I’ve been in an 11hr flight in the middle seat between two obese people and I should’ve gotten a partial refund for all the room they took spilling over into my seat
You should have gotten a full refund. I’m disgusted at how miserable every experience on a plane has become. Either pay extra to pick a seat or be jammed in the middle of a narrow row that shrinks every year.
Could be the potential extra burden on the healthcare system since obesity is highly correlated with a wide number of illnesses. Of course this applies to smokers and heavy drinkers too.
People who due early are cheap for the healthcare system.
The government in my country won’t ban smoking because of this grim truth. The tobacco taxes income is larger than the cost of healthcare for a few years for smokers.
Many HEAS advocates loudly proclaim that losing weight is a personal attack against them, and being on a diet (literally, rejecting cake) is harsh discrimination.
Wdym by this — do fat people’s existence typically necessitate others’ unhappiness?
You ever used public transportation or a plane?
I’ve been in an 11hr flight in the middle seat between two obese people and I should’ve gotten a partial refund for all the room they took spilling over into my seat
You should have gotten a full refund. I’m disgusted at how miserable every experience on a plane has become. Either pay extra to pick a seat or be jammed in the middle of a narrow row that shrinks every year.
Wish we could have high-speed rail.
Could be the potential extra burden on the healthcare system since obesity is highly correlated with a wide number of illnesses. Of course this applies to smokers and heavy drinkers too.
Also people with adverse childhood experiences
People who due early are cheap for the healthcare system.
The government in my country won’t ban smoking because of this grim truth. The tobacco taxes income is larger than the cost of healthcare for a few years for smokers.
Many HEAS advocates loudly proclaim that losing weight is a personal attack against them, and being on a diet (literally, rejecting cake) is harsh discrimination.
For example, here’s a world famous fat-advocate saying so: https://www.ravishly.com/take-cake-smaller-slice-cake