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Years ago there was a diet based on this idea, I think it was called the blackmail diet. You set your weight loss goals, and then escrow, say, $10,000 to be pai
by pseingatl 17y ago
Years ago there was a diet based on this idea, I think it was called the blackmail diet. You set your weight loss goals, and then escrow, say, $10,000 to be paid to the Klan or the Na$is or some other loathesome group if you don't reach your goals.
People are still fat, at least in the U.S.
- jacquesm 17y agoThat's a fun one, I wonder if people are still fat, why isn't the klan the best funded institution on the planet :) ? Either someone at the escrow company is now living the high life or the enrollment wasn't very high. But that's a really funny application of the idea. I've looked it up, I'm late to the party: The Blackmail Diet by John Bear (1984, Ten Speed Press)
- gojomo 17y agoSee also more recently a startup based on this idea from two Yale professors and a student: http://www.stickk.com/ http://www.stickk.com/ (Earlier mentioned by pbh below.)