social topic

2015-05-09 01:48:25 pm

yes

2015-05-09 01:54:13 pm

That obesity is such a common problem just shows how stupid and lazy people are if you ask me. None of the overweight people I know do sports regularly or watch their diet. Everyone living in a first world country who isn't mentally disabled should know that stuff is only good for their health... yet everyone's lazy and blames their genes on health issues lol

arkarian

2015-05-09 01:54:39 pm

red chamber dream

yep

pretty obvious just looking at history that it's not purely due to genetics

arkarian

2015-05-09 01:55:26 pm

red chamber dream

i actually think it's going to start getting better soon, at least in the states

arkarian

2015-05-09 01:55:45 pm

red chamber dream

our society as a whole seems to (finally) be rejecting mcdonald's, etc

ryu

Edit history:

ryu: 2015-05-09 01:57:16 pm

2015-05-09 01:56:56 pm

I hear it's getting better over here too, but it's going to take decades.

And then people will find another thing to ruin themselves with.

arkarian

2015-05-09 01:57:17 pm

red chamber dream

oh totally

ryu

2015-05-09 01:57:54 pm

I wonder how long it's going to take until they no longer serve junk food in school mensas lol

ryu

2015-05-09 01:58:55 pm

I meant school cantines/cafeterias

arkarian

2015-05-09 01:59:02 pm

red chamber dream

oh man i don't even know what the state of school food here is anymore

arkarian

2015-05-09 01:59:07 pm

red chamber dream

can't imagine it's very good though

Opium

2015-05-09 02:00:05 pm

I think it's just a symptom of ignorance. People who don't have any idea that their diet is terrible are just like all the people who think you can get HIV from sharing a drinking glass, or that prayer has been scientifically proven to be effective, etc. The correct information is out there, but for whatever reason they aren't interested.

ryu

2015-05-09 02:00:22 pm

A few years back they tried to pass a quota so that schools had to serve less junk food. It didn't really go through though, or the lobby found a loophole to still serve junk to children. I forgot which it was.

arkarian

2015-05-09 02:00:22 pm

red chamber dream

this comes back to most people being dumb, which i fully believe lol

arkarian

2015-05-09 02:00:30 pm

red chamber dream

or at least not interested in helping themselves, which to me = dumb

ryu

2015-05-09 02:01:09 pm

That's what I believe too

Opium

2015-05-09 02:01:16 pm

There's also a lot of denial, too.

arkarian

2015-05-09 02:01:33 pm

red chamber dream

religion also plays a big part i think ... overly religious people think they don't need to do anything at all in this life except obey god or whatever

so they don't care what happens to their bodies

arkarian

2015-05-09 02:02:15 pm

red chamber dream

and in america if you're religious, you're probably overly religious lol

Opium

2015-05-09 02:03:04 pm

I wonder about the addiction part. I've heard that overweight people who've eaten terrible their whole life are actually addicted to that food as if it were heroin. I'm skeptical, though. Are they truly addicted or are they just crybabies that don't want anything but junk food?

arkarian

2015-05-09 02:03:38 pm

red chamber dream

i dunno the research on that, but it seems likely that there's some sort of addiction going on

arkarian

2015-05-09 02:03:45 pm

red chamber dream

our bodies are pretty insane heh

Opium

2015-05-09 02:03:50 pm

Quote from arkarian:

and in america if you're religious, you're probably overly religious lol

It really seems like the number of religious people is going down, but the level of religiosity is going up. They're becoming more radical.

arkarian

2015-05-09 02:04:04 pm

red chamber dream

yep. it sucks lol

Opium

2015-05-09 02:05:06 pm

I know a couple that got so tired of america's crap that they moved to Vancouver. They LOVE it there. They post shit on facebook about how wonderful it is there, and about how they feel sorry for their american friends who were 'left behind'.