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Re:'Don't Weigh Me' cards aim to reduce stress at the doctor... by h2odragon on Sunday December 26, 2021 @09:32AM (#29692644)
Who owns our bodies? If it's us, the individual operating the body, then telling your doctor to provide advice based on "im not eating less, I'm not gonna quit smoking / snorting 3g of coke a day / whatever" isn't unreasonable.

If "Society, "God" or "Government" own the body, someone other than the person in it; then we've got a massively silly situation.

Lots and lots of noise has been made over the past 100 years avoiding that central question. Doctors and Governments want to own our bodies, but don't want to say so outright, because they fear many people will object to the notion.

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Re:'Don't Weigh Me' cards aim to reduce stress at the doctor... by togaen on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:38AM (#29693221)
You're free to go to a doctor and tell them whatever you want. They're also free to tell you that you're an idiot and they're not going to help you unless you stop doing idiot things.
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Re:'Don't Weigh Me' cards aim to reduce stress at the doctor... by thghtihadanacct on Sunday December 26, 2021 @09:55AM (#29692797)
You own your body? I feel mine more owns me. If anyone thinks a doctor is going to provide helpful advice after saying something stupid like "im not eating less, I'm not gonna quit smoking / snorting 3g of coke a day / whatever" then they can go ahead and get out of society altogether cuz theyre dragging us down.
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Re:'Don't Weigh Me' cards aim to reduce stress at the doctor... by josephcsible on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:39PM (#29694419)
Being given advice that you don't want to hear doesn't mean that the doctors own you.
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