Any ideas for obesity?

[antipunt]

this is the reason for obesity

Spoiler

the heart stopper

eww

(that is all)

 

[Abedeus]

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Oooh, it was a JOKE. You know, it's hard to notice a joke when nobody is laughing.

 

[gremily]

Me and my brother were recently discussing the problem of obesity, and came up with a few clever ideas to help put an end to this "epidemic."

Idea 1: Clothing. Continue to make clothing as normal. But clothes can no longer be made in any size above XL.
Hopefully it would result in: obese people being forced to either lose the weight, walk around naked, or make their own clothes.

Idea 2: At any given gym, such as the YMCA, have exercise bikes hooked up to generators, obese people can get paid for using these bikes for a certain amount of time.
Hopefully it would result in: obese people get a workout, jobs are created in a bad economy, and a lower electric bill. These machines would also be available for home usage, perhaps with similar results.

Thoughts? Ideas of your own?

And this (hopefully) has the search bar seal of approval. In my ten second scan, I didn't see this thread.

You consider obesity as an Epidemic? It's not a really good thing but it's not like a disease or anything.

 

[Cowabungaa]

No. Buy a treadmill.

That's all that's needed: burn more calories than you eat, it's not that hard.

Yes, depressed man, buy a treadmill.
I'm sure having a treadmill will overcome your motivational issues and inferirority complex instilled in you by people yelling "fat ass" at you, for sure! (Sarcasm.)

As for someone who was depressed himself: yes it helps. You don't have to go to a gym if you buy a treadmill yourself, you can work out in the privacy of your own home.

 

[DANGERECTION]

Fat person goes to buy chocolate bar.

Till worker asks fat person to step on scales.

Fat person is too fat.

Till worker can't sell the bar to the fatty because they are too fat.

Just make rules like these - fat people CANNOT be allowed to feed their addiction. Eating too much IS an addiction.

Nanny States are more terrible than fat people eating chocolate. I mean, really, anyone with half a brain knows how terrible prohibition of anything of that nature works, but the big reason I think ideas like fat taxes are terrible is that I don't think a government has any right telling anyone what to put in their bodies, sans dangerous mind altering drugs ala crack cocaine.


And I'm really not down with public shaming. It brings out the spiteful side of me so hard, that I'm buying an electronic cigarette just so I can 'smoke' in public places even though I literally smoke six cigs a day and could go without for hours. I know its kind of moot to compare the shame of being overweight in a world that is adamant against it to sitting out in the cold smoking a cig, but goddamn, theres something so... Wonderful about the idea of sitting in a restraunt with an e-cig, and explaining "OH, its not smoke-- its vapor and its allowed"

 

[The_Echo]

Stop fucking eating so much and go outside (it's horrible, I know, I sympathize,) once in a while.

Honestly, obese people should get the same fate as smokers or alcoholics - no health care.
At all.

Yes, it can sometimes be genetic or whatever - but most of the time, it's a conscious choice. It's like how stupid kids should be eliminated in order to reduce the burden on the school systems.

I agree whole-heartedly. Plus, even when it is genetic, they could do something about it.

 

[jahsol]

Buy the world a copy of the South Beach Diet instead of Coke.

 

[Pillypill]

I've been told that obesity is genetic, it's not my old biology teacher made this apparent to me, it's just that obese parents set bad examples for their children *goo ga*, for instance letting their child *goo goo ga ga* have seconds or extra pudding as a todler or, even earlier in life *goo goo lady ga ga* this is ,however, only something i have been told,though be it by respectable proffesionals, not just some dude drunk out of his mind, who's trying to explain something while singing along to "love games". *let's have some fun this beat is sick i wanna take a ride on your disco stick!* So maybe it should be manditory to put ALL babys on low fat yet high neutrition food. that way obesity may die out in a few generations.

Of course a neuclear apocolypse would also lad to all the fat people being eaten by their piers.so yeah. so healthy helpings of healthy food or a very happy holocaust.

P.S. I mean the other meaning of holocaust, NOT the brutal and unjust murder of jewish people.

 

[cocoadog]

what ever happened to the idea of talking a twinkie and putting it juuust out of reach of an overweight person on a treadmill? oh but fill the twinkie with lipozene... and laxatives.

 

[quiet_samurai]

Eat more salads and move around more, serously. So what if you have bad genes! I don't know if anyone has alreay said this but when it comes to genetices and obesity, genetics just loads the gun, your life choices pulls the trigger.

 

[Laxman9292]

So... being obese is worse than being, say, an alcoholic? Sorry, but I don't really see your point.
Obesity is often an emotional problem or an addiction instead of a conscious decision not care for one's health. It can also be genetic. If you're going to limit food or tell an obese person how to live their life, you might as well reform and limit people who have problems with alcohol, cigarettes, even gambling and anything else that can be addictive or used to affect a person's physical or mental health.

i have never accepted the idea that people are predisposed to make certain choices. whether it be drugs, gambling, or obesity. they are all lifestyles and CHOICES. if you make a mistake man up instead of copping out with fake science saying its not your fault. it IS your fault. take ownership of your life and use it to make a positive change.

 

[Laxman9292]

better health care, better food. that's the only way.

you better not also be a free health care person because no way am i gonna see my taxes providing health care to fat people. no matter what people say it might be an addiction but it is their responsibility to help themselves. or even a friendly intervention i dont know but to be a drain on the people for a phony "disease" like obesity makes me so angry.
i hate the way nobody takes responsibility upon themselves in this day and age. THAT is truly the most dangerous thing in the world today. people just shift blame and make excuses and then nothing gets done. fat people deserve what the result is. a life of difficulties and feelings of inferiority. anything to get them to realize it is their personal problem and nobody caused it but the fatass in the mirror. then maybe they can start being productive.

 

[Julianking93]

How about this?

Stop eating so fucking much, put down World of Warcraft, go for a fucking walk every once in a while, and choke down some greens every day.

Its not that hard!! And don't give me any of that "Obesity is a disease" bullshit.

 

[space_oddity]

Honestly, obese people should get the same fate as smokers or alcoholics - no health care.
At all.

Yes, it can sometimes be genetic or whatever - but most of the time, it's a conscious choice. It's like how stupid kids should be eliminated in order to reduce the burden on the school systems.

You remind me of this Austrian guy who was really popular in the 30's.

 

[Laxman9292]

Again, for me all exercise does is build up huge muscles beneath the fat, making me look even fatter. I just can't seem to lose the fat.

or maybe its not huge muscles under the fat but rather even more fat! maybe you just arent putting in the effort or are applying that effort in the wrong way. but i cant fairly make that assumption as i dont know what kind of workout youre doing. try more running i guess. i lift weights for muscle and run for calorie burning. again i cant make any assumptions for you but that is one possibility.

 

[Abedeus]

Oooh, it was a JOKE. You know, it's hard to notice a joke when nobody is laughing.

I laughed.
Nobody else matters.

I'm sorry, but am I supposed to care that you don't find me funny?
And am I supposed to apologize because you can't recognize an obvious joke?

"I'm sorry you guys didn't get it - I'll struggle to make it more obvious next time that I'm kidding about fucking killing people."

Maybe it's not funny, but I can't be blamed that you took me seriously. That's all on you.

EDIT: In the interest of not derailing this thread, and also because this conversation is stupid, I will not bother responding.

Kindly don't do the "If you don't respond, I win, if you do, I lose," thing.

Okay fine I won't do it, this will be my final reponse.

Joke is funny when everyone is laughing.

If your joke made only YOU laugh, it's either your fault or the joke sucked.

A very simple social law. Test it, tell a well-known joke in your country/town/school's region and say it wrong on purpose. Or tell your parents a very bad joke the second they wake up, or your siblings, colleges, whatever. Point is - some jokes just are not fit for public. Or anywhere.

 

[space_oddity]

Okay fine I won't do it, this will be my final reponse.

Joke is funny when everyone is laughing.

If your joke made only YOU laugh, it's either your fault or the joke sucked.

A very simple social law. Test it, tell a well-known joke in your country/town/school's region and say it wrong on purpose. Or tell your parents a very bad joke the second they wake up, or your siblings, colleges, whatever. Point is - some jokes just are not fit for public. Or anywhere.

Cannot...resist...urge to reply...

Okay, I already admitted that perhaps my joke did, in fact, suck.
I've accepted this.

As this gentleman pointed out,

You remind me of this Austrian guy who was really popular in the 30's.

that post brought to mind a certain man with a very silly moustache.

Perhaps this was intentional?
A statement of sorts?

Perhaps some sort of...Modest Proposal?

It may be a shitty joke, but they all can't be winners.

Also, if a joke personally offends someone, that's probably a case of them being oversensitive, rather than it not being fit "for anywhere."

Free speech and all that.

Annnnd now I'm an e-liar.
Thanks.

EDIT:

Okay, im talking about euthanising disabled people, what is everyone else talking about?

(Oh i just looked over all the other replies to your post Max, it seems you have accidentally trolled some 'aesthetically sensitive' individuals, tough break dude.)

In serious reference to the OP, why is obesity a problem? If it is a problem, natural selection will take care of it. Im fit because i choose to be fit. If i was fat it would be because i would choose to be fat. Unless it is your chicken sandwich im stealing, stay the fuck out of my business.