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Competitive dieting is a tool of The Man

I know every day brings the latest horror in relation to the misery of fat hatred, we're all horror-ed out, in a heightened state of panic and distress, and that's how it's supposed to be under the terms of the Obesity epidemicTM. But there's always room for another serving of disgust so here’s some more of that latest, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, which reports that diet competitions at work are a growing trend.

Office Weight-Loss Contests Rise, Saboteurs and All

There is little of any coherence I can add to this article. Let's stop now. Let's drink some brandy together and give each other foot rubs to ease the pain. There is no longer a future for any of us, or our children, or their children. Team diet competitions at work, a growing trend in corporate America. Your body, your mind, those sacred things you thought would always be yours; relationships with people; your ability to be a useful person in the world; hope and hard work for a better future: it's all gone now. The Man has won.

I lie down, I die quietly and without fuss.
 

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