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 We replaced physical labor with machines (like using cars instead of walking) and then we use gym machines and sports to add the labor back in. 
 I was just walking home, admiring nature, listening to the birds, and it struck me that I used to go to the gym after work and walk on a treadmill. 
 You could have topped it by walking on the treadmill watching a documentary about birds in nature on a screen in front of you. 
 You joke, but they had nature films running on the TVs at the gym. LOL  
 Imagine they even would have opened the windows to get some fresh air. 
 Of course. 
 Treadmill is not sport  
 I meant fitness sports. 
 Yeah.. Life becoming more sedentary and then we have to worry about fitness. 

Even a 2 hour workout and 22 hours sitting / sleeping split is probably not that good. 
 Yes, incedental activity throughout the day would be more normal, but a lot of us have desk jobs. 
 I think about that often. How fake we have to behave in this world because we aren't meant for how we live today. 
 We adapted then and we have to adapt now too  
 Humans seem to be adapting by creating medical treatments for obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and the loss of muscle and bone density.

Or they do special excersizes. 
 Men also seem to be developing a taste for very thin women. Perhaps trying to start off at a deficit, so that her added-fat doesn't cause her to later be as big as a house.

Women used to just go up a dress size and look a bit plumper. 
 It's been rather strange watching most of the women who were narrower than I become wider.
I always felt so humungous because of my heavy frame.

But I just stayed that way. 
 Our civilization is becoming is more digital and less physical. Whether we like that or not is a different matter. We should at least be open minded to a range of possibilities. And physical excercise is ofc still crucial to live a good life.  
 Gardening is another one. We have a big garden. 
 We are living completely unnatural life styles now.
The only way for humans to evolve at the rate of the technology we create we need to fuse with it (transHumanism)? 
 Humans have been eating grains for thousands of years. 
 approximately 15,000 years

and before that, what you think? 
 for some 185,000 years we did not eat this shit 
 Human adaption is slow. Not that slow. That's about 215 generations.

And humans have always been able to digest some starches, such as roots, vegetables, or fruit. We're omnivores. 
 Human adaption is slow. Not that slow. That's about 215 generations.

And humans have always been able to digest some starches, such as roots, vegetables, or fruit. We're omnivores. 
 Okay, I can agree with that. Many people probably can't correctly process seeds.
Or alcohol. 
 alcohol suppresses some of the effects of high blood sugar... i only just learned this recently, it increases insulin response 
 Ah, just searched for that. You appear to be correct. Interesting. 
 Perhaps there's a reason why alcohol tolerance and the ability to process seeds occurs together. 
 yes, beer and seed eating appeared at the same time 
 alcohol suppresses some of the effects of high blood sugar... i only just learned this recently, it increases insulin response 
 Ah, just searched for that. You appear to be correct. Interesting. 
 Perhaps there's a reason why alcohol tolerance and the ability to process seeds occurs together. 
 yes, beer and seed eating appeared at the same time 
 Ah, just searched for that. You appear to be correct. Interesting. 
 Perhaps there's a reason why alcohol tolerance and the ability to process seeds occurs together. 
 yes, beer and seed eating appeared at the same time