A friend of mine recently sent me a video and some photos of a get-together at his neighbor’s place, where they were making scrapple. I sort of knew what it was, but a quick refresher from him confirmed it.
They made something to the tune of 85 pounds of it. My friend was sent home with two lasagna tins of it. The individual responsible for the event was an invalid, meaning that he ‘needed’ a motorized scooter to move. From what my friend has gathered, there’s nothing wrong with his legs, he’s just not comfortable walking due to being so obese.
Not one of the people in any of the photos had a BMI anywhere near 35. And by that, I don’t mean lower. Many were smoking, and nearly all were drinking moonshine.
We, as individuals, have normalized this.
In this case, none of this involved massive corporations. We can debate the effectiveness of education, and I’ll probably agree with you to some extent, but the resounding conclusion here is that every one of those participants knew why, and just didn’t care. To their own detriment. There are brilliant people participating in this thread that refuse to alter their course.
I agree that things need to change. I wish we could all agree that we would make a concerted effort - as a whole - to alter this course. But that can’t happen if no one wants to, and whether it be Oreos, or Doritos, or Mountain Dew, or a 6000 calorie Starbucks doublefuckchocomochalatte, or a tin of scrapple, it starts with the individual.
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