Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net!not-for-mail From: owl Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics Subject: Re: I simply enjoy it too much, as Americans do. Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 17:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Organization: O.W.L. Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <70055aa9-8a8f-4b45-9459-6abe270e3241@googlegroups.com> <8lmgedt11fl48lp4tfa1c3j8ocjgno9rrp@4ax.com> <2h8hed1gpld5c9s6r8mrn8uifkk0r2saa8@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: boom.rooftop.invalid X-Face: $BHf)vM$6p_?9L`jmOQ54JeNyL+%MZGGRfH8&grb[Y%-jU`MCPAQN=/SVDa{(/67bP(YB}rjV^h>cUh User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:449909 sci.physics:683155 In comp.os.linux.advocacy chrisv wrote: > owl wrote: > >> chrisv wrote: >>> >>> owl wrote: >>>> >>>>And a steak is a hell of a lot tastier than a donut. >>> >>> But quality food costs more. The reason that so many poor people are >>> fat is because there are lot of cheap calories available in the >>> market, from donuts to MacDonald's. >> >>A one-person meal at McDonalds can easily exceed $6.00, and you can >>get a decent steak for that price at most any grocery store. > > You are paying for a service in one case, but not the other, and you > *still* get a better calories/dollar value at Mickey D's. > > There is plenty of junk food at the grocery store, too, easily beating > any healthy food, in terms of calories/dollar. > Is that why people are fat? Because they are trying to maximize the calories/dollar ratio? Or is it because they are simply too lazy to cook or to even get out of the car? Or because they love eating sweets and have no self-control? The obese people whose behavior I have had an opportunity to observe over time have revealed themselves to be lazy, gluttonous, disgusting pigs.