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by monero-xmr 788 days ago
No I have a great life full of friends and family and success. Being obese is a physical ailment, such as being addicted to heroin, except it’s donuts and cheeseburgers and pizza. It will kill you. I have family who are extremely obese with all of the usual ailments associated. It’s very sad and 100% preventable, and recoverable. But they would rather die I guess.
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You think heroin addicts don’t quit simply because they’re too lazy?
We are coming full circle here. You have rightly acknowledged the link between heroin addicts and food addicts. We don’t expect anyone to hire heroin addicts, they need to find treatment and therapy before they would be considered employable. These are very risky, potentially dangerous people. However we as a society look around and see obese people everywhere, suffering from the same addictive tendencies. I think the crossover in personality traits is high between drug addicts and obese people. Physically fit people have a lot of positive characteristics and self discipline that lead them to being in shape. Therefore I will wait for the obese to get treatment for their addiction before I associate with them.