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Originally Posted by pilotbob
As someone who is overweight I find this insulting. Is he really "ugly" and "ignorant" or do you just feel all overweight people are that way? Oh and you forgot lazy... all overweight people are lazy too, right?
BOb
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I am also "overweight" ... not ginormously fat ... just overweight. I must admit that I find people in the category of several hundreds of pounds overweight (as in 400-1100 pounds overweight) to be very unattractive myself. I guess it's just a matter of personal taste.
I don't consider them "lazy" as much as I think that once you are carrying around that much excess weight, it is difficult to do anything. The woman that I worked with (who, as I mentioned was in excess of 400 pounds), broke several standard lab stools, and was home sick more often than she was at work. That meant the rest of us got to cover for her. What fun. Also not particularly fun trying to get her up off the floor after she had smashed get another stool. I didn't sign up for that kind of heavy lifting.
So, I suppose if you equate "ginormously fat" with "overweight" then you could be easily insulted by statements made about people who are high risk morbidly obese. I hope that's not you, BOb.