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Let's make those fat people pay

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    Copper
    wrote on 29 Jan 2025, 18:55 last edited by
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    "It’s alarming to note that excess weight now costs us even more lives than smoking."

    If we can make smokers pay more for insurance, then fat people should pay even more.

    And the tax on food should be 10x higher.

    Fair is fair.

    https://www.foxnews.com/health/disease-kills-more-people-than-all-cancers-accidents-combined

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    • C Copper
      29 Jan 2025, 18:55

      "It’s alarming to note that excess weight now costs us even more lives than smoking."

      If we can make smokers pay more for insurance, then fat people should pay even more.

      And the tax on food should be 10x higher.

      Fair is fair.

      https://www.foxnews.com/health/disease-kills-more-people-than-all-cancers-accidents-combined

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on 29 Jan 2025, 19:31 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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      @Copper said in Let's make those fat people pay:

      "It’s alarming to note that excess weight now costs us even more lives than smoking."

      Partly because less people smoke, and those who give it up tend to put on weight.

      Food fills the empty, depressing void left behind by cigarettes. Or so I've heard.

      I was only joking

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        29 Jan 2025, 19:31

        @Copper said in Let's make those fat people pay:

        "It’s alarming to note that excess weight now costs us even more lives than smoking."

        Partly because less people smoke, and those who give it up tend to put on weight.

        Food fills the empty, depressing void left behind by cigarettes. Or so I've heard.

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        Copper
        wrote on 29 Jan 2025, 19:32 last edited by
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        @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's make those fat people pay:

        those who give it up tend to put on weight.

        Time to start smoking again.

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        • C Copper
          29 Jan 2025, 19:32

          @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's make those fat people pay:

          those who give it up tend to put on weight.

          Time to start smoking again.

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          Doctor Phibes
          wrote on 29 Jan 2025, 19:33 last edited by
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          @Copper said in Let's make those fat people pay:

          @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's make those fat people pay:

          those who give it up tend to put on weight.

          Time to start smoking again.

          Mrs. Phibes promised me 25 years ago that if I still wanted to smoke when I turned 65, then I could start again. Not long left!

          I was only joking

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            29 Jan 2025, 19:33

            @Copper said in Let's make those fat people pay:

            @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's make those fat people pay:

            those who give it up tend to put on weight.

            Time to start smoking again.

            Mrs. Phibes promised me 25 years ago that if I still wanted to smoke when I turned 65, then I could start again. Not long left!

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            George K
            wrote on 29 Jan 2025, 21:31 last edited by
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            @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's make those fat people pay:

            Mrs. Phibes promised me 25 years ago that if I still wanted to smoke when I turned 65, then I could start again. Not long left!

            You won't be able to afford it.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • G George K
              29 Jan 2025, 21:31

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's make those fat people pay:

              Mrs. Phibes promised me 25 years ago that if I still wanted to smoke when I turned 65, then I could start again. Not long left!

              You won't be able to afford it.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 29 Jan 2025, 23:34 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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              @George-K said in Let's make those fat people pay:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Let's make those fat people pay:

              Mrs. Phibes promised me 25 years ago that if I still wanted to smoke when I turned 65, then I could start again. Not long left!

              You won't be able to afford it.

              I was paying $4.00 Cdn a pack in 2000. They're only $8.00 now. I'm actually going to be saving money!

              They currently cost $18.00 in the UK.

              I was only joking

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                Renauda
                wrote on 29 Jan 2025, 23:43 last edited by Renauda
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                Someone told me a 25 pack of cigarettes here now costs over $20. A 20 pack I guess would be around $17.

                Don’t know anyone who smokes any more. It’s become a very rare exception even to see a smoker.

                Elbows up!

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 00:01 last edited by
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                  it has, thankfully.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • R Renauda
                    29 Jan 2025, 23:43

                    Someone told me a 25 pack of cigarettes here now costs over $20. A 20 pack I guess would be around $17.

                    Don’t know anyone who smokes any more. It’s become a very rare exception even to see a smoker.

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                    Doctor Phibes
                    wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 00:02 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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                    @Renauda said in Let's make those fat people pay:

                    Someone told me a 25 pack of cigarettes here now costs over $20. A 20 pack I guess would be around $17.

                    Don’t know anyone who smokes any more. It’s become a very rare exception to even see a smoker.

                    There's a small group of them in our office.

                    At the risk of sounding like a zealot, you can actually tell who they are even without smelling them.

                    I was only joking

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                      George K
                      wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 00:09 last edited by
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                      When I started, i could go to the student union at school, put a dime and a quarter into the machine, pull the handle and get a pack of Marlboros.

                      That would be $2.25 today.

                      At the risk of sounding like a zealot, you can actually tell who they are even without smelling them.

                      When I went into private practice in a more blue-collar-ish community, I could walk into a room and also tell.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • G George K
                        30 Jan 2025, 00:09

                        When I started, i could go to the student union at school, put a dime and a quarter into the machine, pull the handle and get a pack of Marlboros.

                        That would be $2.25 today.

                        At the risk of sounding like a zealot, you can actually tell who they are even without smelling them.

                        When I went into private practice in a more blue-collar-ish community, I could walk into a room and also tell.

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                        Doctor Phibes
                        wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 00:13 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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                        @George-K said in Let's make those fat people pay:

                        When I went into private practice in a more blue-collar-ish community, I could walk into a room and also tell.

                        Skinny legs, dry skin, a bit twitchy.

                        Actually, that might be the crackheads.

                        Funnily enough, I once commented to one of our admins that one of the senior managers looked like a smoker, but I'd never seen him with one. She gave me an awkward look and said she didn't want to say anything. I later learned that he smoked voluminous quantities of weed after hours.

                        I was only joking

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