a) I think diets and all that stuff has been a thing here for as long as i exist, it's just that way back it was mostly people older than us and not our peers discussing it. Most kids have different kinds of stupid stuff to worry about.

b)I'd kind of disagree about healthy lifestyle - it is in itself a very good thing to promote. It's just that the great majority of people have NO idea what that actually means, and you must know that almost everyone always finds "the magical method", "this ancient Chinese secret", "unbelievable discovery" and so on a more appealing thing to believe in than admitting they should just do regular boring and possibly unpleasant things every day for the rest of forever to be healthy. Even people that should absolutely know better fall for it because they really really want it to be so easy. And on the other side there someone earns money for writing nonsense books/leading lectures/selling 'magical' solutions.

c) I did not know you were back in LV; are you staying? Do you have free time sometimes?

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a) That would make sense. Also I haven't lived here for the past 6 years, so I wouldn't know what it's really been like.

b) I absolutely agree. My conjecture concerned mainly the 'pressure' and the fact that they're doing it wrong. Looking for shortcuts and expensive miracle products, while possibly even realising that most of it's just business. Sure, some of those things are healthy or at least not unhealthy, but on the whole won't make you magically healthier. The other thing is, of course, the whole guilt alleviation thing, where you can keep eating all the burgers and fries you want, only if you nearly kill yourself at crossfit classes.

c) Staying at least for now. And definitely up for hanging out, once I'm out of of the woods.

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