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Torquill ([personal profile] torquill) wrote2008-02-05 10:16 am
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Sometimes I'm just not very smart.

Things I really should learn to ignore:

* Young Earth Creationist physics/astronomy. I know too much physics to miss the gaping logical holes, and they hurt my brain. Yet I keep looking at the "explanations". Oh, the stupidity...

* The BMI. I can't shake the fierce urge to construct a real fitness program, lose all of my excess weight, then go and take a water-tank test to prove to the medical idiots that it really doesn't apply to everyone. It's impractical for several reasons (most notably that I just had a detox reaction after losing four pounds in a fortnight; my fat does not leave gently), and it's petty, and I really should just tune it out. Yet I keep picking at the scab by reading things like Dr. Donohue's assertion that a BMI over 40 (and a waist measurement over 35 for women) means you're obese and facing serious health risks. Fuck you, Phil.

* People who worked at a job while doing college full-time. Their condescension toward those who get a "free ride" from financial aid still bugs me, even with a disability voucher I can wave in their face. Of course, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is imaginary anyway -- I look fine, so I should be able to pull my own weight and get a job. Argh...

I guess I'm just thin-skinned today.

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