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It’s basically a two for one unpopular opinion.

Problem is lumping in his problems with other mental health problems that are nothing like his, worsening the stigma.

many people are not willing to trade cake now

Honestly, I think it’s not about willingness. There are so many people who try and try and try but relapse over and over again. There’s a reason why diets are so popular (even if they don’t work long-term). It has become an entire market. Losing weight is not easy, because at the end of it all it is an addiction for most. It has nothing to do with willpower and whatnot. If that was the case, fat people would never achieve anything in life. And yet there are, for example, fat doctors. Studying medicine is hard as fuck and needs a lot of willpower. So what’s stopping them if not an addiction? Especially as doctors they know the havoc being obese wreaks. Being obese is not fun at all. If all that was needed was willpower, we wouldn’t have a pandemic on our hands.

I’m not really trying to make a point. I’m just saying things how I see them.

I know. And I’m challenging your opinion because I truly believe losing weight is simple, but simply not easy.

It’s as simple as eating less calories than you need

Agreed. It’s simple. But simple is not necessarily easy. There’s a difference.

but they can’t manage it because they’ve trained their bodies to expect them to be constantly cramming garbage down their gullet

Sounds a hell of a lot like an addiction to me.

[…] lazy and or stupid and don’t want to make the effort […] cramming garbage down their gullet […] they have no willpower

Your entire response is filled with vitriol. You attribute a serious problem that has become a pandemic to an individual personal fault rather than acknowledge there might be a systemic problem, which leads me to believe that not only do you hate or despise overweight people, but you put them down to make yourself feel superior.

I’d put food addiction under mental health issues which I did say I empathise with, but these are a minority of cases.

As far as I know, it’s a lot more than just a minority, but if you have a source and information I’m not aware of, please share. Always eager to learn.

For the sake of our discussion, let’s assume you’re right and mental health reasons are just a negligible minority. There’s also an obesity pandemic going on right now in most of the (western) world. Has been for a while, I hope we can agree on that.

So, if there’s an obesity pandemic going on, but losing weight is simple and easy, and it’s not majorly mental health reasons, I gotta ask: Why are people overweight/fat/obese? Do you think people want to be fat? What’s your point here?

It may be simple but certainly not easy. Food can become a serious addiction.

Thanks, great explanation!

Can someone explain the difference between “poetic language” and “dialectically coming to the truth”?

Once puberty hits there are some irreversible changes to the body. That’s why it’s good to know early. Besides, there’s a long and arduous process with professional evaluation and what not before anything is actually done.

Sure, you can be happy that they donated money to a cause. But billionaires are the reason donations and philanthropy are necessary in the first place. You don’t become a billionaire unless you’re doing unethical shit and/or exploiting a lot of people (there’s inheritance, but that’s another problematic topic altogether).

My point is don’t hate the player, hate the game.

Some players have enough wealth to make the rules of the game. So I have to disagree.

(who’s background is developing gambling games)

Sure, he worked in the sector, but that’s because he couldn’t find better jobs. What you’re implying here is really unfair, especially considering there aren’t even any microtransactions in the game. As far as I know, he just made a game that he felt was fun.

Who shit in your coffee to make you so hateful? Holy shit.

This hurts so much because it’s my life :(

Okay, let me specify: You said “Meta isn’t even thinking about the fediverse at this point […]” which is demonstrably false. They reached out, so they’re thinking about it.

If that was the case they wouldn’t have reached out to Mastodon instance owners a while ago before the launch.

It’s the average temperature across the globe as far as I know. And it has never been this high before.

Ironically, had the titanic hit the iceberg straight on it probably would have survived. Swerving at the very last moment was what made it sink.