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Anon discovers the secret to staying thin (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] AkumaFoxwell@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It is almost always an individual fault. Just happens to be a fuckload of individuals who are faulty. Then they go online and make excuses for each other instead of trying to improve themselves. Why shouldn't I despise them? If they lack the willpower to control their eating because it's difficult what other failings are they going to be willing to forgive themselves for?

[–] Cookiesandcreamclouds@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, nobody forces them to go to McDonald's every day after work.