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I should have specified I was answering Stare at The Sun's multiple queries about advantages of being fat. But I have to say, many of those behemoth OL guys DO put away more food in a day than most families eat in a week, and yes, they do drink beer. These are guys who spend their twenties in the NFL, make a few millions, and retire by 30.
The skinny point was not so much that my friend is skinny, in fact he's probably about average. It was that he's had training, could be called up to Iraq at any minute, and he can't hump a load nearly as easily as I can. Again, this is to refute arguments that being overweight does not mean a person is a zero sum being in terms of fitness. I am stronger and have much better endurance than this person who falls completely in the accepted norms.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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