I know plenty of fat people who joke about their weight and wouldn't take offence at all if u called them fat. Then again it just depends how u say it. If u mix it in with a load of other insults then its like wtf baitins for u ****, but if ur fat and someone says ur fat it should be like, WTF? RLLY? I DIDNT NOTICE FS! 😑
Re: Why do fat people get offended...
Originally posted by Ronny
When you call them fat? I mean.. its not like they don't know.. True its a little mean, but its like people tip toe through the tulips with describing a fat person.Theres a girl at my school who is 5'3'' at the most and HAS to be like 300 lbs at least and whenever I hear soeone talking about her they go "Oh yea Jenny? She has blonde hair and blue eyes... shes a little on the tubby side" I mean DUDE tubby is like... a 150 pound 5'3'' chick.. shes a ****ing WHALE.
And then when someone calls her fat the other person will just say "oh thats not very nice, she isnt THAT big"
My god... I mean, I was talking to my dad who is like 320, and I was saying "blah blah blah obesity is going to be the death of us" and he is like "SHUT UP! Go to your room!" shock You can loose weight dude...
Obese people are stigmatized, and are the victims of tasteless jokes and assaults on their dignity. They face societal bias because of their size. They suffer from the stereotype of being lazy, stupid, weak-willed, lacking in ambition, selfish, greedy, gluttonous, sedentary and ugly. There' s an antipathy toward weighty people, and I' d grow tired of it when I have to hear day in, day out that I' m fat.
Ceterum censeo OTF esse delendam.
Originally posted by Storm
Obese people are stigmatized, and are the victims of tasteless jokes and assaults on their dignity. They face societal bias because of their size. They suffer from the stereotype of being lazy, stupid, weak-willed, lacking in ambition, selfish, greedy, gluttonous, sedentary and ugly. There' s an antipathy toward weighty people, and I' d grow tired of it when I have to hear day in, day out that I' m fat.Ceterum censeo OTF esse delendam.
Well said🙂👆
If someone tells me I'm skinny, how is it rude? It's fact.
Maybe you consider the act of saying it so bluntly, to be rude. The actual SAYING of the phrase itself isn't untrue though is it?
My friend is morbidly obese, and he shouts at his mum for smoking. He rips on her saying how unhealthy it is and how it could kill her, now I agree, but where do we draw the line? Why is it socially acceptable to rip on one kind of unhealthy person and not the other?
Why would HE be applauded, yet if his mum turned around and said "You fat pig, why do you eat like that? It's unhealthy." etc, it would be deemed wrong? They're both unhealthy, both can die from it, so why can't we rip on them both?
Answer: Because we're supposed to be concerned about the image and self-esteem of those who are fat through their own fault and don't try to do anything about it. I say, tough shit. You don't worry about your own health and self-esteem, why should I?
-AC
Two things in respond on AC...
1. What about not ripping on either...now, and I know it's hard I love to make fun of people...mostly stupid ones (everyone)...but still...that would be a nice idea for once...
2. Maybe "fat" is a term that has negative images connected to them, I wouldn't say so, but where do we draw the line there? I mean "N*gger" well, I suppose it is a term that describes black people, that it was used in a derogatory way for two hundred years should, going by your logic, not be of any matter.
Except if you are saying it'S their own fault (fat people's) and they therefore deserve to be made fun off....which is quit a strange view, if I may say so.
What do you mean "What about not ripping on either"? I don't go out making fun of every fat person or every smoker. Some people do, though, which was my point.
Why is it ok to say the same or similar veined comments to one type of unhealthy person, but not the other? The answer is, as I said before, self-esteem. I understand totally that some people are fat or obese through not fault of their own. Some however, are not. So if you're not trying to help yourself and YOU don't care about your own image, why should I? My analogy was correct. If people would say that my friend is right in what he says about smoking, and accept his right to say that, why can't his mum say similar things back to him? It's a double standard. If all he is saying are the facts about smoking, nothing offensive, then why can't she say the facts back? "You are obese and you are fat"? It's a fact, he is. He has no right to be offended, he is the way he is. If he doesn't like it, change it. Don't give me that crap about "I've tried, I can't." either. People lose drastic amounts if they work at it. You (not you) just haven't tried hard enough.
The N-word is a racist term. Fat is not, it's the term for people who are overweight with fat. People take offense even if they are factually fat. If someone calls me skinny, I don't take offense, because I am- infact- skinny.
No, I'm not saying that. It's not always their own fault, but sometimes it is. If you are one of those, then why should I give a shit about making you feel good about yourself? You don't.
-AC
Yeah, I am just saying maybe they shouldn't....
And I think it is nor acceptable to make differences there, I am not thinking that the solution for that is that both should be ripped on, but that both should be left alone, as I am sure your opinion is.
But "N" wasn't always a racist term, was it? And if fat is over a long period of time used only in a derogatory way, as many might claim it is, there is no difference....calling a homosexual a "F", calling a Jew a "K", calling a Black person a "N", might be just the same as calling a big person "fat" ( no I don't think it is, but some might).
Oh, no one is claiming that, but it would also be really stupid to go out of your way to make them feel bad about themselves.
How many skinny people do you see getting called "fat" as a derogatory term? 50? 5 million? None. Fat people get called fat because they are fat. Sometimes it's meant genuinely, sometimes it's derogatory, but let's not be so dumb as to pretend said people aren't actually fat, if they are. If you saw a bully calling an obese kid "Fatty" or something, would you say "He stop it! That's wrong." Because it was derogatory? Yes. You wouldn't say stop because you think he's not obese, if he is.
The N-word is solely a racist term. Fat is based upon factual information and scientific observation.
You're arguing a completely unrelated point as you seem to have a habit of doing.
My main point was that you shouldn't say it's ok to debate a smoker and tell them that it's disgusting and unhealthy if you can't say it to a fat person.
-AC
Did you factually have a fat leg? I would say that's out of order for them to do that, because it's not something that should be made fun of.
But I wouldn't go and say "She doesn't have a fat leg" if you do. That's my point.
If you disagree with people being made fun of because they are fat, fine. I agree there in many cases. Let's not try to be Captain Morality and DENY that they are fat though.
-AC
naah.. I'm actually underweight.. but in their opinin I had claimed that once..and they keep on making fun of that cry
and I generally disagree about making fun of people because of anything... even though sometimes they're asking for it.. by the way they're acting and so on..
eg. when someone overweight is being ruda and unkind.. and is making fun of someone.. I can understand the other perosn saying something like 'leave me alone you fat.... ' or if they're first whining about how fat they are and then going and buying a dozen of candy bars... 😖 it's pointless.. if they want to get thinner they should just try.. in some cases it is really their own choice..