It is pretty funny how people talk about fat people on the internet like they are some sort of subhuman garbage.
Most of it, for me at least, is just pent-up venting of all the things I wish I could say to our friends and family.
I have a friend who is condemning himself to loneliness because hes too fat. My family are all suffering obesity-related health issues because they're too fat. Some of my fat relatives are raising children that already have no fucking idea what a proper proportion is and will inevitably struggle with obesity through high-school. In-laws are so ecstatic to be grandparents and they'd be wonderful, but they're honestly not going to live that long. WTF, feels bad man. Etc, etc.
There is absolutely zero use in discussing this because, for some inane reason, its considered rude to imply someone needs to lose weight. If they suffered from ANY other drug addiction, I'd be amiss in NOT attempting to help them. It makes me sad to see so much potential wasted. Ranging from Quality of Life to the adults (look at the fucking Sleep Apnea thread, christ...), to life expectecy, to NOT subjecting their kids to a food addiction before they're even teenagers. Going through highschool is hard enough, why do it obese?
The cyclical nature of their interest in nutrition/fitness and the concomitant "oh, my priorities changed" after a month or two. When my obese friends/family hit me up about how they're "gonna do it, 4realzyo! and could really use your help!" its like I'm following a script in which I say supportive shit, tell them things they already know, and heaven forbid I suggest they try anything any differently because they know their body and are in complete denial about how they have a success rate of zero. Its tough to not flip the fuck out and instead just cut/paste random generic supportive sentences in the interest of diplomacy.
This shit drives me insane and every time a new affliction pops up: ("Oh, she has to take it easy this week because her knees are flaring up.") its hard to not feel a little resentment. It's not that I think fat people are subhuman garbage, it's just they represent an inscrutably poor series of decisions to me that carry real and serious consequences for everyone around them AND I'm not "allowed" to really approach the issue given social mores.
The best analogy I can think of is a handful of loved ones that are really genuinely hurting themselves with an addiction AND passing it onto their young children while only paying lip-service to the dangers, while simultaneously, if you try any sort of intervention you're the insensitive bastard.
Did you know, this generation of children have a lower life expectancy than the last? Look at the delta on the obesity charts; its not slowing down, either.
