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We're talking about societal values, not individual ones.
My point still stands- I don't see why society needs to get up people's asses about playing excessive video games and eating pizza for every meal. I think that societal values could be better focused on, say, being considerate to other people or not being so greedy as to fuck the economy of the entire world.
But damn, I bet those executives and their wives are HELLA healthy and fit.
I'm just going to follow Nora around and proclaim my love for her
Whoo! Come do it in New England, will ya?
If societal values are to encourage health, perhaps a more socially wide effort should be encouraged (side-walks in neighborhoods to encourage walking places, stores with fresh vegetables at reasonable prices in poor neighborhoods, space for community gardens, etc.) rather than poking at individuals through fat jokes, cookie shame, and pushing the BMI.
And now I'm going to follow Calli around and proclaim my love for her.
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I am now in love with the phrase "cookie shame." Thank you, Calli.
Yeah, totally what Calli said. Also education about what is ACTUALLY healthy, as opposed to the BMI. To go back to my AIDS example, education not only helped people avoid the disease, it also helped educate the public that you couldn't get it from working next to somoene with the illness, which helped calm the hysteria.
On a pseudo-tangent, the societal value that "life is precious!" irks me, because I'm always tempted to say, "Yes, it is, so why did however many African children just die of starvation while you bleated out your sermon?" Also, which life? Because I can buy life at the pet store for thirty-nine cents and feed it to the piranha they keep in the other aquarium.
There should be no shame in cookies, dammit.
Unless it's Passover, and you're not allowed any because you try to cling to rules you don't understand for some reason.
But I still want cookie. Or a "my cookie has no shame" t-shirt.
I do not give one crap if anyone I know plays 18 hours of WoW while eating pizzas and chain-smoking. I'm not the arbiter of anyone's lifestyle.
What about helmet or seatbelt laws?
I'm sure if I had to get on a bus after yoga class I'd end up wacking someone with my mat. I'm just that much of a klutz. I'd be sure to apologize though!