Comments | stitchtowhere: worse than smoking

stitchtowhere

worse than smoking

Jan 06, 2010 17:16

cbc is running a story about how obesity is an OMG bigger health threat than smoking ( Read more... )

smoke, driveby, cbc on notice

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crash_up January 7 2010, 01:21:53 UTC

fuck. i made the mistake of reading some of the comments on that one earlier. WHY DO I DO THAT!?!?!?

stitchtowhere January 7 2010, 01:26:57 UTC

don't do it! comment sections are where logic and integrity go to die long, terrible deaths!

chavvah January 7 2010, 01:33:10 UTC

The CBC comment threads are always such a howling wasteland. Which makes no sense, as most of the coolest folks I know listen to the CBC.

WRETCHED HIVE crash_up January 7 2010, 02:00:10 UTC

ugh, i know, CBC commenters are THE WORST. and CBC.ca allows comments on stories that they really shouldn't, ie. accidental deaths of babies etc. AND they feature that random comment on the front page so you're exposed to comments even if you're specifically trying to avoid them.

i could on for quite a while about what a huge disappointment CBC's online presence is actually. i expect more from our beloved CBC.

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ghostworld00 January 7 2010, 01:26:33 UTC

I really hate where this is all heading. Stuck waiting and flipping through an issue of Time Magazine there was a story in there about how smokers and fat people are being put in "insurance risk pools" and are made to pay higher premiums unless they quit smoking or lost weight.

I can just see the oily insurance executives rubbing their hands together now. Any little thing that they can use to get you to pay more. :(

stitchtowhere January 7 2010, 02:06:37 UTC

can't you just see the marlboro man and joe camel taking long hard, satisfied drags?

aircrash January 7 2010, 01:37:09 UTC

LMF ILU OK

chavvah January 7 2010, 01:37:15 UTC

As smoking rates tailed off in the U.S., the proportion of smokers among American adults fell from 22.7 per cent in 1993 to 18 per cent in 2008, while obesity rates rose from 14.5 per cent to 26.7 per cent over the same time period.

So basically, smokers quit smoking and gained weight as a result. Don't blame that shit on me, I was fat before it was popular.

definatalie January 7 2010, 01:47:58 UTC

HAHA!

crash_up January 7 2010, 02:02:03 UTC

haha! YES!

originalenid January 7 2010, 03:05:19 UTC

Don't forget the Statistics Fattening of '98!

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coco73 January 7 2010, 04:38:34 UTC

I'm smoking a deep fried cigarette right now! Dangerous!!

teanut January 7 2010, 06:05:44 UTC

The best kind!!! Hahaha.