http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/apr/29/are-you-becoming-a-fattist/?whee

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"Some people are racists, some are elitists. Some people are fattists. While you've never considered yourself a person who discriminates against others, you might be in danger of becoming a "fattist.""

4/30/2010 6:08:21 AM

I hate all minorities, so yeah, I guess so.

4/30/2010 6:32:03 AM

i'm pretty judgmental, so yeah, probably

4/30/2010 6:48:34 AM

what do you call it when you hate people who suck the teet of the govt instead of working like the rest of us?

4/30/2010 7:05:10 AM

quagmire02 is a whale.

4/30/2010 7:08:31 AM

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"what do you call it when you hate people who suck the teet of the govt instead of working like the rest of us?"

Reasonable.

4/30/2010 7:13:53 AM

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"SUCK THE TEET"

4/30/2010 7:43:52 AM

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"They also roll their eyes when they see overweight people in line at the grocery store with a basket full of Twinkies and powdered doughnuts. "

how is this being a "fattist"?

4/30/2010 7:54:15 AM

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"quagmire02 is a whale."

it's true...this is me at the beach last summer, working on my tan

4/30/2010 8:07:33 AM

Fuck fatties.

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"I hate all minorities, so yeah, I guess so."

If you hate minorities, then shouldn't you hate skinny people in America?

4/30/2010 8:15:01 AM

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"what do you call it when you hate people who suck the teet of the govt instead of working like the rest of us?"

what do you call it when you hate people who come from a middle-class white background who complain about other people who are less fortunate than them?

4/30/2010 8:37:30 AM

^^ just skinny WHITE people...you can hate black people just because they're black

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 8:38 AM. Reason : .]

4/30/2010 8:37:58 AM

Being "fattist" or elitist is not equivalent to being racist. I'm not saying that I dislike fat people or that weight necessarily says anything about who you are as an individual, but becoming obese is a result of a series of choices made by the obese individual. Someone being of a minority race is something they have literally no control over. To become obese, you must have made unhealthy choices. Thus, I think people are within their rights to try to dissuade an obese individual from buying twinkies or making some other unhealthy decision.

Whether or not external factors (peer pressure, genes) are so powerful in obese individuals such that they overcome the individual's autonomy (and thus forcing them to lose total control of their choices) would be an argument I'd be willing to listen to, but it'd be a difficult case to make.

4/30/2010 8:45:09 AM

^ There are medical conditions to account for what you just said. Nothing's as black-and-white as you'd think.

4/30/2010 8:53:47 AM

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"Being "fattist" or elitist is not equivalent to being racist. I'm not saying that I dislike fat people or that weight necessarily says anything about who you are as an individual, but becoming obese is a result of a series of choices made by the obese individual. Someone being of a minority race is something they have literally no control over. To become obese, you must have made unhealthy choices. Thus, I think people are within their rights to try to dissuade an obese individual from buying twinkies or making some other unhealthy decision. "

On the Money.

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"There are medical conditions to account for what you just said."

What maybe 5%.

I am sure lard of tub I saw at food lion with a cart full of twinkies, soda, pork rinds, hot dogs, a candy bar, and an apple (to be healthy)
is not fat due to her genes. Even if she is; her diet is not helping the situation.

My sister, dad, and I have been getting on my mom for her weight problem. She was not always overweight and does not have a
"genetic problem." She does not exercise, her typical diet when going out to eat is hamburger/steak, fries, donuts, and other
fatty foods.

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 8:59 AM. Reason : a]

4/30/2010 8:57:18 AM

^^ agreed on the point that you don't always know 100% that it isn't some underlying medical condition (although I'd bet that applies to the minority of obese people), however, some of the examples given in the article are just stupid. Like the one I pointed out:

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"They also roll their eyes when they see overweight people in line at the grocery store with a basket full of Twinkies and powdered doughnuts."

Pretty sure at that point we can make a logical conclusion.

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 8:59 AM. Reason : ]

4/30/2010 8:57:37 AM

It's been said in this thread, but 99% of fat people have no excuse. They're just depressed and weak.

4/30/2010 9:13:08 AM

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"If you hate minorities, then shouldn't you hate skinny people in America?"

Good point...and true.

I really only roll my eyes when I see a fatty eating a big ass burger or double down very gingerly, pinkies out and everything. I generally only grumble when I'm forced next to a fatty that spills over into my space like the back of a Volkswagen or on a plane.

My dad got really big because he didn't exercise and ate the worst foods (smoked too). He used to be a pilot, not anymore.

4/30/2010 9:13:59 AM

Most people don't like fat, ugly, and disgusting people. They're depressing.

4/30/2010 9:23:32 AM

seeing obese people eat usually disgusts me. especially if their chin or gut catches the crumbs.

4/30/2010 9:28:54 AM

I like the fat people that wipe the grease off their food first, before their great overindulgence.

4/30/2010 9:33:47 AM

Whoever wrote that commentary watched the Tao of Steve last night.

4/30/2010 9:51:58 AM

I'm not becoming a fattist. I have always been a fattist.

4/30/2010 10:07:02 AM

Win.

4/30/2010 10:07:22 AM

absolutely.

4/30/2010 10:07:45 AM

4/30/2010 10:11:04 AM

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"I hate all minorities, so yeah, I guess so."

Although the number of fat people may be lower than the number of normal people, the amount of mass in all fat people combined might be more than the amount of mass in all normal people combined, so non-fatties might actually be in the minority in that context.

4/30/2010 10:13:01 AM

^^^^^ yup

i used to be fat, then i ate a damn vegetable and worked my ass off (literally) over the course of a couple years

the VAST majority of fat people who say they "can't" get thin really mean they "won't" get thin

it's hard and time consuming to make big changes, it takes a lot of willpower, but "can't" and "won't" are very different

of course, there is the tiny portion for whom "calories in < calories out" doesn't work, and their stories provide an excuse for the lazy

if you're fat and happy, more power to you. if you're fat and going to the gym long term, more power to you. if you're fat and claim you "can't" slim down, most probably,


YOU LIE.

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 10:16 AM. Reason : ^]

4/30/2010 10:14:31 AM

I support a fat tax.

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 10:21 AM. Reason : a]

4/30/2010 10:21:33 AM

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"I hate all majorities, so yeah, I guess so."

4/30/2010 10:22:15 AM

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"of course, there is the tiny portion for whom "calories in < calories out" doesn't work, and their stories provide an excuse for the lazy"

It's not that calories in < calories out doesn't work; it's that something is messing with the way the "calories out" part operates. You simply cannot operate at a deficit and maintain the same mass

The way I see it, if someone's shouting HORMONES/DISEASE, that's all the confirmation one needs to know that the fatass is 100% at fault, instead of, say, 90% at fault.

I blame myself for being a fatass, because I AM responsible. I found out last year that I have a genetic disorder that impacts my metabolism, and the way my body processes carbs. It's not a get out of jail free card; it's a 'you've got to approach things from this angle' info card.

4/30/2010 10:25:25 AM

http://tinyurl.com/2chlkf9

stuff like this makes me such

4/30/2010 10:37:34 AM

what

the


fuck

4/30/2010 10:51:36 AM

i'm sure that's 100X more exercise than her whale parents have ever gotten


gg, fat baby

4/30/2010 10:56:39 AM

I am a fattist.

However, I'd like to lay some blame with the food industry. Not just fast food industry, but food industry in general. I am not saying this is the only problem, but I think it's a major aspect that our government needs to control. I guess now I am also a socialist.

4/30/2010 11:01:14 AM

Yes, you are. If people cannot control what goes into their own fat gullets, then they should be shot.

4/30/2010 11:04:31 AM

^^^^^

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"It actually isn't that weird when you consider the fact that one of her parents is an octopus."

4/30/2010 11:51:37 AM

real fattists arent concerned for the fatties health, they want fatties to exist as an underclass so they can have a humiliation free-for-all. over a billion people are overweight on the planet right now. Since being overweight isnt that desirable, it would seem to suggest that it is difficult for the average person to recover from being significantly overweight. and unfortunately unless there is some kind of magical sea change the population is going to just keep getting fatter. So fuck you if you are just going to harass and try to shame people for something that is happening to people around the globe. The shame of it all isnt helping anyone lose weight, and fucking with the wrong person might be hazardous to YOUR health.

4/30/2010 12:20:56 PM

isn't being a fattist MORE like being judgmental towards meth heads than racist?

losing weight IS hard though. i mean just because you go to the gym 3 times a week and eat healthy doesn't mean you're going to be a super model. i'm just sayin.

4/30/2010 12:26:57 PM

Two comments:

-You don't look that overweight, at least from your gallery. The closer you get towards the "underweight" category, the harder you're going to have to work.

-You're not working out hard enough. Walking on the treadmill with a Redbook propped up for 30 minutes with your iPOD on isn't going to cut it.

4/30/2010 12:28:55 PM

um duh. that was really sexist.

when i go to the gym i swim or run on the track. no elliptical/treadmill shit. sometimes i bike though.

but i'm saying in general not just for me - weight (on women especially) doesn't just seem to fly off.

and hopefully i'm not overweight at all i mean i'd like to lose a little weight BUT i'm still within the range given for my height. well within the range so. i wasn't really talking about me specifically!

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 12:31 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2010 12:30:19 PM

Figured it was worth putting in the opinion of a shrinking fattie (56lb down currently!!).

Hating fat people is the same as hating someone because of thier religion.

A person chooses both of those.

It is not the same as being racist, because a person doesn't choose thier race.

Is it nice to hate fat people? No, but you can't help your feelings toward someone.

4/30/2010 12:32:50 PM

^^It's not sexist, it's reality. Anyone who has been to a gym can attest to the fact that a majority of women do the following:

-Treadmills
-Ellipticals
-Inner/outer thighs
-1 lb. weights

And they seem to have this idea that if they even look at weights they're going to somehow bulk up into a monstrosity, which is the dumbest thing.

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 12:33 PM. Reason : ]

4/30/2010 12:32:53 PM

well yea they do use treadmills and elliptical. but the redbook thing was the sexist part. i rarely see people reading magazines at the gym.

and yea the weight thing is dumb. as a former swimmer i learned about weights when i was like 13 so i ain't scurred of them

[Edited on April 30, 2010 at 12:35 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2010 12:34:47 PM

I'm a fattist and damn proud of it.

NO FATTES.

4/30/2010 12:53:13 PM

Yeah, people are usually proud to be a member of a hate group. Any other hate groups you're a part of that we should know about?

4/30/2010 1:05:12 PM

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"real fattists arent concerned for the fatties health, they want fatties to exist as an underclass so they can have a humiliation free-for-all. over a billion people are overweight on the planet right now. "

I don't want fatties to exist period. I want them to be thin[ner].

On the other hand, I do take pride in being thin; so if the fatties were gone, I would definitely feel less attractive by comparison. Maybe I actually want there to be more fatties.

4/30/2010 1:13:36 PM

having fatties around makes me look that much more awesome

4/30/2010 1:16:47 PM

Oh fuck you. We can hate whoever we want for whatever reason we want.

On the list:

Fatties
Religious people
Stupid people
Fat, religious, stupid people

4/30/2010 1:17:00 PM

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"hate group"

hate group? gtfo and hit the treadmill plz

4/30/2010 1:17:15 PM