Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Hahahaha, how silly.Obese is a factual term. You're obese once you hit a certain weight, like it or not. It's no mean that saying someone is overweight, they are.
Stop treading on eggshells.
-AC
At least in the USA obesity is when your body reaches a certain percent body fat............like 22% for men and 30 to 33% for women I cannot recall. But whatever the number is they are fat.
People get offended by comments on their bodies when they are uncomfortable with their appearance already. Insults reinforce the doubts they have about themselves. This is a matter of self esteem, if you are born with certain characteristics that another person makes fun of, it's your choice to let them influence you or to put them aside.
Even if your way of life has made you a target, your own opinion should still overrule. And yeah, if you have those unwanted extra pounds on you and someone makes fun of you and you go 'Boohoohooo, he's right... I'm a walrus, bohohoho', then solve the problem or learn to withstand the comments.
At least fat people have some chance to alter their appearance, which cannot be said for those that are discriminated because of characteristics they were born with (except for Michael Jackson that is).
What Bullets just said is interesting.
I think saying ugly being true is a bit of a claim. They're not ugly to a guy who actually finds larger females attractive. You don't, so of course they're ugly to you. So there's SOME truth to what you say, but it's mostly your personal viewpoint. I don't view being grossly overweight as an attractive feature either, and I think that people who claim they don't care only do so to save face.
I don't think fat people automatically are bad people anymore than I do about skinny people or any kind of people, but I don't find being obese to be attractive and I'll be the first to be honest about that. The reaction to that is normally "You'll hurt feelings." Yeah? Well saying things honestly is more likely to kick someone into the routine of wanting to lose weight than if you tell them they look good.
As for gluttonous, I sort of agree with you there. Stereotypes, however outlandish, are there because there is SOME truth to it. Fat people don't OFTEN get fat by being pro athletes, they get fat by eating and eating without any sensible variation or dieting. Not all, but some.
Lazy I think is a bit of a judge-each-case thing. Being obese doesn't make it easy to do things. Then again, my friend (morbidly overweight for his age) goes out and plays football every Sunday for hours.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
What Bullets just said is interesting.I think saying ugly being true is a bit of a claim. They're not ugly to a guy who actually finds larger females attractive. You don't, so of course they're ugly to you. So there's SOME truth to what you say, but it's mostly your personal viewpoint. I don't view being grossly overweight as an attractive feature either, and I think that people who claim they don't care only do so to save face.
I don't think fat people automatically are bad people anymore than I do about skinny people or any kind of people, but I don't find being obese to be attractive and I'll be the first to be honest about that. The reaction to that is normally "You'll hurt feelings." Yeah? Well saying things honestly is more likely to kick someone into the routine of wanting to lose weight than if you tell them they look good.
As for gluttonous, I sort of agree with you there. Stereotypes, however outlandish, are there because there is SOME truth to it. Fat people don't OFTEN get fat by being pro athletes, they get fat by eating and eating without any sensible variation or dieting. Not all, but some.
Lazy I think is a bit of a judge-each-case thing. Being obese doesn't make it easy to do things. Then again, my friend (morbidly overweight for his age) goes out and plays football every Sunday for hours.
-AC
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Ugly: True its only opinion, but if an overwhelmingly large majority agrees--then that usually says something.
Lazy: More often than not its usually a safe bet.
Gluttonous:..........Let's be honest 😆
Fat people don't OFTEN get fat by being pro athletes
^ That was great! 😆
Originally posted by BackFire
Because people wish to ignore their problems and shortcommings and live in a happy fantasy land with rainbows and cookies and gumdrop houses on lollypop lane.
No matter what 'shortcomings' people might suffer for themselves, they will be focused on those alot more then seeing chance to ignore them.
There is no lollypop lane on the map of despair.
That is unjustified crap. Mind you, just about everyone that makes fun of other people's appearance do so because they doubt themselves, and seek subjects which are lesser in his/her view to assure themselves that he/she is not the greatest mis-happen on the face of the earth.
A motivation that will only backfire.