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Fat Geeks Healthier Than You Thought
DoubleWhopper writes "Sound the trumpets! Being a fat geek may not increase your risk of death after all. According to this ABC News article, a re-examination of the available data suggests obesity is still a health risk, but the 'pleasantly plump' among us 'do not have the same health risks as obese individuals.' But, from the article: 'People shouldn't think that this study gives them a free trip to the pork rind buffet.' Believe what you want, but you'd better hope I don't get to the Twinkies aisle before you."
Simple. If you live 100 years today, there's a good chance that you may live a lot longer
So? Who needs to live that long? By the time you get to 40, your life's pretty much over anyway, no-one does anything interesting after that. All you've got to look forward to is 60 years of wearing cardigans watching TV, or going to the garden centre. Also by then all the women are ugly and saggy.
Just imagine all the cool stuff that will be available 80 years from now.
Why? The world just seems to be getting worse and worse. This 'cool stuff' will probably just be more useless shit like TV and Internet which mean we can spend even more time sat inside rotting away. Why don't you geeks invent something that actually IMPROVES peoples' lives rather than being a substitute for them? And while you're there, try making computers that are actually reliable and simple to use and inexpensive. I swear, whatever geek thought up the idea of needing drivers to use hardware, or needing to have the right operating system, should be executed for crimes against humanity.
That's because you're not healthy right now. I've been on both sides of that (and I'm currently in a lazy, unexercising state again). You have more energy, sleep better, and feel less depressed when you have a good workout regimen. It sounds like you're not in a healthy mental state right now if food is all you have to look forward to. Trust me, if you keep up a regular exercise schedule for a month (and not just a few half-hearted attempts), you will enjoy life more.
Don't patronise me or tell me how healthy I am. I am healthy enough. I eat healthily, I exercise, and it hasn't improved my life at all. I'm no better off than when I was fat and unhealthy. I've been exercising pretty regularly for over a year, and it's all been a waste of time, I could have been drinking instead, at least I'd get some pleasure from that. I don't sleep better, I sleep worse. Maybe if I was some rich bastard working 9-5 I could get a proper sleeping pattern, rather than have to completely reverse my body-clock every week for a different shift.
Do it for your brain. If the rest of your body isn't in top shape, neither is your brain.
So what? I don't use my brain, I've no need for it at all. Haven't used it for years since I went to school. Thinking doesn't seem to be of much use in the real world, you don't need intelligence to work on a production line or to watch TV.
If that's not something you care to fix, that's fine, but you better not have any regrets 10-20 years from now when it's going to be a lot harder to deal with.
I couldn't care less what happens to me 20 years. I'll probably be living under a bridge by then, if I'm still alive. May as well at least try to enjoy myself whilst I'm still here.