Re: The real problem with obesity
D.J. <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:06:32 -0500
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:28:52 -0700 (PDT), Kate <[email protected]> wrote: >On Monday, October 23, 2023 at 1:52:35?AM UTC-4, Ilya Shambat wrote: >> When I was writing on the Internet about undesirability of obesity, people were accusing me of thinking with my penis and they were accusing me of being a sham. >> >> There are however greater problems with obesity than its unsightliness. Probably the biggest one is that it is overconsumption of resources. Overconsumption to the point that it is no longer even good for the person doing it. > >Much self-aggrandizing, to nobody's surprise. Yup. >> I had a conversation about this with a psychologist, where I asked if the solution to this problem was accepting that the person is fat or encouraging the person to get healthy. He said that there was a need for both. DonÂt mistreat the person but guide them correctly. Offer them acceptance as people. And from that situation influence the person correctly to result in the person doing the right thing. > >Here's a thought: Treat fat people like you would skinny people and otherwise mind your own damn business. > >Kate Indeed. I had the same problem at university over me being a military veteran. The undergrad advisor told me they didn't know how to treat me. i suggested he might pretend I was an ordinary human being. The next year, I checked out of that university and left. Changed majors to. -- Jim