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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by mulmen on Monday March 20, 2017 @04:50PM (#13917551)
It does help to perpetuate a myth that there are alternatives to exercise which could enter in to a persons decision to exercise or not, even if they decide to do something else with their time.
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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by danielweber on Monday March 20, 2017 @05:33PM (#13917862)
Every generation has to create its effort-free alternative to exercise, whether it's electrodes you attach to your abs or standing there while a vibrating belt shakes your body.

Even George Jetson would sit around while the computer exercised for him, so I guess we know what's coming in the future.

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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by zeamaize on Monday March 20, 2017 @06:54PM (#13918351)
Crippling socialized medical costs as the obesity rate skyrockets. :-/
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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by sqeaky on Monday March 20, 2017 @07:12PM (#13918454)
Healthy people are more expensive.

People who don't exercise simply die young (in their 50s and 60s) and people who are healthy can cling on for decades fully utilizing the range of expensive treatments.

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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by passive on Monday March 20, 2017 @10:22PM (#13919351)
Source? My understanding is that particularly in the US, we can keep unhealthy people going for a very long time, for a lot of $$$.
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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by sqeaky on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:35AM (#13923120)
My source was the freakonomics podcasts.

I would agree that a billionaire with predictable medical expenses will more options than a person in any sort of health and likely live longer. Most people in bad health don't have unlimited money thought (simply because most people don't have unlimited money).

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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by mulmen on Monday March 20, 2017 @08:31PM (#13918869)
Does this account for the additional value a longer life may bring to society? A healthy person could stay in the workforce longer for example.
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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by sqeaky on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:33AM (#13923091)
No not at all, just raw expense.
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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by sitkack on Monday March 20, 2017 @09:40PM (#13919120)
We are out of jobs. Need to downsize the human race. post peak employment.
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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by clock_tower on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:36PM (#13924893)
If the economy's failing to engage with everyone, the answer is a less dysfunctional economy, not death camps.
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