Healthy Commitment

September 26, 2006 6:01 AM

(8 - 1 > 8) Principle A very creative look at the huge reward of a daily commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
posted by henryw (26 comments total)

This is the first time I've ever though "is this the best of the web?"

I feel dirty now.
posted by twine42 at 6:05 AM on September 26, 2006

Yeah, I'm with ya twine.



Generally I'm not too snarky about the quality of posts, but really? One forum post? That runs for about a paragraph?





Really?
posted by craven_morhead at 6:10 AM on September 26, 2006

Keep 'em up Henryw. Up.
posted by Jofus at 6:13 AM on September 26, 2006

You just know the gifs will be popping up any second now...
posted by splice at 6:14 AM on September 26, 2006

This will go well....
posted by Floydd at 6:16 AM on September 26, 2006

posted by c:\awesome at 6:16 AM on September 26, 2006 [1 favorite]

I didn't believe that wisdom before, but I do now.

Well, now I'm convinced!
posted by smackfu at 6:18 AM on September 26, 2006

So, if I view 7 quality fpps and one shitty one, I will further appreciate the other 7, right?

Hey, thanks, henryw!
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 6:18 AM on September 26, 2006

Well, I thought the idea was very cool and original. Given the obesity epidemic we are having, the tip is very helpful.
posted by henryw at 6:20 AM on September 26, 2006

Who's this "we" you're speaking of?
posted by dobbs at 6:24 AM on September 26, 2006

Flagged. Moving on.
posted by frecklefaerie at 6:25 AM on September 26, 2006

Who's this "we" you're speaking of?

n00bs?
posted by signal at 6:26 AM on September 26, 2006

2 posts in 6 days:
1 news story on MSN.
1 forum post on the general benefits of exercise.

Henry, please, take a sit down and have a look at other examples of front page posts. You can do better than this.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 6:27 AM on September 26, 2006

... and if you can't, maybe you just shouldn't.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 6:27 AM on September 26, 2006

Well, I thought the idea was very cool and original.

The idea that one should work out for an hour a day? C'mon pal. I'm not mad atcha but you are playing silly buggers right?

Yeah, read the site a little and participate before you post is the name of the game.
posted by Divine_Wino at 6:28 AM on September 26, 2006

The tip is apocryphal advice from a high school gym teacher without any supporting material. Not even a "before and after" story. Nothing. It's in the same class as "Call out Gouranga" for usefulness.
posted by boo_radley at 6:29 AM on September 26, 2006

What NinjaTadpole said. That's fine that you thought the forum post was cool and original, but it's not a good post on its own. Not because it's a single link, but because it's a single link to a one paragraph forum post, a post that didn't even merit any replies. On its own, it's a wtf post. Maybe you could have fleshed it out with more links that supported the theory. Given it some meat, as it were. Try more harderer next time :P
posted by iconomy at 6:34 AM on September 26, 2006

Hey, but what about that guy I read about somewhere a few months ago who smoked and drank and never exercised and lived to 101 years old?

*starts madly scouring internet to find a bit about it to make FPP*
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:35 AM on September 26, 2006

I like to eat glue.
posted by oddman at 6:42 AM on September 26, 2006

I'm still drunk.
posted by Cyrano at 6:47 AM on September 26, 2006

The forum in question was a projects post a little while back. Crossbred enthusiasm funtime!
posted by cortex at 6:53 AM on September 26, 2006

It occurred to me that there is more to life than to chew on our potatos. Does the responsibility lie with the Blogosphere, you probably wonder... So you want to know the truth? It was back in 2000 my whole body was filled with fear. Nevermind about the details, but... In a nut-shell: But it was different that time. I saw an image of my computer, broken and gray. And here's why this matters...

(courtesy blog-o-matic)
posted by UbuRoivas at 6:54 AM on September 26, 2006

I think it's a fabu idea and all, but try this at work:

"Henry, you've been exactly one hour late every day this week. Why should I not fire you?"

"Well, you see, I've been more productive in the 7 hours I'm here because I was working out."

A) "Ah, yes. Carry on then."
B) "Right. Work out on your own time, Bub."

I'd venture to guess most people work for (B).
posted by ferociouskitty at 6:56 AM on September 26, 2006

Man, if this post generated that many replies on it's original forum, just imagine how many comments it will get here!
posted by dead_ at 7:03 AM on September 26, 2006

You people are mean.

But you know, you could be meaner. For every eight hours you normally spend each day being mean, if you took just one hour to be nice, you would soon find that one admittedly tedious hour of niceness alleviates all your feelings of guilt and that you are actually able to be meanerer during the other seven than...
posted by pracowity at 7:03 AM on September 26, 2006 [1 favorite]

this is my hour of being nice, pracowity.
posted by UbuRoivas at 7:05 AM on September 26, 2006