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“ By and large, we’re fat, lazy, poorly educated, and blind to the state of things. It’s embarrassing.” 100% wrong. Didn’t even bother reading after that
by twilo 2mo ago
“ By and large, we’re fat, lazy, poorly educated, and blind to the state of things. It’s embarrassing.”
100% wrong. Didn’t even bother reading after that
- alexk307 2mo agoOP's shining example of Mexico is essentially as obese[0], and far less educated[1] than Americans on average. It's embarrassing to be this blind to the state of things when you have the resources to check your opinions for accuracy. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_r... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
- smcg 2mo agoWell, the "fat" part is true, the US is #2 in obesity among developed countries. In many education metrics we are average or below average compared to the OECD countries (despite spending more than others) - let's round it out to "average". The others are less measurable.
- dudul 2mo agoThe author is beaming about Mexico where the obesity rate is on par with the US. The US rank 9th in terms of tertiary education in the world, so no, not "average'. And even average wouldn't translate to "uneducated".
- smcg 2mo agotertiary education is just one metric. And yes Mexico is #1 obesity but that doesn't mean that the US being #2 is good. We are horribly overweight compared to Europe and Asia.
- dudul 2mo agoWhat are the other metrics? What metrics did you use to make your statement? Dude, don't play the "moving the goal posts" game please, this is not X/Twitter. The guy is creaming his pants over Mexico and he calls Americans fat.