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Google Maps Ditches Walking Calorie Counter After Backlash (engadget.com)
Following online backlash, Google is removing a planned feature in Maps that shows you how many calories you'd burn when in walking mode. Google's attempt to promote a healthy lifestyle caused a number of people to lambast the feature on Twitter, claiming it would "shame" and even "trigger" those with eating disorders. Engadget reports: Taking note of the negative reaction, Google is now dumping the experiment. It confirmed to Engadget that the update was briefly tested on iOS, and has been abandoned based on user feedback. As The Hill's Taylor Lorenz noted in her tweets, there was no way to turn off the feature. Lorenz also claimed that using pink cupcakes as the unit of measurement was "lowkey aimed at women." Others pointed out that Maps wasn't the appropriate place for the update. After all, there are plenty of fitness and calorie counting apps that keep track of your activity and consumption -- again emphasizing how misplaced the feature was.
My wife teaches them ... These kids want everything crippled in the same way that they have been crippled by their parents
That's something that I've been wondering. When students protest speeches that they don't like, claiming to feel threatened, do they really feel threatened? I thought they just used that as an excuse to shut down speakers, whose politics they don't like.
BUZZZZZ***
Sorry, wrong response....that kind of thought, especially when published publicly can no longer be tolerated.
Please report to the nearest re-education center.
And note...if you are fit and trim, and NON-ugly, well, this is a serious problem, and it is your fault.
Everyone else is right, and YOU should be ashamed for physically putting forth such an outrageous, and un-attainable body image model for our new big boned majority.
Won't you please....think of the children???
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........