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[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]i_am_ketosis wrote:
[quote]Chushin wrote:
As she was talking about all the support she was getting, all I could think was, “God, there must be SOOO many fat people in the US these days.”[/quote]
Lots of fatties and also lots of people that just can’t fucking wait to be totally non-prejudice in every possible way. It’s ridiculous. The over-sensitivity of this country makes me want to barf. Don’t call people fat, it’s bullying. Don’t call people asian or black, that’s racist. Don’t say anything, someone might get offended. What the hell happened?[/quote]
What happened? This ridiculous narrative that we are all equal, yet special snow flakes at the same time, being shoved in the face of our youth and as an extension the parents of that youth. This laughable ideal that no one is better than anyone else. The insane agenda that society can construct fairness in a world that is by its very nature very very unfair.
And before anyone jumps on the equality part of my post. We are equal in the eyes of the law, in the eyes of judgment of our reaction to our environment. We are not equal otherwise. Because if we were, I’d be getting paid $35m to play linebacker and play in a symphony orchestra.
Trying to construct equality other than in the eyes of the law only erodes our freedom, destroys the brilliance of our individual self expression, and leaves the world devoid of the advancement diversity brings.
Unmitigated acceptance of any behavior, irrelevant of effect on the citizenry, is constructed equality. [/quote]
This is the best, most well worded response I have seen.
[quote]Nards wrote:
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LOL
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
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We are equal in the eyes of the law, in the eyes of judgment of our reaction to our environment. We are not equal otherwise. Because if we were, I’d be getting paid $35m to play linebacker and play in a symphony orchestra.
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Nope. You’d be making minimum wage.
There is no such thing as bullying. It’s called life, deal with it.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
We are equal in the eyes of the law, in the eyes of judgment of our reaction to our environment. We are not equal otherwise. Because if we were, I’d be getting paid $35m to play linebacker and play in a symphony orchestra.
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Nope. You’d be making minimum wage.
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Good point. We wouldn’t put any market value on the skill if everyone had it…
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
We are equal in the eyes of the law, in the eyes of judgment of our reaction to our environment. We are not equal otherwise. Because if we were, I’d be getting paid $35m to play linebacker and play in a symphony orchestra.
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Nope. You’d be making minimum wage.
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Good point. We wouldn’t put any market value on the skill if everyone had it…
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In addition to the economical fact that not every Bob, Dick, and Tom can make $35 million. We can’t all be winners simply because the world needs losers to function. We wouldn’t have $12 cell phones if someone somewhere wasn’t willing to get paid 15 cents a day to make the thing.
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
That’s not really bullying.
She needs to work on thickening her skin a lil’ bit more than that.
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I think she is thick enough.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
That’s not really bullying.
She needs to work on thickening her skin a lil’ bit more than that.
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I think she is thick enough.[/quote]
Obesi-hater!!!
What is wrong with all of you?! Last year it was skinny jeans. This year, pot bellies are back in style!!! Don’t hate her cuz you ain’t her.
If she is free from bullying and given social acceptance, will she have any motivation to lose weight?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
That’s not really bullying.
She needs to work on thickening her skin a lil’ bit more than that.
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I think she is thick enough.[/quote]
Obesi-hater!!!
What is wrong with all of you?! Last year it was skinny jeans. This year, pot bellies are back in style!!! Don’t hate her cuz you ain’t her.[/quote]
Right now I am in a serious cut, have lost 24 pounds in 20 days, I would fucking kill a fat person at a buffet.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
If she is free from bullying and given social acceptance, will she have any motivation to lose weight?[/quote]
If she isn’t doing it for herself or her own individual reasons and volition, she won’t succeed in the first place.
So acceptance is moot as far as motivation once someone is already a moosey. It is the preventative measures of not accepting the condition that are more important.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
If she is free from bullying and given social acceptance, will she have any motivation to lose weight?[/quote]
Those same people are the ones yelling, “eeeewwww” when some guy with big muscles walk by. It is ok for them to hate…but not ok for anyone else to hate them.
It’s passive aggressive insecurity at its finest.
Some people are overweight due to the health problems (and meds). Others are overweight due to being lazy (and eating like pigs). Now, if she belongs to the first group, the email could strike a nerve. If she belongs to the second group, the email was merely a call to action.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
That’s not really bullying.
She needs to work on thickening her skin a lil’ bit more than that.
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I think she is thick enough.[/quote]
Obesi-hater!!!
What is wrong with all of you?! Last year it was skinny jeans. This year, pot bellies are back in style!!! Don’t hate her cuz you ain’t her.[/quote]
It certainly seems that way. Why do so many people have excuses for why they look the way they do and not accept responsibility? You don’t get fat over night yet everyone says o this or that problem. My grandma is 76 years old with a thyroid problem yet she wakes up every morning and walks on the treadmill for 30 minutes to an hour with two pound weights in her hands. She isn’t super skinny but is no where near fat.
The only time I have heard her complain is that she wishes her bloodwork was better. I talked her into making a few changes and the doctor said it is close to perfect as anyone at her age can get. She didn’t say damn this thyroid blah blah blah. More of ,Grandma needs to get healthy again, which she is now with small changes that made all the difference. If an old woman with a real thyroid problem can stay healthy I see no reason for a 30 year old woman with no real health problems to be obese other than just laziness.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
If she is free from bullying and given social acceptance, will she have any motivation to lose weight?[/quote]
If she isn’t doing it for herself or her own individual reasons and volition, she won’t succeed in the first place.
So acceptance is moot as far as motivation once someone is already a moosey. It is the preventative measures of not accepting the condition that are more important.[/quote]
Where we live yeah, because she already has social acceptance.
In parts of the world where women can be fired based on their appearance or are financially dependent on men that is not the case.
Basically fat acceptance has already taken over in the West.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
If she is free from bullying and given social acceptance, will she have any motivation to lose weight?[/quote]
Those same people are the ones yelling, “eeeewwww” when some guy with big muscles walk by. It is ok for them to hate…but not ok for anyone else to hate them.
It’s passive aggressive insecurity at its finest.[/quote]
The big muscles group isn’t large enough for people to be socially aware. Get 15 million heavily muscled americans (the # of obese people in the US) and you’d have a different story.
edit: Meant to write isn’t.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
If she is free from bullying and given social acceptance, will she have any motivation to lose weight?[/quote]
If she isn’t doing it for herself or her own individual reasons and volition, she won’t succeed in the first place.
So acceptance is moot as far as motivation once someone is already a moosey. It is the preventative measures of not accepting the condition that are more important.[/quote]
Where we live yeah, because she already has social acceptance.
In parts of the world where women can be fired based on their appearance or are financially dependent on men that is not the case.
Basically fat acceptance has already taken over in the West.[/quote]
Well, I would imagine self preservation due to the lack of fat acceptance is both personal motivation and preventative discrimination of a behavior.
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This is a fact now? Most of the fat kids who got teased when I was in high school quit being fat because of it. The finest girls in the class are the obese ones now…and all they got was compliments.
Best post
And yes, there apparently have been fat people who tried to sue their doctor because he told them they were fat.
Another good one
and LOL @
[quote]I’m sure the fabulous guy that wrote the e-mail has a teeny weenie! It’s always those that are insecure and have no self-esteem of their own that have to cut others down. He’s no man!
And all sorts of lifestyle choices, habits and addictions lead to potentially bad and expensive health care issues that we all pay for. Drinkers, smokers, fast drivers, under-eaters, people pumping out kid after kid, mentally and physically disabled people - the list could go on an on. Not just overweight people. But you can visibly see that, so overweight people are an easy target.
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Now, that easy target line is just way too easy.