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Re:Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecula... by core-questions on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:07PM (#20814412)
> that's not really OK.

This kind of word policing is even less OK. It's not "gross" to make a comment about something you see and have opinions about, especially for a public figure. You're not shedding light on any subject, either, all you're doing is being offended-on-behalf of someone else; the world's got enough of that and it doesn't seem to be making any positive difference at all.

Re:Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecula... by SwellJoe on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @06:57PM (#20815276)
The comment I responded to did not add substantively to the discussion, and I pointed out why.

I am not "policing" anything. I have no power to arrest someone or censor someone for being an asshole online. I expressed an opinion about the kind of community I'd like to be a part of. Also, it seems like you're doing what you're criticizing me for. I don't think the world's got enough of minding one's own damned business regarding people's health, body, and appearance, and that having more of it would make a positive difference. This conversation is about the science of fasting, not whether Jack Dorsey looks thin.

Re:Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecula... by core-questions on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @07:42PM (#20815500)
> Also, it seems like you're doing what you're criticizing me for.

Sure, but only in a meta-sense to curb the proliferation of the technique. I'd liken it to nuking would-be nuclear powers to prevent further problems.

And maybe, _just maybe_, Jack Dorsey should eat a sandwich.

Re:Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecula... by SwellJoe on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:48PM (#20816158)
> I'd liken it to nuking would-be nuclear powers to prevent further problems.

So, when you wrote this, did the idea of using nuclear weapons preemptively seem like an obviously good idea, to you?

Re:Alternate Day Fasting Improves Physiological and Molecula... by nathanasmith on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:17PM (#20830864)
> Also, it seems like you're doing what you're criticizing me for.

There is a fascinating wikipedia article about this you should skim when you get the chance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque