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[Stere]

Shifting baseline syndrome is a term normally applied to natural ecosystem degradation. I also think it covers why obesity is  being regarded as normal.

 

If a time machine got a group of people from 1950's they would be shocked by the obesity of 2024.

 

Whereas  younger people may see it as normal and some older ones have also forgotten how radically things have changed as its being gradual

 

 

[sime42]

27 minutes ago, Stere said:

Shifting baseline syndrome is a term normally applied to natural ecosystem degradation. I also think it covers why obesity is  being regarded as normal.

 

If a time machine got a group of people from 1950's they would be shocked by the obesity of 2024.

 

Whereas  younger people may see it as normal and some older ones have also forgotten how radically things have changed as its being gradual

 

 

 

Like some people denying the crashing insect population and wider biodiversity collapse.

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

The woke body positive non-fat shaming idiots are to blame.

 

’I’m 30 stone and feel beautiful’.

 

You’re not.

 

You’re a lazy, greedy repulsive pile of blubber who will die young after costing the NHS a fortune

[Johnsond]

High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years

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Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven

Far better to just keep importing it and support jobs and revenues overseas 😂. Now that we are heading towards being the first of the industrialised nations not being able to make our own high quality virgin steelwhat could possibly go wrong. But hey don’t worry net zero here we come 👍👍

Edited September 13, 2024 by Johnsond

[Mark Bolam]

These biffas can’t afford both heating and eating apparently.

 

 

[sime42]

Anyway. Tackling advertising around junk food is just a deck chair rearranging exercise really.

 

The only way to fix the chronic ill health problem in this country is to stop giving people "food" that makes them sick. That'll require a head on confrontation with the mighty processed food industry though. That'll be a battle and a half.

 

The big question is - is the new government tough enough to take on the challenge? The previous few incumbents have certainly shied away from it. (I expect Boris enjoyed more than his fair share of the lobbyists loot).

 

It wouldn't hurt to get rid of Delivepoo etc as well.

 

 

 

 

[sime42]

17 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

These biffas can’t afford both heating and eating apparently.

 

 

 

I feel for those poor sofas, I really do.

 

 

[Steven P]

7 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

I feel for those poor sofas, I really do.

 

 

 

You're right - a matter of scale, I thought 2 were crammed onto an armchair!!

[Steven P]

Banning adverts is all well and good but if it is available regardless, people will buy them. Look at smoking and vaping, no adverts but still happens.

 

Education is the key to a lot of things, start young and keep at the education till the end of school and beyond and with luck they will have the knowledge to make 'good' choices (healthier food is often also cheaper than processed ready meals). However 18 years of targeted education is beyond the dreams of any politicians fix in a sound bite desires.

[Johnsond]

Prison population drops by record amount under Labour early release scheme

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Number of people in prison in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in seven days, a fall of...

A record apparently 😂

Awesome, what  an achievement. Probably something similar to how they will quietly solve the illegal immigrants masquerading as asylum seeker situation.