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topic #12718087
Subject: "What's harder to escape?"
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John Forte
Member since Feb 22nd 2013
15361 posts
Wed Feb-04-15 10:43 AM
"Poll question: What's harder to escape?"
Poll result (22 votes)
Poverty
(18 votes)
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Obesity
(2 votes)
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Addiction
(2 votes)
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I voted obesity as it utilizes addiction. Then again.
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
1
Poverty has the most external factors
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
2
poverty is generational
tariqhu
Feb 04th 2015
3
poverty.
SoWhat
Feb 04th 2015
4
I agree, yet somehow
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
5
ppl hate the poor.
SoWhat
Feb 04th 2015
6
I don't think this is true.
Monkey Genius
Feb 04th 2015
8
Me Neither
RexLongfellow
Feb 04th 2015
32
nah, you can clown somebody for being broke
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
36
Lol, that's not even close to true.
Monkey Genius
Feb 04th 2015
53
Broke implies temporary. Homeless shaming I don't believe in.
Doronmonkflake
Feb 04th 2015
55
yes.
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
13
people will argue only one is based on genetics
T Reynolds
Feb 04th 2015
7
depression
ALmighty44
Feb 04th 2015
9
You might as well have typed "cancer"
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
10
I hear you. I have a family member who struggles with depression.
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
14
I think addiction has the slipperiest slope
Cocobrotha2
Feb 04th 2015
11
i soundly disagree.
SoWhat
Feb 04th 2015
12
you forgot social status
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
16
HEAVENS
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
17
what the fuck do you be talking about?
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
20
Calm down lol
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
28
I agree.
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
31
I said the same thing, albeit somewhat anecdotal.
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
35
poor ppl can be weekend warriors too.
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
39
Oh, I see what you mean
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
41
no. i didn't.
SoWhat
Feb 04th 2015
22
arrhoo?
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
27
Yeah I made the experience sound uniform
Cocobrotha2
Feb 04th 2015
24
it varies by substance or behavior.
SoWhat
Feb 04th 2015
34
that's pretty terrible advice for many addicts.
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
18
and plenty addicts are cured.
SoWhat
Feb 04th 2015
21
I quit smoking 6 years ago
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
23
word.
SoWhat
Feb 04th 2015
33
Wasn't meant as advice
Cocobrotha2
Feb 04th 2015
37
smoking is one of THE hardest addictions to break
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
40
I disagree with that model for overcoming addiction.
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
43
I think it depends on the addict
John Forte
Feb 04th 2015
44
yeah.
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
49
1. poverty 2. addiction 3. obesity
Chanson
Feb 04th 2015
15
imagine the difficulties faced by ppl battlin 2or3 of those poll options
BigJazz
Feb 04th 2015
19
huh man
ambient1
Feb 04th 2015
26
Especially since two tend to overlap the one.
Mongo
Feb 04th 2015
29
There are so many vehicles and mechanisms to escape addiction/obesity
Mongo
Feb 04th 2015
25
None of these can truly deal with social status though
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
30
as a product of two addicts i wholeheartly disagree
tomjohn29
Feb 04th 2015
38
That's very impressive.
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
47
Factually incorrect.
Mongo
Feb 04th 2015
42
Can we at least agree it's not as easy?
initiationofplato
Feb 04th 2015
48
I'll concede it's difficult to...
Mongo
Feb 04th 2015
54
Systemic and generational Poverty can lead to addiction.
Case_One
Feb 04th 2015
45
grumble grumble.
Joe Corn Mo
Feb 04th 2015
51
poverty is the only one painted as zero-sum. less poverty = taking
Riot
Feb 04th 2015
46
Jason Voorhees
Paps_Smear
Feb 04th 2015
50
OKP
Government Name
Feb 04th 2015
52
Poverty. It takes effort, discipline and some luck to get out of it.
Shaun Tha Don
Feb 04th 2015
56
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