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lame54

(38,870 posts) Fri Nov 7, 2025, 02:43 PM Friday

Dr. Oz promises 135 billion pound U.S. collective weight loss

135,000,000,000
Divided by
342,000,000 (U.S. population)
Equals
395 pounds each

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-official-says-americans-lose-223510930.html

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Get Ready to Disappear [View all] lame54 Friday OP

Sort of like a 1000% reduction in drug prices. sop Friday #1

And math is their good subject. Civics is their worst. Scrivener7 Friday #2

Maybe he's expecting a visit from the Adipose House of Roberts Friday #4

Well, didn't they just proclaim a new policy to dweller Friday #5

Do patients gain weight if they stop taking it? leftstreet Friday #6

He meant English Pounds The Madcap Friday #7

Or at least float away, if your mass remained the same. Ocelot II Friday #8