Don’t let Charles Barkley & Serena Williams Sell You Ozempic

Charles Barkley Ad I see on the train everyday

“You don’t need a gym class, crack like Slim Fast. Take a hit and lose a fuckin’ hundred pounds quick, fast.” Says Rich Boy on his criminally underrated song “Drop”. As I commute into work on the train I see ads of Charles Barkley and Serena Williams shooting up weight loss “medication”. Claiming to have lost 45 pounds. And if it could produce results for two of the greatest American athletes ever, imagine what it could do for you!

Serena Williams Ad I see on the train everyday

When you spend time out of the country, especially in a non-Eurocentric place, you come to realize that it’s not the FBI, nor the CIA, or the military, IT IS THE FDA THAT IS RUINING YOUR LIFE HERE IN AMERICA! I spent a week in Mexico eating food in every corner of every street. Walking a lot yes, but eating more. I lost weight. I didn’t get sluggish. Even the coffee hit harder! Damn near everything they give us here in America is stepped on, trash quality, food. That’s how they get away with even conjuring up the idea of a weight loss drug anyway.

Why is that in America there’s no healthy solution for anything? This country has a gluttony problem and to fix that they want to give people drugs that cause them to lose weight rapidly. And that’s not to mention the insecurities one must feel to even venture down that path in the first place. While some argue that being “overweight” isn’t healthy, I’d argue that rapidly losing 40, 50, 60+ pounds isn’t healthy either.

The lack of shame in our society propels these things so much further. The fact that Serena Williams and Charles Barkley feel confident and comfortable promoting these weight loss injections says a lot about the state of what people are willing to do for money. The shamelessness that capitalism promotes has people just doing anything, promoting anything, even at the detriment of the public. In a healthy society this wouldn’t be the case.

This is the culmination of compounding ideals we see collide all the time in America. The Protestant work ethic conditions people to go and get it, to strive for what they want, but the worship of consumerist love for convenience jumps above it and stakes its claim as the ultimate destination. Yes, you could eat better. Yes, you could do more exercise. Yes, you could create a better all encompassing lifestyle for yourself. But why should you? Who has the time? You work that job and get insurance for a reason! Buy that needle that YOU THINK Charles Barkley and Serena Williams used to slim down. Cut the line and say hello to your summer body!

A healthy society would ban these things. A healthy society wouldn’t sell us food that kills us. A healthy society wouldn’t promote harmful lifestyles to us. A healthy society would make health info more accessible and abundant. A healthy society would provide more access to healthcare. I could go on forever, but your next Ozempic dose is scheduled 30 minutes from now and I don’t want you to miss it.