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Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by whamlastxmas » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 10:02 PM UTC

Young adults today probably meet and interact with many fewer people in person than most any generation in the past 50+ years. Romantic relationships, especially casual ones, are probably largely the result of meeting lots of people in person. They spend less time around people in general due to social media and whatever else they have. There's also probably some element of narcissism that exists today that didn't previously due to social media (and I apply this to all age groups).

Seems like a pretty simple explanation to me.

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by skyrw » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:16 AM UTC

fulafel wrote: post #29

skyrw wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The behavior patters that lead to obesity usually go hand in hand with avoiding common hookup/dating spots (i.e clubs). Sitting on the couch eating 3 papa john's pizzas every night does not help you bang anybody, regardless of body type.

Only some overweight people fit that description, I certainly don't. You can be reasonably active, go out, and eat pretty sensibly and still have trouble managing your weight. Still even the more couchpotato types are sexual people and should naturally end up forming dating scenes even if the theory of segregation turned out to be strongly true, excluding people who lose their libido due to depression etc. (ftr, I se…

If you are fat then you are not eating sensibly, regardless of your excuses.

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 9:19 AM UTC

skyrw wrote: post #52

fulafel wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only some overweight people fit that description, I certainly don't. You can be reasonably active, go out, and eat pretty sensibly and still have trouble managing your weight. Still even the more couchpotato types are sexual people and should naturally end up forming dating scenes even if the theory of segregation turned out to be strongly true, excluding people who lose their libido due to depression etc. (ftr, I se…

If you are fat then you are not eating sensibly, regardless of your excuses.

The difference between obese and normal weight could be 100 extra calories per day.

Look at all those "healthy snacks" - a small handful of nuts, a smoothie, a pot of fruit. These are all over 100 calories.

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by sethammons » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 2:05 PM UTC

zzalpha wrote: post #22

sethammons wrote: post #3

TIL that I am a millennial at 35 yo. I thought I was Gen X.

Ah! A fellow member of the Oregon Trail Generation! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Trail_Generation

Now, this is something I can identitify with! Haha

Re: Millennials are having less sex than any generation in 60 years

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Post by fulafel » Wed, Sep 07, 2016, 3:53 PM UTC

skyrw wrote: post #52

fulafel wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only some overweight people fit that description, I certainly don't. You can be reasonably active, go out, and eat pretty sensibly and still have trouble managing your weight. Still even the more couchpotato types are sexual people and should naturally end up forming dating scenes even if the theory of segregation turned out to be strongly true, excluding people who lose their libido due to depression etc. (ftr, I se…

If you are fat then you are not eating sensibly, regardless of your excuses.

For many people, once you keep a certain weight for a while, your body will try pretty hard to keep you there. This means that your metabolism will slow down if you start doing the straightforward small calorie deficit.

Hence to lose weight you need to keep your calorie deficit at high levels and feel significantly hungry for a very long time.

This comes with a risk of yoyo-ing, which is much worse for you than keeping the same weight since it will put high stress on your insulin/lipid metabolism that causes insulin resistance and type II diabetes. Indeed most overweight people have gone through cycles of yoyo-ing and ended up heavier than what they started with.

TL;DR: if you think obese people are just unusually lazy or weak willed, you aren't getting the picture.