# Fat patient in the blood lab center **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 8, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059 "2009-10-08T15:58:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/121 "2009-10-09T00:49:07Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > A secondary reason: Zombies hunger for _brains_. I just had a sobering thought. Doesn’t this mean that brainless people, like the OP, would have an evolutionary advantage? So . . . maybe \*Idiocracy \*is a continuation of Romero’s \*Living Dead \*series . . . ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/122 "2009-10-09T00:55:09Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > I know this, because I have never ever met a fat person who said their obesity is because they eat too much and don’t exercise enough. I eat too much and don’t exercise enough. Nice to meet you. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/123 "2009-10-09T00:57:25Z")
> [@torie](#): > > **bri1600bv** is a comic genius. That was fun. I got here late, linked from an ATMB thread. But this has been an entertaining thread indeed! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/124 "2009-10-09T01:04:38Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > I got here late, linked from an ATMB thread. > > But this has been an entertaining thread indeed! 😃 [AirGuitar] Roo are you. Roo, Roo, Roo, Roo! :D:cool:🙂 [/Airguitar] ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/125 "2009-10-09T02:16:57Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I eat too much and don’t exercise enough. Uh, isn’t that the American way of life? You need to get out more, **ivn**. (If only because it will keep you from posting here as much.) ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/126 "2009-10-09T02:35:48Z")
Just for the record, I’m fat,A easy stick and pay for my own health insurance. Bri one day you may find yourself with a injury or illness that inconviences others, While your sitting there at the the mercy of others,I would like you to think about the statement you have made this day. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/127 "2009-10-09T03:44:30Z")
I just came in to see if he was talking about me, but I’m not 400 pounds, I don’t have flab hanging out of my clothes (it’s kind of like a personal rule: even in summer I’m usually covered ankle to chest, shoulder to elbow), and I don’t need a walker. I’m a hell of a bad stick, though. I remember the last time I went for an MRI: after jabbing me seven ( :eek: ) times they gave up on injecting the contrast and let me raise bruises in peace. I have one good vein and they kept blowing it out. As far as the OP, though, I don’t get through a day of my life without dealing with entitled, shriveled little pricks like that. He’s like the spluttering fifteen-year-olds who can fight back with nothing else but 'Yeah… well… I bet you’re fat, BITCH!" before they hang up. 😛 I can lose weight, but douchery is eternal. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/128 "2009-10-09T03:46:41Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > Every fat person is fat because they have a medical problem, genetic disposition, hormonal imbalance, or some other condition that causes obesity. I know this, because I have never ever met a fat person who said their obesity is because they eat too much and don’t exercise enough. > > There are also no scientifically documented medical problems caused by obesity related to poor dietary habits and lifestyle choices. Well, I’m fat because I eat too much & don’t exercise. Oh yes, and I’ve developed health problems (insulin resistance) because of it. Always glad to fight ignorance. Oh, BTW, it was only peripherally a HIPAA violation. They disclosed something which was technically protected, but didn’t release any identifying information. It was unprofessional, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/129 "2009-10-09T03:48:16Z")
Just punishment for his assholetrollishness would be to put a life-size picture of a naked “blimpy” on the ceiling above his bed in his room in his mother’s basement. He could lay there and fantasize to his hearts content. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/130 "2009-10-09T03:54:26Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > Just punishment for his assholetrollishness would be to put a life-size picture of a naked “blimpy” on the ceiling above his bed in his room in his mother’s basement. Close. It also needs a motion detector tied to a recording of a Glenda the Good Witch sound-alike saying “Oh, what a cute little pee pee”. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/131 "2009-10-09T03:57:42Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Close. It also needs a motion detector tied to a recording of a Glenda the Good Witch sound-alike saying “Oh, what a cute little pee pee”. You’re going to get the boy excited, and then it won’t be punishment at all. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/132 "2009-10-09T04:20:22Z")
You know, when threads like this pop up, I always feel that it should be a requirement that the OP post a picture of him/herself. C’mon, let’s see a photo of YOU, **bri**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/133 "2009-10-09T04:32:54Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You know, when threads like this pop up, I always feel that it should be a requirement that the OP post a picture of him/herself. C’mon, let’s see a photo of YOU, **bri**. With a timestamp written in marker on his hand. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/134 "2009-10-09T04:43:28Z")
Don’t people read books during waiting times? If i don’t have reading material, i usually will just comment on the weather to other patients, or actually think of things. I don’t look at the other waiters and decide whats repulsive about them. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/135 "2009-10-09T04:45:13Z")
> [@Tamara+](#): > > Don’t people read books during waiting times? If i don’t have reading material, i usually will just comment on the weather to other patients, or actually think of things. > I don’t look at the other waiters and decide whats repulsive about them. Why do you hate America so much? I bet you’re all off reading terrorist books and stuff huh? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/136 "2009-10-09T04:47:44Z")
> [@Tamara+](#): > > Don’t people read books during waiting times? If i don’t have reading material, i usually will just comment on the weather to other patients, or actually think of things. I certainly do – hell, I’ve occassionally been interrupted right at a good part! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/137 "2009-10-09T04:48:52Z")
Oh god, I’m surrounded by terrorists! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/138 "2009-10-09T04:53:09Z")
No CIB! You are the terrorists! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/139 "2009-10-09T04:54:02Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Oh god, I’m surrounded by terrorists! :eek: Nah, the OP is more of a narrowist. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059/140 "2009-10-09T04:55:23Z")
> [@bri1600bv](#): > > I would love to see the country move toward a more militaristic school system and culture. Turn out millions of Gunnery Sgt. Hartmanns. He didn’t have a whole lot of patience for foolery. > [@Telperien](#): > > He was played by an actor, you ninny. He wasn’t real. You have a weird obsession with fantasy figures. I just want to clear up this little misperception: Sgt. Hartman in _Full Metal Jacket_ was played by one R. Emery Lee who served in the US Marines from 1961 to 1972, including two years as a drill instructor, that is, as a gunnery sergeant. After his military career he went into acting. Thus, Sgt Hartman was a fictional gunnery sergeant played by an actor who actually was a gunnery sergeant/drill instructor, who based his character in large part on his own life experience. You may now return to the screech-fest already in progress. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fat-patient-in-the-blood-lab-center/513059.md?page=8)