Fat

Why is everyone so fat?

• High fructose corn syrup. Duh.

• People don't seem to watch what they eat anymore.

• Overeating, poor food choices, alcohol consumption, and lack of exercise. A lot of people I know are fat because of one or a combination of these.

• Why is everyone so concerned with everyone else anymore? Why is everyone such a bully?

• Everything said in the previous comments, plus poverty and depression.

• Unless there is a medical condition, being fat is just plain disgusting.

• HFCS. Labor-saving everything--people don't even open their fucking car doors and windows anymore. Cable TV and internet. Nobody cooks. Nobody smokes. Super-sized everything. Food in restaurants served on platters instead of plates. Snacking is out of control. People eat constantly. I remember when breakfast was a bowl of cereal (one serving!) and a piece of toast and a glass of juice, lunch was a small sandwich and an apple, and dinner was 5 or 6 ounces of meat, a small starch, a vegetable and a small dinner roll. Nothing in between. Maybe a handful of peanuts while dinner was being cooked.

• Nobody smokes?

• People consume more calories than they expend.

• Smoking burns calories and kills appetite, R8.

• Because they eat too much and sit on their butts all day. 'nuff said.

• R3 pretty much described why I'm fat.

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• They eat to much and their lazy!

• The gay world kills self esteem.

• No discipline!

• Please fuck off, Ms. Wintour.

• Retained feces. Fifty pounds per person, minimum.

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• Discipline and self control have gone out the fucking door. That's why! And, these days stupid parents feed their kids nothing but junk. I know a little 4 yr old who always wants a diet coke in the morning. A frickin A diet coke! And, he gets it! The only vegetables in their house are potatoes and corn. The only fruits are bananas and the occasional apple.

• At least he doesn't want a regular Coke, R18.

• more bounce to the ounce, baby

• people are operating under the misapprehension that thick is in.

• But is it really true that discipline and self control have gone out the window for the majority of people (R18)? And is this hysteria about how fat and obese everyone is getting really true? Seems to me the hysteria started when doctors and insurance companies started using the BMI as a measuring tool. And then started messing around with the range of what can be considered overweight and obese. First of all the BMI is a faulty measure to determine how fit someone is and most everyone in the medical community knows this. Yet the papers love to natter on about it as if it's some magical method to determine how fit you are. Secondly, if the insurance companies and medical associations keep messing with the range, then people can become overweight or obese overnight according to the numbers. It doesn't mean they are in bad health or necessarily overweight. The numbers could change back tomorrow and they would be deemed fine again. What I see, in NYC anyway, are mostly people of normal weight who look sometimes enormous compared to the current concentration camp ideal of thinness. I don't see that many people who look truly obese. There are probably more of them than there used to be in the US but there are also far more sickly thin people running around especially in upper class circles where it is the norm. The extremes are very extreme right now, but most people are in the middle. It is in the interest of magazines and newspapers to make you feel hysterically otherwise. It really is time, even on DL, for people to stop being such hysterical bullies about weight. I don't know one person whose life isn't a bit to a lot fucked up by this. We've really got to stop. It's not helping a soul and especially those with a true obesity problem.

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• OP manages to give new meaning to "thick and thin."

• Agree with R22.

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• There are so many heavy people who would make for wonderful friends and partners, but this disregard for their appearance disqualifies them. I never count anyone out because of appearances. I am a former fatty myself and understand that being fat is a complicated issue and that losing weight should be a slow endeavor. So...do we not live our lives while we are on the journey to get fit? Should we disregard someone else who is on that journey? No, it is stupid to do so.

• Fat people smoke.

• Thin people smoke.

• Everything is complicated. People are so lazy in today's world though. If you're sad, it's ok to eat your way into more sadness. If you have no self esteem then eat your way into a bigger problem. Get off your asses and be more into the world and not on your couch in front of the TV.

• Why is your nose so bulbous and red OP? Oops, I think we know the answer to that one.

• You were fat once, too, Karl, so shut yer gob!

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• Yes. But that said, R28, lazy and sitting in front of the TV is an epidemic of its own. My mother was a social worker, and I used to secretly ride around with her to drop of shit and make visits. Almost all of the clients I saw over the years were UNDERWEIGHT, sitting in front of the tv, waiting for their bag of junk food and check to buy cigarettes and liquor (though don't think that's as easy to do as it once was). And I kind of disagree about "being in the world" alleviating issues. The world makes a lot of people run the other direction (perhaps rightfully so), and it *ultimately* doesn't care about you--regardless of wealth, charisma, or anything else. That's partially why people have become so obsessed with "meeting their soulmates" and having a "perfect" relationship.

• *drop OFF shit Lol.

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• Doritos High Fructose Corn Syrup the biggest one, DEPRESSION

• People are fat because the cheapest food is the worst nutritionally. Fast easy high fat high carb meals. My dad was a diabetic so growing up we had to eat Low/no sugar foods, a lot of protein and veggies. Just lucky I guess growing up that way.

• So many fatties are very angry at thin and attractive people, rather than trying to exercise, they brag about how much food and liquor that they can consume. They feel that it is there right to do anything that they want. Others are overweight due to a medical illness or injury and unable to exercise, temporarily or permanently. Those should gain our sympathy.

• I agree R35. I have a group of people I used to hang out with more but now just peripherally. By their mid-30s, they were still partying like they were in their 20s. I was 5-7 years older than most of them and warned them all the drinking would catch up with them. Now every single one of them is way overweight. One has high blood pressure. But all they do is brag about how much liquor they can consume and how high their tolerance is. As they head into their 40s, they're not looking good. One of the people in this group also ruins every party. She watches what everyone is drinking to make sure you're all drunk so you don't notice how much she drinks. Twisted. We all know how much she drinks.

• R36, I wonder what cow-town you reside in as no one drinks anymore! It is so passe and OVAH that only clods still drink AND smoke. Tell your drunky friends that their behavior is stupid and boring and that they are stupid and boring to be doing it.

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• It's amusing how overweight people try to justify their behavior. Unless there is a specific health issue that leads to weight gain then please do not justify being fat. It's simply unhealthy and a sign that people are not attempting to get the help they need either with depression of laziness. A little weight is one thing but there is no excuse for obesity. None.

• Pretty much everything you've said there is a lie R38.

• portion size, corn syrup, stress, fast food, super sizing

• "I eat elastic on a Saturday night"--Elton John

• Really why the fuck do you care (R38)? Whether not people are willingly obese is beside the point. It's not your business and who are you to judge what other people do? And don't give me the bullshit about fat people driving up healthcare costs. Anyone who drives a car or has a baby is potentially driving up healthcare costs. These are high risk activities. There is no definitive proof that says that being obese will CAUSE any particular disease; it is noted as a potentially negative factor. Same as living under a lot of stress or being an asshole. Correlation is not causation. And anyway, if we were really so concerned about health care costs, we would have been rioting a long time ago against the insurance companies and pharma companies who keep the system so untenable. What you are really looking for is someone to whom you can feel morally superior. And in my opinion, you've picked a ridiculous basis for that. People used to try to morally better themselves by doing things like helping the poor or funding the arts. Now they feel smug about going to the stupid gym. Who cares? Exercise is great stuff, but doing it doesn't make you superior.

• Let's have thread on smoking dope and what that "causes". Or maybe a thoroughgoing one on spanking, this thread is boring. The fat troll always shows up and is so tiresome, feel free to hijack his/her thread with whatever you feel like talking about--those who refuse to pay $18, now's your chance, Chauncy (Tee-hee-hee!). Now that I'm thinking of it, does anyone know anything about growing oak saplings from acorns? I planted some acorns in little pots the other day and nothing seems to be happening, and I water them maybe twice a week.

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• I've noticed a lot of overweight people still get laid, makes me wonder if all the "no fats" on grindr really will suck a big mans dick when it comes down to it.

• I assume you're perfection OP. Why don't you tell us your secrets?

• Sedetary lifestyles, portions offered and accepted, commute times to work, soda, and alcohol.

• {quote]They eat to much and their lazy! Oh, dear.

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• I used to give my hot daddy birthday spankings until I was about 17, he enjoyed them I think. Aunt Jemima is a lesbian. If you cross your eyes too much, one day they will stick like that. Jesus was a lesbian. AND SHE WAS FAT TOO. And died for your sins, YOU FRUITS!! I want to find a cute, white cop and spank him in his uniform. Did your gym teacher liberally use a paddle? Did you get paddled if you didn't take a shower? Is it true Marines like getting violently fucked in the ass?

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• Depression depression depression.

• r43 I don't know the answer to your acorn issue but I just watched Being There last night so high-five for the reference ;-) r42 I agree that on a fundamental level everyone needs to have respect for everyone else and that all people should be treated equally. And your point about people trying to morally better themselves by donating to the poor or funding the arts bears repeating because those are fantastic things to do and much more productive than casting blame and complaining. However, I disagree with you regarding your claims that obesity isn't an epidemic problem, and that it doesn't drive up healthcare costs --it does. It affects many aspects of not only the healthcare system but also the economy, military, public transportation and more. It isn't just an individual problem, it's a societal one.

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• Sugar. It's in everything and EVERY major chain will do everything they can to addict you to their crap via this simple, addictive base.

• [quote]I've noticed a lot of overweight people still get laid, makes me wonder if all the "no fats" on grindr really will suck a big mans dick when it comes down to it. If it's not at that point, it probably will be, as I think all these things turn out to be pretty similar. When Craigslist first became popular to browse just for the pervs and weirdos on there, I took a look. And I noticed that guys of all orientations, including the ones who said "no fatties" (and most of them seem to), are duds who can't be picky. But the fact that they're soliciting something over Craigslist should tell you enough. One of the saddest concepts is guys who live in the middle of nowhere who are picky online. Who do they think they're going to attract?

• Has anyone considered how crowded Europe would be if all the white people went back to the lands of their ancestors? Would the 3 million Native Americans in the former USA like having North America back to rattle around in with huge ghost towns called New York, Chicago and Los Angeles? Would African Americans rather live in Africa or America? What does one think of the ass as a (w)hole? Does the ass get flatter after a spanking or getting fucked?

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• Agree R38. There is no excuse to be fat. Eat and exercize for your metabolism and body type.

• Do cops, cowboys, football and baseball players have phatter asses than most other average men? Do you think their byootocks ought to be flattend or else given to/shared with those who have none?

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• What about the fat women R55. It's alot more disgusting on them. Stop the man hate.

• LIfe is tiring and stressful. Sex starts losing its excitement. Food doesn't disappoint.

• Will someone PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEase think of the children?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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• OMG!! Where is Elizabeth Taylor when you need her for Christ's fucking sake!!

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• I'd rather be fat and feel good inside, then be a starving queen!

• Try taking Effexor and Abilify and you'll be fat too.

• It always disgusts me when former overweight people talk about other peoples weight, I have the urge to remind them that they can always gain it back.

• No, all people don't deserve respect! Gay-bashers, gang-bangers, right-wing fundies, KKK members..sure R42! Lets be nice to everyone!

• Slow metabolisms are the culprit.

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• There are so many fat people for the same reason there are so many stupid people. The gene pool is beyond contaminated with the DNA from people who in a perfect world would have died without spawning.

• I have sympathy for overweight people, don't judge them and stay out of their business. But I do notice that my overweight friends have trouble moving around, that they feel self-conscious, and that -- frankly -- they looked a lot better 5 years and 40 pounds ago. There are definitely a lot more fat people than in the past. In my high school years ago we had a handful of them. They were whispered about. At the high school across the street from me there are now hundreds of hard-core fat students. Not a good development no matter how defensive people get. These kids' young years are already less fun. The key is to keep weight from creeping on in the first place.

• The problem is that there is too much acceptance of fat. Less people were fat when it was less acceptable. It's good to tell people that they would look better if they would lose a large amount of weight or to mock them with kindness when they head to the buffet for a fourth trip.

• Fat is a choice, you make it one bite at a time.

• [quote]I'd rather be fat and feel good inside, then be a starving queen! Oh, dear.

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