# Hey, all you FAT non-smokers, what do you think about **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802 "2003-12-24T05:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802/81 "2003-12-31T21:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > > And yet, it’s still none of your business how other people choose to live their lives. Marvel at the concept. You don’t know what peope think, you don’t know if people go to the gym, you don’t know what people eat, you don’t know what goes on in their lives, you don’t know the type of decisions they make. And _even if you had perfect knowledge_ of every single fat person on this earth it **still** wouldn’t be any of your goddamned business. Sometimes, someone writes just the perfect thing with the perfect tone at the perfect time. This is one of those times. Thanks, pepperlandgirl. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802/82 "2004-01-01T13:30:09Z")
What is this nonsense, **pepperlandgirl**? > [@](#): > > none of your business Is that something you learned in the playground? What does it mean? Really, I’m sat here saying it over and over in my mind just trying to wring one drop of useful meaning out of it. Do you mean that I (or maybe I should say “we”) should not speak about obesity, because, um,… well because what? That’s where it all falls apart for me, semantically speaking. Apparently _you_ can speak about obesity, you did in this thread before I, so somehow it is _your_ business, but I don’t have the necessary may-speak-about-obesity permission-slip. Where was I when they were giving them out? I tell you what, you shut the fuck up about everything, especially my posts, because, you know, it’s really none of your business, you fucking fruitcake. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802/83 "2004-01-01T13:40:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Heart On My Sleeve \* > \*\*Okay, next time I meet a new person, I’ll have to say, “I know, I know, I’m fat.” So they know I know. > > You think fat people never go to the gym? Idiot. \*\* Is stupidity on special today or something? Where did I say any such thing? I’m under strict instructions not to speak about fat people, so I’ll speak about people who consume more calories than they burn --pound-for-pound I bet they go to the gym less than their more balanced counterparts. ---
**Author:** ![Gremlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@Gremlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gremlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802/84 "2004-01-02T04:37:16Z")
I have a problem with the word fat being used to describe someone, I think it is unfair. Myself, I am 5’2 and weigh 103 lbs. I have large people in my family and in fact my son is “big” which he may outgrow but he is almost three years old and weighs in at 60 lbs… my four year old is at 54… my youngest (1) is actually quite small at 25 lbs… do I want people to talk crap about my son? Hell no I don’t… he might be bigger than other kids but he’s healthy as can be and no damn different. I smoke and ya know what? I don’t mind not being able to smoke in a resturant or anything. Big damn deal. Wait a couple minutes and walk outside or in your car, it doesn’t take too much effort. Okay anyway I’m going to shut up now because I really am pissed off… man… mebbe I need to get a life, eh? Grem ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802/85 "2004-01-02T18:50:01Z")
Ranting about comparing 2nd hand smoke to “2nd hand food consumption without burning off the excess calories” is pretty damn funny. I can only picture my mother-in-law being the only one I know who feels she’s has the God-given-right to force feed me… “Yeticus, you **must** eat more…here have another T-bone and potato…I can’t eat these leftovers myself, you must eat it.” Come to think of it, she’s just as rude as a smoker blowing smoke in my face! Dammit, I blame her! She should be regulated! When my food hops of my plate, jumps over to your table and forces itself into your piehole, then you can cry foul, Mr. Smoker…otherwise, you just can’t compare the two. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802/86 "2004-01-02T19:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gremlyn \* > \*\*I have a problem with the word fat being used to describe someone, I think it is unfair. \*\* Why is it unfair to describe a (genuinely) fat person as fat? It might be unkind to call them fat to their face, but how is it unfair to describe them that way? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-all-you-fat-non-smokers-what-do-you-think-about/220802.md?page=4)