tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post5681407887795078342..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: Computers Make You FatAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-55144060874587742152010-05-07T01:45:39.109-07:002010-05-07T01:45:39.109-07:00Glad you are back!
Yes, computers make you fat. ...Glad you are back! <br /><br />Yes, computers make you fat. Before that, TV did (sitting plus constant messages to eat junk). <br /><br />Our entire economy is structured in a way that makes people fat. Long commutes to jobs from communities where goods and services are not within walking distance. Jobs that require you to sit on your ass all day. It all adds up.Other Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079055348844157557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-5399982986515136952010-04-25T20:31:44.556-07:002010-04-25T20:31:44.556-07:00With three laptops in our reach, we both have stri...With three laptops in our reach, we both have strict food regime, three medium size meals and a snack late.<br /><br />If you have discipline computers compete with Netflex movies on the TV and a book of the week.<br /><br />The correlation between obesity and use of computers may be in the 90+% but the causality is suspect.Koshem Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724595772791711326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-32187242733312729922010-04-21T22:58:40.041-07:002010-04-21T22:58:40.041-07:00good you're backgood you're backUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458754688170827303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-14854039237366940042010-04-21T08:26:26.706-07:002010-04-21T08:26:26.706-07:00Reminds me of that E.M. Forster story, The Machine...Reminds me of that E.M. Forster story, The Machine Stops. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_StopsCynthia Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928956743579728881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-31892224170421315562010-04-20T16:00:53.811-07:002010-04-20T16:00:53.811-07:00So glad to see you - big ass and all!! (That'...So glad to see you - big ass and all!! (That's a snark!).<br /><br />But I agree. I had my laptop in the main room of the house, near the TV and the food and I never left. Never practiced my piano. Never went for a walk. Never m o v e d.<br /><br />Got a new computer that is down the hall and away from those temptations and it's amazing how many other things I'm now doing in life.<br /><br />Now, if I can only shed that 20 pounds I've picked up....<br /><br />Hope you return sometime soon - I miss you. Lots!CoyoteCreekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10246462877481086401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-64740435863085176602010-04-20T09:49:35.399-07:002010-04-20T09:49:35.399-07:00Why does one need energy drinks? Before, exercise ...Why does one need energy drinks? Before, exercise provided the heartracing alertness that allowed one to spend late hours at work. Now, you need sugar (which rebounds horribly, calorically), caffeine (ditto) and taurine / other stimulants (megadittoes), all to simulate the rush of running somewhere, or lifting iron. We have substituted consumption for experience. <br /><br />Also, the War on (some) Drugs has channeled our usual American tendency toward addictive behaviors into food -- and food addiction, having obvious symptoms, is a gold mine to sustain and mock. Even drug lords don't diss their customers as openly as Big Food does through its diet arms, and caress them as thoroughly, through their fat-food arms. It's the inescapable, perfect addiction to cultivate, and there's been hundreds of years of research of how to addict people whose ancestors starved with the right blend of sugar/salt/fat. The only reason the companies (not consumers through lifestyle monitoring or taxes, the *companies*) haven't faced RICO action is that the tobacco and other danger companies shifted to food, once the fix was in. <br /><br />That fix has been supported by the government, through ag policy, so who do you think's gonna stop them, now? As the old Subgenii used to say, over a decade ago, they're fattening us up for the harvest -- nothing's better than to get your economic and social competitors to kill themselves, and if heroin or crack didn't do it, then why not fried chicken?cgeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760705749940311464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-16007353158563025042010-04-19T06:17:02.955-07:002010-04-19T06:17:02.955-07:00First, great to hear from you, whenever your sched...First, great to hear from you, whenever your schedule allows.<br /><br />Second,I think you are correct -- much easier to type and send than to get up and walk down the hall. I think, though, this might be one way I can find something almost positive about being in a rural area, with no access to highspeed -- no way am I going to watch a movie, or even a short YouTube. So maybe that motivates me to get up and go for a walk. Though I find myself picking up a book instead ....Joyce L. Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312448459230498463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-81384031258289683392010-04-19T06:00:30.162-07:002010-04-19T06:00:30.162-07:00Good to hear from you again.Good to hear from you again.Bob Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242937151007030508noreply@blogger.com