Clear Channel is Evil

[elfs]

I went to the gym today. It was supposed to be arms and abs, and I did that, but because I'm on my physical therapy still I did all the leg toning exercises I'm supposed to. One new one is a forward lunge while carrying weights, dipping down until the knee touches the ground, then coming forward with the next leg. I upped from 12 to 18 the first time around, but just could not do a second circuit of them.

Still, I could see veins sticking out of my arms when I was done, which was kinda nifty. I've been working toward that effect for the past damn six months or so.

Mary Lou Freakin' Retton!

When I was doing some basic floorwork, though, I looked out the window and saw the very scary Mary Lou Retton grinning back at me with that "when I'm a zombie, these'll be great for chewing through your skull!" dental work. I mean, here I am, trying desperately to save my knees and what's she doing? Pimping artificial knee replacements. And not even good ones! They're just hunks of metal, not self-repairing, and probably not as good as real bone at interacting with their environment usefully. (Yeah, someday I'll get the full body upgrade, but when they get something with a decent maintenance and warranty period, something bookable in centuries). The ad panel is owned by Clear Channel, and whoever got the sale on it is just viciously minded.

I understand that my gym is not very cruisy and has a generally older clientele. Some respectably good looking older clientele, too, and more among the guys than the women, which surprises me. But I think the ad is just crass.

Speaking of crass, there's one guy at the gym, a beautiful boy with huge muscles and a good face, and as he was getting dressed I noticed that he wears lifters. He's not even short, why would he feel the need to put an extra inch and a half of height on? (Then again, I've seen him come out of the showers; maybe he's compensating for an inch and a half he might want elsewhere.)

Comments

[antonia-tiger.livejournal.com]

OMG, medicine for profit...

Having several relatives with assorted knee and hip replacements, supplied under the British system, I don't have the same reaction to the concept that you do. They're so enormously better than the age-damaged joints which they replace, even if they don't last for ever, that bitching about them not even coming close to Pendor-tech is just silly.

Advertising them... What does the cost of that do to the cost of your health? Plumbing the depth of my loathing for the American exploitation of medical desperation needs a lpnger than usual rope.

[dougs.livejournal.com]

I think knees have some way to go yet -- my recent thoughts on when I'm going to get mine done are outlined in the second comment here.

It's at least conceivable that your fellow client may be using the lifters to correct some fault in his skeletal geometry, rather than for the height. Unlikely, but conceivable.

I agree

[resonant.livejournal.com]

My grandfather was barely able to walk. Six weeks after a double hip replacement, he went for a hike in the woods with his grandkids and walked us all into the ground. The polyethylene bearings lasted until he died a decade later. Totally free for the patient up here in Canada, but likely costs the government a fraction of what it would be in a for-profit health care country.

[statreed.livejournal.com]

FYI: Your "Current Music" continues to amuse and delight me. Especially this one and the Tron 2.0 OST.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Okay, why? Other than that it's eclectic as all hell.

[statreed.livejournal.com]

Mostly the eclecticness and the fact that I often recognize and/or have it even though it's so eclectic. For example, the existence of someone who actually listens to the Tron 2.0 soundtrack outside of the game baffles me and makes me laugh because it's so awesomely nerdy - and yet I can see why you do it because it is a really good soundtrack.

[urox.livejournal.com]

I know this is an old post, but I thought I'd mention that studies have found a correlation for every inch in height to a higher salary:=
http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/standing.aspx