The Biggest Loser is coming back. A television show that it an ode to physically and emotionally abusing fat people, stroking the ridiculously inflated egos of the so-called “professional” trainers who dole out the abuse and become millionaires in the process, it has even inspired one trainer who declined to be on the show (because he actually honors his code of professional ethics) to say “It’s a miracle no one has died yet.”
This season their “hook” seems to start with their usual tactic of putting people into a state of starvation (such that their bodies actually go into a chemical state of becoming constantly hungry and obsessed with food) and then tempting them with food to see if they will “give in.” You know, for their health. Their promotional ad is all over my Facebook and I noticed that there were some…well, let’s call them typos. So I fixed it for them, because I’m generous like that.
Here’s the original:
And here’s the corrected version:
Last season their ratings fell more than 30%. This season let’s really put our shoulder into it and see how far we can drop their ratings by refusing to watch this abomination of a show which, let’s not kid ourselves, is not – in any way – about health.
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