Poll: More is less... Conformist?

[cerebus23]

anorexia is a choice. in that they choose to stave themselves to attain some "ideal" that is often psycologically driven in they they see themselves as fat and keep starving themselves to the point you get alley mcbeal a beautiful girl that when you saw her in a dress it was like looking at a skeleton with skin attached.

obesity can be a actual disease, where your brain chemisty is off and you do not know when your actually full, or your metabolism is slow not matter what and you just gain weight. or numerous psycological diseases that can cause people to overeat.

obesity is more often just eating and not excercising, work 8 to 10 hours a day drive 1 to 3 hours in rush hour traffic your soon living on take out and too tired to do much of anything at night. been there done that. never got obese fat but i can see how very easy it is to just slip into that routine.

I do not think obesity is driven by conformity in any way shape or form, but anorexia is a extreme case of conforming to the kate moss, supermodel heroin fad that was popular for a bit. neither is ideal however. so in the end you could argue that anorexia is a conform driven psycological disease. neither extreme should be seen as as acceptable however.

 

[BonsaiK]

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?

Anorexia is more conformist if you're conforming to other anorexics. Obesity is more conformist if you're conforming to other obese people. In today's society looking skinnier is generally more fashionable than looking fat, however it depends on what circles you hang out in... in some places and cultures it's the other way around. It's a silly question, really. It's like asking "is an apple or an orange more like a motorbike?", the obvious correct way to respond of course being "well, what colour is the motorbike?".

 

[Revolutionary]

Interesting thoughts...