Fat people

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  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    Fat people are discriminated against as are all people who don't fit with whatever the societal norm is of that time. There was a time (not so long agao) when fat men were very attractive to women as it demonstrated they could provide very well for themselves and their offspring - now women want skinny vampires!

    The de-evolution of the human race is underway.
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    Ai_1 wrote:
    GiantMike wrote:
    I have a BMI of 25 and I have had ONE day off in 3 years due to illness (I caught a cold from a fattie (probably)).

    Coincidence? :D:):lol::D:):lol::D:):lol: 8) :):D:lol::D
    My BMI was at or just over 30 for a few years from around 2007 to 2010. I'm around 27.5 at the moment. I've had ZERO sick days in 7 years.

    Coincidence?

    No it's not a coincidence it's an irrelevent anecdote. :roll:

    I once asked a woman on a bus to put out her cigarette. She told me her grandmother lived to 92 years old and smoked all her life so smoking wasn't bad for you. I don't know if you meant your comment seriously but if you did it's no more valid than hers.

    Anecdotes aren't evidence.

    I've added some smilies to help you out, though I didn't offer any evidence, I just stated 2 facts.

    Although, I would add that the woman in your story had a valid opinion. Everybody's opinion is valid. It may not be scientifically rigorous, doesn't mean it's not valid. But that's a different discussion.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    To answer your question; yes and rightly so. It's not the kind of thing we should be encouraging by giving them more money for them to use to buy more food.
  • peat
    peat Posts: 1,242
    wishitwasallflat wrote:
    There was a time (not so long agao) when fat men were very attractive to women as it demonstrated they could provide very well for themselves and their offspring - now women want skinny vampires!

    Maybe that is addressed by:
    ben@31 wrote:
    I saw one theory recently that healthy food costs more to buy. So if you are unemployed, the lack of income makes it harder to eat healthy.

    Henry the 8th isn't on the throne anymore. It's not an achievement to be fat.
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    I think in general, being fat means you have less willpower and I'm sure there is a correlation to laziness and low achievers. I personally blamed work, sat behind a desk but that didnt make me fat, eating crap and doing no excessive made me fat and since I've eaten less crap and done a little excersise I've lost over half a stone.
    Living MY dream.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    VTech wrote:
    eating crap and doing no excessive made me fat and since I've eaten less crap and done a little excersise I've lost over half a stone.

    Congratulations on your loss! Well done for making a start. You sound like a determined person.

    If you ate no crap at all think what a bigger difference that will make.

    Just avoid raisins :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    My son has just been diagnosed with type 1 so ive tried to stay clear of carbs and sweets, I have an incentive :)
    Living MY dream.
  • Ectomorph
    Ectomorph Posts: 69
    VTech wrote:
    My son has just been diagnosed with type 1 so ive tried to stay clear of carbs and sweets, I have an incentive :)

    Mate, that's tough. I'm feeling for you.

    Ecto.
    Only a Pawn in their Game...
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    VTech wrote:
    My son has just been diagnosed with type 1 so ive tried to stay clear of carbs and sweets, I have an incentive :)

    That's a big responsibility, it's one thing sticking needles in yourself...

    Carbs are not a problem, quantity is, low GI is good but more importantly low GL (glycemic load) for example average portion size plate of chips (high GI) for a diabetic is six thin chips, you ever tried to eat only six chips :shock:
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    Ive not no :)

    He is fine, he is 17 and ive shown no sign of upset about him having this. We have to get used to it so its just one of them things, he has had excellent medical care and copes very well, it hasnt stopped his racing and he came 3rd at the weekend testing so he will be just fine im sure.
    Living MY dream.
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS!

    They make the rockin world go round

    FACT!!!!!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Not surprised that they could make the world go round, total calorific content of 500,000,000 obese people on the planet would keep it spinning for years.
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    team47b wrote:
    Not surprised that they could make the world go round, total calorific content of 500,000,000 obese people on the planet would keep it spinning for years.
    If it wasn't for the medical bills, you could almost argue for it being a good form of carbon sequestration.
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    team47b wrote:
    Not surprised that they could make the world go round, total calorific content of 500,000,000 obese people on the planet would keep it spinning for years.
    If the vast majority of fat people live in the west rather than being evenly distributed around the world, is this why the Earth rotates with a slight wobble? :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

    The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    Frank the tank wrote:
    team47b wrote:
    Not surprised that they could make the world go round, total calorific content of 500,000,000 obese people on the planet would keep it spinning for years.
    If the vast majority of fat people live in the west rather than being evenly distributed around the world, is this why the Earth rotates with a slight wobble? :lol:


    That has to be the quote of the year :mrgreen::mrgreen:
    Living MY dream.
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Frank the tank wrote:
    team47b wrote:
    Not surprised that they could make the world go round, total calorific content of 500,000,000 obese people on the planet would keep it spinning for years.
    If the vast majority of fat people live in the west rather than being evenly distributed around the world, is this why the Earth rotates with a slight wobble? :lol:

    The wobble would be bigger if it weren't for all the Sumo living in Japan!!
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    ...and if they all jumped up at the same time would the earth spin faster? I am using weight of wheels theory here :D
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    team47b wrote:
    ...and if they all jumped up at the same time would the earth spin faster? I am using weight of wheels theory here :D

    Depends on the quality of the hub bearings :wink:
  • peat
    peat Posts: 1,242
    VTech wrote:
    it hasnt stopped his racing and he came 3rd at the weekend testing so he will be just fine im sure.

    What does he race VTech?

    Charlie Kimball of IndyCar famously* races with diabetes. He's even sponsored by Novo Nordisk.

    *hardly famously, i must be the only person that watches IndyCar anymore....
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    He races GT cars at the moment, he will enter full time within the next two years hopefully.
    He just gets on with it, I think most people to be honest.
    Living MY dream.
  • king_jeffers
    king_jeffers Posts: 694
    It amazes me how many people are overweight. I noticed this yesterday, I'd guess 85% of my work colleagues are overweight with (probably) an additional 5% classed as obese. So if your fat and out of work come to Newcastle, we welcome you and your chins.
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    King Jeffers wrote:
    It amazes me how many people are overweight. I noticed this yesterday, I'd guess 85% of my work colleagues are overweight with (probably) an additional 5% classed as obese. So if your fat and out of work come to Newcastle, we welcome you and your chins.

    Conversely none of my work colleagues are overweight... then again I do work from home and if I started to worry about it I think I'd be more worried about schizophrenia and talking about myself :)
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • tiredofwhiners
    tiredofwhiners Posts: 598
    If airlines charged by combined weight of passenger and luggage, would this be 'exploitation' ?
  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,974
    tiredofwhiners wrote:
    If airlines charged by combined weight of passenger and luggage, would this be 'exploitation' ?

    No it would be 'fair'.
    I'm around 70Kg, it never seems just to me that I'd get charged if my luggage is 1 kg overweight whilst some bloater gets away with carrying my weight of lard on with them.


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    tiredofwhiners wrote:
    If airlines charged by combined weight of passenger and luggage, would this be 'exploitation' ?

    You would be in a minefield, some people are obese due to illness and right off the bat, you cant fight that within a corporate. Contrary to the other thread, I do feel if you are overweight you should be penalised but to what degree ? I felt the penalty was too harsh so posted about it, others disagreed and thought it should have been far more but overall they were underweight as 4 people travelled. Im not sure what is fair and what isnt, but manners and giving good advice to customers is something I think should be a given.
    Living MY dream.
  • tiredofwhiners
    tiredofwhiners Posts: 598
    Capt Slog wrote:
    tiredofwhiners wrote:
    If airlines charged by combined weight of passenger and luggage, would this be 'exploitation' ?

    No it would be 'fair'.
    I'm around 70Kg, it never seems just to me that I'd get charged if my luggage is 1 kg overweight whilst some bloater gets away with carrying my weight of lard on with them.

    I completely agree, but I sense the fatties would try the 'we are being exploited' when its within their purview to sort the issue out. Either lose weight (unless you'll try the old excuse of a medical condition) or take less luggage ;)

    Person 1 : I'm not fat, my doctor says I have a medical condition
    Person 2 ; Did he prescribe a course of cream cakes, fried foods and sweets as thats what you're eating all the time

    ;)
  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    tiredofwhiners wrote:
    If airlines charged by combined weight of passenger and luggage, would this be 'exploitation' ?
    Now reality, apparently.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22001256

    I say apparently, just in case the story originated yesterday :)
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • alan_sherman
    alan_sherman Posts: 1,157
    I knew a 'festively plump' bloke once who was a carpet fitter. Could never imagine him being able to fit a carpet in a small room - like a WC. I think he did it on purpose to avoid the crappy jobs....
  • bigaac
    bigaac Posts: 72
    As somebody who has been 'fat' (300 pounds) i can safely say that i am more capable on doing my job (and to a higher standard) now that i have lost 70 pounds.


    My concentration is better, i'm generally feeling healthier which means i'm ill less often. Whilst my employer would never openly discriminate i think (in my case) i'm more employable now than i was 3 years ago. And my job in no ways requires me to be 'fit' (desk job - designer)
  • mouth
    mouth Posts: 1,195
    To be honest, just come and take a walk round my workplace to see where fat people get a job. I'm 5ft 5 and weigh 13 1/2st and I manage to feel reasonably trim with a BMI of just over 32. It's a wonder some of hthe fellas (and women) can put one foot in front of the other.

    Mind you though, the crap they serve in the canteen probably doesn't help. Amazingly I've lost 3 1/2st in the two years I've been a bus driver.
    The only disability in life is a poor attitude.

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