# 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:** 3
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/41 "2010-03-05T21:50:57Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yeah, because I enjoy being blunt. That’s why the thread is in the Pit. You mean you enjoy being a complete and total twat. Here’s a point for ya, dumbass. Most people who are fat don’t blame being fat on anything other than their own habits. It’s a fucking myth that most overweight people blame it on something besides themselves. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/42 "2010-03-05T21:51:59Z")
> [@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. You have a fat ass, fat ass girl. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/43 "2010-03-05T21:52:19Z")
> [@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. Just cuz you enjoy doesn’t mean you can control it. It’s the very thing you are railing against with fat folks and food… You’ve certainly shown no evidence of restraint here ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/44 "2010-03-05T21:55:16Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Nope, ate the sheep. Bastards. But did the sheep enjoy it? ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/45 "2010-03-05T21:55:55Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Fat people don’t _like_ that they are addicted to food! I think this “addicted to food” business is a bit overblown. When I was eating too much, it was because I really liked to eat, and because my body had gotten used to demanding a larger amount of food than I needed. It’s true that a lot of fat people have really messed up emotional problems with food, and changing for them will never be as simple as it was for me. So I do have a lot of sympathy for people who have to struggle with profound psychological issues regarding their diet. I consider myself quite lucky that my problem was never that severe. For me, it was just a matter of diligently tracking the numbers, and suffering for a couple weeks while my body got used to running on far fewer calories. It was surprisingly easy. But not everybody is as lucky as I am. For some, eating is a compulsive behavior, like people who constantly wash their hands or pull their hair or have a panic attack if they don’t turn the lights off in the correct order. It’s taken a lot of time for people with serious mental illnesses to begin shedding their stigma. (Better treatment options have also helped.) I hope the superfat compulsive eaters and people who treat them can achieve the same kind of progress. Of course, _most_ people who are fat are fat because they eat too much and don’t have a food addiction. It’s not that they’re intentionally gluttonous, it’s that our society has a glut of food, out-of-control ideas about portions, and when you get used to that, you become hungry for more food than you need. And you stay that way, getting gradually fatter and fatter, until you change the way you eat. And that can be extremely difficult, because it also requires an acclimation period, during which you will constantly be hungry. ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/46 "2010-03-05T21:58:05Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > You have a fat ass, fat ass girl. She doesn’t look too bad at all. Even so, I don’t get the anger. It seems misplaced, when there are so many other, more important things to be angry about. ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/47 "2010-03-05T21:58:17Z")
> [@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.\ You’re Amy Acker?!? :eek: ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/48 "2010-03-05T21:58:56Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > 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. Guess what I do at my job? Hint: I sit at my desk eight hours a day. You know what no one’s forcing me to do? Eat fattening snacks. Just because you’re hungry, there’s nothing that says it has to be, say, chips/cookies/brownies/whatever instead of something like raw veggies. > [@Bosstone](#): > > That’ll do, pig. That’ll do. /gkick > [@tacoloco](#): > > You mean you enjoy being a complete and total twat. Here’s a point for ya, dumbass. Thank you. I will treasure it forever and ever. > [@](#): > > Most people who are fat don’t blame being fat on anything other than their own habits. And yet, they still whine about it, even when they know exactly how to fix the problem. If you see someone hitting themself in the face over and over, complainign about the bruises, you don’t think they’re the least bit retarded for continuing to punch? > [@tacoloco](#): > > You have a fat ass, fat ass girl. I have a fucking amazing ass. I also have a lot of residual muscle in my thighs from a decade of Irish dance, some of which has turned to fat: like I said, out of shape. I also don’t bitch about my weight or my appearance. > [@CircleofWillis](#): > > It’s the very thing you are railing against with fat folks and food… No, it’s not. If I’d said, “My god, why does everyone think I’m such an asshole?! Why can’t people recognize me for the delicate, loving flower I am?!?!?!” you’d have a point. > [@](#): > > You’ve certainly shown no evidence of restraint here I bet you call the cops when you see a boxing match on TV, too, don’t you. ---
**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/49 "2010-03-05T21:59:11Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Of course, _most_ people who are fat are fat because they eat too much and don’t have a food addiction. God yes. Read the nutritional facts for fast food sometime. (Not you specifically, **friedo**.) It’s _easy_ to hit 1000 calories in a meal that will barely last you through four hours. Fries alone can be a good 300-400 calories. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/50 "2010-03-05T22:00:47Z")
Jesus, stop being such a busybody. Unless they’re sitting next to you on a plane, why do you care how fat someone is? ---
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/51 "2010-03-05T22:01:42Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Even so, I don’t get the anger. It seems misplaced, when there are so many other, more important things to be angry about. Believe me, I have more than enough anger to go around. I’m an anger multi-tasker. Scientists have theorized that I have the ability to be pissed off about more than 1.123584\*10^16 things _simultaneously_. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You’re Amy Acker?!? I fucking wish. She’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/52 "2010-03-05T22:02:26Z")
From the animation in the link in the OP, it looks like fatness is a contagious disease that is spreading from it’s epicenter in Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Maybe you could wall off those states or something. ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/53 "2010-03-05T22:02:47Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Guess what I do at my job? Hint: I sit at my desk eight hours a day. You know what no one’s forcing me to do? Eat fattening snacks. > > Just because you’re hungry, there’s nothing that says it has to be, say, chips/cookies/brownies/whatever instead of something like raw veggies. Are you suggesting that I implied that people are forcing fat people to eat? I am suggesting that fat people’s metabolism and appetite are forcing them to eat. You probably don’t have the same metabolism and appetite of those fatties you hate so much. Raw veggies do not satisfy hunger in remotely the same way that cookies, crisps, chocolate bars do. Be realistic. Edit: Why am I wasting my time on this? I could be stuffing my face with cheeseburgers… … to piss off **Shot From Guns** ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/54 "2010-03-05T22:03:07Z")
LOL @ pitting fatties on the SDMB. What’s next? Pitting lonely people who live in houses full of cats? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/55 "2010-03-05T22:03:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > From the animation in the link in the OP, it looks like fatness is a contagious disease that is spreading from it’s epicenter in Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Maybe you could wall off those states or something. Or just figure out what’s going on in Colorado. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting them to be trailing the pack. ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/56 "2010-03-05T22:05:17Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Raw veggies do not satisfy hunger in remotely the same way that cookies, crisps, chocolate bars do. Be realistic. Actually, they do. Volume is a big part of “feeling full,” which is easier for people to feel than the amount of energy they get from a cookie. Even if you have to eat a bagful of carrots to match the energy of a couple of cookies, that’s going to fill your stomach more. ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/57 "2010-03-05T22:05:30Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Jesus, stop being such a busybody. Unless they’re sitting next to you on a plane, why do you care how fat someone is? Jesus, stop being such a busybody. Unless they’re posting about you on a forum, why do you care who someone is pissed off at? On to the non-parodic part of this response: I care because: a) I ride public transit. Every fatty on the bus is one taking up more than their share of space. b) I fly on planes. Every fatty on the plane is one potentially spilling over into someone’s personal space and driving up the ticket price for everyone else. c) I have health insurance. Every fatty covered by my insurer is one driving up the premiums for everyone else on the plan, especially if they develop diabetes, and especially-especially if their lack of self-control carries over to their compliance with their condition management for the diabetes. And so on and so forth. ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/58 "2010-03-05T22:10:46Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Actually, they do. Volume is a big part of “feeling full,” which is easier for people to feel than the amount of energy they get from a cookie. Even if you have to eat a bagful of carrots to match the energy of a couple of cookies, that’s going to fill your stomach more. Yes, but feeling full and feeling satisfied are not the same. I don’t think eating a bag of carrots is going to give me the same pleasure rush as eating half a packet of chocolate chip cookies. ---
**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, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/59 "2010-03-05T22:11:51Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Jesus, stop being such a busybody. Unless they’re posting about you on a forum, why do you care who someone is pissed off at? > > On to the non-parodic part of this response: > > I care because: > a) I ride public transit. Every fatty on the bus is one taking up more than their share of space. I’m more concerned about the crazies, such as Epic Beard Guy, Amber Lamps etc. b) I fly on planes. Every fatty on the plane is one potentially spilling over into someone’s personal space and driving up the ticket price for everyone else. I’m more worried about the moron with the bomb in his underwear or shoe c) I have health insurance. Every fatty covered by my insurer is one driving up the premiums for everyone else on the plan, especially if they develop diabetes, and especially-especially if their lack of self-control carries over to their compliance with their condition management for the diabetes. Insurance is set up so, you pay in but they don’t pay out anyway, so whats the difference > > And so on and so forth. I inserted my comments in red, just to be different. The fat person is the least of my worries, he or she is probably not the psycho who’s out to “get you”. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/60 "2010-03-05T22:12:58Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Maybe you could wall off those states or something. If only. > [@Lobsang](#): > > I am suggesting that fat people’s metabolism and appetite are forcing them to eat. Nothing “forces” anyone to eat other than a tube down the nose. > [@](#): > > You probably don’t have the same metabolism and appetite of those fatties you hate so much. Bzzzzdt. I get hungry a lot. You know what I do? I cook smaller portions, so I don’t gobble the whole big meal down, or I portion a smaller amount out to eat and the 'fridge the rest right away. I snack on healthful things like carrots instead of chips. I limit sodas, desserts, and fried or otherwise fattening snacks to treats instead of regular entitlements. I eat large portions of healthful things like salads. And sometimes, I just deal with the fact that I’m hungry and go do something else. > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > LOL @ pitting fatties on the SDMB. What’s next? Pitting lonely people who live in houses full of cats? That’s on the agenda for April, after the one about puns.\* \*That’s a lie. I actually love puns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=4)