The Caribbean Sea is named after the Caribs, a group of people who were nearly all killed by open borders, i.e., by immigration from Europe and Africa (the latter mostly involuntarily).
If we were to rename the body of water after events that occurred in more recent times, what would the appropriate name be? The Caribbean’s initial wealth was all from sugar. When that faded due to technical advances in making table sugar from beets, the islands got by with rum as an export (cane sugar is required as a precursor for traditional rum). Today, the islands thrive on (1) cruise ships that serve six meals per day, and (2) all-inclusive resorts that serve six meals per day. In other words, the islands of the Caribbean prosper by making people all over the world obese.
Since, sadly, nobody remembers the Caribs would it make sense to rename the body of water “The Sea of Obesification” (not the “Sea of Obesity” because there are plenty of obese people in other parts of the world, e.g., those who’ve paid for cruise tickets or resort nights).
As we cruised the Sea of Obesification, Celebrity Ascent offered delicious bread pudding with vanilla sauce at about half the meals:
Here’s the “Cavery” where giant roasts are carved up, as in cave-dwelling times:
(Either this is a misspelling of “carvery” or someone was having fun.)
The ship also had more elegant table-service restaurants with superior presentation, e.g., a Kosher salad:
I don’t think that I gained weight on the trip, as it happens, because I was more active than usual. Certainly there was no excuse not to hit the gym, which offered a magnificent view as well as top-of-the-line equipment:
An interesting activity is rowing on the rowing machine on a ship especially if it’s oriented perpendicular to the sides.
Most reviewers are turned off by the buffets. Treadmills on cruise ships have always been a meme. At least for the limited time you can be in West Palm Beach, you can be near all the tropic routes. For most of us, there’s just Princess Cruise’s tour of the fog.
Obesity rates by country: https://data.worldobesity.org/rankings/?age=a&sex=t
You have to go down quite a ways to get to a Caribbean country. And (surprisingly) even farther to find the US.
Let me make sure I understand the obesity ranking by country from the link you shared.
Palestine is ranked 27th out of the 200 countries. How square with frequent media reports describing food insecurity attributed to the Israeli blockade?
Note, I am not referring to the past two years. The media, the UN, and UNRWA have been providing food assistance to Palestinians for decades.
I always did a workout and usually a lot of walking every day and I still gained about a pound a day on a typical cruise. (But I was dating a heavy drinker at the time)
I did not buy the unlimited drinks package! In fact, I probably had only one drink every 3-4 days while on the cruise.
Do the island dwellers make land acknowledgements like civilized people?