While we were waiting for the lifting assistance she sipped on two large McDonalds sodas as she verbally abused her husband and 20 something daughter, who were trying to help move furniture out of the way and make her as comfortable as possible. I can’t make this shit up.[/quote]
My knees doesn’t like going from 83kg to 93kg, I can’t imagine doing any kind of physical activity at 150kg+ without them saying byebye. Uncle Gabby, in your mentioned case, it is an “easy” choice, but when they are less overweight, there is a greater risk of some people hurting themselves helping folks because they try to take shortcuts. In Norway if you stay over 40BMI for 2 years you get “free” (our tax money) gastroectomy.
My knees doesn’t like going from 83kg to 93kg, I can’t imagine doing any kind of physical activity at 150kg+ without them saying byebye. Uncle Gabby, in your mentioned case, it is an “easy” choice, but when they are less overweight, there is a greater risk of some people hurting themselves helping folks because they try to take shortcuts. In Norway if you stay over 40BMI for 2 years you get “free” (our tax money) gastroectomy.
[quote]Gorthaur wrote:
And who ends up paying for all of this special equipment and extra resources for obese people?
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I do. You do. duh…
I certainly agree with you. We recently had a thread where I mentioned my disgust for people who are on “disability” for obesity, bi-polar disorder, depression, etc.
[quote]Gorthaur wrote:
And who ends up paying for all of this special equipment and extra resources for obese people?
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I do. You do. duh…
I certainly agree with you. We recently had a thread where I mentioned my disgust for people who are on “disability” for obesity, bi-polar disorder, depression, etc. [/quote]
The disgust is also mixed with a large helping of sympathy, for the family (even though they are often enablers) and the patient. But as they say sympathy is a word in the dictionary between shit and syphillus.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
I mentioned my disgust for people who are on “disability” for obesity, [/quote]
Wait, so we are giving obese people money to stay obese while there are plenty of people starving to death in the world? If so: America, you make me sad to say I’m an American.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
I mentioned my disgust for people who are on “disability” for obesity, [/quote]
Wait, so we are giving obese people money to stay obese while there are plenty of people starving to death in the world? If so: America, you make me sad to say I’m an American. [/quote]
You didn’t know this? There are also a lot of people on “disability” for bi-polar disorder and depression. What percentage? I haven’t got a clue. But since I’ve been working in EMS I have found that the number is surprisingly large.
You probably know of few, but you just think “She’s a single mom who lives with her parents. She doesn’t have any bills and probably gets by on child support.” But no, she also gets a check for her bi-polar disorder. Now you might wonder, if she’s too crazy to work a job how is she supposed to raise a child into a decent, productive human being? All I can say is that I wonder the same thing.
While we were waiting for the lifting assistance she sipped on two large McDonalds sodas as she verbally abused her husband and 20 something daughter, who were trying to help move furniture out of the way and make her as comfortable as possible. I can’t make this shit up.[/quote]
people like that need to “not exist” anymore…[/quote]