Really? Politically correct? Is that why a large number of people have ignored the bulk of the OP to focus on the usage of the term fat, because it’s so “PC” to bash people for being fat?
Well yes, substituting a more generally discriminatory word in a statement that is totally unrelated to said discriminatory word is going to make the whole statement sound worse. But if you’re doing that to make the case that “fat” is a slur, you’re a moron.
Maybe, just maybe, the people in question are both fat (as a descriptor and causative factor in the “sweating all over the place” phenomenon), and morons for failing to wipe down the equipment, which is unsanitary.
I didn’t know fat was considered a class now. I would posit that it is not, no more than “tall” or “brunette” is a class.
Thanks ladyfoxfyre; you put it far more eloquently than I did. I also used the word ‘ugly’ in the OP, perhaps I should have stuck with ‘those with aesthetically unpleasing features’ and, of course, clarified that not all such people are unhygienic jackholes.
No amount of eloquence is going to change that you’re going to lose this particular battle. Anything else you say will continue to be obscured by the fact that you used the “F” word, so now we have to argue about what a discriminatory bigot you are rather than the fact that it’s disgusting not to wipe your equipment after you use it.
looking at the op from a Game Theory point of view gives me the impression hes wrong.
if everyone wipes down the machines then the people who dont give a crap are working to satisfy those who do
however if those who give a crap wipe down the machines BEFORE they use them then only the ones who give a crap are wiping them down.
the second result is obviously the most fair to everyone so long as you discount people who are just grossed out by someone else sweating on stuff.
personally I wash my hands/shower after a workout…cause wiping down 10 machines seems pretty damn silly to me.
Then you can take a flying suck at my ass too (unless you’re wooshing us, I hope you are). I complain about what I saw, the whining thought police aren’t gonna convince me there were five lights no matter how many false assertions they make.
Thats not what I said lardygrrl. I dont stop fat people in the street and tell them to go get some exercise. I didnt mention people standing in a gym talking with their friends. I didnt say anything even like that.
What I said was that these dumb fucks are standing on these fad machines and deluding themselves into thinking that they are exercising. They are not, they are paying lip service to the whole fucking idea of exercise. They are taking the easy option, patting themselves on the back for a “workout” that has done more harm than good for the simple reason that it doesnt do any fucking good in the first place.
I generally pay no heed to fat arses walking around town, but I do reserve the right to casually insult dumb bitches that do dumb shit in gyms. Also, I will call those dumb bitches flobby Ten Tonne Tessies because saying stuff like that seems to annoy anal weenies like DSEID, and I feel that can only be a good thing, on the whole.
I know it’s not quite the same thing…and I’m the farthest thing away from a germphobe.
But before I use one of the “borrow” yoga mats at the studio I go to, I always grab one of the complimentary sanitary wipes and give it good wiping. It’s an unspoken rule that if you use the studio mats, you wipe it down afterwards. But I still do it beforehand just in case someone forgot to, or whatever.
If changing gyms is not an option, just carry one of those Lysol cylinders with you and immediately wipe a machine after it’s used. Don’t say a word or give anyone an ugly look. Eventually people will get the hint and may follow suit. Either way, you won’t have to worry about the sweat cooties getting you.
(I wouldn’t want to work out on a sweaty machine either. And that’s why I don’t go to the gym!)
But it’s only fat people who are inconsiderate, eh?
You could have said stupid or rude or assholes, or shit-for-brains, or camel-felchers, but somehow to you, only fat people are inconsiderate and it’s the worst insult you could come up with.:rolleyes: Or is it you only notice when fat people are being inconsiderate? I
In both cases, you are a bigot. No matter how you slice it, it comes out bigot.
Then that’s what you should have said. As it is, it sounds as if you’re bashing them for their looks rather than what they did. As if only unattractive people do inconsiderate things.
That may not have been your intent, but that* is* how it comes across, and that is why you’re getting grief rather than agreement. Had you confined your insults to the actual act that is jerkish you wouldn’t have your thread be derailed like this.
As it is, when people do as you did in your OP it seems to link people’s various unattractive traits with whatever inconsiderate act they’ve committed, as if their fat is what’s causing it. Doing that is just as rude as the rude thing the ugly person is doing.
That said, I also hate those that don’t clean up their eqpt. I was that way when I was slim and I’m that way now that I’m a fat grandma. I get sick at the drop of a hat, so I’m now one of those weird germaphobes who wipes down everything others have touched (or don’t touch them at all).
Actually his particular absurd obsession with the possibility of touching the sweat of others, to the point of warning someone else that he didn’t know that the handlebar they were about to touch was, omigosh the horror, not wiped dry previous to their about to touch it, and his simply not believing it when the other person didn’t give a shit (and possibly gave him a very odd look) … the sweat of others being ground into his palms … mixing with his own essential bodily fluids … so disgusting … unbelievable … has already been adequately mocked.
It is polite to wipe down equipment because some people care about it but as noted different gyms have different local cultures and many people do not care. If your are in a gym where most people do not care then really following monstro’s lead would be wise: wipe it down yourself before you use it.
Being polite I put the seat down for my wife and did for my sisters growing up. Would it really have been any less fair for them to have to put it up for me, or at least to put it down themselves? But sure, I can do that. If local gym culture is to wipe down the machine, including the moist handle bar, after every use, I can do that, and even if it is not local custom, if someone asks me to nicely, I’ll smile, say sorry, and comply. And try to remember that it is important to at least one person there and do it the next time too. That’s how we anal weenies roll. OTOH if I forgot once, or just plain didn’t, and some asshole came up and “somewhat gruffly asked” me to, instead of trying to be nice about it, I’d probably just pretend they did not exist and walk away (and think about telling them to fuck off but not do it, because I am polite).
Mr. K., you are simply a jerk, and one of the many reasons I am happy I have my home set up is that I don’t need to interact with your kind in a public gym.
FTR: I’m a bit OCD and contact with the sweat of others makes me puke in my mouth a little bit. I’d rather they wipe it off when they are done, but I will wipe it off, anyway. And wash my hands afterwards, but only once.
[aside] My wife had a boil in her armpit that grew so large that even she sought help from an MD. After it was removed the nurse briefed me in how to dress it. Looked like the entry wound of a 20ga slug. Wife handled all the dressing, which was good because if she had told me it was MRSA I’d’ve taken myself and the kids to a motel, only returning for dressing while wearing a decontamination suit, and then burnt the house down. She waited until it had healed to tell me.
ETA: No, I really wouldn’t have. Motel linen scares me even more.
