# "Do you think I'm fat?" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397 "2015-10-21T20:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/21 "2015-10-22T17:32:46Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The moment the first friend asked that question, I would roll my eyes and leave the room, never to return. Exactly. Not only is she the kind of bitch that fishes for compliments, she’s clearly an insensitive twat to ask a fake question like that in front of \*her \*supposed friend who clearly is fat. Do not want. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/22 "2015-10-22T17:48:38Z")
“No, it’s just your butt. The rest of your body is so thin it looks like a popsicle stick on top of a caramel apple.” ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/23 "2015-10-22T18:34:07Z")
Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets, step right up and greet the Mets. What Monstro said with an added deep sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/24 "2015-10-22T19:27:11Z")
I woud suddenly remember that I had an urgent appointment elsewhere. Anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/25 "2015-10-22T19:30:54Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > If it’s men, then the op _really_ needs new friends. If it’s men, the correct answer begins with, “Dude, you’re so fat…” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/26 "2015-10-22T19:52:09Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > “Do you think I’m stupid?” ^ This, starting with friend one and repeating with each subsequent question. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/27 "2015-10-22T20:35:52Z")
I’d say, “Fatty Magoo you know I love you.” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/28 "2015-10-22T20:42:00Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Unless I know my friend is delusional, and doesn’t really realize that they’re fat, I’d assume they were being sarcastic and play along with it. The specific response would be dependent on many factors, in that case. > > And, as an aside, as a non-delusional fat guy, if I was Friend 5, I almost certainly would ask the same question, in a sarcastic manner. Ok, but how should one answer such a sarcastic question? “Yes? No? Maybe?” ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/29 "2015-10-22T20:53:52Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > The topic of body weight comes up in the conversation. This is where the entire night has gone wrong. We have 4 rail thin people, one morbidly obese person, and body weight just ‘happens to’ come up in the conversation? Bullshit. It came up for a reason, and if the toothpicks are all asking if they’re fat, one by one, it’s a fucking setup. I don’t know who they’re setting up, me or our obese friend, but it stinks to high heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/30 "2015-10-30T16:54:40Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Ok, but how should one answer such a sarcastic question? > > “Yes? No? Maybe?” “Fat? Dude, with you, “fat” doesn’t even begin to cover it! You’re positively rotund, emphasis on the “tonne”. Fat stands next to you so it looks skinny. NASA wants you use you for a slingshot maneuver. Aliens in other solar systems can detect you by how much the Sun wobbles!” That may have escalated quickly. ---
**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/31 "2015-10-31T17:06:39Z")
Really, the only appropriate answer to any of this is “What kind of a question _is_ that?” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/32 "2015-10-31T18:21:06Z")
I invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment not to answer, on the grounds I may incriminate myself. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/33 "2015-10-31T18:30:36Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Ok, but how should one answer such a sarcastic question? “Compared to what?” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/34 "2015-10-31T18:32:15Z")
Well, yeah. See how fat friend responds. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/35 "2015-10-31T20:24:23Z")
Fat is a pejorative term to me, someone could be heavyset but not “fat.” I think most people don’t see that distinction - but this is probably getting off topic. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/36 "2015-10-31T22:16:35Z")
McNamera once said that during a press conference one should not answer the question asked. One should answer the question that you wish they had asked. In this case, one could take the first question as an invitation to talk of your own struggles with weight gain. Or something you read about weight gain. Or fashion tips on how to look slimmer. If they insist (and in the OP’s scenario, I think they would) escalate one level. Not more. “Hm: tough to say… what’s your BMI?” Then escalate another level if necessary, finally ending in pleading the fifth or some wise-ass remark. When an old girlfriend asked me this question I looked at her and started cracking up. That probably wasn’t best practice. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/37 "2015-10-31T22:27:06Z")
> [@Abner\_Ravenwood](#): > > I don’t see in the OP where the five friends are named as men or women. LOL. That is too funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/38 "2015-10-31T23:29:28Z")
Do some people really think this is the way women talk to each other? They don’t. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397/39 "2015-10-31T23:30:45Z")
Tell about the time you saw a joke sign for sale in a beach tourist store: > [@Sign in touristy shop](#): > > I love the beach; the ocean makes my butt look smaller. It’s really in a touristy beach trinket shop near me. And ya know what? For most folks’ butt it actually works. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-im-fat/735397.md?page=1)