As a Society...We're Doomed. PT. 2

[SpasticGramps]

The Rise Of The Fatty

For all the talk about QE this, HFT that, crony capitalism, cold war 2.0, hyperinflation, hyperdeflation, social inequality, Keynesian dead end, global financial meltdown, perhaps the one more tangible threats to mankind as a whole (and to the future underfunded healthcare costs) is something fatr simpler: the rise of the fatty.

Below we present a candied look via Nature of, pardon the pun, society at large, and just why is it that those cuddly, jovial fat people, which seems to be growing exponentially in recent years, present a great danger not only to themselves, but to just as exponentially growing welfare costs in a world which already is, for all intents and purposes, insolvent (unless of course someone in charge gets a Swiftian idea to let the world's obese deal with their own problems just the way Charles Darwin suggested they should).

They are everywhere.

 

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[foomar]

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[thaicat]

Reading is the antidote to spoon-fed, dumbed-down kids.

Read to them...often. Everyone loves a good story. Learn to inflect you voice by playing the characters. Don't drone.

Buy kids books. They may not be excited by it as a new trinket but eventually they will pick it up. Vary the styles and genres because you never know what will ring a bell. There's not a kid alive who has hated reading Huck Finn.

Reading teaches kids to think. They are already plotting how the conflict becomes resolution as they go. A backdoor introduction to logic and examination naturally occurs as the storyline progresses.

Exposure to written words early increases vocabulary and grammar skills as well as spelling ability. Misspelled words 'won't look right' and awkward sentences won't sound right.

Kids who learn to read well and often tend not to become the doorstops of society.

I don't think I ever voluntarily read a book until I one day ended up in a local jail. After doing thousands of sit-ups/push ups...I figured I should find an alternative activity, before I collapsed. I ended up picking up a random book in hopes that it'd occupy my mind and not throw me into cardiac arrest.

Turns out, the book was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Reading that book literally changed my life. Needless to say, I soon sought more Hunter Thompson books to read. That led to me looking up and reading the Authors that inspired him and it was all a miraculous thing. I'd hate to think where I'd be without all that.

Fast forward about 30 years...My Neice came along and immediately showed a strong urge to read. Her Parents reenforced that and I certainly did. By age 7, she was reading classics that most adults haven't yet read. She continues to read to this day and her favorite "toy" is a book. Somehow, I don't see her having the same problems I see with society. I have full confidence that she'll know exactly what to do at a 4-way intersection and won't be drug into the whole Jersey Shore/American Idol bit.

 

[stoned-trout]

I did lots of reading when younger... now I am out living what I read about.....I would rather be outside hiking,kayaking ,fishing hunting... I only watch tv before and after.... I have no really overweight friends as they couldn't keep up or fit in a kayak........yeehaw... I read so many westerns as I kid I moved out west as an adult...zane rules

 

[thaicat]

I did lots of reading when younger... now I am out living what I read about.....I would rather be outside hiking,kayaking ,fishing hunting... I only watch tv before and after.... I have no really overweight friends as they couldn't keep up or fit in a kayak........yeehaw... I read so many westerns as I kid I moved out west as an adult...zane rules

Otoh, I'm doing my damnest to live and live in a way that would make Hunter Thompson proud...and perhaps a bit envious.

I never really got into Westerns but I agree...Zane absolutely dominated that Genre.

 

[foomar]

I read so many heroic war stories I joined the army , just in time for Korea.

Which soon shattered any illusions of valour and decency.

In hindsight , westerns would have been a better option . . .

 

[bentom187]

As a Society...We're Doomed.

As planned by Papa Nero.


This will make you madder than a three balled tomcat. I suggest it be on everyone's reading list. The hardcover is expensive ,but i'm thinking of getting it anyway for posterity.

Rulers of Evil by F. Tupper Saussy
http://pacinlaw.us/pdf/sup/Rulers_of_Evil.php

Enjoy.

 

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Whaaaaaaa? Works for me!

Hey did you read the study that found that marijuana users weigh a significant amount less on average than non-marijuana users?

And that's with the munchies!