"Not with a bang but a whisper..."
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Mar. 19th, 2009 | 01:19 pm
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On the MSN/Sympatico page:
See why starving yourself isn't the only option if you're looking to shed some extra pounds.
Well, I suppose starving yourself is, technically, an option. Still, it would have been nice if that had used a tag line which didn't make it sound like a vaguely acceptable one.
Let's try a switch. Instead of making the sentence about weight loss, let's make it about vegetables:
See why spinach isn't the only option if you're looking to squeeze in some extra leafy greens.
With that sentence, it's still sounds perfectly reasonable to eat spinach but it acknowledges that not everyone likes spinach and that some days you might feel like something else.
Perhaps I'm being too tenacious but imagine 700 subtle messages a day. Alone they look harmless, but they build up pressure.
Just a thought.
See why starving yourself isn't the only option if you're looking to shed some extra pounds.
Well, I suppose starving yourself is, technically, an option. Still, it would have been nice if that had used a tag line which didn't make it sound like a vaguely acceptable one.
Let's try a switch. Instead of making the sentence about weight loss, let's make it about vegetables:
See why spinach isn't the only option if you're looking to squeeze in some extra leafy greens.
With that sentence, it's still sounds perfectly reasonable to eat spinach but it acknowledges that not everyone likes spinach and that some days you might feel like something else.
Perhaps I'm being too tenacious but imagine 700 subtle messages a day. Alone they look harmless, but they build up pressure.
Just a thought.
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date: Mar. 19th, 2009 04:29 pm (UTC)
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date: Mar. 19th, 2009 08:39 pm (UTC)
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letters_in_sand
date: Mar. 19th, 2009 11:12 pm (UTC)
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Perhaps I'm being too tenacious
being a voice of sanity in the midst of an utterly insane culture is what I would call it...
but imagine 700 subtle messages a day.
exactly, and many not-at-all subtle ones in addition.
I've said it before, but I'm soooo sick of this assumption that weight loss is always a good thing and always what everyone wants. ugh!
And yeah, there are other... BETTER... reasons to eat spinach.
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chiaradiluna
date: Mar. 20th, 2009 12:45 am (UTC)
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their articles suck, their writers suck, and everyone there sucks.
Edited at 2009-03-20 12:46 am (UTC)
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