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PauliExcluded [she/her]
No, it really doesn’t mean much. Claiming it’s fruitless to try to make a lifestyle change because most people who try fail isn’t helpful to anyone. About 85% of former smokers relapse within the first year, but if a friend of yours wanted to quit smoking, would you tell them “oh, you shouldn’t even try because you’ll just fail anyway”? I would personally encourage them and try to be a support system they could lean on! Likewise, if I had an overweight friend who wanted to lose weight, I’d support them!
When I was obese and losing weight, I appreciated my friends who supported and encouraged me a whole lot more than the “friends” who tried to sabotage me by telling me stuff like “weight loss is impossible for most people.” (And both groups of friends had underweight, overweight, and normal weight people.)
There’s no definitive explanation. Switching to unleaded gas is one idea. Another idea is abortions being legalized. There are other ideas including a decrease in cocaine usage, an increase in immigration, an improving economy, and other things.
LTT is facing backlash for a couple things.
- They’ve had a lot of recent factual errors in their videos
- They received a prototype water block from a startup, used it incorrectly, and released a video trash talking it. Then, they sold the prototype at an auction rather than returning it despite the startup asking for it back.
- A former employee came out recently with reports of sexual harassment and a toxic work environment during her time there