Trump: exercise is bad, people are like batteries

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but in fairness, the modern obsession with celebrating "fitness" is awful and there's nothing wrong if someone doesn't want to exercise.

It means a shorter time on Earth with a reduced quality of life whilst there, so, actually...

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And those lines would have carried a different meaning for people who were not sedentary by default. Even most able-bodied white collar and upper class people of the time would have walked miles as a matter of routine.

Yes, exactly.

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Exercising reduces your quality of life if you don't like doing it.

I'm not suggesting by 'exercise' GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND GIVE ME FIFTY MAGGOT, grim forced runs and cold showers and so on. That kind of approach is actually entirely counterproductive. Broadly speaking people should be encouraged to do the sorts of physical activity that are better suited to them and which they enjoy (the two things are habitually closely related of course). But, bluntly, the fitter you are the better placed you are to deal with the sh!t that life throws at you; you'll have a better immune system, a better chance of surviving-and-recovering-well-from medical emergencies, and when you're older you'll be able to remain fully functioning and independent for much longer. Sloth is not a virtue and the basically sedentary nature of many industrialised societies is alarming. Donald Trump is a good example of this; the man can barely walk up a short flight of stairs without running out of puff. And he has actually been more physically active - he does at least play a bit of golf - than many...