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ElectricMonk79

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ElectricMonk79··on Attack Is Suspected as North Korean Internet Collapses
Cutting off a major source of communication to a paranoid and armed nation seems like a really bad idea. Ask any horror film director - imagined enemies and actions are much worse than being able to see the monster.
ElectricMonk79··on Things I still can't do in November 2014
Yes! :)

I love to tease the public health nazis with... "On average, fat people are healthier".

Funny because it's true.

ElectricMonk79··on Things I still can't do in November 2014
http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/healthcare/fatties-and-smokers...

> Ultimately, the thin and healthy group cost the most, about $417,000, from age 20 on. The cost of care for obese people was $371,000, and for smokers, about $326,000. And as Kip Viscusi has pointed out, when you add in the costs of the state pensions that those who die young don’t get, smoking and gorging save the government vast sums of money.

ElectricMonk79··on Things I still can't do in November 2014
> 30. Get a discount from the federal government for being healthy. Fat people should pay more taxes because they cost society more. This means some approved weigh in and testing centers

Perpetuating the myth that unhealthy people are a financial and social burden. That's wrong because....

* MIND QUAKE: Fat people are 'on average' healthier!! *

Why? Because they clutch their heart and die in an instant. 'Healthy people' drag their boney carcasses from care home to care home for decades. Do the world a favour - grab yourself a beer, a burger and some cigarettes. Knock yourself out; literally.

ElectricMonk79··on If money doesn't make you happy, you probably aren't spending it right (2010) [pdf]
"Principle 1: Buy experiences instead of things"

Figure 1 - highest on the happiness index is "making love"

I see what you're saying. ;)