• derf82@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    First, disabled people exist.

    Second, the article makes it clear walking only counts for 30% credit.

    Third, if you are not doing it, starting can be very difficult.

    Fourth, the top bonus requires 62 miles per month.

    Last, why should there be a bonus based on something unrelated to your work?

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      11 months ago

      If you’re not doing it getting a giant bonus would be a good motivator to go out

      One mile a day is really really easy to do. Jogging or walking. If you can’t do that then quite honestly you’re not in any sort of good shape.

      62 miles a month is slightly over a mile a day. If you’re not walking at least a mile a day you are doing your body a massive disservice

      Why not if this is both easy to do and a benefit for your own health?

      • dasgoat@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        ‘Prevents you from moving’

        Buddy I can walk just fine but if you ask my hypermobile and asthmatic ass to run, I’m just not going to. I can’t. My legs and lungs are fucked up. Guess I don’t get the extra bonus, oh well. Sucks.

        If you’re heavy, running can be a real challenge. ‘Promoting fitness’ isn’t done through a braindead scheme like this. Not for people who need guidance and help to get into a body shape they can be happy and healthy in.

        You know who will get the extra bonus? Healthy people who are able to run, and who have no health conditions to begin with.

        You are really, really underestimating the range of disabilities people can have while they can still function at their jobs. And how this braindead scheme excludes people for things outside of their control.

        And also, ‘not be a slob’. Am I a slob because I can’t just run a mile? You take my legs that bend like a silly straw and my lungs that collapse in on themselves and feel like they’re filled with cat litter that is on fire, and see if you run a mile.

        Jfc calling us slobs. Go fuck yourself.

      • Chetzemoka@startrek.website
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        11 months ago
        1. Lmao NO. Disabled people work. We have this whole law about it and everything in the United States where employers have to provide reasonable accommodations and allow you time off work without compromising your job status.

        I’m disabled. I work full time. I could not fulfill these exercise requirements, but I can hold down a job. That is not a rare category of human being.

        We should have universal healthcare, not this nonsense from a private employer.