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Why do we applaud people who had gastric bypass surgery? |
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Posts: 15851 (07/14/08 4:03 PM) Registered user |
I noticed on all the talk shows when someone says I lost X amount of weight thanks to gastric bypass surgery, the audience always applauds.
WTF? Why? Because they came up with some money? What's the accomplishement here? We don't applaud flat chested women who got a boob job. |
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Posts: 395 (07/14/08 4:05 PM) |
WylDawg wrote: We should.
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Guatevia |
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Posts: 543 (07/14/08 4:07 PM) Registered User |
because they took a chance and were brave enough to risk death to get closer to the american dream of vain skinniness.
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Posts: 7 (07/14/08 4:08 PM) |
My neighbor has had gastric bypass surgery 3 or 4 times. I think she finally gave up after the staples kept busting out.
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Citizen Postal |
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Posts: 701 (07/14/08 4:09 PM) |
They're doing a public service for those of us blessed with sight.
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Posts: 1713 (07/14/08 4:16 PM) Registered User |
Because they managed to eat whatever the fuck they wanted for their whole lives and through no effort managed to lose a ton of weight.
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Posts: 1713 (07/14/08 5:13 PM) Huge apathy
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I have a coworker who did this, most vain man I've ever met. I keep thinking, you're just a short little fat guy with out that knot in your stomach.
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wickedwitch1111 |
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Posts: 5124 (07/14/08 5:14 PM) Registered user |
I don't know.
Ask Merckel da Jerkel. He knows. |
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khnum |
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Posts: 18735 (07/14/08 5:15 PM) Registered User |
Because they didn't try diet or exercise. <3
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Posts: 3615 (07/14/08 5:31 PM) Geenyus extraordinaire
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khnum wrote: That's why God might want to kill 1 in 200 of them. Those are shitty odds for surgery. and didn't Al Roker have this done too?
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07/14/08 5:41 PM.
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Posts: 5935 (07/14/08 5:40 PM) Registered User |
I knew a woman who did this. She didn't stop eating donuts, it just took her longer. Little pieces, all morning long. Eating little pieces with her piggy
fingers.
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Posts: 5890 (07/14/08 5:46 PM) Registered user |
I'm slightly horrified that there are now commercials for gastric bypass on tv. Too lazy to diet and exercise? Give us your $10,000, we'll make you
skinny. You might die, but at least you won't have to go to the gym.
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Citizen Postal |
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Posts: 704 (07/14/08 5:49 PM) |
Priorities.
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atomicradish |
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Posts: 11 (07/14/08 5:57 PM) |
WylDawg wrote: That's what studio audiences do.
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pearl casThrillo |
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Posts: 705 (07/14/08 6:01 PM) Registered user |
No.1 reason- Researchers have seen that weight-loss surgery appears to cure type 2 diabetes, which they have attributed to the huge drop in pounds. After all, being overweight is a risk factor for diabetes, and losing weight can effectively take care of the problem.
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Kitten Gloves |
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Posts: 9426 (07/14/08 6:13 PM) Registered User |
pearl,
Have you ever read the yearly issue of People where the women lost 100-200 lbs using diet and exercise? They get the same medical results. Except they are not too fucking lazy to do it by surgery and don't mind that it takes time and effort. |
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OkieCristin |
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Posts: 2371 (07/14/08 7:09 PM) Registered user |
I agree...this is the most bullshit reason to "applaud" someone. Because someone is too lazy to diet/exercise? (I know there are people out there
with a true medical reason for obesity, but I'm too lazy to google the percentages).
It's horrifying how much this has become an acceptable weight-loss program. Just adding my X |
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imama |
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Posts: 3733 (07/14/08 7:10 PM) Registered User |
You might die, but at least you won't have to go to the gym. where do I sign up? |
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Posts: 3198 (07/14/08 7:12 PM) Registered user |
TW4Life wrote: If you weren't gay men - you would. |
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finishthemoff |
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Posts: 9129 (07/14/08 7:14 PM) Registered user |
I dunno........
I know one lady who had that surgery. She literally become a MILF in a matter of weeks. It is a good thing that she already have good eating habits. Since she lost her weight, her marriage and self-confidence has steady gotten better and dance more often. Good for her! |
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superguppie |
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Posts: 23490 (07/14/08 7:33 PM) Registered user |
Hang on though. Isn't the long-term success of these surgeries very much in question? Don't a lot of people put most, if not all, of the weight back on? |
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