MetaTalk posts tagged with etiquette and fat

I thought we were progressive

kalessin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:41:01 -0800

Normally I don't say anything, but... the discussion about fat folks forced to fly on SouthWest and whether we need to buy another ticket on ask strikes me as fat bashing, which is not really what the poster asked for. The poster asked for whether fat folks who flew Southwest had to buy the 2nd ticket, not for advice about flying etiquette nor to hear again from non-fat folks whether she should buy a second ticket for their sakes. I am pretty disgusted by some of the folks' reactions to folks not fitting in airplane seats and what etiquette their version is. My level of disgust is not quite high enough for me to want to leave Ask, but it's close. Maybe I'll just avoid these sorts of topics in the future. I personally think it's the airline's fault for treating us like sardines, not the individual passengers' faults for not fitting in the tin. I think it's rude to not just deal with the situation you're dealt, fat or skinny. Sometimes folks are big. Sometimes folks are drunk, sometimes folks fall asleep and knock drinks into your lap. Sometimes folks are rude. Sometimes you have an inconsolable child within 1 seat of you. Sometimes they kick the back of your seat. A lot. It sucks that you get crowded, but I don't think it sucks enough that you have to tell other flyers to buy second seats. Why not rage instead against the airlines' injustice instead of perpetuating that injustice and using it to be crappy to someone else? This is how we change the world, people, by not buying into the bullshit.

Enough with the fat jokes.

alltomorrowsparties — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:08:10 -0800

Enought with the fat haters already. The post was cute, was it really neccessary to mock the photographer's appearance?

Fark fat-bashing fusion

jpoulos — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:03:19 -0800

It's farkish and fatty-bashing in one convenient post!

Seriously, what do we hope to accomplish with this?

Fat jokes aren't necessary.

eilatan — Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:53:58 -0800

Was this really necessary? [more inside]

yuckkkkkkkkkkkkk

twine42 — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 05:39:36 -0800

23324 - The Grand Cabaret : apparently deleted because "It's just you. Really." Are we saying that it was deleted because everyone disagreed with the poster (they didn't) or because it was likely to offend people (which many other threads risk).

Personally, my brain can't cope when The Sun can run a sensible article about bigger women while MetaFilter responds with "yuckkkkkkkkkkkkk".