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I think the best example here is compare the crimes people commit to get burgers and the crimes they commit to get fent.

• ben_w 2y ago
  That would only work if you could get fentanyl for a few dollars at every fast food joint. Or if burgers were a thing you had to go to an illegal dealer for.
  • Alupis 2y ago
    How about people just try not up-sizing their drink and fries? Or order one burger instead of two or three? These are all choices.
    • ben_w 2y ago
      Why do you think people persistently, for years, keep choosing something that harmed their bodies? Just because you can do something, doesn't make it a "just" for everyone: • Without any training, one day I decided to put one foot in front of the other and keep going, and managed 42 km, a literal marathon in distance — but it's obvious that, even though I was walking, most people can't do that. • When I was at university, I gamified my diet to be the lowest cost without feeling hungry, and in retrospect that was probably 1100 kcal/day and only even safe because it was limited to term time, and it's really obvious that most people can't do that. • Concersely, when I was on antidepressants and did graze myself into obesity, there simply wasn't a part of my mind aware of what I was doing to myself. I've lost that weight, but the strech marks are still there a decade later.