You don't think those walking skeletons in Ethiopia, Bangledesh and all around the world are actually healthy, do you?What I find most ironic in that statement, is that it was uttered from someone with the title "Dr" in their log in name.
This thing about Americans being overweight is a statistical phenomenon. Most Americans are in pretty good shape although we do have many who are overweight. On the other hand, we have very few people here who are starving, so the overweight numbers are not offset by underweight numbers. As a result, our average is skewed upward. But it doesn't mean we're all fat.
And in case you're wondering, the 'Dr' is real (not just a screen name.)
Please tell me your name is Jones, so I can forever refer to you as 'Dr. Jones'...
-Fred
-Fred
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No, they're not healthy. Also, obese people aren't healthy either. And there are more obese people in America than anywhere else.
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I'm going to try to entertain to some of the anti-American sentiments here, in a manner that (hopefully) won't insult anyone but myself: 'Doctor' Paul.
As a doctor, let me tell you that here's nothing special about doctors. We're human, just like the rest of you, except for the fact that we tend to be a bunch of self-absorbed bstrds who think we're better than everyone else. And why? Just because because we went to college longer than you? Let's talk about college. Most people get through it in four years. Maybe even two. But it takes us doctors 8 or 10 years to get through. And that's not even counting the extra few years of on-the-job training after that.
So, if you think about it, doctors must not be as smart as everyone else or why would it takes them so long to get through school? Heck, if you're really smart, you shouldn't even *need* school to tell you how to think. In fact, now that I think about it, my Uncle Louie never went to college and I'll bet he could buy and sell most doctors with his pocket change. So Doctors? No. They've obviously got some kind of brain deficiency or something, and I got no respect for 'em.
Of course, you know that I'm a doctor. But I hope you won't hate me for that. Naturally, I can't blame you if you do. But believe me. I'm on your side. In fact, whenever I have to go see or meet other doctors, I always call them by their first names (instead of Dr This or Dr That) - Just to show them that I have no respect for 'em. It's part of my own little campaign for social justice. And then there's...Well, I could go on, but I see I'm boring you.
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Ok. In my pitiful display of self-flagellation, I used Doctors as a metaphor for the United States. Then I picked one thing (time in college) and used it completely out-of-context and incorrectly as a means to defame the institution of Doctors by using a twisted brand of Sophistic logic.
Unfortunately, this kind of 'reasoning' is pervasive in our culture and the world today. My Goodness. We, in the United States, have so much. We're powerful, wealthy, influential. Kinda like doctors. We even have plenty to eat. Then, I look around at the rest of the world and it seems like they don't have as much. Hmmm.
It makes me feel kind of...what?...Sad?...No, not sad, exactly...umm...Guilty maybe? Yeah. That's it. Guilty! I feel guilty. Gee, now that I've discovered my new-found guilt, I'll bet that if I could express it, show everyone that I hated myself for being an American and for having such a good life, and I hated my country for enabling me such a good life, then, well, then everyone would love me. Yeah. I'll ride that wave of guilt around the world.
Wait. Excuse me for just a second. As a doctor, I feel that I have to also tell you this: Guilt is not good for you either. In fact, given a choice of a guilt-ridden life or one of gastronomical delights, I'd have to recommend the buffet. But it's your choice. And that's one of the nice things about it.
P.S., DrPaul is not a doctor of Medicine. He is a doctor of Physics with a specialization in theoritical atomic physics and plasma physics. so take his medical advice with a grain of salt. Oh no! Salt's bad for you, too.
As a doctor, let me tell you that here's nothing special about doctors. We're human, just like the rest of you, except for the fact that we tend to be a bunch of self-absorbed bstrds who think we're better than everyone else. And why? Just because because we went to college longer than you? Let's talk about college. Most people get through it in four years. Maybe even two. But it takes us doctors 8 or 10 years to get through. And that's not even counting the extra few years of on-the-job training after that.
So, if you think about it, doctors must not be as smart as everyone else or why would it takes them so long to get through school? Heck, if you're really smart, you shouldn't even *need* school to tell you how to think. In fact, now that I think about it, my Uncle Louie never went to college and I'll bet he could buy and sell most doctors with his pocket change. So Doctors? No. They've obviously got some kind of brain deficiency or something, and I got no respect for 'em.
Of course, you know that I'm a doctor. But I hope you won't hate me for that. Naturally, I can't blame you if you do. But believe me. I'm on your side. In fact, whenever I have to go see or meet other doctors, I always call them by their first names (instead of Dr This or Dr That) - Just to show them that I have no respect for 'em. It's part of my own little campaign for social justice. And then there's...Well, I could go on, but I see I'm boring you.
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Ok. In my pitiful display of self-flagellation, I used Doctors as a metaphor for the United States. Then I picked one thing (time in college) and used it completely out-of-context and incorrectly as a means to defame the institution of Doctors by using a twisted brand of Sophistic logic.
Unfortunately, this kind of 'reasoning' is pervasive in our culture and the world today. My Goodness. We, in the United States, have so much. We're powerful, wealthy, influential. Kinda like doctors. We even have plenty to eat. Then, I look around at the rest of the world and it seems like they don't have as much. Hmmm.
It makes me feel kind of...what?...Sad?...No, not sad, exactly...umm...Guilty maybe? Yeah. That's it. Guilty! I feel guilty. Gee, now that I've discovered my new-found guilt, I'll bet that if I could express it, show everyone that I hated myself for being an American and for having such a good life, and I hated my country for enabling me such a good life, then, well, then everyone would love me. Yeah. I'll ride that wave of guilt around the world.
Wait. Excuse me for just a second. As a doctor, I feel that I have to also tell you this: Guilt is not good for you either. In fact, given a choice of a guilt-ridden life or one of gastronomical delights, I'd have to recommend the buffet. But it's your choice. And that's one of the nice things about it.
P.S., DrPaul is not a doctor of Medicine. He is a doctor of Physics with a specialization in theoritical atomic physics and plasma physics. so take his medical advice with a grain of salt. Oh no! Salt's bad for you, too.