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[mystickeeper]

Firstly, I will remind you all (as Dave reminded me!) that the first Act of Dr. Horrible goes live today! These are only staying live until midnight of July 20th.

I'd really like to know how the conversation went when deciding on the cover of this week's New Yorker. "It's okay for white people to be racist, because we're being ironic!" No

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[ex_hellocth126]

Well okay, let's clarify one thing; I'm not talking about the people who have a few extra pounds, or even 10-20 pounds, extra. I think society freaks out way too much about that, in fact I've often told friends obsessing over the last couple pounds to lighten up and enjoy themselves.

The image the comment you posted put in my head was of someone the size of the humans in Wall-E rolling through Wal-Mart on an electric scooter that can barely move under their bulk, stuffing Twinkies into their basket and whining about how it's not their fault. That's what I was reacting to, and I'm sorry they aren't getting any sympathy from me. In no small part because I was almost there once (maxed at 320), and it was ENTIRELY my own fault through poor lifestyle choices, and it's been through my own efforts that I've dropped a lot of that off.

On the New Yorker front... I used to be a hardcore conservative, and it was largely satire and mockery of conservatism from people like Ted Rall and of course Jon Stewart that helped me see where I was wrong. When you live in a society that devalues intellectualism, sometimes the only way to convince someone that they're wrong is to hold their position up to ridicule until it gets through to them.

And yes, I am very pessimistic, and my misanthropic jokes are not entirely in jest.