health stuff but not really; anxiety pollution
I fucking hate science "journalism." I just got the almighty shit triggered out of my phobia of having a heart attack because of that fucking study about the effects of sitting for long periods.
Had to spend a half-hour, one I should have spent working (or exercising!?) talking myself out of the idea that I was going to keel over instantly from 40 years of sitting.
I realize this is not rational, that's kinda the point. :)
health stuff but not really; anxiety pollution
What finally snapped me out of it was googling for the phrase "twice the risk of early death" and making a few comparisons.
Eventually I got to the point of "ok, well then, between the depression, the ADD, the sitting, the fried potatoes, the belly fat, taking prilosec, and having had a dad who died of a heart attack, I guess I just have 128x the risk of a normal person and it's a miracle I'm even walking." Yes, I know it doesn't work that way. XD
