Comments on: White Lies http://idealist.blinkr.net/white-lies/ dreamed objects Sat, 17 May 2008 09:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 by: iynque http://idealist.blinkr.net/white-lies/#comment-19786 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:50:52 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/white-lies/#comment-19786 This is a great idea for a home scale. I think scales are great for a medical monitoring of one's health, but most people use scales in their home to monitor whether or not they fit an unreasonable ideal portrayed in the media. Why not disallow such needless monitoring and give the people what they want. If you're concerned about your weight, see a doctor and nutritionist, not a bathroom scale. This is a great idea for a home scale. I think scales are great for a medical monitoring of one’s health, but most people use scales in their home to monitor whether or not they fit an unreasonable ideal portrayed in the media.

Why not disallow such needless monitoring and give the people what they want.

If you’re concerned about your weight, see a doctor and nutritionist, not a bathroom scale.

]]> by: EbonRose http://idealist.blinkr.net/white-lies/#comment-18313 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:11:13 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/white-lies/#comment-18313 While your social commentary was indeed well executed, I have to say that people being fat, or more accurately, being bothered by being fat, is not the scale's fault. It's the fact that way too many people take the Hollywood/Supermodel image to heart, and blame themselves for not having someone perpetually photoshopping their appearance. I think a much better mentality would be to avoid scales altogether, rather than develop one that allows you to influence its reading. While your social commentary was indeed well executed, I have to say that people being fat, or more accurately, being bothered by being fat, is not the scale’s fault. It’s the fact that way too many people take the Hollywood/Supermodel image to heart, and blame themselves for not having someone perpetually photoshopping their appearance. I think a much better mentality would be to avoid scales altogether, rather than develop one that allows you to influence its reading.

]]> by: diana http://idealist.blinkr.net/white-lies/#comment-18201 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:35:58 +0000 http://idealist.blinkr.net/white-lies/#comment-18201 social commentary very well executed. social commentary very well executed.

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