biometric screening ham I had to get a biometric screening for work.  (Blood work, weight, height, blood pressure, waist size; if you passed 3 out of 5 of the metrics you save like $100 a month off your insurance). A massive ham was the one that did my screening.  After taking my blood pressure she commented about how lately hers has been going up and I need to enjoy low blood pressure while I’m young.  I looked right at her fat gut and said, “oh, I thought high blood pressure was more of a lifestyle choice thing, that’s why I’m getting this screening, to make sure my cost of insurance goes down to reflect the work I put into staying healthy.”  I think she pricked me extra hard with the needle drawing blood after that (had a huge bruise even though my vein is so easy to get into that you can see it pretty big before even tying the rubber band thing around my arm) but it was worth it. But seriously, are you kidding? You can’t put two and two together when you’re pricking fat people all day with condishuns and see that your own oversized fat ass is also giving you condishuns? This was a middle aged lady, she probably had worked in that capacity for 20+ years and still ignores years and years worth of evidence.  People aren’t just getting more fat, they are getting more stupid and adopting worrying cognitive dissonance.