Some people like big families. My cousin had four kids in five years. I don’t judge him, and actually as teenagers they are great people now.
Did you find the Nike, “Just do it!” campaign antagonistic?
Just do it talks about actions rather than results. It (hopefully) motivates people to get up off the couch and do something even if they’re not perfect at it.
For me it’s motivating where “what’s your excuse” is enraging. YMMV
Huh? Having three kids in four years is a personal failing?
It’s been mentioned already, but I think people are still missing that this is a fairly well known meme on the internet. My Facebook routinely has pictures with this caption. A typical one is a double amputee marathon runner.
It’s a common meme that she picked up and ran with since she’s in great shape despite having kids. No big deal. No reason for outrage, other than jealousy.
People are reading way too much into it.
I agree to an extent. But every “Just do it” commercial I’ve ever seen has an athlete in it, or somebody in unbelievably good shape near enough to a professional athlete as to make no difference. So if I was looking for a reason to be insulted, I might look at that campaign and say, “Sure, easy for you to say! Look at you! Who has time to be running up those stadium stands?”
But it’s harder to be as critical of Nike. It’s a corporation. It has no face. Plus, you’ve already bought their shoes. They’re sitting unused in the closet right next to the Adidas.
Some people would say it’s not enough and others would say it’s too many. And some others would say it’s her business and doesn’t have anything to do with anybody else.
What makes you think this ISN’T an mental health issue? ![]()
That’s what I say.
Some people are obsessed by the number of kids other people have. I don’t know why.
I don’t believe there is much validity to the notion of “body types”, aka, “mesomorph, endomorph and ectomorph”. Hasn’t that pretty much been debunked?
She’s in exercise/running clothes and is posing with cats. What was so disturbing?
WARNING: This feels like a cleverly laid trap. I wouldn’t answer.
She’s obese and obviously eats to much, and her body is far from perfect. I imagine she has a number of elevated health risks because of it.
Why are someone else’s imperfections and health risks supposed to be disturbing?
I don’t know if they are supposed to be anything. She’d probably look cute if she lost the weight instead of making all them excuses. She’d probably be healthier too.
This does not come across as petty or jealous at all. Not even a little bit.
The one who was on trial for murdering his girlfriend?
Everyone, including you, falls short of perfection. So what’s your excuse?
I feel uncomfortable when I read a long list of excuses like hers, I must admit. It’s not that I think excuses/explanations don’t exist. It’s just that I think we can make up a convenient narrative to explain and justify just about anything. We can either take the “what’s your excuse?” bait and risk deluding ourselves (while coming across as whiny), or just tell whomever is asking to shut the fuck up.
I like the cats and the self-deprecation of her humor, though.
It’s an understood although not explicitly stated part of the sentence. Just as the sentence: “Even Bob passed the test” has the following unstated, but understood components.
1 - The test was easy.
2 - Bob isn’t very smart.
But your response to this question:
Was this.
In essence I think you were shooting for the “I am not judging this person for being overweight and am merely voicing polite concern,” which is often insincere. You did it in response to the wrong question and wound up making the insincerity more obvious.
I haven’t seen too many of the “What’s your excuse?” things, but I think they are generally supposed to be about overcoming obstacles in life- this one was pretty specific to weight loss and it was also a promotion for her own website, which makes it that much more tacky.