UK: Obese woman blames government

[Kidlicious]

Not me, and I'm 46.

[Sava]

The state would benefit from her being healthier. In the long term, her health care costs are likely to be much lower. I don't see the problem here.

This whole anti-woman thing is getting out of hand.

[Kidlicious]

Keep in mind that I work 60 hrs a week. I used to work 74 hours a week when I was is the Navy. I work in a field dominated by men, but there are women who do what I do. But I think I worked 16 hours maybe 3 times in my life.

[Sava]

Find a penis yet?

[Lorizael]

Keep in mind that I work 60 hrs a week. I used to work 74 hours a week when I was is the Navy. I work in a field dominated by men, but there are women who do what I do. But I think I worked 16 hours maybe 3 times in my life.

You don't seem to understand how this whole logic and evidence thing works. You claimed that people don't work 16 hour days. I provided a counter-example of people who did work 16 hour days. Therefore your claim is wrong, and no amount of people not working 16 hour days that you present is evidence to the contrary.

[kentonio]

Keep in mind that I work 60 hrs a week. I used to work 74 hours a week when I was is the Navy. I work in a field dominated by men, but there are women who do what I do. But I think I worked 16 hours maybe 3 times in my life.

I've worked more than 16 hours at a stretch on dozens of occasions. You yanks must be really lazy.

[Sava]

As counter-evidence I present my diet through most of college.

Yes. I'm sure the dietary needs of a 135 pound male in his late teens/early 20's applies to a story about an overweight mother and two children.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

The state would benefit from her being healthier. In the long term, her health care costs are likely to be much lower. I don't see the problem here.

This whole anti-woman thing is getting out of hand.

She wouldn't lose weight if the state gave her more money. Currently she's getting the equivalent of over $30,000 a year for a family of three so she's not even poor. She would just find another excuse for being fat instead of accepting that she eats too much.

[Sava]

She wouldn't lose weight if the state gave her more money. Currently she's getting the equivalent of over $30,000 a year for a family of three so she's not even poor. She would just find another excuse for being fat instead of accepting that she eats too much.

The cost of raising children in the UK:

The cost of raising a child from birth until their 21st birthday has soared to more than £218,000, according to research from insurer LV=, which makes more gloomy reading for the UK's cash-strapped families.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jan/26/cost-raising-child-rises-218000

For two kids, £20,000 is barely breaking even.

You literally have no idea what you are talking about.

[Colonâ„¢]

He's a European.

I suspect he's equally suffering under the misapprehension that Edmund Burke is Canadian or such.

[AAAAAAAAH!]

The cost of raising children in the UK:

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jan/26/cost-raising-child-rises-218000

For two kids, £20,000 is barely breaking even.

You literally have no idea what you are talking about.

LV='s Cost of a Child survey says rising education costs and childcare are the biggest expenditure

Yeah, totally applicable for a single mother who doesn't earn any income.

[Sava]

Those costs exist, you know. I'm not sure what's so funny about that.

Seems like you're on a good caffeine kick this morning.

[Sava]

also, have any of you grocery noobs ever bought fresh fruit before?

[Kidlicious]

You don't seem to understand how this whole logic and evidence thing works. You claimed that people don't work 16 hour days. I provided a counter-example of people who did work 16 hour days. Therefore your claim is wrong, and no amount of people not working 16 hour days that you present is evidence to the contrary.

I didn't mean that no one ever worked a 16 hour day. Look at the context. My point was simply that kentonio was exaggerating. The only reason to make that point is that kentonio thinks that men are privileged, which they aren't.

[Kidlicious]

I've worked more than 16 hours at a stretch on dozens of occasions. You yanks must be really lazy.

You worked 16 hours doing what?