Sometimes, someone writes just the perfect thing with the perfect tone at the perfect time.
This is one of those times. Thanks, pepperlandgirl.
What is this nonsense, pepperlandgirl?
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.
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.
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
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.
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?