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Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars

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Re: Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars

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convolvatron wrote: post #328
albedoa wrote: post #296

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Do we have to admit that in this sub-thread? Your sentiment is better placed where we are not currently deriding the absurd take that "both can kill you easily". There is no recovery to be had here. > whether or not the level of injury is the same It is not the same.

sorry, I just really don't like this glib response that while I might be unnecessarily aggressive and threaten you, its not really not a problem since the likelihood that I'll actually _kill_ you is much lower than if I were the same idiot driving a car.

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Re: Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars

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Post by delichon »

rsynnott wrote: post #389
delichon wrote: post #238

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As an obese person I disagree. Even 40 pounds is a meaningful mobility impairment, a difference between a joy and a trudge. I've experienced 200 pounds, and it is a kind of prison. Even a little bit of that prison is deeply meaningful. Have you not experienced it? I think I did more intensely as a yo-yo dieter. I knew what it was like to be fit from recent memory when I wasn't fit, and hated the difference.

I was 90kg 20 years ago, 65kg now. About 5’9, so from low end of obese to low end of normal. I don’t honestly notice _that_ much of a mobility difference. Def never had any trouble getting around a city on foot/public transport. Now, it’d obviously be different for very obese people, but most obese people are in the 30-35 bmi range.

There is one particular trail that was a very heavy workout for me at 200 pounds. I crash dieted down to 160 and tried it again, and it felt like I was gently floating above the trail. I think most people don't notice because most people don't change so rapidly.
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