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sue_me_please ( sue_me_please@awful.systems )  to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years ago

Bullying is effective for dealing with mental health issues and obesity, actually

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Bullying is effective for dealing with mental health issues and obesity, actually

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sue_me_please ( sue_me_please@awful.systems )  to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 years ago
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  • Amoeba_Girl ( Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems ) 
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    wow, i wonder what would cause people in the united states to develop mental health issues! must be social media or something in the water!

    most socially aware techie

    • 200fifty ( 200fifty@awful.systems ) 
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      I definitely think the youths are stressed because of ‘environmental pollution,’ but not in the way this commenter means…

  • Soyweiser ( Soyweiser@awful.systems ) 
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    Another attempt at mainstreaming a far right talking point. Worrying how much shit from hatereading stuff a decade ago or so comes up again now.

    Anyway, hope his girlfriend/boyfriend and exes are getting proper therapy.

  • Evinceo ( Evinceo@awful.systems ) 
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    If only rationalist shaming helped reduce overthinking.

  • maol ( maol@awful.systems ) 
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    I hate this stuff. Bullying someone for being fat is about as likely to make the obesity rate go down as calling people who wear glasses “four-eyes” is going to reduce the rates of astigmatism.

    Yes the average weight in the west has gone up, and this isn’t great, but more people being fat is a symptom, not a cause of higher rates of lifestyle diseases, and higher rates of lifestyle diseases have been caused by social changes over which fat people have no control, like the rise of the automobile and processed food.

  • Steve ( fasterandworse@awful.systems ) 
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    I am certain the person who wrote that is an idiot

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