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I don't think anyone who vastly improved their physical appearance through diet and exercise would ever say that they wouldn't go back through it.

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you're observation doesn't generalize across time and cultures

it's only because of a perverse obsession this culture has that these psychological factors are becoming so important


I refuse to evaluate myself on the body images that most the culture uses considering the ugly basis for these things.

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WTF? Thats exactly my point. Your generalizations don't hold across cultures/people. Each person should be able to decide for themselves what they can or cannot do. Being physically better looking is like being richer. You gain utility. People have to decide if they are able to trade out a few hamburgers each week and gain utils or if they'd be happier being fat. Or perhaps they are unwilling to look at longterm gain in happiness for short term gratification as is the case in most addictions.

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wow...you should read the happiness research as well

hint: good-looking and money are highly overrated