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Are weight-loss drugs technically weapons of mass destruction? (anarchist.nexus)

submitted 2 months ago by ComradeKitsu@anarchist.nexus to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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This is a very serious question. Since what we usually refer to as "weight" is actually mass if we use weight-loss drugs are we technically using weapons of mass destruction? :3c

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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They are carbon positive. With people losing weight, that fat gets released as CO2 into the air

Damn fat jabs destroying the environment!11

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Doubtful since they decrease appetite, which will decrease carbon emissions far more than the tiny amount your body releases.

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[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

Consider the carbon cost of manufacturing and distributing the drug too. The most carbon friendly thing you can do it store as much carbon as you can in your body. After you die we can seal you in a drum and throw it into an exhausted oil well.

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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I'm not getting fat, I'm sequestering carbon to save the planet

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