Re:Skinny genes the 'secret to staying slim'
by belorn on Friday January 25, 2019 @10:14AM
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Saying people are obese because they have eaten too much is like saying people die in traffic because they accelerated or decelerated too fast. Technical true but very unhelpful in describing the problem and potential solutions.
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Re:Skinny genes the 'secret to staying slim'
by benj111 on Friday January 25, 2019 @11:05AM
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How do seat belts and air bags and crumple zones work?
You can't get to a solution without accepting it. You can't stop people dying by describing that fact as toxic.
No it's not a, or the solution, you can't ignore I though.