# Heeeeeeeeey FATTIES **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 5, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465 "2010-03-05T21:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/21 "2010-03-05T21:39:27Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > I’m not sure this means what you think it means Sure it does. I’m perfectly happy with being a blunt asshole on the internet. I also have no issue with fat people who don’t mind (or even enjoy) being fat. I only take issue with the ones who hate that they’re fat but refuse to step up and take responsibility for their own eating habits. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/22 "2010-03-05T21:40:07Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > It came up in a presentation the other day, and I was completely blown away by the graphs. I hadn’t realized how bad it had gotten or how fast. Also inspired by a friend who whines about how much he hates how fat he is, but continues to live on fast food, pizza, and Chinese takeout, even though when he found out he was getting laid off he said that he was going to take the opportunity to start working out again, cook for himself more, etc. I eat that same crap, and I can’t GAIN weight. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/23 "2010-03-05T21:40:52Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Oh, how original. Somebody said something that hurt your feelings, so they must be a troll. Here, let me get you a handkerchief. Go ahead and turn up the Dashboard Confessional, too. > > Protip: It’s trolling if I’m espousing a belief I don’t actually hold in order to get a rise out of you. If I’m just expressing a potentially unpopular opinion in a rude way, that’s not remotely the same thing. You’re not hurting my feelings; I’m not overweight. I’m actually at about my optimal weight, and have been for decades. And it’s trolling if you’re being “purposefully inflammatory” – as you are, _quite_ obviously being. Hell, the thread title is a taunt. And, to my knowledge, trolling is not allowed in the Pit, either. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/24 "2010-03-05T21:42:09Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > One thing that ‘thinnies’ seem to forget is that when a ‘fattie’ finishes a ‘normal’ meal he or she is probably still hungry. Whereas a thin or ‘normal’ person isn’t. Imagine every single day of your life eating meals and still being hungry afterwards. Before long you give in and eat what your appetite is asking you to eat. Yes ‘fatties’ have different appetites that contribute to them becoming fat. Yeah, and all this just magically happened in the last few decades. Did you even look at the graphs, or is the fat literally drooping down over your eyelids now? Guess what: thin people get hungry, too. We just realize that our bodies don’t actually need that many calories, or we prepare or buy meals that are more filling, or we snack on things that aren’t going to balloon us out. Stop pretending that you’re so special, and that’s why you’re fat. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/25 "2010-03-05T21:42:45Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > People who constantly whine about how they hate how they look but blame it on everything but the fact that they consume more calories than their bodies can use. It’s specifically in the Pit so I don’t have to be PC about it, and because any discussions about fat people (especially on the internet) tend to get personal and bloody. I’m sure you’re a perfect specimen of absolutely health, fitness, right? Let’s see some pictures of your perfect fucking physique. Put up or shut up, Toots. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/26 "2010-03-05T21:43:19Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > And, to my knowledge, trolling is not allowed in the Pit, either. Then report the post instead of junior modding. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/27 "2010-03-05T21:43:26Z")
I would like to use this latest fatty thread to announce that I have lost 61 pounds. 🆒 So fuck you, people who have lost less than 61 pounds! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/28 "2010-03-05T21:43:37Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Try being fat. You won’t see it like that. > > ETA: I bet you’d pit alcoholics because they drink too much alcohol. You’re a cock. I used to be fat (not by American standards, but still). It was because I ate too fucking much. What’s your point? > [@friedo](#): > > I would like to use this latest fatty thread to announce that I have lost 61 pounds. 🆒 > > So fuck you, people who have lost less than 61 pounds! _high five_ Mal, unfucked. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/29 "2010-03-05T21:43:42Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Sure it does. I’m perfectly happy with being a blunt asshole on the internet. I also have no issue with fat people who don’t mind (or even enjoy) being fat. I only take issue with the ones who hate that they’re fat but refuse to step up and take responsibility for their own eating habits. So you are actually pitting a small number of people I think. I know I have met one person like this, but the rest of us know why we’re fat. I’ve even done something about a few times but sadly always lapsed. You’ll be hard pressed to find many people that blame anyone or thing besides themselves. They might suggest what contributes to it, but we know it is ourselves. Of course I see Lobsang ruining my point. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/30 "2010-03-05T21:43:51Z")
Is that the best you can do? Post a link that says that everyone’s fat in the US? I can’t sink my teeth into this at all. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/31 "2010-03-05T21:44:08Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > … > Guess what: thin people get hungry, too. We just realize that our bodies don’t actually need that many calories, or we prepare or buy meals that are more filling, or we snack on things that aren’t going to balloon us out. > > Stop pretending that you’re so special, and that’s why you’re fat. Not me, I eat til I’m full. It has nothing to do with any sort of self control. If it tastes really good, I eat til I’m ready to pop. I still don’t gain any weight. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/32 "2010-03-05T21:44:36Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Try being fat. You won’t see it like that. Meh. I’m fat. I see it exactly like that. It’s taken me a decade to get my relationship with food under control. During that time, I never blamed anything but my own actions for my problems. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/33 "2010-03-05T21:44:39Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Then report the post instead of junior modding. Aw, whassa matter? No more insults for me? And, already did. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/34 "2010-03-05T21:44:46Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > IAlso, funny you should make that analogy. You don’t see people saying, “I can’t help drinking a whole fifth of Jack–I’m an alcoholic,” but somehow you think it makes sense to say, “It’s okay for me to be a fatty fat fat because I’m ‘addicted’ to fattening foods.” Why did you change “I can’t help” to “It’s ok for me to be”? you can’t compare the two if one of them is an “I can’t help” and the other is “It’s ok because” An alcoholic would never say to anyone or himself “It’s ok that I’ve drank myself stupid - I’m an Alcoholic” Fat people don’t _like_ that they are addicted to food! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/35 "2010-03-05T21:45:11Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Is that the best you can do? Post a link that says that everyone’s fat in the US? I **can’t sink my teeth into this** at all. I see what you did there 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/36 "2010-03-05T21:45:12Z")
> [@CircleofWillis](#): > > Let me guess, a fat dude fucked your girlfriend/boyfriend/sheep? Nope, ate the sheep. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/37 "2010-03-05T21:46:22Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Let’s see some pictures of your perfect fucking physique. Yeah! Tits or GTFO! ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/38 "2010-03-05T21:47:48Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > I’m sure you’re a perfect specimen of absolutely health, fitness, right? Hell no, I’m out of shape as hell–though still pretty slim–but I don’t whine about it. I don’t blame my being out of shape on anyone but myself–if I’d take the time to excercise, I wouldn’t be, but I have other things I’d rather do. For your viewing pleasure, [here’s a picture of me](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11735960&postcount=15) from Halloween. Personally, I just can’t stand people who whine about something they don’t like but refuse to take any action when it’s something that’s potentially under their control. As I said upthread, I don’t have any issues with people who are fat and happy with their bodies. But if you’re fat and don’t like it, well, what the fuck’s your problem? Either learn to like it or stop shoveling shit into your mouth, fatty. Added on preview: grats **friedo**! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/39 "2010-03-05T21:47:58Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Meh. I’m fat. I see it exactly like that. It’s taken me a decade to get my relationship with food under control. During that time, I never blamed anything but my own actions for my problems. Not everyone has the luxury of such humility or will power. You can still attribute some of it to addiction/weakness. I’m not what you would call ‘fat’ myself. over the space of a few years my weight has fluctuated between just above ‘ideal’ and a stone or two above ‘ideal’. During bad times (battling alcoholism) I’ve ate bad food to feel better, because overeating was the least of my problems. There’s more to it than “You stuff your face like a pig so you deserve to be in the state you’ve got yourself into” ETA: Working in a sedentary environment doesn’t help. If you have little choice but to sit at a desk for 8 hours a day you are a) not excercising and b) grazing to ease the boredom. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/40 "2010-03-05T21:50:11Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > For your viewing pleasure, [here’s a picture of me](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11735960&postcount=15) from Halloween. That’ll do, pig. That’ll do. runs like a bat out of hell [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=3)