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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 10 Jul 2012

    Correction: Sitting is not more dangerous than smoking. But it's bad. More than 3 hrs/day will cut life by 2 years.http://on.wsj.com/O1v48S 

    3:20 PM - 10 Jul 2012
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      1. B R E N T A N O‏ @BrentanoFabrics 27 Jul 2012
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        Holy cow! @stephenrdrew @WSJ Sitting isn't more dangerous than smoking. But it's bad. 3 hrs+/day cuts life by 2 years. http://on.wsj.com/O1v48S 

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      1. meInSilico‏ @meinsilico 11 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ how about just laying?

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      1. Irene Jiang‏ @IreneTBS 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ How many years I loss because of sitting?

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      1. Brian‏ @BigTimeBG 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ care to link to ANY of the studies quoted in your article?

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      1. Carl Arandle‏ @Loski1976 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ Good news for insomniacs .

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      1. ProphetYusefWest‏ @YusefWest 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ @MCHammer what about sitting and praying meditation on the word of God will that cut my life also?

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      1. New England Clam Chowder‏ @infloydwetrust 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ, so does sleeping kill you?

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      1. M x M‏ @handsomeMartin 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ what does #STANDiNG all day do 4 life expectancy then?

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      1. Cousin Tom‏ @TrillasaurusRex 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ I wonder who paid the crackpot scientists to sit for 3+ hours and calculate the amount of energy your legs exert while sitting?

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      1. Cousin Tom‏ @TrillasaurusRex 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ "Several studies show that when you're sitting, your leg muscles are completely inactive" DUH. Several studies, really?

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      1. Hao Zhang‏ @haozhang1001 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ Colleges are killing students with 3 hrs classes.

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      1. ThiThuyHanh‏ @CloverLead 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ Then I'm doomed. I should probably ask for a - standing desk - #humour

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      1. Michael Barczak‏ @MichaelBarczak 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ Is that why all the jobless hippies are outliving us?

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      1. JMK‏ @Tiny_Judas 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ dunno I feel like the correlation between sitting a lot and obesity prob has more to do with it than the actual amt of hours sitting

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      1. Arthur‏ @arthur_herpderp 10 Jul 2012
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        RT "@WSJ Correction: Sitting is not more dangerous than smoking. But it's bad. More than 3 hrs/day will cut life by 2 years." / No it won't.

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      1. bArt 日本 | 中国‏ @bartboucke 10 Jul 2012
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        @WSJ I wonder if those yogis in India realise how detrimental all of this sitting is? Some ought to be -500yrs by now ... :)

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