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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 21 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Fat, drunk, and stupid used to be no way to go through life. Now it's the bare minimum for government employment.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 14 hours ago

In fact if you don't have a substance abuse problem and/or a degenerative brain disease I think they would consider you to be overqualified.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Nah I'm fatter than him and hegseth.

High and stupid will do it.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

who would win from how many Kegs they can down. patel might have an advantages of using cocaine.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

The Nihilistic worldview is the deciding factor. They believe in nothing, other than their own self advancement.

That said, there is a seeming correlation between overweight people in the US being Nihlistic as such. But hardly all, seeing as over half of the population is overweight now. Half of white people, equal for men and woman, higher for all minorities, but especially for their woman, with the exception of east asians, which are generally fit.

It takes an immigrant 7 years on average to become as overweight as the average American.

Information on weight demographics from the NHIS, the last paragraph from Harper's Magazine.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

thats only because its the diet, likewise with japan.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

You just wait until I get seated upright properly, and then catch my breath. I'm gonna curse at you sooooo hard

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Middle aged East Asian people are not physically fit lol. This is racialized faux intellectualism. Lemmy should have higher standards.

'Nihilism and body weight are linked'.. Source? 'Trust me bro'

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

I was talking about being overweight and obesity, the East Asians have the lowest rates, white people are about the second lowest at 50/50 fit and fat, blacks and Hispanics are higher, especially amongst the woman Folk, and I explicitly said the source of the National Institute of Health.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The Gulf States are some of the only societies with more overweight people than the US.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

and those places are sinking into the gulf.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Turns out, living in a place that’s just not walkable most of the time will do that to you

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

i doubt they can walk far, if they are fat already. like significantly overweight people waddles around like penguin instead of an actually walking.