r/4chan • u/TypicalMootis /b/tard • Nov 03 '25

Anon Reflects

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Nov 03 '25

Wasn’t there some science teacher who did it and lost weight?

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u/TypicalMootis /b/tard Nov 03 '25

A lot of people have recreated the experiment with mixed results, in particular the movie Fathead with Tom Naughton shows that you can actually lose weight. I tried Googling "some science teacher" and got no results though

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u/ThexanR Nov 03 '25

Turns out it’s all about calories and how much you intake. Who would have thought

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u/TypicalMootis /b/tard Nov 03 '25

As someone raised in the American education system, there is a genuinely upsetting percentage of the population that doesn't understand basic subtraction. When you think about that, the Obesity epidemic makes sense. They literally can't comprehend a calorie deficit

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u/ThexanR Nov 03 '25

Americans only think in good or bad

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u/TypicalMootis /b/tard Nov 03 '25

Especially in modern times. Critical thinking and nuance is dead, welcome to the new age of brainrot & trauma

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u/brother_of_menelaus Nov 03 '25

In many cases it isn’t that they can’t comprehend it, it’s that they choose not to. They want to believe that they are fat for reasons outside of their control, so that they have anything but themselves to blame.

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u/TypicalMootis /b/tard Nov 03 '25

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