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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Clearly. I said likely, not “all”. Likely assumes situations in which that is not true which in this case is the exact thing you said. Thank you for reiterating.

    You still have it wrong. You can’t just show up and easily get disability benefits. And that statement still reinforces the lie that the disabled are lazy, when the disabled want to work. And that is only people that meet the definition of disabled. There are surely more people with physical limitations that don’t otherwise qualify as “disabled”.

    No where do they talk about this.

    They specifically say walking only gets 1:0.3 credit. How can you assume that is unpoliced when it is a specific policy? The logical assumption is that is IS policed since they took the time to give lesser credit to walking.

    Life isn’t fair. It’s not a cop out. Exceptions can and need to be made.

    And they have no exceptions. That is the point.

    So let’s just prevent all people in society from healthy activities because it discriminates. Let’s drag all of society down to the same playing field for fairness. Solid reasoning. You know what’s easier reasoning to reconcile. Exceptions to the rule.

    What a straw man. No one is preventing people from healthy activities.







  • If you have a condition that prevents you from moving/ elevated heart rate, chances are you not working and already on disability.

    Ah, no. Plenty of us work. Desk jobs exist. I sit at one now. I have been told by my doctor I should not jog or run due to the impact to my knees.

    I understand the article says this but how do you police it. Put your fitness tracker to “Outdoor run” and call it day. Unless there are stricter measurements around heart rate and minimum speeds I don’t fully buy this.

    So you don’t know how they police it, but 1 sentence later you see how easy it is to police.

    So start. If a company is going to incentivize you to not be a slob maybe just go do it. Life isn’t fair. Stop making excuses and be a better version of yourself.

    Ah, the old “life isn’t fair” copout. Why should we not do our best to be fair?

    Idk, maybe they want their employees to not die of heart failure at 40 and see them grow to be old and successful.

    Ah, yes, because there is no daylight between the binary options of heart failure at 40 and growing old.


  • If you’re not doing it getting a giant bonus would be a good motivator to go out

    A better motivator would be giving credit for improvements rather than requiring the same of all regardless of age, fitness level, and disability. The only thing this would motivate me to do is find another job.

    One mile a day is really really easy to do. Jogging or walking.

    Walking only counts for 0.3 of jogging, so it is 3.33 miles of walking

    My doctor has specifically advised against jogging due to the impact on my knees.

    62 miles a month is slightly over a mile a day.

    Math isn’t your strong suit, huh? That is over 2 miles a day, Or 6.67 miles if you walk.

    Why not if this is both easy to do and a benefit for your own health?

    You miss the point. It may be easy for you, but it is not easy for everyone.