MetaTalk posts tagged with obesity

fat hate is ugly

Hat Maui — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:23:47 -0800

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. The idea of "fat pride" is ludicrous. It's like being proud of drinking until you get cirrhosis of the liver, or smoking until you get emphysema, or whoremongering until your brain rots from syphilis. It's like "meth addict pride". People who are discriminated against for their weight are obese. Obesity is a medical condition, and while no one should be discriminated against for it, it's ludicrous in the extreme to want to form a pride movement to honor that obesity. This is a medical condition that should be avoided and fought against i stand amazed at (some members of) metafilter's ugly ignorance. i have noticed this undercurrent before of self-righteous nastiness toward fat people. never have i seen it so blatantly expressed in one thread. PEOPLE: IT IS NOT OKAY TO HATE ON FAT PEOPLE. if you think people choose to be fat, if you think fat people need to hear your disgust at their fatness, if you feel superior to fat people because you are not fat, if you think fat people are fat because they are lazy, immoral pigs, YOU ARE COMPLETELY FUCKING WRONG. sorry for yelling... it's just, damn, that is some ugly shit in that thread. those of you that expressed disdainful sentiments about the fat -- i encourage you to say that stuff out loud, even to yourself, or go ahead, say it to an overweight loved one. do you hear yourself?

Fat/thin and health, just another

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:00:09 -0800

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.

dextrose

four panels — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:50:26 -0800

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.

MetaFatty?

nevercalm — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:56:52 -0800

Do MeFites really look askance at fat people?

Challenging others' answers in an obesity thread

teleskiving — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:39:47 -0800

Was it really necessary to repeatedly challenge booksandlibretti's answer to this question? How about just letting Bookhouse evaluate her response for himself?

Post on the Blue and in my blog without self linking?

bigmusic — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:52:30 -0800

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.

Complaining that all pants are made for fat people is offensive

willpie — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:44:37 -0800

Could we please blame fat people for everything that doesn't go our way more often? It's awesome and not at all bitchy.

MeFi obesity thread call-out

hijinx — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:16:56 -0800

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.

Fat jokes aren't necessary.

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

Was this really necessary? [more inside]