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Because it's a lazy get out for lazy people. Perhaps if the face stuffers ate less and exercised more, there might be more food to go round. But no, carry on b
by alan_cx 13y ago
Because it's a lazy get out for lazy people.
Perhaps if the face stuffers ate less and exercised more, there might be more food to go round. But no, carry on being greedy, cost money and resources, then use more money and resources for some sort of lazy, likely over priced, medical solution. Such a scheme is a disgusting indictment of modern humanity. Too damn lazy to do the obvious, while many people cant get enough food to survive, and pop a pill, or whatever.
Bothered? No, it makes me very damn angry.
Que the usual excuses..........
- cromulent 13y agoWell, the other side of this research is that you can help people with malnutrition. See this article for example. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23127-abnormal-gut-bacteria-linked-to-severe-malnutrition.html#.UimUwxa9-f4 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23127-abnormal-gut-bac...
- DanBC 13y agoThis is a peculiar reaction. This research does not mean "take a pill, become slim". It means "Take some pills, and eat less and move more". Some people have gut flora that help them stay slim. Some people have gut flora that help them stay fat. You can see that not having the slim flora, and having the fat flora, is the worst combination and would make "eating less, moving more" harder. Taking a pill to modify the gut flora would support the attempts of those people to eat less move more.
- gnaffle 13y agoYou do realize that these "face stuffers" are usually (as in statistically) among the poorest in our society? The ones with lots of money have time to cook proper meals, buy lots of veggies at Whole Foods or whatever, and pay for their gym memberships with personal trainers. I realize that you're angry. My tip to you would be to go to some weight losers meetings and meet these greedy face-stuffing bastards. I bet that would learn a lot from that and gain a different perspective about what they're dealing with. But, I guess you won't, because it's a bit more comfortable to just hack away at your keyboard writing smug comments on HN.
- flumbaps 13y agoPersonally I'd rather spend time with a weak, lazy person, than someone who gets angry about weakness. Lazy people can at least be good company.
- rtb 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error People generally make the choices that their circumstances dictate. If many people are falling into obesity because it is easy to do so, writing them off as "lazy" doesn't help anyone; it just makes you sound like an asshole.
- pjscott 13y agoAgreed -- but even if someone is lazy, why would I want them to suffer needlessly?