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Customers Called 'Fat' on Restaurant Bill
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Two things that would help the obesity problem:
1. Make rice our main carbohydrate in meals and make people use chopsticks to eat it. Will slow people down when eating.
2. Integrate fat shaming into Facebook and other social media so friends and family can let you know how fat you've gotten at any time.
1. Make rice our main carbohydrate in meals and make people use chopsticks to eat it. Will slow people down when eating.
2. Integrate fat shaming into Facebook and other social media so friends and family can let you know how fat you've gotten at any time.
I know! Those pesky porkers, stealing my clothes sizes.
I'm not so sure that's a great idea.
Overweight/obese people avoid posting pictures of themselves on FB anyway. Most obese people i know on FB avoid body shots, and often have pictures of other things besides themselves in the profile. They obviously feel uncomfortable with their weight, and probably shouldnt' be publicly shamed for it.
Hell, make it a requirement that anyone over a certain BMI is required to wear a watch they cannot remove. Every 30 minutes it goes off and insults the wearer loudly so everyone around can hear it.
Devolution
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Rice is a much healthier grain than most, but it's not going to work magic.
The reason why Japan and China is thinner than the United States isn't because of eating lots of rice. It's what they put in it and eat with it. Over there it's much more plain, contains less salt, seasonings, sauces, sugars, and contains more vegetables, fish, and normal meat.
Americanized asian cuisine already proves this. See Panda Express.
He's got to be joking. Fit, athletic men after a meal can exceed 34" waists.
freenudemacusers
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IN AMERICA THAT IS.
freenudemacusers
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Well that's about a 48eu so nah
The scarlet letter.
Or hell lets go ahead and just take this to its full conclusion. We got the labeled gowns, now to make sure fat people aren't "infecting" and ruining everyone elses day we should collect them all into camps to.
That's not what your muumuu says.
freenudemacusers
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Dark Octave
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MODS PLEASE
freenudemacusers
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Needs to be red
Devolution
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freenudemacusers
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I didn't know they made plus size silk muumuus
FYI - my post you're up in arms about was a joke, in response to the preceding posts that were obviously jokey ideas on how to combat obesity. The fact you viewed it as anything other than satire is the only worrying thing.
And as for this thread going unchecked. You will see that mods themselves have been contributing greatly to the debate.
Spider from Mars
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YOU SWEARING HAS OFFENDED ME. MODZ PLS.
Dark Octave
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It's hard to tell with the ugly things people have been allowed say in this thread over the past few days. I don't see you up on stage with a microphone, homie. How am I supposed to know who or what you are? Now I know that you're obviously George Carlin back from the dead, so I apologize for my earlier outburst. Obviously something is very wrong with me to make assumptions of your comment and not automatically know it was all a joke. A thousand times sorry.
Well, you could have read my extensive input in this thread. From how I have very clearly stated that abuse of the over weight is unacceptable, to my considered views on the reason on why obesity is on the increase etc.
Or, you know, you could have just read the few posts above mine to see it was the continuation of a joke.
But if it's easier to just come into a thread, read one post out of context, then SHOUT FOR THE MODS TO TAKE ACTION, more power to you, bro.
Trent Strong
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I just quickly skimmed the last page half-asleep and I knew it was a joke.
Dark Octave
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what do you do in real life if someone says something offensive? I'm not asking rhetorically. Do you run to the nearest police officer? I'm offended by how thin-skinned you are.
Escape Goat
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mods plz stahp them
Out of curiosity, has any of the anti-fat stuff in this thread contributed to you feeling pressure to lose weight and get healthy? Some people are saying that social pressure and a culture of unacceptable are helpful in making people make positive changes in their lives.
Sample size of one!
PS3GamerKyle
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IHaveCandy
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I'm not in favor of fat shaming or anything like that, but it really is alarming when you compare America to most other nations. Imagine being a foreigner who only sees Americans represented in movies where obese people rarely ever exist. Then you come to America and see what it's really like. At this point, I think the biggest priority should be installing a sense of healthy eating and exercising in children. A lot of the adult population are going to be set in their ways. We should be most critical of people overfeeding their kids bad food. There is a culture of fattening kids up. Not to the point of obesity, but a lot of parents seem to worry about having thin kids for some reason.
Count Dookkake
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That's a lot of person, too.
Escape Goat
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I almost wrote the thread off as it semed to be spinning its wheels. The "mods plz" guy gave me a hearty laugh. I expect big things from this thread.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Other countries aren't less fat because they are individually shaming fat people. That's the point of the discussion in this thread.
Michelle Obama is doing good things with tact and sensitivity when it comes to childhood obesity.
It's going to be a hard thing to change in a country like USA.
There needs to be an effort to make healthy choices more accessible. There maybe even needs to be regulation on unhealthy food to make it less accessible.
It's stupid that something like McDonald's is not only the most convenient option, but also one of the cheaper options. Or when you go into a grocery store, that packaged processed junk is cheaper than fresh produce.
The way things are now it's easier and cheaper to eat poorly. I think that's a major contributor to weight gain.
I think in some cases, food advertisements (like for fast food places) should be scrutinized the same way cigarette advertisements were. And the whole "part of a balanced diet" thing needs to stop. I remember not too long ago when Nutella (which is basically chocolate spread) had commercials that made it seem like they were a healthier alternative to peanut butter.
And it concerns me that the Olympics and McDonald's would have a partnership.
There are so many examples of marketing poor choices as good choices. It's sick.
Yes.
Discussion.
Dark Octave
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I thought this community was above calling people out of their names. I thought this community's moderators took swift action to prevent disrespect from others. People are allowed to say that they feel that heavier people are less than a person. I came back after a day of hearing this stuff and a day later I was still hearing it and frankly, at that point I had enough. Turns out the guy was joking, I misunderstood and everyone is happy again. Thanks for chiming in though.
I'm not overweight. I just hate bullies. I hate when people think they are better than others. And I can't believe the things that were posted here.
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