COVID-19 - On the Ground

[Deleted User 863]

Doesn’t that count as body shaming or whatever tho?

Obesity doesn’t get quite the same
stigma as smoking.

could you imagine if we had a designated section at restaurants for fatties

Never applied for health or life insurance? If you're obese/overweight it impacts coverage.

[randylahey]

Thats where science is truly being ignored. Why don't these politicians promote personal health choices? Instead they shut down gyms all across the country

[CrimsonNBlue]

Doesn’t that count as body shaming or whatever tho?

Obesity doesn’t get quite the same
stigma as smoking.

could you imagine if we had a designated section at restaurants for fatties

Never applied for health or life insurance? If you're obese/overweight it impacts coverage.

Higher premiums for non-vax status seems to be around the corner if not here already.

[ousdahl]

Cuz the constituents view “personal health choices” as “mock exercise and healthy eating, I’d rather sit on my fat ass and eat fast food, I got mah rights.” Depending on the district, promoting healthy lifestyles could be political career suicide.

(Remember when Michelle Obama’s flotus pet project was healthy lifestyles, and pubs was so outraged that Sarah Palin handed out cookies at schools?)

And I think gyms were the increased likelihood of transmission, more than intentionally trying to prevent exercise

[Deleted User 902]

Doesn’t that count as body shaming or whatever tho?

Obesity doesn’t get quite the same
stigma as smoking.

could you imagine if we had a designated section at restaurants for fatties

We do. It's called the buffet.

[CrimsonNBlue]

Doesn’t that count as body shaming or whatever tho?

Obesity doesn’t get quite the same
stigma as smoking.

could you imagine if we had a designated section at restaurants for fatties

We do. It's called the buffet.

And most buffets are still closed. randy takes another L.

[randylahey]

Ironically a lot of transmission occurred within households because everyone was locked down together

[Deleted User 89]

Cuz the constituents view “personal health choices” as “mock exercise and healthy eating, I’d rather sit on my fat ass and eat fast food, I got mah rights.” Depending on the district, promoting healthy lifestyles could be political career suicide.

(Remember when Michelle Obama’s flotus pet project was healthy lifestyles, and pubs was so outraged that Sarah Palin handed out cookies at schools?)

And I think gyms were the increased likelihood of transmission, more than intentionally trying to prevent exercise

you forgot the soda size outrage in NY

[randylahey]

Doesn’t that count as body shaming or whatever tho?

Obesity doesn’t get quite the same
stigma as smoking.

could you imagine if we had a designated section at restaurants for fatties

We do. It's called the buffet.

And most buffets are still closed. randy takes another L.

Where was the L?

[Deleted User 902]

Speaking of Buffets, anyone ever just eat themselves silly at King Buffet at (I think) 23rd street? I remember eating my body weight in crab rangoons then slamming any gooey breaded chicken thing like General Tao or Sesame Chicken.

I miss having a metabolism and time to play sports all weekend.

[twocoach]

Well its not secret that covid has been a plague of the unhealthy. Why has that never been the focus? Instead of all these ignorant mask and vaccine mandates, lockdowns, etc

States with the highest obesity rates:
Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Michigan, Louisiana, South Carolina.

9 of those 10 states went to Trump in 2020. The 10th barely went to Biden.

States with the lowest covid vaccination rates:
Alabama, Mississippi, Wyoming, Idaho, Louisiana, Arkansas, West Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, North Dakota.

All 10 of those went to Trump in 2020.

Lots of crossovers between the two lists. I think the odds of those people following any recommended health guidelines was as low as their performance in following covid guidelines.

[CrimsonNBlue]

I recall going to Jin Shan on 23rd a few times.


I like Indian buffets. Sadly, they may never come back in KC.

[twocoach]

Ironically a lot of transmission occurred within households because everyone was locked down together

Ironically, all cases of household transmission began by someone contracting covid outside of their home and then infecting people in their home. The vast majority of those in cases where people either did not or could not follow recommended procedures.

[Deleted User 902]

I recall going to Jin Shan on 23rd a few times.


I like Indian buffets. Sadly, they may never come back in KC.

I don't think I had that one. Just looked it up, and it seems like it closed.

I just remember King had like $8 days for students or something. Ate enough at like 5 pm to keep my full for 24 hours.

I don't think I ever had Indian buffet. Sounds like a great idea if I wasn't so health conscious now. I don't even know the last time I had a buffet that wasn't a catered event. Has to be since KU. I wonder if they were like a 90s thing. Seems like you don't see that option as often any more.

[zsn]

Just wondering when the diet and exercise mandates will be coming?

When will insurance companies charge extra…don’t they already do that for smokers?

For life insurance yes, for health insurance no - they are prohibited by law.

[ousdahl]

There was that pizza buffet on 23rd. You could get a free meal by signing up for a credit card on Wescoe beach. We’d put bullshit names and info on a credit card signup to get the free coupon then go gorge on like 26 slices of pizza. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

[Deleted User 902]

Just wondering when the diet and exercise mandates will be coming?

When will insurance companies charge extra…don’t they already do that for smokers?

For life insurance yes, for health insurance no - they are prohibited by law.

My company subsidizes like $1,100 a year (plus like another $500 for my wife) if your BMI is under 25, or if it's over 25, it doesn't increase each year. That comes out to like 40% of my premiums. Backdoor way around that I guess.

[Deleted User 902]

There was that pizza buffet on 23rd. You could get a free meal by signing up for a credit card on Wescoe beach. We’d put bullshit names and info on a credit card signup to get the free coupon then go gorge on like 26 slices of pizza. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

Nothing like committing credit card fraud for a pizza. I don't remember any other pizza joints on 23rd other than Gumby's, Wheat State and Pizza Shuttle. Wasn't Godfathers a buffet place? Was there one in Lawrence?

[ousdahl]

I think it was at 23rd and Iowa, right next to that big liquor store

[zsn]

Speaking of Buffets, anyone ever just eat themselves silly at King Buffet at (I think) 23rd street? I remember eating my body weight in crab rangoons then slamming any gooey breaded chicken thing like General Tao or Sesame Chicken.

I miss having a metabolism and time to play sports all weekend.

Been to many a buffet back in the days. Anyone remember Ponderosa? We used to call it Ponderosa Pig Out!! As a vegetarian I would just hand over the steak to my buddies and eat just about everything in the buffet. My friends would joke that I need to be careful when loading up my plate because the manager may come out and offer me the money back if I promised never to return!!

Nowadays I can barely finish my first round (early 20s vs late 50s)!