Athletic Healthy Women: *exist*
SJW: *Undistinguisable noises*
Human land-whales: *also exists*
SJW: Nothing wrong here.
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Rikishi in Sumo: even women who participate in that sport in the West.
When even someone in the Jonokuchi - never mind a Yokozuna - has beaten you by Yori-Kiri , your entire 'argumemt' has committed Hara -Kiri, OP.
I mean, no offense to obese people(*), but I have seen so-called SJWs(**) call ordinary people “fatphobic” just for working out and promoting eating healthier meals. So I kinda get where the OP gets their idea from, even if they’re not correct with how they express it.
(*)Just to be clear, one can consider severe obesity to be bad for ones health without discriminating against obese people. Just like how I consider cancer to be bad for ones health without discriminating against cancer patients.
(**)Probably the same “SJWs” that encourage people to be proud of their appearance, but only as long as it does NOT conform to common beauty standards.
There’s a difference between saying that weight can confer health issues and making the insinuation that weight equates to a failing as a human being or implies a deficiency of morality or personality traits. There’s a difference between saying I will feel better about myself if I lose some weight - which I’ve been trying to do for several reasons - and saying I should not feel good about myself unless I shed those pounds. Making respectful treatment contingent on an exterior standard is the core of such issues and pushing your standards under the pretext of “friendly advice” is an extension of that and it is not blunted at all by “well it’s your mistake to make” condescending attitudes. Actual advice about healthy living, preferably only when solicited, is something else entirely. The devil and the dickery is in the details.
Ok, look. I lost 20 pounds last year due to eating less and being more active. I ‘m in a healthy BMI range but I’m still a little pudgy.
The problem is when you promote an image of a “healthy, athletic woman” and say anyone who doesn’t look like that is fat and a bad person. You’re monitoring people’s looks based on an image that is photoshopped.
@Timjer #107839
Had some similar lived experience myself. Had a person drop me once just for talking calories in a casual convo about coffee, apparently even a casual mention of the concept made them have a rage go at me. I do my utmost to be always sensitive with topics like that around folks but I honestly think I was not the toxic person in the room just for giving them a short answer when asked why I take my coffee with no sugar nor milk at all.
Oh really, OP. In fact being fat is seen as a status symbol in many parts of Africa, for the same reason it sometimes was in the old days, they can afford to eat well. Only in Western countries where that's a given, is there fat shaming.
Fun fact: Treadmills were originally a convict punishment.
@Timjer #107839
I feel the same. I’m an obese woman… and I’d prefer being thin. Fat people should not be insulted for their condition. That said, it’s unhealthy to be horribly obese. If it interferes with one’s health or movement, it’s best to try to lose some fat.
That said, no one should be shamed or discriminated over it and if some are happy the way they are, respect that.
Some folks even have a fetish for really huge people. It’s not my bag (although ‘mildly chubby’ is no problem for me).
Many of these machosphere guys are chunkalicious, yet they never call each other “Land Whales”.
I confess that I find the fat jokes in Weird Al songs hilarious. I also feel that I personally have “Fat Joke Privileges” … although I’ll only say anything insulting to fat people who are awful and who obsess over other’s looks… like the Orangeguy, who criticizes women for chubbing-out despite being a repulsive, orange fatso, himself.
@Creativerealms #107944
Yes! Their body, their choice, but only when it comes to harming other people with their body. If it’s not something that affects anyone else, then it’s “not your body, not your choice!”
Confused?
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