Poll: More is less... Conformist?

[Stone Wera]

One day I spotted a picture on the internet with a subtext stating that obesity is less conformist than anorexia. Now I myself am not too sure about that. I thought jolly ol' Saint Nicholas (Santa, for those with multiple lobotomies) was obese. And St. Nick is a huge part of the Christian holiday (somehow). I'm not sure myself, so I need your opinion on this matter. Is anorexia or obesity the most conformist?

 

[Logic 0]

I'd like to see the source of this?

And to awnser your question a little before obesity was considered evil was the cool thing now a days being thin is now thought of being healthy so now anorexia is the conformist thing.

 

[Julianking93]

I believe this is what you're looking for


[http://verydemotivational.com/2010/03/14/demotivational-posters-obesity-2/]

Seriously though, who cares?

 

[Dapper Ninja]

I've noticed that most people are either fat or way, way too skinny, at least around where I live, so I guess both are conformist and the only way to be non-conformist is to be healthy. That's kinda pathetic.

Edit:

I hate the idea of 'nonconformist'. It just smacks to me of whiny teenagers trying to be different. By being like a bunch of other whiny teenagers trying to be different.

Neither are nonconformist. In fact, neither have anything to do with conformity. They're medical issues.

Pfft, you're just saying that because you're just a conformist mindlessly following everything that society tells you to. You should be more unique and mindlessly follow everything that a smaller, whinier, equally stupid society tells you to.
/sarcasm

 

[mcgroobber]

well anorexia is conformist for obvious reasons, but maybe obesity is around be cause people keep doing what those dumb ads tell them to do (like go get more mcdonaldsm im lovin it) which is conformist,

but honestly those people got enough problems, we dont need to be telling them that theyre conformist too

 

[Klarinette]

I believe this is what you're looking for


[http://verydemotivational.com/2010/03/14/demotivational-posters-obesity-2/]

Seriously though, who cares?

Yeah, this is what I thought of. I don't think they were serious about obesity being "less conformist than Anorexia" though... I think they were playing on the whole non-conformist-but-trying-way-too-hard goth kid thing... =/ unless of course, that wasn't even brought into context and it's just me... yeah, I completely lost my train of thought in there. I didn't word that properly, at all.

 

[Lullabye]

In today's world, I think being healthy is the least conformist.
But yeah, of the two in the poll, generally, I feel obesity is the least conformist. I mean really, how often do people feel they need to be over weight in order to fit in?

 

[ProfessorLayton]

The Christian holiday? There's only one?

I don't know... how can a weight be conformist? You know that was a joke, right?

 

[mexicola]

I hope the OP was... sarcastic? Neither is more "conformist" and the question is rather pointless.

 

[Generator]

Just to clarify, you are aware that that's just a joke, right?

As for the topic of conformity:

Neither are nonconformist. In fact, neither have anything to do with conformity. They're medical issues.

I completely agree with this. As far as I know, most people don't gain weight to be trendy, and anorexia is a psychological disease, not a trend. So, I'm not really sure which is more conformist, I suppose.

 

[Lonan]

Conformist eh? I don't know what you're talking about, and should be here to tell you off. You seriously need to think about where you're life is going if you use words like "conformist." Spend less time fighting the wind, and I strongly recommend you join a sport, club, or something to give you more enjoyment in you're life. "Conformist?" Really? You might want to see a psychologist to work on you're social issues. Then you won't be so bent on being different from other people, who you must have something against. And anorexic is better for you're health by about 10 billion times, also 10 billion times better for the environment.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Their medical issues not conformist and non-conformist decisions...

 

[Stone Wera]

I believe this is what you're looking for


[http://verydemotivational.com/2010/03/14/demotivational-posters-obesity-2/]

Seriously though, who cares?

Yep, that's the one!
And me and my ravenous curiousity care. We care alot.

 

[Stone Wera]

Conformist eh? I don't know what you're talking about, and should be here to tell you off. You seriously need to think about where you're life is going if you use words like "conformist." Spend less time fighting the wind, and I strongly recommend you join a sport, club, or something to give you more enjoyment in you're life. "Conformist?" Really? You might want to see a psychologist to work on you're social issues. Then you won't be so bent on being different from other people, who you must have something against. And anorexic is better for you're health by about 10 billion times, also 10 billion times better for the environment.

A. Anorexia isn't at all healthier.

B. I am bad at making things clear, I meant which amount of those people are conformist, and who has more of those people.

C. You're telling me about social issues while personally attacking someone you don't know? I sincerely hope that was a joke.

 

[Strykz]

Well since anorexia can well be the result of pressure to conform, i suppose that it is.

 

[zen5887]

One day I spotted a picture on the internet with a subtext stating that obesity is less conformist than anorexia. Now I myself am not too sure about that. I thought jolly ol' Saint Nicholas (Santa, for those with multiple lobotomies) was obese. And St. Nick is a huge part of the Christian holiday (somehow). I'm not sure myself, so I need your opinion on this matter. Is anorexia or obesity the most conformist?

Theres your problem.

Really, you can't put too much thorght into something like this, your mind will melt.

And, after seeing the picture it is plain to see that they are making fun of the goth thing.

 

[Stone Wera]

One day I spotted a picture on the internet with a subtext stating that obesity is less conformist than anorexia. Now I myself am not too sure about that. I thought jolly ol' Saint Nicholas (Santa, for those with multiple lobotomies) was obese. And St. Nick is a huge part of the Christian holiday (somehow). I'm not sure myself, so I need your opinion on this matter. Is anorexia or obesity the most conformist?

Theres your problem.

Really, you can't put too much thorght into something like this, your mind will melt.

And, after seeing the picture it is plain to see that they are making fun of the goth thing.

I don't think that the picture was my problem (I know it was the goth thing). It's the brain melting thing. I have a problem.

 

[Deleric]

Heh. This thread made me laugh.

I think Anorexia stems from Conformism and Obesity from the conformism of others, if that makes any sense. I say Anorexia is more conformist.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

Obesity is less conformist by this note-

Most people who are obese simply do not care.

Anorexic people sacrifice their health to conform to an unobtainable, bullshit standard of beauty.

Which sounds more conformist?

 

[The Singularity]

One day I spotted a picture on the internet with a subtext stating that obesity is less conformist than anorexia. Now I myself am not too sure about that. I thought jolly ol' Saint Nicholas (Santa, for those with multiple lobotomies) was obese. And St. Nick is a huge part of the Christian holiday (somehow). I'm not sure myself, so I need your opinion on this matter. Is anorexia or obesity the most conformist?

Ahem, multiple lobotomies are impossible because you are removing the frontal lobe with one. Unless they have more than one frontal lobe then they cannot have more than one.
I would have to say that neither are really conformist, because they are both opposite ends of a spectrum that really the conformist one is in the middle, maybe leaning toward the anorexia side but generally in the middle. People don't like skeletons, or beached whales. They like the middle ground in between the two, a healthy person.