I heard a statistic on BBC news yesterday that nearly gave me apoplexy. The fact that this statistic was on the BBC of course gives it a 125% chance of being 98.222% accurate.
The statistic was that 6% of British people understand the link between eating too much fat and obesity.
I am aware that this is exactly the kind of statistic that they slot in now and then as a trigger for the more uptight, self righteous sectors of society to choke on their tea and go forth to pontify irately. These sectors of course include me and this is exactly what I shall do.
Sorrywot? Are you seriaas? What-are-they-teaching-in-schools-today-when-I-was-a-young-lass-we-were-performing
-calculus-by-age-8-what-is-the-world-coming-to-we-are-all-doomed-etc-etc.
I am perfectly happy to accept the excuses of greed, of being too lazy to eat properly, of having a thyroid problem, an eating disorder, a genetic predisposition, whatever, but to say that you didn't know that eating too much fat made you fat is just scary. What ARE they teaching people in schools these days?
Ignore the statistic. I am sure it is spurious. The sample population was probably twelve confused 8 year olds or something. It is still pretty disturbing that the problem is so... huge in Britain.
I know how governments love slogans and educational campaigns and so I, a person who knows the connection between fat and... fat, shall step in to assist.
The statistic was that 6% of British people understand the link between eating too much fat and obesity.
I am aware that this is exactly the kind of statistic that they slot in now and then as a trigger for the more uptight, self righteous sectors of society to choke on their tea and go forth to pontify irately. These sectors of course include me and this is exactly what I shall do.
Sorrywot? Are you seriaas? What-are-they-teaching-in-schools-today-when-I-was-a-young-lass-we-were-performing
-calculus-by-age-8-what-is-the-world-coming-to-we-are-all-doomed-etc-etc.
I am perfectly happy to accept the excuses of greed, of being too lazy to eat properly, of having a thyroid problem, an eating disorder, a genetic predisposition, whatever, but to say that you didn't know that eating too much fat made you fat is just scary. What ARE they teaching people in schools these days?
Ignore the statistic. I am sure it is spurious. The sample population was probably twelve confused 8 year olds or something. It is still pretty disturbing that the problem is so... huge in Britain.
I know how governments love slogans and educational campaigns and so I, a person who knows the connection between fat and... fat, shall step in to assist.
ARE YOU ADIPOSE AWARE?
Of course political correctness shall eradicate words such as obese and fat. And so I have come up with alternatives. You can either be ATE positive or ATE negative (Adipose Tissue Excess).Although then being positive would be a bad thing and governments hate that kind of contradictory brainwashing so perhaps SAD postive or SAD negative (Satisfactory Adipose Distribution) would be more appropriate. But then of course being sad implies something bad... goddammit. I surrender. Obese it shall have to remain.
Did you know that eating too much, and especially too much fat, can, like, cause you to gain weight?
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