# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/121 "2010-03-05T23:34:43Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > 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 I can’t believe even you are this stupid. Muscle doesn’t turn to fat, you stupid cunt. (Hey, it’s the Pit so I can be an asshole.) Perhaps if you knew more about psysiology you’d understand that. But you don’t so you insult people who have problems that you can’t begin to understand. And I have to say I hate it when hot chicks are royal bitches, don’t you guys? Usually when someone is this stupid and this much of an asshole they’re a guy, right? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/122 "2010-03-05T23:35:50Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I can’t believe even you are this stupid. Muscle doesn’t turn to fat, you stupid cunt. > > (Hey, it’s the Pit so I can be an asshole.) > > And I have to say I hate it when hot chicks are royal bitches, don’t you guys? Usually when someone is this stupid and this much of an asshole they’re a guy, right? You think she’s hot? I wouldn’t say so. Maybe the shot isn’t too good? ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/123 "2010-03-05T23:35:52Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Well, that depends on your tastebuds. This is actually one of the few issues that makes me wonder if there might possibly be some serious merit in the “fatness is largely genetic” notion. > > Because I absolutely _LOVES_ me some raw veggies and fruits, with all their delicious tangy crunchy goodness, and would generally much rather eat them than brownies and cookies and chips. And sometimes I eat a lot of them. > > Seriously. I sat up late last night reading and ate three large heads of romaine lettuce straight out of the bag. (Don’t worry, they were organic and pre-washed. 😉 ) OMG what a greedy pig!!! > > If I typically binged out on the same weight of food in potato chips as I do in lettuce, I’d probably weigh 300 pounds now. If I typically binged out on the same _monetary cost_ of food in potato chips as I do in lettuce, I’d probably weigh 600 pounds. And everybody would say what a greedy and disgusting fatty I am. > > However, what I really like to eat most is lettuce and cucumbers and tomatoes and peas and beans and apples and berries and pickles and plums and edamame (mmmmmm. Seriously, I’m salivating here.) And also I don’t have a car and thus get a lot of walking in, so I’m not obese and people don’t say what a greedy disgusting fatty I am. But personally, I’m not so sure my behavior is all that different from that of an obese person. > > And I sometimes wonder: If I happened to really CRAVE cookies and cake and not feel much interest in veggies, instead of the other way around, would I be able to impose as much additional restraint on my eating as the calorie difference would require? Did I perhaps just get dealt a good hand genetically in terms of how much and what kind of food I instinctively want to eat most? > > I don’t know if it’s true or not, but when I imagine a morbidly obese person feeling the same pleasure in eating a whole one-pound bag of potato chips (:eek: ewwww! a whole pound of potato chips! gross!) as I do in eating a one-pound head of lettuce (🙂 mmmmmmmm, lettuce), I feel a lot more sympathetic toward them. There but for the grace of genes, or something… I wish I could have gotten those genes. In my case, I really can’t stand the taste or texture of many vegetables. I love every kind of fruit, though. In order to get my vegetable allowance, I have to a). have the vegetables be cooked in something or b). have them as a topping on a (small, reduced fat) pizza. I’ve tried salads a dozen different ways over the years, and I seriously gag every time. Ranch dressing is one of the most disgusting things in the world to me. Ditto for Thousand Island, Roquefort, and bleu cheese. Of course, I don’t snack much at all. I have kinda the reverse problem–I have to oftentimes force myself to eat during the week, a practice that I know is sabotaging my efforts to lose weight, but is difficult to overcome. ---
**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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/124 "2010-03-05T23:36:19Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > I think lots of people are not even quite aware of the things that they do that make them fat. They sit on their ass all day and down junk food without even quite realizing it. It’s probably a combination of stupidity and humanity. Or as most people in this thread have said, they enjoy eating and don’t enjoy exercising and so take the lazy/easy way. ---
**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/125 "2010-03-05T23:37:17Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Because of that, I’ve never once gone over the line into “overweight,” let alone “obese.” How the hell can you do that to yourself and just not notice… In my defense…I was _REALLY_ high. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/126 "2010-03-05T23:37:22Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Or as most people in this thread have said, they enjoy eating and don’t enjoy exercising and so take the lazy/easy way. Right, but we’re focusing on people who don’t quite understand why they’re fat, right? ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/127 "2010-03-05T23:37:29Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Does this mean that, once fat, you are helpless? No, but it makes the struggle to lose weight and keep it off harder, by a factor of many, than not getting fat in the first place. If you are already fat you may need medical intervention and a strong support structure to lose significant amounts of weight and keep it off. Do you extend this same understanding to drug addicts? > [@CircleofWillis](#): > > She ain’t hot enough to support the weight of her ego. Kind of ironic, it seems. I’m not really getting where the ego thing is coming from. What I’m getting is she’s long tired of the excuses frequently offered by the obese for why they’re overweight, other than because they eat too much. I’m not getting that she has an ego. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/128 "2010-03-05T23:37:35Z")
I wanna see her ass on every carton of cottage cheese sold in the u.s. For real girl, private message me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/129 "2010-03-05T23:38:48Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > I wanna see her ass on every carton of cottage cheese sold in the u.s. > > For real girl, private message me. 😉 What good would that do you? She’s not a five year old girl. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/130 "2010-03-05T23:40:51Z")
[New research](http://www.woai.com/content/health/story/Bacteria-in-gut-linked-to-appetite/CafhiQhQuE-aVvp4B31tfQ.cspx) shows that it prolly isn’t as simple as it seems at first glance. ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/131 "2010-03-05T23:42:48Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > What good would that do you? She’s not a five year old girl. Oh snap! ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/132 "2010-03-05T23:43:18Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > What good would that do you? She’s not a five year old girl. Fortunately, I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency! ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/133 "2010-03-05T23:43:58Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > Fortunately, I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency! whatever you say, sick fuck ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/134 "2010-03-05T23:45:01Z")
Oh yeah, it was really necessary that we bring up **Claude** ’s pedophilia… ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/135 "2010-03-05T23:47:07Z")
Do you feel better now? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/136 "2010-03-05T23:47:13Z")
> [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](#): > > Oh yeah, it was really necessary that we bring up **Claude** ’s pedophilia… Just like it was necessary for you to be sure you let everyone know you find the OP unattractive. He came in here and shot off his mouth (as opposed to his dreams where he shoots off into kids) and I made a comment about it. It is what it is. ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/137 "2010-03-05T23:47:15Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’m not really getting where the ego thing is coming from. What I’m getting is she’s long tired of the excuses frequently offered by the obese for why they’re overweight, other than because they eat too much. I’m not getting that she has an ego. P’raps you missed these gems. No, I don’t think she’s kidding. Her ridiculous metabolism and self-control wouldn’t allow it. > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Impossible. No material is strong enough to contain my arrogance. > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > No shit. But it’s the Pit, and I couldn’t care less about their opinions. \*I \*know I’m fuckin’ smokin’ hot, so I couldn’t care less. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/138 "2010-03-05T23:49:09Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Just like it was necessary for you to be sure you let everyone know you find the OP unattractive. He came in here and shot off his mouth (as opposed to his dreams where he shoots off into kids) and I made a comment about it. It is what it is. So you don’t think the fact that this board has seen way, way too much discussion of pedophilia works against you here? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/139 "2010-03-05T23:49:01Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > Or just figure out what’s going on in Colorado. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting them to be trailing the pack. Self-selection, to some extent. People who are athletically-inclined and outdoorsy often choose to live in Colorado because of the Rockies, the temperate climate, and the recreational opportunities such a combination offers. **There are no fat people in Boulder**. This isn’t selection bias, but reality. Go to Boulder, and you’ll see the same percentage of people with rail-thin bicyclist/triathlon builds as you will obese people at a Wal-Mart in rural Mississippi. I lived in Denver for four years, and people who were more than a few pounds overweight really stood out of the crowd much more so than any other place I’ve lived. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465/140 "2010-03-05T23:49:44Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’m not really getting where the ego thing is coming from. What I’m getting is she’s long tired of the excuses frequently offered by the obese for why they’re overweight, other than because they eat too much. I’m not getting that she has an ego. I think it was tentatively inferred from remarks like the following: > [@Shot from Guns](#): > > I won’t be fat because I have self control. > [@Shot from Guns](#): > > I’m perfectly happy with being a blunt asshole on the internet. > [@Shot from Guns](#): > > I have a fucking amazing ass. > [@Shot from Guns](#): > > I know I’m fuckin’ smokin’ hot, so I couldn’t care less. > [@Shot from Guns](#): > > No material is strong enough to contain my arrogance. And if that’s her shtick, fine by me. But I do kind of see how other posters might get the impression she has an ego. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heeeeeeeeey-fatties/531465.md?page=8)