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the point is, ladies and gentlemen, that cringe, for lack of a better word, is good. cringe is right. cringe works. cringe clarifies, unites us, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. cringe, in all of its forms has marked the upward surge of mankind
I am sure that Iāve done quote-dunks myself, but fortunately my account has never been big enough for it to really matter. Lately Iāve seen some quote-dunks that make it really clear how toxic it can be, the ones that miss this joke among them. š¦
I'm not sure it's that dry, just that it hits a nerve so the people who miss it are unusually loud about that.
Or it might be made up. The thing Iām trying to validate might be real but unproven, might be real and proven, or might be quackery. Weāll see.
Sadly the (unrelated) citation Iām tracking down exists in this text but isnāt itself cited so I still need evidence. It might be one of those facts that are so widely known there isnāt a good citation (a la āwater is wetā except there are citations for surface tension).
Like. What. Iām not saying a textbook needs to go full Health At Every Size. I _am_ saying that it should mention things like whether/how SDOH were controlled for in the risk of obesity research they cite and why that might be a thing.
Because Reasons, I interlibrary loaned the current edition of a college text on exercise physiology. Nowhere ā including the chapter on obesity ā does it mention social determinants of health by name. I read that chapter and theyāre not described in different terms, either.
Seattle was supposed to be a climate refuge, too - then we got walloped by smoke, then the heat dome. The sooner we let go of the illusion of escape the sooner we can get serious about the solidarity needed to lower emissions and prepare our communities.
Painful irony w/Helene's colossal damage in Asheville: the city recently placed #3 on a list of US cities most likely to experience "climate migration". Asheville summers are cool by Southeastern standards, and annual avg precip (~36") is low for the region. www.citizen-times.com/story/news/l...
Migration due to climate change may land Asheville a lot of new residents in coming years according to a sustainable real estate expert.