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Right. On the whole I think these things are incredible.. looking to try myself after reading here in HN the other day about it working for all sorts of distractions. Just wanted to point out it's not all sunshine and rainbows which would certainly be suspicious.


Literally too much water or aspirin can kill you. Some people are allergic to avocados. Driving kills huge numbers of people daily. Everything is about risk/reward, and looking at the macro picture. And right now the comorbidities for obesity are terrible in huge absolute numbers… something that GLP-1’s can take down in significant magnitude. Unless we learn that the majority of users end up with something worse than obesity, they’re a huge win for public health.




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