling a drug. For a cranky libertarian hermit you sure have a lot to say about how the market is wrong. When they have a similar solution for helping tamp down on severe alcoholism, I look forward to your equally ludicrous opinion about "people spending too much on alcohol" and "getting intake under control". You couldn't even be bothered to cite one article that would prove spending more money is correlated with obesity. Luckily for me I have plenty that prove your claim is ridiculous on its face. Drewnowski, Adam and SE Specter. “Poverty and obesity: the role of energy density and energy costs.” The American journal of clinical nutrition 79 1 (2004): 6-16 . Ogden, Cynthia L, M. Carroll, Tala H. I. Fakhouri, Craig M. Hales, Cheryl D. Fryar, Xianfen Li and David S. Freedman. “Prevalence of Obesity Among Youths by Household Income and Education Level of Head of Household — United States 2011–2014.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 67 (2018): 186 - 189.

Tarucho 2y ago
Have you tried the drug?
chmod775 2y ago
> Who are you, random internet weirdo, to indict seven billion people I'm one of those people, which makes me as qualified to say "we suck" as it makes you to claim the opposite. > You couldn't even be bothered to cite one article that would prove spending more money is correlated with obesity. Seriously? Way to twist my words. But anyways: calories in - calories out - calories burned = weight gain Calories in costs money proportional to amount. It doesn't matter whether it's healthy calories or not. If you ate nothing but sausage, you would gain less weight the less sausage you ate. Nobody needs a study for that. It's trivially obvious and follows from the very basics of physics, chemistry, and biology. The notion that we need a study to prove that more food costs more money is laughable to the extreme. Also see my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41133399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41133399
93po 2y ago
to be fair, your comment is also very reddit-eqsue, as is comparing HN to reddit, which has been claimed for over a decade to the point it's literally in the guidelines to stop saying it

Tarucho 2y ago

Have you tried the drug?

chmod775 2y ago

> Who are you, random internet weirdo, to indict seven billion people I'm one of those people, which makes me as qualified to say "we suck" as it makes you to claim the opposite. > You couldn't even be bothered to cite one article that would prove spending more money is correlated with obesity. Seriously? Way to twist my words. But anyways: calories in - calories out - calories burned = weight gain Calories in costs money proportional to amount. It doesn't matter whether it's healthy calories or not. If you ate nothing but sausage, you would gain less weight the less sausage you ate. Nobody needs a study for that. It's trivially obvious and follows from the very basics of physics, chemistry, and biology. The notion that we need a study to prove that more food costs more money is laughable to the extreme. Also see my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41133399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41133399

93po 2y ago

to be fair, your comment is also very reddit-eqsue, as is comparing HN to reddit, which has been claimed for over a decade to the point it's literally in the guidelines to stop saying it