The 'Merica Thread

[Wolferz]

The striped ones are the worst.


Many obese people are not that way by choice. Usually due to some malady of the thyroid gland.
One of my aunts for example.
She was a big woman all her life but, she wasn't lazy by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't until later in her life, the doctors removed her thyroid and the weight practically fell off her frame. By then it was too late. She had already contracted many of the illnesses that go hand in hand with obesity. Diabetes being the major one. Then the big C. That's when it was finally decided to remove her thyroid gland.
Many a medical woe can be attributed to the thyroid gland since this organ is primarily responsible for regulating your immune system. The immune system takes care of Apoptosis(cell death) Cells that don't die and get purged turn into Cancer. Most illness can be prevented by keeping the thyroid in top condition. To do that, it needs iodine. Much of the processed food we eat today has been stripped of this important nutrient. Iodized salt aids in replenishment but, it's not enough.
If you leave it up to the FDA, you gonna die.
Can you say population control?
Only in 'Merica

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

The striped ones are the worst.


Many obese people are not that way by choice. Usually due to some malady of the thyroid gland.
One of my aunts for example.
She was a big woman all her life but, she wasn't lazy by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't until later in her life, the doctors removed her thyroid and the weight practically fell off her frame. By then it was too late. She had already contracted many of the illnesses that go hand in hand with obesity. Diabetes being the major one. Then the big C. That's when it was finally decided to remove her thyroid gland.
Many a medical woe can be attributed to the thyroid gland since this organ is primarily responsible for regulating your immune system. Most illness can be prevented by keeping the thyroid in top condition. To do that, it needs iodine. Much of the processed foods we eat today have been stripped of this important nutrient. Iodized salt aids in replenishment but, it's not enough.
If you leave it up to the FDA, you gonna die.
Can you say population control?

38% of Americans have a thyroid problem. Right......

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

38% of Americans have a thyroid problem. Right......

This whole thread should have a disclamer: only fat lazy eating machines are made fun of. Obese by illnes are excluded.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Our future:

I've been offered that a couple of times. My el-cheapo service is better than what they offer, and costs me very little.

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Scooter chairs and handicap parking tags should be reserved for those who truly need it.

My friend Rocky lost the lower part of his right leg to an infection in 1995. For the next sixteen years his friends encouraged him to get a handicap parking sticker. He always said the same thing: "Why? I have this prosthetic leg that works almost as good as the original. I can walk through the mall for hours. I can walk across a parking lot too. I'm not handicapped!"

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Betonov

This whole thread should have a disclamer: only fat lazy eating machines are made fun of. Obese by illnes are excluded.

I wasn't making fun of anyone. I said that it was a sad state of affairs for our society that nearly 40% of Americans are obese. The problem isn't glandular. Rather, it is based on two factors: diet and exercise. Your lifestyle is your choice.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Scooter chairs and handicap parking tags should be reserved for those who truly need it. The rest, me included, should soldier on and try to stay active.

Scooter chairs make me see red. I understand that not every handicap is outwardly visible. I understand that someone who is obese may have another medical issue that would require them to use a scooter chair even if they were slim, but I believe that for the most part these things are used by hambeasts just because they're too damn lazy to walk.

I walked into HEB the other day (grocery store) and was stuck waiting behind a man and wife couple, both seriously overweight and both attempting to navigate their scooters out of the charging station. They literally blocked the entire walkway and there was no way around them until they had wheeled their fat butts out of the way.

[Takeda Shingen]

Acapella for 'Murica.

[mookiemookie]

Go home and be a family man!

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I wasn't making fun of anyone. I said that it was a sad state of affairs for our society that nearly 40% of Americans are obese. The problem isn't glandular. Rather, it is based on two factors: diet and exercise. Your lifestyle is your choice.

I know. That's why I said disclaimer. So we can all make fun out of fat lazy bums without apologising to people with actual health problems

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Acapella for 'Murica.

Jesus s a talented fellow, eh?

[gimpy117]

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[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by razark

Has it ever occurred to y'all that some people need to ride the chairs due to a medical condition, and the reason they are obese is because they can't get up and exercise no matter how much they wish they could?

It has and I am not concerning myself with these people.I am talking about people who really have no disability and the ones ones that got themselves that way by their own deeds.

One of my great aunts for example she has an actual reason to be using a power chair and she did not end up that way on the part of her own actions.

[Red October1984]

In other news...I ran a 6:18 mile today.

TAKE THAT LAZY AMERICA!

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

In other news...I ran a 6:18 mile today.

TAKE THAT LAZY AMERICA!

When I was 16, I ran a 5:39.

I'd be surprised if I could run a 15:39 nowadays.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

When I was 16, I ran a 5:39.

I'd be surprised if I could run a 15:39 nowadays.

I've got to run the mile again tomorrow. See if I'll get better or worse