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Originally Posted by kazbates
Why is it socially acceptable to ridicule or poke fun at Overweight people?...
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Originally Posted by kazbates
...particularly when obesity is rarely a choice....
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I'm usually smart enough to avoid these minefields, but this is a long-standing peeve of mine, so here I go.
First, I agree with you that it isn't acceptable to make fun of others. For any reason.
At the same time, I don't think it's fair for overweight people to feel victimized. Except for some infrequent medical issues, it's simple: if you take in more calories than you burn up, you gain weight. Why is that "rarely a choice"?
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Originally Posted by HarryT
...I eat too much and don't get enough exercise....
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I wrote a diet book, but couldn't get any publishers interested. They said my book didn't have a good angle. So now I'm self-publishing. Here's the book in its entirety:
eat less, excercise more.
It's easy to gain weight and hard to lose it. Why? Because if you add 100 extra calories a day to your diet, you won't even notice it. But you'll put on about an extra pound per month. But if you try to eat 100 calories a day less than you need in order to lose weight, you'll be hungry. And people really really don't like to go around hungry!
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Originally Posted by krisk
I'm SO glad I have a DVR and can record everything! I haven't HAD to watch a commercial in over 3 years!
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I'm so glad I don't have a T.V. at all! I haven't HAD to watch a commercial in over 20 years!
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Originally Posted by Angst
How about gravity challenged then?
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