@texasag1969 said:

That there was N. Georgia.

Same difference...

@tour2ma said:

That there was N. Georgia.

@nero said:

I'll need an explaination for that joke... 

@nero said:

Well, I was guessing that, but I thought it all revolved around Alabama only. I guess I was wrong. 

It does mostly revolve around Alabama, but they don't have the market cornered either.  Basically anything south of the Mason-Dixon line. (google that)

You see trends where education, income and various other quality of life markers take a small dive in the rankings.  

@d-bone said:

We like to make fun of certain parts of our country for their past reputations of partaking in the brotherly, sisterly, cousinly and even motherly love, and West Virginia is one of them.

Now stop looking at your little brother's perfect body.  ?

Well, I was guessing that, but I thought it all revolved around Alabama only. I guess I was wrong. 

By brother is diabethic and has an incredible tendency to injuries, even when taking a lot of care of himself, like pregame and postgame warmups and cool downs when at 22 you would just go from 0 to 100 with no care. So I praise him where he has to be praised, mostly if I'm a fatty myself.  

@texasag1969 said:

In our part of the country that describes the Arkansas Ozarks or the Loosiana bayoos.?

Don’t forget New Mexico it is a strange place too. 

@d-bone said:

The funny thing about this is I literally - not figuratively, can not remember the last time I ate tofu! 

We like to make fun of certain parts of our country for their past reputations of partaking in the brotherly, sisterly, cousinly and even motherly love, and West Virginia is one of them.

Now stop looking at your little brother's perfect body.  ?

In our part of the country that describes the Arkansas Ozarks or the Loosiana bayoos.?

@dutch-oven said:

All jokes at D Bone's expense aside, I actually had a tofu, sesame ginger sauce, brown rice, grilled vegetables and goat cheese bowl from BAM Healthy Cuisine last night. The tofu was fantastic. I had the same exact bowl a month ago with chicken, and it was better with tofu. 

Melt has buffalo tofu wings, and those lil' fuckers are really good too.   

The funny thing about this is I literally - not figuratively, can not remember the last time I ate tofu! 

@nero said:

I'll need an explanation for that joke... 

We like to make fun of certain parts of our country for their past reputations of partaking in the brotherly, sisterly, cousinly and even motherly love, and West Virginia is one of them.

Now stop looking at your little brother's perfect body.  ?

@dutch-oven said:

Apparently Nero is from the West Virginia part of Spain... ?

I'll need an explaination for that joke... 

@dutch-oven said:

All jokes at DBone's expense aside, I actually had a tofu, sesame ginger sauce, brown rice, grilled vegetables and goat cheese bowl from BAM Healthy Cuisine last night. The tofu was fantastic. I had the same exact bowl a month ago with chicken, and it was better with tofu. 

Melt has buffalo tofu wings, and those lil' fuckers are really good too.   

I had a can of Amy's Golden Lentil Indian Dal Soup for lunch today. Great tasting and totally organic/veggie. Spices in it are perfect.

@unsympathetic said:

They actually named their other food Satan, so you know it's good for you.

It smells like a turd covered in burnt hair, and 60% of the time, it's more nutritious than chicken.

All jokes at DBone's expense aside, I actually had a tofu, sesame ginger sauce, brown rice, grilled vegetables and goat cheese bowl from BAM Healthy Cuisine last night. The tofu was fantastic. I had the same exact bowl a month ago with chicken, and it was better with tofu. 

Melt has buffalo tofu wings, and those lil' fuckers are really good too.   

@nero said:

 My little brother has a perfect body shape  

Apparently Nero is from the West Virginia part of Spain... ?

@d-bone said:

Dude, let me tell you about my avocado/tofu/soy toast.... breakfast of Champions.

Strong to the finish baby!  

I think we got a bet here!! ??

My little brother has a perfect body shape and has fallen into that category many times, even not having a huge muscle mass. Telling someone that looks perfectly fit that he's overweight is simply stupid outside of elite sports (where every kg/lb is key). 

@dutch-oven said:

No one needs to hear about your "delicious tofu" meals non-stop. ?

They actually named their other food Satan, so you know it's good for you.

It smells like a turd covered in burnt hair, and 60% of the time, it's more nutritious than chicken.

@dutch-oven said:

For the love of everything holy though, don't go vegan.

No one needs to hear about your "delicious tofu" meals non-stop. ?

Dude, let me tell you about my avocado/tofu/soy toast.... breakfast of Champions. 

@tour2ma said:

But we'll listen to his salmon story...

Shhhhhhhhhh.... What's said in The Tavern, stays in The Tavern. 

@texasag1969 said:

Well there's always the Popeye diet. ?

Strong to the finish baby!  

@dutch-oven said:

For the love of everything holy though, don't go vegan.

No one needs to hear about your "delicious tofu" meals non-stop. ?

Well there's always the Popeye diet. ?

@dutch-oven said:

For the love of everything holy though, don't go vegan.

No one needs to hear about your "delicious tofu" meals non-stop. ?

But we'll listen to his salmon story...

No one needs to hear about your "delicious tofu" meals non-stop. ?

@sdbacker80 said:

take some personal responsibility and eat right and exercise so you aren’t at risk during pandemics. I’m arguing with my cousin now who does it all except take care of himself (eating right and exercising a little).

Amen 

@d-bone said:

Well, thanks for planting that sweet mental image that will no doubt grow like a weed. 

Well if I wasn't married and she wasn't lesbian I'd damn sure ask her out?. MBA from Northwestern and CEO of her own company. Damn smart woman on top of being good looking.?

We had guys not register much with body fat not BMI - in fact we used a hand held device during the year we had some guys register as “error” that were losing major weight. I had a cut from 155 to 127 my frosh year of college- at 127 the hand held read “error” I couldn’t make 125 so I had to go 133. I was cut but some dark circles and major cheek bones showing.  We still had a highish than you would expect BMI number.  We were putting on muscle mass lifting and losing water and fat and a a little muscle if the weight cut was too severe. These UFC guys that miss weight by 2/3/4 pounds - pathetic!! 
 

Back to opting outs and safety in this pandemic.  I think if you want to push masks, shields, vaccines - no problem and I agree some measures are helping or appear to help- take some personal responsibility and eat right and exercise so you aren’t at risk during pandemics. I’m arguing with my cousin now who does it all except take care of himself (eating right and exercising a little).

@unsympathetic said:

BMI is a "first-order" model; it has caveats.  Chief one is weightlifting.. I'm in that category also.
Remember the aphorism : All models are wrong, but some are useful.
BMI as a concept is useful and does apply to the US population as a whole – because the vast majority of USians are not weightlifters.  This is an objective reality that “personal freedom” doesn’t affect.
Certainly a nonzero chance that genetics may keep BP/heart rate in the good range but that's much less common than guys who lift heavy.

This is true, I guess I've just grown to hate generalities without context.   Yes, the overwhelming majority of those out-of-scale per BMI are not fit by any stretch.