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[–] FreedomToast 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

This made me really fucking upset. I've had more fatty interactions in the last week than ever before and this attacks my being.

The newest BBC Horizon was about how fat people have genetic causes for obesity, but they always found an excuse to deny that one can also provide a say in how much one eats. "1/6 people have 2 distortions of a gene which has a probabilistic increase of you being obese by 50%...therefore all people can be fat without issue?! Mathematics does not work that way - 1/2 of one sixth does not equate to the 70% obesity rate in the UK! Fucking delusional! I was insulted by the delusion (presenter was a fatty of course, but didn't accept it - but actively showed his ignorance to being "normal".

I feel powerless against global food discrepancy, Rich individuals can corrupt and control any "third-world" country - and they do. I hate this dichotomy of massively obese and massively poor, but I feel powerless to stop it, so it continues...

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[–] DessertFox 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The best way to stop the rich/poor discrepancy is to take vacations in developing countries. Not necessarily the poorest countries, but at least the 2nd world developing countries that are actually developing.

That's a way to spend money in those countries and help their economy develop a little bit more. Simple donations don't help as much as we initially thought, because it can stunt certain parts of an economy.

Also, it's a very affordable vacation, and almost every country has some nicer cities that are very different from the impoverished parts.