Don Tiny wrote:
It's not terribly surprising; it's not like anyone expected him to stand up for fat people.
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| Author: | Tad Queasy [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ste ... caa4d61c29 Now this is a commendable cause. Stephen Hawking, distinguished English scientist, recently filmed a public service announcement to address one of the largest public health problems facing humanity today: Obesity. “Millions of lives are in danger,” Hawking says in the video produced by Gen-Pep, a Swedish non-profit organization which promotes health for young people and children. “As a cosmologist, I see the world as a whole and I am here to address one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century.” The obesity rate in the United States alone is staggering. More than one third of the adult American population ― 38 percent ― is obese, according to the most current Robert Wood Johnson State of Obesity report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that one in three adults could have type 2 diabetes, one of the most common complications of obesity, by the year 2050. The simple ad features Hawking alone in a room. Toward the end, Hawking ― who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which causes paralysis ― remarks about mankind’s tendency to sit too much, move too little. “For what it’s worth, how being sedentary has become a major problem,” Hawking says and then pauses, “is beyond my understanding.” Watch the rest of the short PSA below: You have to click the link to watch the PSA video. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
It's not terribly surprising; it's not like anyone expected him to stand up for fat people. |
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| Author: | Peoria Matt [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Don Tiny wrote: It's not terribly surprising; it's not like anyone expected him to stand up for fat people.
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Someone on twitter wrote: Some people just have good genes. Hawking sits on his ass all day and weights 85 lbs. I sit on my ass all day and weigh 300. #geneticprivelage
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Don Tiny wrote: It's not terribly surprising; it's not like anyone expected him to stand up for fat people. 
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| Author: | leashyourkids [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Is Stephen Hawking active? Seems like a hypocritical position (notice I didn't say "stance"). |
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
leashyourkids wrote: Is Stephen Hawking active? Seems like a hypocritical position (notice I didn't say "stance"). No. Kind of a shitty thing to do for no apparent reason. Obviously not a stand up guy. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
So what's the deal w/ DBs avatar anyway?  I can't tell if it's supposed to be: (a) Idealized Hitler; (b) Donald Trump as Hitler; (c) Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump as Hitler; or, (d) Mr. Humphries from Are You Being Served as Hitler (Sind Sie frei? Ich bin frei!) Gonna need a ruling. |
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| Author: | Godfella [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Anybody catch the recent Big Bang Theory with the remote control Stephen Hawking toy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FxmRmyGkx0 |
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| Author: | pittmike [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Godfella wrote: Anybody catch the recent Big Bang Theory with the remote control Stephen Hawking toy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FxmRmyGkx0 Yeah in the last week or two. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:21 pm ] |
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leashyourkids wrote: Is Stephen Hawking active? Seems like a hypocritical position (notice I didn't say "stance"). Forget it, he's rolling. |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Frank Coztansa wrote: leashyourkids wrote: Is Stephen Hawking active? Seems like a hypocritical position (notice I didn't say "stance"). Forget it, he's rolling. 
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Seacrest wrote: leashyourkids wrote: Is Stephen Hawking active? Seems like a hypocritical position (notice I didn't say "stance"). No. Kind of a shitty thing to do for no apparent reason. Obviously not a stand up guy.
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| Author: | Brick [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
He is a scientist. As a scientist he is right. Science doesn't need to worry about feelings. Save that for Catholic school. |
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| Author: | Gloopan Kuratz [ Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Stephen Hawking, Fat Shamer |
Wait until Big Fat Red finds out. |
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