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Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:
i feel like this comment thread perfectly encapsulates fatphobia. it's not about health. the person in the vid looks pretty so it doesn't matter whether they are actually healthy or not. it's all about appearances and ppl continue to delude themselves it's anything but

'well i can't see her lungs' is so funny bc it's true! people don't care about health until it is visible and perceived as disgusting. this woman could smoke 2 packs a day, be a full-on heroin addict, and no one would call her lazy, or undisciplined, or a waste of space.

if we want to shame people for being 'unhealthy' then we better apply that mentality across the board.

1. people use health to excuse their fatphobia, harrassing people for their weight when it's none of their business. and i just showed that little comment thread because it clearly shows that the 'health' argument is a facade

2. bullying people is wrong even if they look ugly/unhealthy to u

Private
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ouch wrote:
Not very weird

Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:

ouch wrote:
Not very weird

as in, how?

Wuwu
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wuwu wrote:
yep, fat people arent even allowed to just exist without making excuses for themselves, and constantly being told that they are unhealthy and bad and should "just lose the weight"
while skinny people get praised for unhealthy behaviour, its quirky when they talk about how much/little food they eat, its cool when they smoke and drink, there is literally a fashion style called "heroin chic"
its proven that being "underweight" is more of a damage to your health than being "overweight", yet people still think being unhealthy skinny is cute and glamorous while being chubby is gross and lazy

Private
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ouch wrote:

Koolaid wrote:

ouch wrote:
Not very weird

as in, how?

How r u supposed to shame unhealthy ppl if u can't see it. Ppl already shame smokers if they see people smoking or someone smells like cigs (not everyone ofc but not everyone shames fat ppl either), shame skinny ppl for being unhealthy/ugly/gross (fat activists do this too, and I don't see how they think that is ok, but hate towards themselves is not). From my experience, ppl pretty much shames everything that is unhealthy IF they can see it, and u obv can't shame something you can't see or know of, on an individual level. Idk if this is relevant to ur point or not but

Helps if ur pretty tho, even if u know someone is on the same degree of addiction w for example heroin, a prettier person would be more likely to get sympathy n whatever, while an ugly and tired looking person will be looked at as a turd to society pretty much. Same with being fat, skinny, smoking, everything

Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:

ouch wrote:

Koolaid wrote:

ouch wrote:
Not very weird

as in, how?

How r u supposed to shame unhealthy ppl if u can't see it. Ppl already shame smokers if they see people smoking or someone smells like cigs (not everyone ofc but not everyone shames fat ppl either), shame skinny ppl for being unhealthy/ugly/gross (fat activists do this too, and I don't see how they think that is ok, but hate towards themselves is not). From my experience, ppl pretty much shames everything that is unhealthy IF they can see it, and u obv can't shame something you can't see or know of, on an individual level. Idk if this is relevant to ur point or not but

Helps if ur pretty tho, even if u know someone is on the same degree of addiction w for example heroin, a prettier person would be more likely to get sympathy n whatever, while an ugly and tired looking person will be looked at as a turd to society pretty much. Same with being fat, skinny, smoking, everything

my point is not 'go shame everyone' lol. my point is that fatphobic people will literally use every excuse in the book (health, discipline, etc, etc) except for acknowledging that the primary reason they harass fat people is simply bc they are disgusted by how they look. but they won't admit it bc that would make u unethical

Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:

wuwu wrote:
yep, fat people arent even allowed to just exist without making excuses for themselves, and constantly being told that they are unhealthy and bad and should "just lose the weight"
while skinny people get praised for unhealthy behaviour, its quirky when they talk about how much/little food they eat, its cool when they smoke and drink, there is literally a fashion style called "heroin chic"
its proven that being "underweight" is more of a damage to your health than being "overweight", yet people still think being unhealthy skinny is cute and glamorous while being chubby is gross and lazy

yep. and fat people can't have anything on the internet unless they make it clear that they are actively losing weight. a fat person just existing, without intention to become skinnier, is not done

Private
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ouch wrote:

Koolaid wrote:

ouch wrote:

Koolaid wrote:
as in, how?

How r u supposed to shame unhealthy ppl if u can't see it. Ppl already shame smokers if they see people smoking or someone smells like cigs (not everyone ofc but not everyone shames fat ppl either), shame skinny ppl for being unhealthy/ugly/gross (fat activists do this too, and I don't see how they think that is ok, but hate towards themselves is not). From my experience, ppl pretty much shames everything that is unhealthy IF they can see it, and u obv can't shame something you can't see or know of, on an individual level. Idk if this is relevant to ur point or not but

Helps if ur pretty tho, even if u know someone is on the same degree of addiction w for example heroin, a prettier person would be more likely to get sympathy n whatever, while an ugly and tired looking person will be looked at as a turd to society pretty much. Same with being fat, skinny, smoking, everything

my point is not 'go shame everyone' lol. my point is that fatphobic people will literally use every excuse in the book (health, discipline, etc, etc) except for acknowledging that the primary reason they harass fat people is simply bc they are disgusted by how they look. but they won't admit it bc that would make u unethical

Not unethical but u would just look like a bad person n nobody wants that. For me, truth is good tho (rather it be an opinion abt somebodies looks or whatever or actual truth) but I would never say the truth to most ppl

Alam
World famous

Alam wrote:
I think you're looking into it in a weird way. They're talking about someone smoking I

Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:

Alam wrote:
I think you're looking into it in a weird way. They're talking about someone smoking I

yeah ofc this conversation is just abt smoking but i think it just illustrates how most ppl don't really care about health unless it's fat ppl

Alam
World famous

Alam wrote:

Koolaid wrote:

Alam wrote:
I think you're looking into it in a weird way. They're talking about someone smoking I

yeah ofc this conversation is just abt smoking but i think it just illustrates how most ppl don't really care about health unless it's fat ppl

I don't know, I see people commenting shit like that about skinny people too when it comes to smoking. Just. Not a good example.

Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:

Alam wrote:

Koolaid wrote:

Alam wrote:
I think you're looking into it in a weird way. They're talking about someone smoking I

yeah ofc this conversation is just abt smoking but i think it just illustrates how most ppl don't really care about health unless it's fat ppl

I don't know, I see people commenting shit like that about skinny people too when it comes to smoking. Just. Not a good example.

'but skinny people get bodyshamed too' yes ofc they do, but skinny is still the standard

Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:
i was just using this comment to make a more general remark

Private
International star

liv wrote:
society is always gonna be like this. being skinny is an aesthetic, it’s beauty, it’s art. it’s everywhere. you open pinterest and it’s a bunch of skinny ppl. you look at an art account and they only/mostly draw skinny ppl.
they only care about fat people to be inclusive or worry about their health or when they’re losing weight
which imo sucks, as someone who has struggled with weight all their life

Alam
World famous

Alam wrote:

Koolaid wrote:

Alam wrote:

Koolaid wrote:
yeah ofc this conversation is just abt smoking but i think it just illustrates how most ppl don't really care about health unless it's fat ppl

I don't know, I see people commenting shit like that about skinny people too when it comes to smoking. Just. Not a good example.

'but skinny people get bodyshamed too' yes ofc they do, but skinny is still the standard

I'm not talking about bodyshaming? I'm talking about smoking lmao
Skinny is the standard because people are gross, yeah, but fat is abnormal because it's unhealthy. We aren't built like bears, our bodies can't handle being fat. That's not to say you should shame people into being healthy, a. because that's rude, b. because it's non of your business and doesn't affect you and c. because it doesn't work, but I don't think it's outlandish to say we shouldn't normalise obesity.

Koolaid
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Koolaid wrote:

Alam wrote:

Koolaid wrote:

Alam wrote:
I don't know, I see people commenting shit like that about skinny people too when it comes to smoking. Just. Not a good example.

'but skinny people get bodyshamed too' yes ofc they do, but skinny is still the standard

I'm not talking about bodyshaming? I'm talking about smoking lmao
Skinny is the standard because people are gross, yeah, but fat is abnormal because it's unhealthy. We aren't built like bears, our bodies can't handle being fat. That's not to say you should shame people into being healthy, a. because that's rude, b. because it's non of your business and doesn't affect you and c. because it doesn't work, but I don't think it's outlandish to say we shouldn't normalise obesity.

WHERE did i say that