So, it has come to this...

[Andile™]

Until the Norskies come along.

[Norska]

Though, in fairness to Norska, if I didn't have a job outside of home I would probably be just like him- sitting at home gaming my life away in an unhealthy swamp ass skulk. Completely ignoring responsiblity in a mindless hedonistic, yet ultimately unfulfilling relvery of sticky sweatcoverd keyboards.

You.... you understand me so well.

Except for the swamp ass part.

I shower at least once a week, that prevents my swamp assiness.

Until the Norskies come along.

I'm giving you the most serious case of disapproval eyes I can muster.

[Marou]

You.... you understand me so well.

Except for the swamp ass part.

I shower at least once a week, that prevents my swamp assiness.



I'm giving you the most serious case of disapproval eyes I can muster.

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[Mute]

”We found that if you sleep a lot, rest a lot (some call it being a couch potato), and even smoke, you are 80 times more likely to be healthier and enjoy your life more than someone who busts their ass every day exercising. You cannot get injured while you sleep and you get rejuvenated. Even walking very often will grind at your knees and cartilage, often leading to discomfort later in life or even surgery. Watch TV or read a book on your soft couch instead of joining an over 40 old man’s soccer league. Break a leg, have a heart attack, or sit around and enjoy a book and a cigarette? Pretty easy choice really. It challenges all of our traditional conventions and we already have Zumba dance instructors and swimming coaches breathing down our necks. We don’t care. Get angry and run on over to come see us. We’ll be chilling on the sofa, most likely, enjoying life without injury.”

[Valec]

”We found that if you sleep a lot, rest a lot (some call it being a couch potato), and even smoke, you are 80 times more likely to be healthier and enjoy your life more than someone who busts their ass every day exercising. You cannot get injured while you sleep and you get rejuvenated. Even walking very often will grind at your knees and cartilage, often leading to discomfort later in life or even surgery. Watch TV or read a book on your soft couch instead of joining an over 40 old man’s soccer league. Break a leg, have a heart attack, or sit around and enjoy a book and a cigarette? Pretty easy choice really. It challenges all of our traditional conventions and we already have Zumba dance instructors and swimming coaches breathing down our necks. We don’t care. Get angry and run on over to come see us. We’ll be chilling on the sofa, most likely, enjoying life without injury.”

Highly unlikely. And that's being polite. Sitting on your ass all day and smoking does not decrease your chances of heart attack vs. someone who eats healthy and exercises daily. It's just not true.

[Mute]

Highly unlikely. And that's being polite. Sitting on your ass all day and smoking does not decrease your chances of heart attack vs. someone who eats healthy and exercises daily. It's just not true.

That could be true, but in all fairness the article isn't talking about decreasing your chances of heart attack. And even if they were, it'd seem (to me) that there would be a gap in the chances of you having a heart attack while doing something that requires minimal stress on your heart, compared to the chances of you having a heart attack while doing something that really pushes your heart to work hard.

I don't see why it would be preposterous idea to consider.

[Valec]

That could be true, but in all fairness the article isn't talking about decreasing your chances of heart attack. And even if they were, it'd seem (to me) that there would be a gap in the chances of you having a heart attack while doing something that requires minimal stress on your heart, compared to the chances of you having a heart attack while doing something that really pushes your heart to work hard.

I don't see why it would be preposterous idea to consider.

Well, if you sit on your ass all day and smoke, the gap between what is minimal stress and what pushes your heart to work hard becomes smaller. So it seems to me that laziness would still be counterproductive.

[Norska]

The heart is a muscle, just like any other in your body. If you exercise, it gets stronger. They call it the "athletic heart", increases in size, iirc, by about 50% after two weeks of moderate to heavy exercise. It increases the amount of oxygenated blood that is pumped through the body, allowing for a lower resting heart beat and the ability to adequately pump nutrients around the body during strenous activity. Generally it is considered a positive adaptation, the only negative being that it can mask serious heart issues in athletes as doctors might incorrectly attribute changes to the athletic heart when they are really caused by an underlying issue. Also, cartilage isn't like other parts of your body, it gets very little blood flow and thus is more difficult to repair and maintain (much like ligaments and tendons). In fact, the only way to get nutrients to cartilage, such as your knees, hips, shoulders and all those other things that fail from age, is to constantly move them. Stretching will prevent tears and rips in muscles and connective tissue. It's sudden physical activity by unhealthy people that lead to issues like heart attacks, torn tendons and ligaments, sprains etc in the people who wrote this article, the ones who sit around smoking and then decide to play soccer one day when they've done nothing for years.

This article basically says everything that has been researched, documented, and studied prior is false. Well, that is what I'm assuming... since the article doesn't really say much aside from "being lazy is healthy" and "look at our witty article name".

Now hey, it could be correct, but I'd want to see the actual research data, as well as peer reviewed follow up studies, before I take it for anything beyond people trying to validate their lifestyle choices as something it isn't.

[Mute]

Well, if you sit on your ass all day and smoke, the gap between what is minimal stress and what pushes your heart to work hard becomes smaller. So it seems to me that laziness would still be counterproductive.

Now hey, it could be correct, but I'd want to see the actual research data, as well as peer reviewed follow up studies, before I take it for anything beyond people trying to validate their lifestyle choices as something it isn't.

What I find most interesting is the fact that we really don't know what the benefits/consequences of a well rested body. Though I would have to say that getting away from the idea that they said "lazy people are healthier than athletes." is rather important. Perhaps we could compare and contrast the health of say, a monk and a Olympic athlete.

Though I do admit, most likely this is a paper written by these two stoners and they came up with a silly idea to turn in as homework, and turned out they have a strong point with little counter evidence.

[Norska]

bah, you must be trollin

I just searched all over the place, not one database has any info on the article, the authors names etc. No other site but a blog even mentions it, and the blog is a word for word copy. Then we have the fact that mouthfrogger states on it's site that

"MouthFrog is all original content and any duplication of other similar content is purely accidental. The site is intended for readers over the age of 18 years old and is satirical in nature. If it makes a point or helps you to have some sort of a societical or personal epiphany, this has also been by accident.

The writing staff is perverse and private. We are open to reader ideas and feedback but currently are not accepting story submissions or job applications. Our intent is to amuse ourselves and potentially find some loyal and rabid MouthFroggers that will be equally amused. Spread the word so that we can expand our operations to incorporate more things for you to enjoy! If you find references or humor to be offensive or confusing, you are in the wrong place. Go visit another site and don’t waste our time with spam or hate mail."

So yeah, BS.

[Mute]

Was the monk thing a bit much?

but seriously.

[Norska]

I trusted you Mute. I trusted you.

And you took that trust and shat on it.

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