The overwhelming majority of fat people have made the choice to not do what is necessary to change a situation which is hazardous to their health, wasteful of resources, and visually repellent. [more inside]
posted by Hat Maui on May 16, 2009 - 836 comments

This is a metatalk thread for those who wish to discuss issues of health and obesity rather than derailing the thread about Leonard Nimoy's new photography book.
posted by Brandon Blatcher on Nov 10, 2007 - 150 comments

It's not ok to be fat. Yet, if anyone gets anywhere near this medical, social, and genetic consensus, people go apeshit and like magic, the comment is deleted. It just doesn't seem right to me.
posted by four panels on Sep 17, 2007 - 246 comments

Do MeFites really look askance at fat people?
posted by nevercalm on May 22, 2007 - 124 comments

Was it really necessary to repeatedly challenge booksandlibretti's answer to this question? How about just letting Bookhouse evaluate her response for himself?
posted by teleskiving on Sep 25, 2006 - 89 comments

If I talk about something on my blog, and then I post about it on metafilter without pointing to my blog -- am in trouble? Such as this. I realize this post was deleted and it really doesn't matter, but I was curious about the practice / policy.
posted by bigmusic on Jul 8, 2006 - 10 comments

Could we please blame fat people for everything that doesn't go our way more often? It's awesome and not at all bitchy.
posted by willpie on Mar 12, 2005 - 63 comments

I'm not big on callouts. But this comment by the fire you left me pretty much sums up the problems MeFi has with fat-related posts.
posted by hijinx on Jul 19, 2004 - 148 comments

Was this really necessary? [more inside]
posted by eilatan on Jun 12, 2003 - 80 comments