Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[Todd_is_God]

Just now, AllSaint said:

It’s a group for wheelchair users. 

Wheelchair users can't eat healthy food?

[TheScarf]

Just now, AllSaint said:

See above. 

Well played.

[HibsFan]

Nudge nudge.

 

[Have some faith in Magic]

22 minutes ago, HibsFan said:

Whatever you think about the best way to deal with the obesity crisis, I’m sure we can all agree that "stay at home, strictly only one piece of exercise allowed a day, going to the supermarket may  kill your granny, but here’s all the takeaway available at the tip of your fingers - happy lockdown!" might be some of the worst public health advice in recorded history.

As soon as we began to understand that outdoor transmission was very low risk, promoting exercise should’ve been the very first thing the UK + Scot gov did. Instead they put the fear of god into people and, to the surprise of absolutely fucking no c**t, they’ve stayed on their sofa and possibly widened the parameters of Britain’s obesity crisis.

It has been a year in and I am still amazed by the number of take away deliveries that are made during the day. 

A couple of years ago when the just eat thing was kicking off big style I remember being in a greasy spoon getting a roll and this cafe sending out breakfast rolls and cups of tea via delivery before 8am. 

[AllSaint]

4 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:

Wheelchair users can't eat healthy food?

Of course they can. 

[HibsFan]

Good for them?...

 

[Todd_is_God]

4 minutes ago, AllSaint said:

Of course they can. 

Are they?

[Todd_is_God]

4 minutes ago, HibsFan said:

Good for them?...

 

Comments section will no doubt be very different than if "over-80s" was changed to "under-30s"

Distinct lack of "selfish" "covidiot" and ""

Edited March 4, 2021 by Todd_is_God

[MP_MFC]

Good for them?...
 

Good for them aye but hardly likely to keep younger folk on side considering the sacrifices and rules the majority have made and played by the last year.

[HibsFan]

5 minutes ago, MP_MFC said:

13 minutes ago, HibsFan said:

Good for them?...
 

Good for them aye but hardly likely to keep younger folk on side considering the sacrifices and rules the majority have made and played by the last year.

To be honest god help any younger folk who are to still following this pile of lazy, hastily-written, rushed through shite that we call restrictions. If people aren’t bending/breaking them even a little bit then I worry about their critical thought facilities. 

Edited March 4, 2021 by HibsFan

[Arch Stanton]

14 hours ago, ICTChris said:

Congrats @throbber on your new job as a data modeller for Johnson and Johnson.

You're being a bit generous.

[cameron2000]

Why do people think that poorer people and people who are black are more likely to be obese and overweight in the UK?

Less intelligence/knowledge on how to shop for a health lifestyle when it’s easier just to pick up a Lasagne ready meal and chocolate pudding.

Eating healthy ISN’T very expensive with a little effort.

[Elixir]

31 minutes ago, HibsFan said:

Good for them?...

Yup, only utter sociopaths wouldn't expect any normal human being to take this course of action.

18 minutes ago, HibsFan said:

To be honest god help any younger folk who are to still following this pile of lazy, hastily-written, rushed through shite that we call restrictions. If people aren’t bending/breaking them even a little bit then I worry about their critical thought facilities. 

Boy at my work has followed them to the letter throughout and is one of those 'you could be killing others by being asymptomatic if you break the rules' types.

A true lost cause for fitting into a rational, pragmatic society.

[hk blues]

8 minutes ago, cameron2000 said:

Eating healthy ISN’T very expensive with a little effort.

Therein lies the problem.  

[vikingTON]

2 hours ago, 101 said:

As has been covered about a million times a narrative such as the one you harp on about is not conducive to people losing weight and should it be ever become a main stream opinion would contribute to enormous mental health pressure on the NHS and if their mental health is fucked they are hardly likely to be successful in tackling their weight.

You know what narrative has really failed to deal with the crisis? This 'it's not your fault, you've got a hidden addiction to doughnuts' claim, tied with the utterly moronic 'big is beautiful' drivel that haw abdicated all personal responsibility over the past twenty years. A society that not only accepts and encourages obese adults to do f**k all to change their habits, but also lets parents build up their children as mini-blimps without calling that out for what it is: child neglect. If the child was an anorexic waif then we wouldn't think twice about calling in social services, but giving them KFC daily and letting them waddle their way into a lifetime of chronic ill-health is given the green light by our permissive society.

Society needs to treat fatties like smokers: second class citizens who do not have the right to bring their disgusting habits wherever they please, and are subject to penalties. Either a fat tax on overall income (slapping it on products is regressive) or alternatively a health benefit/deduction for the non-obese. Social pressure is the only way out of this cul-de-sac though, so we can drop this 'mental health' objection. 

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I would have expected some understanding from someone who didn't exactly take kindly to having your own looks put to public trial on here before you got them erased from the site.

Well no, the only person who got a picture of some random person erased from the site was a moderator for breaking the site rules. Cold hard reality seems to pressing on a nerve though. 

[Gaz]

57 minutes ago, HibsFan said:

Good for them?...

 

This further backs up my rage that we've locked down the entire country for a year to protect these old c***s and most of them don't give a f**k.

[ayrmad]

2 hours ago, 101 said:

As has been covered about a million times a narrative such as the one you harp on about is not conducive to people losing weight and should it be ever become a main stream opinion would contribute to enormous mental health pressure on the NHS and if their mental health is fucked they are hardly likely to be successful in tackling their weight.

I would have expected some understanding from someone who didn't exactly take kindly to having your own looks put to public trial on here before you got them erased from the site. 

Don't think many on here needed images to know what he's like on the inside or outside, heaven help those with a better veneer that need his input to get on in life. 

He's like the addiction counsellor that thinks all addicts are scumbags. 

[No_Problemo]

1 hour ago, Todd_is_God said:

Going to be class watching the Scotland games that should be at Hampden getting moved to London, then seeing thousands of people in the stadium watching it.

The entire country vaccinated, in summer, an outdoor event and with social distancing. 
 

The SG can get to absolute f**k if they even attempt this. There is literally no reason that 20 odd thousand local fans couldn’t go. 

[Sergeant Wilson]

2 hours ago, Dons_1988 said:

The obesity issue possibly warrants a separate thread. Should be fun.

We should have a poll to establish the thread title.

Eta. I see it's already created. Pity, I had some crackling ,cracking ideas.

Edited March 4, 2021 by Sergeant Wilson

[101]

39 minutes ago, virginton said:

but also lets parents build up their children as mini-blimps without calling that out for what it is: child neglect. If the child was an anorexic waif then we wouldn't think twice about calling in social services, but giving them KFC daily and letting them waddle their way into a lifetime of chronic ill-health is given the green light by our permissive society.

If you believe a child is being neglected is such a way I would urge you to contact social work.

 

39 minutes ago, virginton said:

Well no, the only person who got a picture of some random person erased from the site was a moderator for breaking the site rules. Cold hard reality seems to pressing on a nerve though. 

39 minutes ago, virginton said:

Society needs to treat fatties like smokers: second class citizens who do not have the right to bring their disgusting habits wherever they please, and are subject to penalties. Either a fat tax on overall income (slapping it on products is regressive) or alternatively a health benefit/deduction for the non-obese. Social pressure is the only way out of this cul-de-sac though, so we can drop this 'mental health' objection. 

Societal pressure is all well and good but the comparison with smoking is flawed you are unlikely to go completely the other way when you stop smoking by say stop inhaling. We already know that societal pressure especially depicting people who are extremely fit and/or thin leads people, especially young people into eating disorders. Weight is a balancing act too far either way is extremely damaging so unless you have some kind of magic spell that controls public pressure shaming the fat but making sure everyone understands what "normal" looks like then I don't think that is a particularly good idea.

The more you say "disgusting fatties" the less likely that people who see themselves as fat, regardless of their weight, will be likely to be change into shorts and a t-shirt and go to the gym or go swimming.

I do think that the Cancer charity having to withdraw their obesity campaign was mental they stated a fact and people got upset. I agree that some kind of promotion of making healthy food cheaper with Government intervention would be good also getting kids in the kitchen is also key there is little point them learning how to turn the oven on and put in a baking try of beige products. But if you taught them to make a basic meal it's likely to be healthier and mean they have a healthier relationship with food. 

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So you say but lots of pictures of random people are posted on this forum, to my limited knowledge very few are removed. People shouldn't have their image shared without their permission but I don't think posters can ask for images of random people to be taken off the site unless of course it's a NSFW picture outwith the relevant section but I believe this wasn't the case in this instance.

Anyway way off topic, at least cigars reduce appetite so yet another win for Covid.

Edited March 4, 2021 by 101
ETA they didn't withdraw the campaign despite calls to do so by a number of groups. Apologies