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0 pointsEliRivers1y ago0 comments

what could go wrong with screwing with the neurochemical reward system of the entire population

We already know what can go wrong.

We already did that decades and decades ago. Sugar, for example. Aside from so many foods being laced with it, you can now simply walk into a store and buy a kilogram of sugar and eat it. So many other examples. That ship sailed a long long time ago. All we can do now is nudge the dial the other way.

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myprotegeai1y ago

Because you can buy sugar from the store, having the US subsidize ozempic for for the entire population makes logical sense. Got it.

consteval1y ago

That's not even close to what he said.

He's saying we already have completely fucked our reward system.

That's why 75%+ of American are literally eating themselves to death. And they can't stop. And no, "discipline" isn't a solution.

If anything, I'd say Ozempic brings our reward systems to be more in line with modern reality. Monkey brain doesn't work when you have the unhealthiest food available constantly at your finger tips.

Regardless of your stance on anything, it should be obvious we have a HUGE problem. I'm sorry, but a "do nothing and hope it works" approach is now off the table. We need real, tangible solutions. Not moral grandstanding.

EliRiversOP1y ago

Perhaps you could take your childishness elsewhere. It does grow tiring.

balthigor1y ago

You are not the arbiter of what is "childish".

This style of condescension does grow tiring.

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