Being Fat in America

[Guest netslob]

Me: "I've never had much luck with women..."

 

Some Girl: "Well, maybe if you lost weight..."

 

Me: "I shouldn't HAVE to, should I?"

 

Some Girl: "..."

 

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here's something i need to get off my chest. you may not know it (since none od you have ever met me), but i have something of a weight problem. it's something i freely admit. i'm fat.

 

the thing about being fat in this society is nobody seems to tire of letting you know it. as if all of a sudden you'll forget. yeah, i know i'm fat, i'm aware of that fact whenever i look in a mirror...hell, whenever i look DOWN. i know that, no need to remind me, asshole. and just for clarification: Who the fuck are you to judge me? cause your thin? that gives you the right to fuck with me? no it doesn't. fat people get treated like shit in this country, and i for one am fucking sick of it. who the fuck are you cocksuckers to tell me the way i live my life is wrong? or any fat person? they treat obesity like it's fucking crime against nature. and don't give me that "it's not healthy" shit, either. my health means nothing to you. it's all about appearance, because i don't look like everyone else.

 

the media is infamous for this. like when some tabloid does a story about Kirstie Alley gaining 200 lbs. , including extreme close-ups of her shoving McDonald's in her mouth. or when Howard Stern notices a little belly-fat on Britney Spears and declares "Oh, she's a fat pig, i wouldn't fuck her with YOUR dick, Robin". or when a wrestling messageboard posts recent pictures of Tammy Sytch, and for 3 threads go on about how "those pics make me physically ill", "she had the perfect body, what happened?", "God, how can Candido even get it up with her in the room?". and people wonder why i have absolute zero faith in humanity as a whole. worthless fucks, one and all.

 

i've been actively trying to lose weight since December, and for the most part, it's been working. i've got a long way to go, but i can now fit into pants i haven't worn since high school, and all my "fat clothes" are now like tents. why am i doing it, you ask? well, it's not because of peer pressure. my peers gave up on me long ago. it's not to impress some cunt who can't look at me unless i'm a size 8. it's not because it's the trend, what everyone else is doing.

 

it's for MY piece of mind. ME. no one else. cause i want to be able to walk into a store and see a shirt or shorts i like, and just BUY them. not worry if it'll fit, or having to have them altered, or having to go to some special store.

 

so, in essence, people NEED to stop concerning themselves with shit that is NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS. this is MY body. you can't look at it, close your fucking eyes. trust me, i'll do the same. alot of thin people ain't all their cracked up to be either. especially when you can see their rib cages from across the street, through clothing. that's just sick.

[TheFranchise 0]

^^

 

Absolutely. I used to have a weight problem, i think i was about 260lbs, i'm 6 foot 4.

 

i'm now down to 195lbs and same height, yet i still have the same amount of girlfriends as i did back then.

 

it really IS all about personalities, and if the girls you hang around with prefer looks, then they're not really the sort of people you want to date.

 

Sorry to sound all mother-ish.

[Guest T®ITEC]

Oh yeah, very true. I'm only trying to lose weight now because I'm so sick of that attitude I get from everyone, inc. myself. I'm really just tired of hating myself.

 

Of course, since I'm a broad, it's a lot worse. Thanks for nothing, God!

[Murmuring Beast 0]

In contrast, I'm dead skinny, and that doesn't help.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

You deserve all the bullshit. There's absolutely no excuse to be a lardass in this day and age, because I used to be one. I lost NINETY FIVE POUNDS in 2 years. Doing what? GASP! Dieting and exercising and having some respect for myself. If you're fat, it makes you ugly and means you're going to die quicker. High blood pressure, poor circulation, diabetes, arteries stiff as boards choked with plaque..fuck all that. Being obese is becoming a bigger killer in this nation than smoking, and NOTHING should ever be worse for you than fucking smoking.

 

It says something pretty sad about this country when me, a former fat depressed closet gothic tub of goo and chronic pothead, can change himself for the better both psychologically and physically, and plenty of actual decent americans cannot. Don't give me any of that genetic crap either. If Calorie intake < calories used, you will lose weight. Easy math.

 

For the record, I'm now 6'3" and 200lbs, the vast majority of which is muscle. Anything left to lose is purely for my own vanity.

 

So, don't give me the "Don't hate me because I'm fat," speech. Being fat is a decision you make for yourself, which means you are fair game for whatever appropriate insult gets flung your way.

[Downhome 0]

i'm now down to 195lbs and same height, yet i still have the same amount of girlfriends as i did back then.

I'm happy to hear that you didn't shrink.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Oh yeah, very true. I'm only trying to lose weight now because I'm so sick of that attitude I get from everyone, inc. myself. I'm really just tired of hating myself.

 

Of course, since I'm a broad, it's a lot worse. Thanks for nothing, God!

Atta girl.

[ulfistgut 0]

here's something i need to get off my chest. you may not know it (since none od you have ever met me), but i have something of a nicotine problem, it's something i freely admit. i'm a smoker.

 

the thing about being a smoker in this society is nobody seems to tire of letting you know it. as if all of a sudden you'll forget. yeah, i know i'm a smoker, i'm aware of that fact whenever i go into coughing fits...hell, everytime I breath. i know that, no need to remind me, asshole. and just for clarification: Who the fuck are you to judge me? cause you don't smoke? that gives you the right to fuck with me? no it doesn't. smokers get treated like shit in this country, and i for one am fucking sick of it. who the fuck are you cocksuckers to tell me the way i live my life is wrong? or any smoker? they treat smoking like it's fucking crime against nature. and don't give me that "it's not healthy" shit, either. my health means nothing to you.

 

the media is infamous for this. like when some tabloid does a story about Kirstie Alley being seen with a cigarette. Including extreme close-ups of her inhaling from the but. or when Howard Stern notices a cigarette dripping from the fingers of Britney Spears and declares "Oh, she's disgusting, i wouldn't fuck her with YOUR dick, Robin". or when a wrestling messageboard posters declare that smoking is an automatic turn off, or that they wouldn't fuck so and so (famous) because they're a smoker

 

i've been actively trying to quit since December, and for the most part, it's been working. i've got a long way to go, but i'm down to 10 a day which i haven't been since high school, and all my "cigarette clothes" now smell less. why am i doing it, you ask? well, it's not because of peer pressure. my peers gave up on me long ago. it's not to impress some cunt who can't look at me unless I'm not inhaling from burning leaves. it's not because it's the trend, what everyone else is doing.

 

it's for MY piece of mind. ME. no one else. cause i want to be able to BUY things (like clothes) and I don't have the money, and just BUY them. not worry if i'll have to smoke less , or the joke is wearing thin and this paragraph is too hard to convert

 

so, in essence, people NEED to stop concerning themselves with shit that is NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS. this is MY body. you can't look at it, close your fucking eyes. trust me, i'll do the same. alot of non smokers ain't all their cracked up to be either. especially when you can see them collapsing by trying not to breath in any smoke, especially on streets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I'm not just be facetious - there are parallels between the (really exagurated) ignorance of my version and the points you are missing in yours - work em out.

 

EDIT: Gah, I should have known that whilst I was carefully editing your post someone would go and make exactly the same point as me

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I smoke a pack a day though. The hazards of smoking and the hazards of being fat are totally different, even if many of the same problems end up being equal.

 

Besides, cigarettes will fit in the pockets of decent clothing, instead of Mumus and giant t-shirts with "Big Dog" written on them like this one fat dude at work.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

netslob should sue the internet

 

Im going to sue my parents for their crappy genes that gave me the worlds crappiest metabolism.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Amen, bro. Making fun of someone's weight is cruel and mean and shouldn't happen.

 

Oh who the hell am I kidding?...

 

[TheFranchise 0]

i'm now down to 195lbs and same height, yet i still have the same amount of girlfriends as i did back then.

I'm happy to hear that you didn't shrink.

Lol shut up, badly worded.

 

the 'shut up' was worded fine though

[Murmuring Beast 0]

i'm now down to 195lbs and same height, yet i still have the same amount of girlfriends as i did back then.

I'm happy to hear that you didn't shrink.

Lol shut up, badly worded.

 

the 'shut up' was worded fine though

He's a Derby fan - go easy.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Being overweight myself, I can say it doesn't seem to have any social effect on me whatsoever. People really don't give a crap about your appearance if ultimately you're a fun and interesting person to be around. Yeah when your in elementary and middle school it sucks but once people grow up a bit things improve.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

It's weird always being online with the English, and other europeans. I get exposed to strange slang and references I don't understand.

[Murmuring Beast 0]

Being overweight myself, I can say it doesn't seem to have any social effect on me whatsoever. People really don't give a crap about your appearance if ultimately you're a fun and interesting person to be around. Yeah when your in elementary and middle school it sucks but once people grow up a bit things improve.

All well and good, but if you go to a club it can be demoralising.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

I don't go to Clubs. Too loud and crowded.

[ulfistgut 0]

I smoke a pack a day though. The hazards of smoking and the hazards of being fat are totally different, even if many of the same problems end up being equal.

 

Besides, cigarettes will fit in the pockets of decent clothing, instead of Mumus and giant t-shirts with "Big Dog" written on them like this one fat dude at work.

I'm also a smoker, but I'm aware of both the health risks and the fact its a turn off and I'm OK with them. This guy seemed to skirt over the actual health risks of being fat. Whilst the actual illnesses are different the situations could be compared (it's mildly suggested that there are genetic links to smoking but not as bad as with fat people) in that it is self inflicted.

 

Another point (to netslob), you can't really get annoyed if people's definition of attractiveness doesn't include how you look. If people find fatness a turn off, they do. They're not being ignorant or anything. Personal taste is hard to master

[Murmuring Beast 0]

I don't go to Clubs. Too loud and crowded.

Not you especially. I see loads of 'fat' people in nightclubs, most standing on their own or with friends.

[Ripper 0]

My whole problem is with what is considered FAT these days.

 

Its too the point that society has forgotten that you can be too skinny and that skinny is GOOD.

 

I was in the mall the other day and heard this table of young girls tallking about how you can tell the difference between the Olsen twins is because one of them is a little fat while the other isn't. THAT is what teh fuck I am talking about.

 

People seem to have lost all grasp of what being helalthy looks like these days. Its somewhere in between skinny and fat people .. Get there.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

In all seriousness, I don't think it really matters if you're fat or not, but rather how active you are. I've known people that would have been considered obese by Uncle Sam but were very active. I've also known people that would have been considered "fit" by government standards and needed a break after walking up a flight of steps...

[Ripper 0]

we had a fire drill last week and I swear, there are "fit" people still sore from having to walk down the 15 flights of steps.

 

Goddamned shame.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

That's why you slide down the railing...

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Or just take the elevator.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

When I was in high school I was a lot bigger (5'10'', 270) and I could pass the Presidential Fitness stuff pretty easily.

[Firestarter 0]

people NEED to stop concerning themselves with shit that is NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS. this is MY body

Though if you want to fuck their bodies with it, it kind of makes your body their "FUCKING BUSINESS." The funniest part of all this childish nonsense is that you're snivelling about having no luck with women, yet at the same time you're claiming their standards are worthless. Here's a free clue: respect is a two-way street. Either find another fat, lazy slob to fuck, or lose the weight and the attitude. Or be miserable for the rest of your life while you and your super-sized Happy Meals wait for a cardiac arrest. Your choice, really. I doubt anyone else cares.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Either find another fat, lazy slob to fuck, or lose the weight and the attitude. Or be miserable for the rest of your life while you and your super-sized Happy Meals wait for a cardiac arrest. Your choice, really. I doubt anyone else cares.

I care, and I don't want two fatties doing the wild thing.

 

Fat breeds fat.

 

And speaking of fat, here's another pic...

 

[Ripper 0]

Or you could be really cool people and get a girl that makes guys turn their head and say "How did he get HER?"

 

Or be rich. That beats everything. Just be rich.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Sell your fat.

[Guest netslob]

So, don't give me the "Don't hate me because I'm fat," speech. Being fat is a decision you make for yourself, which means you are fair game for whatever appropriate insult gets flung your way.

 

i'm not saying it isn't. the reason i'm fat is my own fault. i just don't see why i should be osticized just because i don't fit everyone else's vison of what "beauty" is.

 

netslob should sue the internet.

 

why would i do that?

 

Another point (to netslob), you can't really get annoyed if people's definition of attractiveness doesn't include how you look. If people find fatness a turn off, they do. They're not being ignorant or anything. Personal taste is hard to master

 

hey, i know everyone has different tastes, what i'm saying is even if i don't fit you criteria of what you find attractive, that doesn't mean you have the right to disrespect me because of it. i don't go up to people i don't find attractive and point out all their flaws, all i want is the same courtesy.

 

My whole problem is with what is considered FAT these days.

 

Its too the point that society has forgotten that you can be too skinny and that skinny is GOOD.

 

I was in the mall the other day and heard this table of young girls tallking about how you can tell the difference between the Olsen twins is because one of them is a little fat while the other isn't. THAT is what the fuck I am talking about.

 

People seem to have lost all grasp of what being healthy looks like these days. Its somewhere in between skinny and fat people .. Get there.

 

excellent point.

 

Though if you want to fuck their bodies with it, it kind of makes your body their "FUCKING BUSINESS." The funniest part of all this childish nonsense is that you're snivelling about having no luck with women, yet at the same time you're claiming their standards are worthless. Here's a free clue: respect is a two-way street. 

 

gee, a condescending post from Cancer Marney...there's a shock.

 

i'm not "sniveling" about not having luck with women...that's not what this was about at all. so the only way for me to get respect is to conform with everyone else's wishes and completely ignore my own? that sounds like a FAN-tabulous way to go through life. i wouldn't know, of course. i like to consider myself an individual, and as an individual, i have the right to make my own choices. i freely admit that being fat is my own fault, and the only one who can change that is me, but i shouldn't have to be bullied into losing weight by the rest of society because their standards require me to change just to please them. i don't think i'm asking alot, really. if you do, that's your right. you seem dead set in your ways, nothing i can do to change that.

 

Either find another fat, lazy slob to fuck, or lose the weight and the attitude.  Or be miserable for the rest of your life while you and your super-sized Happy Meals wait for a cardiac arrest. Your choice, really. I doubt anyone else cares.

 

hmmm, charming. thanks for giving a perfect example of the kind of shit i'm talking about. attagirl.

 

Sell your fat.

 

now there's an idea. i'll sell it to Brad Pitt so he can make soap out of it.