Ben's Blog

March ’25

I am no expert, but I met a bloke in the pub who reckons that cholesterol is not the problem. He told me that some doctors did a study of people of who had died of heart attacks. They all had a shit load of cholesterol in their blood, so the doctors naturally concluded that cholesterol was the cause of the problem. But hey, ‘Correlation is not Causation.’ Another researcher (who was not quite so bright) found that whenever there were bushfires, there was always a lot of fire trucks lurking about, so he naturally concluded that fire trucks must be the cause of the problem.(his PHD was rejected)

The wellness industry suggests that eating healthy food is the way to keep a lid on your cholesterol, but hey, who wants to eat healthy food when we have a pill that will lower our levels while we pig out on cheese burgers. Those crafty scientists who have dedicated their careers to keeping us fat and alive, have figured out how to keep us on a high fat, high salt, high sugar, high profit diet, without ‘losing’ the customer. We needn’t bother adapting our diet to suit our bodies, we can adapt our bodies to suit your diet. This is the future, a human that is engineered to live on junk food! We already have microbes that feed on industrial pollution, let’s create humans that can thrive on nano-plastics and toxic waste. It could eradicate famine and clean up the environment at the same time.

The sales people who sell statins highly recommend everyone over 50 go on statins. In fact they suggest it should be compulsory, like vaccintions. (but let’s not go there) It looks like we are already heading in this direction. More statins are sold than any other drug in the world, and daylight comes second! Opioid pain medications are the most proscribed, but they are usually temporary. If you go on statins you will be on them for the rest of your life. But hey, it should be a long one. When you take the first step on this journey, you become the most cherished customer a drug company can have, a ‘lifer,’ and your drug dealer  will treat you as a ‘valued customer’ from then on, due to your enhanced value. (isn’t it nice to feel wanted?) You are no longer just a source of income, you are now a guaranteed source of income. Very useful when doing your forward estimates, which in turn are essential in obtaining loans to buy up competitors. So ‘though you may feel somewhat diminished when you realize you are now chronically drug dependent, , don’t forget that you are playing a vital role in the cut and thrust of global commerce.

Ben Boyang 2025