South Park Vows to Never Make Fun of People For Their Weight 'Ever Again'. “Rich people get Ozempic, poor people get body positivity,” Cartman says in Paramount+’s latest special.
South Park Vows to Never Make Fun of People For Their Weight 'Ever Again'. “Rich people get Ozempic, poor people get body positivity,” Cartman says in Paramount+’s latest special.
In South Park's latest Paramount+ special, The End of Obesity, the comedy mocked weight loss drugs like Ozempic.
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"Rich people get Ozempic, poor people get body positivity,” hits the nail on the head so hard.
I missed the warning when I first watched it, and was thinking this one was 100% because Matt or Trey went on it.
Re watched it later and saw the warning that they used the actual sound of Trey injecting Ozempic lol.
What's crazy is it really doesnt have to be like this and "big sugar" really is to blame. I started paying attention to how much sugar is in everything a few months ago, and that shit is just crammed in everything. There's hardly any options anymore for normal food that isn't filled with it.
A "meat and potatoes" diet was never healthy, but throw a bunch of sugar in with it and it's no surprise obesity is such an issue.
But all you need to do is eat more nonsoluable fiber. Stuff like kidney beans, oatmeal, sauerkraut, leafy greens, you can even get the fat free refried beans.
Eat some of that and it'll stay in your stomach a long time and make you feel full all day, and it slowly releases sugar instead of short bursts. It stops being a struggle to eat less, because most modern food is very easy to digest and we burn thru that sugar quick and want more immediately.
Once you start dealing with poverty and calorie/price becomes the most important part of your decision making process, you're going to go for that high sugar low fiber diet.
Like, it's not just food either. When we don't have enough resources, we stop thinking long term because we prioritize the present over the future. That changes in thinking makes a 2k calorie fast food meal seem like a good idea.
But it's crazy after all this time South Park is one of the few big shows that talks about this shit.
When it comes to diet and health, I t’s a never-ending perpetual cycle too. That is to say that if you eat unhealthy foods you will become tired, unable to concentrate, and have memory (and other) problems. This affects every aspect of your life, like learning, work, and home life (e.g., playing with your kids, hygiene, etc), and you end up becoming anxious, depressed, unmotivated, and angrier.
To break this cycle, you have to somehow realize it’s your diet that’s the problem, spend more money on either pre-processed meals, or spend more time and effort (and maybe money too) on cooking from scratch. Then there’s the effort of meal planning, grocery shopping, being organized in the kitchen, doing more dishes, etc. it’s a logistical nightmare for some people.
So you fall back to the easily-obtainable, cheaply-made, ultra-processed, and unhealthy foods. You slip back into your depression, but even harder than before, and you add on the mental torture of how much of a big fat failure you are because you can’t do something that should be so simple.
… I have to stop. I’m starting to feel like this is one of those rants that are turning into one of those ultra-personal emotional dumps that have gone way off topic. I still stand by everything I’ve said though.
It feels like you got to high of expectations on yourself, that you should go from 1 to 100 in a snap, without failure.
That is very hard to do and is setup to fail, you didn't give yourself a proper chance. Try doing things in small steps, change one thing instead of everything. Maybe choose carbonated water instead of soda once in a while, maybe skip the fries if you're eating a burger and replace it with cooked potatoes.
But try changing a few stuff at a time, and make theme routine, and when they are routine try changing something else.
Changes take time, changing your life in a swoop is very hard to do, take your time and explore what works for you.
What is Ozempic?
edit: i just learned something about myself today