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How can people let themselves get so freaking fat?
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You've got to put some bacon and eggs between those waffles and make a sandwich. so good
weekend_warrior
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This thread is making me hungry.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Even so you surely feel the repercussions of addictions, be it from the hangover or bad breath/awful-looking teeth/constant coughing. People knowingly develop dangerous habits all the time.
I hope in the future people will become enlightened enough to feel pity and not disgust. Do people really "choose" to be fat any more than the person with faulty amygdala "chooses" to be a sociopath?
Let's all get high sometime and talk about this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will
Let's all get high sometime and talk about this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will
Devolution
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Why?
Zoe
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Only if you're a doormat.
Vicetrailia
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Your little standard may not be another persons reality no matter what you think.
Obesity isn't a trivial flaw.
I say that as someone who's been 40-50lbs overwieght at one point in their life.
wat
Almost as funny as your understanding of taxes.
Just because you are capable of keeping your weight in check doesn't mean other people are. It's not only a matter of proper diet. There are many elements at play, including genetics, which determine a person's ability to maintain a healthy weight. A severe injury can put someone off their feet for months or years, and that's not something someone can control. It's an exigent factor.
Believing that every overweight and/or obese person you see made a conscious decision to reach that point is irrational, prejudicial, unconscionable, downright unAmerican (kidding about the last one).
What? None of that stuff is necessarily bad for you. I make my own sorbets and ice creams all the time. Tacos and chicken can be perfectly fine unless you go to taco bell and get a chicken taco i guess
edit: wait, i think this was a joke post
I think you're reading in a bit more than what I actually was trying to convey.
We're talking about fat people right now. I'm aware that everyone has their flaws. But I at least am talking about fat people that are inconsiderate and generally nasty.
Dastardly Jerks
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How can you respect someone that doesn't respect themselves?
Occasionally indulging in other things (except smoking) is fine, it's not like you're an alcoholic, a drug addict or whatever.
Overindulging in food is obvious. You know you should slow down if you look down and find you have a Gunt and can't see your feet.
It just shows absolutely no respect for yourself. Ergo, I don't respect you.
Occasionally indulging in other things (except smoking) is fine, it's not like you're an alcoholic, a drug addict or whatever.
Overindulging in food is obvious. You know you should slow down if you look down and find you have a Gunt and can't see your feet.
It just shows absolutely no respect for yourself. Ergo, I don't respect you.
Easy! Work a sedentary job, don't exercise, and consume 4000 calories per day. 4000 calories is quite a bit, however for alcoholics or soda lovers, its pretty easy to get way above that. Just eat a normal 2500 calorie diet and then slam down a dozen beers/sodas and your there.
bengraven
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I'm over 300 pounds, but I don't give a fuck...
...not that I'm unhealthy, that's a thing I know I need to work on and am working toward it. I don't give a fuck if skinny people find me disgusting. I doubt their lifestyles are 100% clean.
Besides, I have a cute, skinny wife who finds me hot so I'm rubber, you're glue, etc.
...not that I'm unhealthy, that's a thing I know I need to work on and am working toward it. I don't give a fuck if skinny people find me disgusting. I doubt their lifestyles are 100% clean.
Besides, I have a cute, skinny wife who finds me hot so I'm rubber, you're glue, etc.
mysticwhip
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although you are underweight and face no scorn, you think that it is worse than being over weight which would most likely lead to you facing scorn? sounds stupid
Trigger Warning
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I've returned to college this year, and while I don't notice an obvious increase or decrease in fat people, I do notice an increase in yoga pants. I live in a state with one of the highest obesity rates by the way.
I mostly don't like yoga pants.
I mostly don't like yoga pants.
Because there is no sympathy for the skinny, especially when they complain in a thread about obesity.
SlipperySlope
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I'm 31.
Neither of those is any kind of reason to be fat.
Lift some weights, build some muscle, and your metabolism will increase so you can eat and eat and eat.
Not every one, but the vast majority are simply lazy fatasses.
bengraven
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It's really bizarre that for a hobby that almost requires sedatory movement, there's a small vocal minority that love to talk about their distaste for fat guys.
True story I had a chubby cousin and I once bought him food for his birthday. His mom went ballistic on me. Ever since then I take him to fast food restaurants without letting his parents know. He hasn't been gaining any weight from what I can tell, probably because his parents are always watching his ass these days. I give him a little relief from all that.
Depends, if she's referring to health then yes, in a lot of ways it is worse.
That's true, but you can't exactly force feed your child something, right? You can limit the chips and soda supply in the household, but kids can get access to that kind of stuff from school or their peers. Parents should definitely watch what their kid eats though in the long run, because being overweight has its other consequences other than being physically unhealthy.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
It's weird because I love trying new recipes, new restaurants, cuisines, etc., but I've never really had the urge to snack or eat excessively. Heck, I used to only eat one meal a day (breakfast) and survive off that. I might have a glass of milk or something, but it was mostly water after that.
I started eating substantially more a few years ago because of a conscious effort to put on weight, but some days I still get close to that one-meal-a-day habit, and honestly- if it wasn't for the guilt I feel over losing weight, I'd be okay with it. I guess the only explanation I can give is that some minds are wired differently.
I started eating substantially more a few years ago because of a conscious effort to put on weight, but some days I still get close to that one-meal-a-day habit, and honestly- if it wasn't for the guilt I feel over losing weight, I'd be okay with it. I guess the only explanation I can give is that some minds are wired differently.
Dastardly Jerks
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It's pretty easy to balance a healthy lifestyle and your hobbies.
So his parents are trying to help him be healthier and you are undoing all that effort and encouraging him to eat like shit. Way to go?
Seriously. Play some games, take a break, go to the gym for an hour 3 or 4 times a week. Eat something other than Doritos. Done.
Mushroom021
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I know what you mean, we see these wicked obese people out there riding around in motorized wheelchairs and really thats not helping them lose weight, they should be walking, and if they never gained that much in the first place they wouldnt need a wheelchair to get around in.
Although I think being overweight is worse, I kinda understand.
It seems some people are more blunt to skinny people; telling them to eat more, or that they look anorexic, etc.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Don't you think its a bit unfair that your wife is keeping herself in such good shape, but you're over 300 pounds?
That pretty much describes me, but I'm sure once I get to my late 20s, my metabolism will slow down.
Vicetrailia
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Why? Because you have the time/circumstance/opportunity to do it?
I think when people get on this diet thing they can go overboad and it's the kids who suffer, once in a while doesn't hurt you. It's only if you make a habit out of it.
How can people let themselves become such worthless douche bags?
Oh wait the question is fat, don't know. I do know some people honestly cannot help it, some people actually have medical problems, some people just battle with the weight but my question is why the fuck do you care? is your life this boring and meaningless?
Oh wait the question is fat, don't know. I do know some people honestly cannot help it, some people actually have medical problems, some people just battle with the weight but my question is why the fuck do you care? is your life this boring and meaningless?
Zoe
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SlipperySlope
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I've talked quite extensively about my flaws in the depression thread. Very extensively. So I'm not deflecting anything. I lay things out there how I see them. I don't really want to go over them here, it'd go OT and all, but if you want to read about them find my posts in that thread, or I can PM you. Your choice.
Skinny people can simply eat more and work out (lift weights), and they will build some muscle. There is only a very small nearly irrelevant % of people for whom that isn't true. We're talking a fraction of a fraction of a %.
And your chubby cousin obviously made a habit out of it, so to undo that his parents are encouraging him to go ion the opposite direction.
He bought him a giant bag of M & M's when his parents are trying to get him to eat healthier and wondered why they'd be upset? Pure idiocy.
Trent Strong
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The bolded only describes a tiny fraction of obese people though. For the vast majority, it is in their control.
Devolution
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Yep.
That's not it. Overweight people face a lot of derision for how they look but being a bit overweight is more healthy than being underweight.
Do you mean like junk food and stuff? Because trust me, if those people with so called super high metabolism were to eat 3000 calories/day and sit on their ass all day, they'd become fat.
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