Discover Channel Scary

From: rlan538885@aol.comnobozos (RLan538885)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Mon, Jun 10, 2002 4:31 PM

Anyone else see the Discovery Channel program about obesity? Scary. They way
things are going, if we don't change our eating and exercise habits, the whole
country will become obese this century, with all the attendant illnesses
(diabetes, heart diseases etc) will become epidemic.

We need to change dramatically. You guys get the ball rolling. I'll be along
in due time.

"100,000 lemmings can't be wrong"

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From: "St. Marc the Perpetually Amused" <disciple@templeoferis.org>

I'm back from the pinup convention. On the whole the pinup part was a
disappointment, but the Monsters Among Us show was most excellent. I got to
meet Brinke Stevens and Tom Savinelli, amongst other pleasures. (I'm looking
forward to easing the weird-meter up a notch in my office with my picture of
me and Brinke in her Goth-B-Movie-Queen dress.)

On 6/10/02 3:31 PM, in article 20020610163109.09567.00000353@mb-mi.aol.com,
"RLan538885" <rlan538885@aol.comnobozos> wrote:

> Anyone else see the Discovery Channel program about obesity? Scary. They way
> things are going, if we don't change our eating and exercise habits, the whole
> country will become obese this century, with all the attendant illnesses
> (diabetes, heart diseases etc) will become epidemic.

Gonna be anyway. (Ever read "The Blade Runner?") Might's well enjoy it.

> We need to change dramatically. You guys get the ball rolling. I'll be along
> in due time.
>

We'll keep the fondue pot hot for you.

St. Marc

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From: friday@fridayjones.com (Friday Jones)

>
>"100,000 lemmings can't be wrong"

What if all the lemmings are fat?

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From: rlan538885@aol.comnobozos (RLan538885)

>What if all the lemmings are fat?

Just makes the pelts shinier.

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From: iDRMRSR <idrmrsr@subgenius.com>

Confirm this with Stang. We sat and watched a production about what it
was like to be a dinosaur back when. The main concern of life then was
that they could somehow find enough edible things around that were
weaker or deader than they were, to match their enormous daily caloric
needs. Why, if those suckers so much as missed a meal, they'd end up
freezing or on some better fed (hence stronger) 'saur's plate.

Now we have a society that, through statistical and medical
manipulation, has done a couple of things. First, it created the
illusion that skinny=attractive, and fat={evil, ugly}, and notably
"proven" that fat people become diabetic and have heart conditions.
Second, they went ahead and invented open-heart surgery and insulin.
Third, they created laws so that you didn't have to fight for the food
on your plate, and if anybody took it from you, you'd be sued.

This is all contrary to good evolution. How attractive is a mate that
isn't able to defend you and your offspring from a challenge? How dare
you even suppose that it's possible to CHOOSE what you eat. In the
original form, you ate or died. No time to sit there and exclude meat,
or pork, or consume only organic products.

If insulin hadn't been invented, in a couple of generations, that
disease gene would have been worked out of the population. Same with
heart problems. But no, I have to live with the damn disease here
because for two generations the diabetics in my family reproduced and
passed it on. Insulin, by the way, makes you VERY HUNGRY. Yes, I
wouldn't be here...but I can DEAL with that.

Basically, it goes hand in hand with why we have a crack up our ass. In
order to ensure the survival of the species, you need to be HUGE to
demonstrate your superiority and food gathering abilities. You're
reward is longer existence through famines and so on. Potential mates
get to sniff your butt to see what kind of stuff you managed to gather.
And you get to sniff theirs.

A big belly and a nice foul pstench should be the two most attractive
qualities in a human! As an older organism must somehow compete with
younger ones, as we age, our butts stink more and our bellies get that
much fatter. That informs potential mates that, while you may be a
little less spry than some spring chicken, you have advanced food
gathering skills and probably can survive even better than a smaller,
younger organism with less polished techniques.

And everybody knows that women with big hips bear males. The males
traditionally take all the risks, so are in shorter supply. Thus it
makes a lot of sense to breed males in abundance. So long as one of
them is left, regardless of his age, you have what it takes to breed the
next generation.

In modern society, one can afford to be selective about one's diet, and
can exist at quite a low body mass ratio, simply because of the massive
CON control of the predators. No one is going to knock you over the
head to take those organic bean sprouts off your plate. Indeed, other
perverted individuals actually can take the risk that they can raise
bean sprouts INSTEAD of some other high caloric food that might be
necessary for survival of the race.

However, this control is strictly illusory. If your Wild Oats market
closes down, or your Co-op is taken over by the conquering Taliban, you
skinnies out there are screwed. Fortunately, I would probably survive
for quite a while living off the meticulously groomed fat rolls I have
so abundantly maintained. And if any little M.E. creep tries to grab
the offal from my bowl, I'm sure that if the pstench doesn't kill him,
the presence of 300 lbs. of fat on his chest will soon turn him into a
nice warm meal for me.

And you know, even if I don't ever get any insulin again, if I'm
starving and burning off my own body fat, I'll reach a point where I'm
not diabetic any more. And the barbarians from the East will have to
deal with that, too!

Ladies, the line forms on the left...

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From: Honk.blrpHOOOARGHH@excuseMe.com (Farts DeLuxe)

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 01:08:23 -0500, Kevan <cuthulu@shreve.net> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:47:44 -0400, iDRMRSR <idrmrsr@subgenius.com> from
>Airnews.net! at Internet America wrote:
>
>>If insulin hadn't been invented ....
>
>Err, insulin is a naturally occurring hormone.

how you expect him to know that? I mean, he only needs it to stay
alive and all. What the fuck you expect?

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From: fossil_1984@hotmail.com (The Rev. Dr. Lt. Chaos Israel)

> What if all the lemmings are fat?

<geektype="RPG GAMER" subtype="GURPS">
<P>

+5 to swimming skill, and extra encumbrance does not count while in the water.
<BR>
GO LEMMINGS GO!

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From: "Rev.Geo" <geovoice@earthlink.net>

, heart diseases etc) will become epidemic.
>
> We need to change dramatically. You guys get the ball rolling. I'll be
along
> in due time.
They forgot to mention the worst part: That's how Atlantis sank :o

Rev.Geo

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From: fossil_1984@hotmail.com (The Rev. Dr. Lt. Chaos Israel)

rlan538885@aol.comnobozos (RLan538885) wrote in message news:<20020610163109.09567.00000353@mb-mi.aol.com>...
> Anyone else see the Discovery Channel program about obesity? Scary. They way
> things are going, if we don't change our eating and exercise habits, the whole
> country will become obese this century, with all the attendant illnesses
> (diabetes, heart diseases etc) will become epidemic.
>

We'll also start enjoying decent-sized meals, rather than deliberately
and needlessly starving ourselves.

--
Chaos.

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From: Honk.blrpHOOOARGHH@excuseMe.com (yard man)

On 10 Jun 2002 20:31:09 GMT, rlan538885@aol.comnobozos (RLan538885)
wrote:

>Anyone else see the Discovery Channel program about obesity? Scary. They way
>things are going, if we don't change our eating and exercise habits, the whole
>country will become obese this century, with all the attendant illnesses
>(diabetes, heart diseases etc) will become epidemic.
>
>We need to change dramatically. You guys get the ball rolling. I'll be along
>in due time.

don't eat anything you don't have to grow or kill first.

then it's just TOO much fucking WORK to get fat.

know it's not practical advice for everybody, but at LEAST them for
which it ain't can avoid eating anything they don't have to prepare
and COOK first. And the toaster tarts and struedels and the nukable
Gluttonus Greengo brand Mexican Dinners and frozen pizzas don't count.

Stuff you just rip open, twist off, pour and serve, snatch out of a
grease-stained paper bag, or from a little waxed carton from Hu'Nangs
Cornstarch Dragon, etc., is what turned us into a nation of lardasses.

But me, I'm all for it. The blubberizing of america, I mean. I'm
counting on heating my house and running my steammobile on the
rendered rump-flubber of my neighbors after our inevitable currency
collapse and the breakdown in basic services.

Call it Armageddon if you want. I just wish we'd get on with it.

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From: self@publicist.com (Baby Jesus)

rlan538885@aol.comnobozos (RLan538885) wrote in message news:<20020610163109.09567.00000353@mb-mi.aol.com>...
> Anyone else see the Discovery Channel program about obesity?

Was that before or after the animal sex?

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From: rlan538885@aol.comnobozos (RLan538885)

>Was that before or after the animal sex?

I don't know the intimate details of your life.

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