Jeremy Meadows said:
Wow that got really annoying to watch.
And all of the body-shaming in the guise of concern for public health[footnote]AKA: the root of the whole damn fat panic![/footnote] got annoying long ago. Your point?
Anyway before I get to that I'll start from the top.
It's not completly flawed because of the FACT that being overweight DOES have health problems. And they only get worse the bigger you are. There is no why to dispute that.
BZZT! Wrong.
Yes, it's a foregone conclusion. Never mind that the studies "proving" it have ignored other contributing factors (and that's when the data hasn't been "massaged" to produce the desired results). Therefore, almost no one
bothers to dispute it. Especially as long as people's weight woes are such a cash cow.
If a guy who ways over 300 pounds who doesn't smoke just drops over, what's the number 1 guess what happened? Let me give ya a hint, it's not going to be from smoke inhalation.
Of course: That's what "foregone conclusion" means.
And if the autopsy proves that he had a congenital circulatory defect that he never knew about? The cause of death is
still likely to say "secondary to obesity."
And I would love to always think the best of people and think that "oh something horriable happened to them". But that would make me into a gullabe sap, who can used by a little lie. Why do we always associate bums with getting money for alocohol? Because that's what the majority spend it on. Same thing with overweight people. What you call prejudiced I call the majority. Cuz most of the time I'm right. *cuz I spend 8 hours a day or more in the same surroundings. The only thing for me to do is watch people. I see how they act, what they buy, and what they wear every day.
Of course always thinking the best of people would be naïve. Are you seriously implying that
I hold such a viewpoint?
But being judgmental, and refusing to even so much as acknowledge that you might be misjudging people? That's not much, if at all, better.
So I'm not sort of bigot living in my own little world with my own little friends who look exactly like me.
Mm-hmm. If you say so.
And as far as the video goes. She was mostly talking about chick who curvey or chubby.
[Citation needed.]
Like the pictures she used was not even close to size I am talking about.
Irrelevant. Most of them would
still be called "obese" (if not "morbidly obese") by the medical industry, have people jumping to conclusions about their habits, and probably get weight loss prescribed as a cure for all that might ail them.
P.S.: The size you're probably talking about? As I've pointed out several times before: in that case, it's generally symptomatic of some underlying condition. (In before you insist,
yet again, that the "underlying condition" just
must be behavioral. Because otherwise, how are you gonna keep convincing yourself you've got the moral high ground?)
And I loved how you pointed the time out to try and make it seem like I'm insacure and a bully. When the fact is 1. I f-ing love me and screw off anyone else who doesn't (I've lost a couple people over that). 2. I somehow am prejudiced of fat people when I have many friends who are overweight and 2. Dated women who are larger then me. But the difference is they weren't morbid obese and they were confident in themselves.
Ah, yes: the good old "I have backup" excuse. And a hint of "I didn't mean
all of them, just this stereotypical extreme!" while you were at it.
Zachary Amaranth said:
Obesity is a lifestyle choice that defies God. End obese marriage! We don't want them spreading their ways to our kids!
...Sorry, the analogue was SO tempting.
*snerk*
Your grandchildren might be half fat!
(That said, I was...less than impressed...with the eating disorder jokes in that episode.)
Bedewyr said:
All of this right here is utter horsecrap.
a Gallon of milk is 3.99 if you aren't completely inept and know at all where to shop. A bag of Apples (5lbs) from the grocery store is usally less than 5 dollars. If you find local farmers markets you can get them for half that price. A loaf of bread is not 6 or 7 dollars either. Good lord where do you shop?
Congratulations: You don't live in a food desert [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert], have little trouble making ends meet, or both. Your experiences are not representative of everyone's.