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Are you becoming a fattist?
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While you've never considered yourself a person who discriminates against others, you might be in danger of becoming a "fattist."

A fattist is a term coined to describe people who are prejudiced against overweight people.

You know, people who complain about obese people taking up too much room on airplanes, lapping over from their seat into yours.
| Closed on 05/29/10 at 05:00PM
FanIQ Pts? No | Locker Room, People | Multiple Choice Opinion Poll
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12%a. yes
73%b. no
15%c. borderline

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#3 | 1147 days ago

 As a former chubster myself, I can't bring myself to discriminate against overweight people.  I mean, I still make fun of them, as I do with everyone else, equally (we ALL need to feel included, right?), but I still feel very bad when I see people giving them a hard time.  And I'd never say anything to their faces (yes I know that makes me a terrible person and a hypocrite, but hey, I'm a wretched human being, I'm aware).
I remember the fat-tastic days ... feeling like you're being watched every time you eat something, the shame in saying that you're hungry, the stares from people on the street, feeling less-than (and ONLY metaphorically speaking), family members making comments like "do you REALLY need that donut?" or "you're so pretty, if you'd only stop hiding behind all that extra weight".  
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#1 | 1147 days ago

 I'm just becoming fat.
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#2 | 1147 days ago

 Lobotomy Jones wrote:
I'm just becoming fat.
Me and you both.   lmbo
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#3 | 1147 days ago

 As a former chubster myself, I can't bring myself to discriminate against overweight people.  I mean, I still make fun of them, as I do with everyone else, equally (we ALL need to feel included, right?), but I still feel very bad when I see people giving them a hard time.  And I'd never say anything to their faces (yes I know that makes me a terrible person and a hypocrite, but hey, I'm a wretched human being, I'm aware).
I remember the fat-tastic days ... feeling like you're being watched every time you eat something, the shame in saying that you're hungry, the stares from people on the street, feeling less-than (and ONLY metaphorically speaking), family members making comments like "do you REALLY need that donut?" or "you're so pretty, if you'd only stop hiding behind all that extra weight".  
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#4 | 1147 days ago

 janet011685 wrote:
As a former chubster myself, I can't bring myself to discriminate against overweight people.  I mean, I still make fun of them, as I do with everyone else, equally (we ALL need to feel included, right?), but I still feel very bad when I see people giving them a hard time.  And I'd never say anything to their faces (yes I know that makes me a terrible person and a hypocrite, but hey, I'm a wretched human being, I'm aware).
I remember the fat-tastic days ... feeling like you're being watched every time you eat something, the shame in saying that you're hungry, the stares from people on the street, feeling less-than (and ONLY metaphorically speaking), family members making comments like "do you REALLY need that donut?" or "you're so pretty, if you'd only stop hiding behind all that extra weight".  

tehehehe....(snort)



for the poll, no, i'm pretty close to being a chubby chaser.

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#5 | 1147 days ago

 25 lbs over = obese, dang that takes in a HUGE group of people.
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#6 | 1147 days ago

 kobe_lova wrote:

tehehehe....(snort)



for the poll, no, i'm pretty close to being a chubby chaser.

Hence our impending lesbian love affair after the Homo Rapture.  It all makes sense now.
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#7 | 1147 days ago

 yep.. but I got fat after my baseball pursuits were cut short by injury in college.  gained about 80 lbs.. then eventually lost 100 a few years ago.. So I have no problem ridiculing people who don't even try
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#8 | 1147 days ago

 I am not a fattist, however I am one of the people "discriminated" against.
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#9 | 1147 days ago

 janet011685 wrote:
Hence our impending lesbian love affair after the Homo Rapture.  It all makes sense now.
tickets on sale now?
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#10 | 1147 days ago

 The_Real_Stoney wrote:
tickets on sale now?
You can't afford them.  
Think 10 day vacation in a Tahitian hut ... times 50.  
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#11 | 1147 days ago
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#12 | 1147 days ago
If I have a soulmate, Cactus Jack is his name.  
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#13 | 1147 days ago

 janet011685 wrote:
You can't afford them.  
Think 10 day vacation in a Tahitian hut ... times 50.  
will i be getting my money's worth times 50 as well?
and I thought we decided on 14 days
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#14 | 1147 days ago

 I don't discriminate or poke fun at fat people, unless it's Mark Mangino and/or Charlie Weis.
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#15 | 1147 days ago
damnyankeeee (+)

Yes, at times I poke fun of "fat " people. If a person doesn't have any self esteem or motivation and effort to lose some weight, then it's their own fault to be ridiculed. Living a semi healthy lifestyle and exercise is also important for health and logtivity. Those with a medical condition don't neccesarily count, nor do the infamous Love Handles.
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#16 | 1147 days ago

 damnyankeeee wrote:
Yes, at times I poke fun of "fat " people. If a person doesn't have any self esteem or motivation and effort to lose some weight, then it's their own fault to be ridiculed. Living a semi healthy lifestyle and exercise is also important for health and logtivity. Those with a medical condition don't neccesarily count, nor do the infamous Love Handles.
"then it's their own fault to be ridiculed."   Are you serious?
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#17 | 1147 days ago

 No, but it does bother me to see parents send their "hefty" kids to school with jumbo sized snacks and lunches.
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#18 | 1147 days ago

 kteacher wrote:
No, but it does bother me to see parents send their "hefty" kids to school with jumbo sized snacks and lunches.
HA!
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#19 | 1147 days ago

 kteacher wrote:
No, but it does bother me to see parents send their "hefty" kids to school with jumbo sized snacks and lunches.
Two of my three daughters were very chubby until about the age of 13. My wife was so concerned she was always making us "eat right"  I don't know if it was baby fat or the fact that they were always active in sports but the weight did come off by the time they went to college. Just saying I think as long as they (kids) are active and not just playing video games I wouldn't worry to much about it. 
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#20 | 1147 days ago

 I only make fun of ugly people
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#21 | 1147 days ago

 If you have fast food 6 day's a week then it's called a YOU PROBLEM !!
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#22 | 1146 days ago

 Hell I discriminate against everyone!! Aint no one safe!! Including me!!
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#23 | 1146 days ago

Try to avoid eat fast food & junk food then won't be fat. Eat healthy food then you won't have any problems with your health.

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#24 | 1146 days ago
adamace (+)

i have battled with chubbiness my whole life.

part of the reason why i joined the military.......it worked. and then i got out and started eating.
gained 45 pounds in two years. i blame tortillas.....and myself.

then my wife "coaxed" me into getting a gym membership, and so far i have lost 34 of those pounds and am back in decent shape. it's an everyday struggle.......my idea now is that i can eat whatever i want, but i MUST PAY for it later at the gym. no exceptions. it's working for me.
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#25 | 1146 days ago

 I discriminate against everyone! 

It's just easier that way I guess.  lol

I treat everyone like I would like to be treated.  I will go out of my way to help someone not because  want something in return, but because I would want someone to help me if I need it.
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#26 | 1146 days ago
Scottpositron27 (+)

what will they think about next?  i am a shoeist
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#27 | 1146 days ago

 Scottpositron27 wrote:
what will they think about next?  i am a shoeist
ism's for everybody http://www.shoeisms.com
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#28 | 1146 days ago
cubsgirl2 (+)

 Speaking of the mother of an over weight daughter this is very real. And you know what overweight people have feelings too. 
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#29 | 1146 days ago

 cubsgirl2 wrote:
 Speaking of the mother of an over weight daughter this is very real. And you know what overweight people have feelings too. 
I agree. I have a overweight grandson who is only 13 and it breaks my heart to watch him try to be active or to see his pain when someone makes a comment about his weight.
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#30 | 1146 days ago

 I have been a big guy for most of my life. Last July I got on the scale, and when I saw that number...316..I knew things had to change. Now, 10 months later, I weigh 264 lbs, and I am not finished yet.
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#31 | 1146 days ago

 gobigblue1960 wrote:
I have been a big guy for most of my life. Last July I got on the scale, and when I saw that number...316..I knew things had to change. Now, 10 months later, I weigh 264 lbs, and I am not finished yet.
  
Keep on truckin'.  
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#32 | 1146 days ago

 I don't really give folks a hard time about weight issues. I have never been obese, but after my divorce, I did gain a little water weight... well... microbrew weight. I've lost that and I try to stay active, my yard keeps me from getting too overweight.
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#33 | 1146 days ago

 gobigblue1960 wrote:
I have been a big guy for most of my life. Last July I got on the scale, and when I saw that number...316..I knew things had to change. Now, 10 months later, I weigh 264 lbs, and I am not finished yet.
good job
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#34 | 1146 days ago

 (Edited by VIOLET)
janet011685 wrote:
As a former chubster myself, I can't bring myself to discriminate against overweight people.  I mean, I still make fun of them, as I do with everyone else, equally (we ALL need to feel included, right?), but I still feel very bad when I see people giving them a hard time.  And I'd never say anything to their faces (yes I know that makes me a terrible person and a hypocrite, but hey, I'm a wretched human being, I'm aware).
I remember the fat-tastic days ... feeling like you're being watched every time you eat something, the shame in saying that you're hungry, the stares from people on the street, feeling less-than (and ONLY metaphorically speaking), family members making comments like "do you REALLY need that donut?" or "you're so pretty, if you'd only stop hiding behind all that extra weight".  

I belonged to that club too when I was a kid and was horrible! When I got into puberty things changed for good and I have tried to stay in shape since then. I don't like people being pointed or discriminated for any reason. I have always thought if we are not beautiful enough (whatever people think beauty is) we will always have different qualities that someone eventually will appreciate and love. Everybody is beautiful

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#35 | 1146 days ago

 Scottpositron27 wrote:
what will they think about next?  i am a shoeist
Guilty!
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#36 | 1146 days ago

 VIOLET wrote:

I belonged to that club too when I was a kid and was horrible! When I got into puberty things changed for good and I have tried to stay in shape since then. I don't like people being pointed or discriminated for any reason. I have always thought if we are not beautiful enough (whatever people think beauty is) we will always have different qualities that someone eventually will appreciate and love. Everybody is beautiful

Nicely said.
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#37 | 1146 days ago

 Chief_aka_James wrote:
Nicely said.
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#38 | 1144 days ago
vindog (+)

I'm more of a lazyness-ist than a "fattist" !    I am truly disturbed over how "lazy" people in this Country have become and I guess that lazyness leads to obesity as well. As far as obese people on airplanes "lapping over" into my space and seat- HELL YES I hate that. I paid a lot of money for my tiny little seat on that plane and being a pretty big guy myself at 6' 2" and 235 pounds- I take up every ounce of MY space anyway. If you can't fit into your own space- then buy two seats- it's not fair that I should have to share mine with you.
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#39 | 1142 days ago

 kobe_lova wrote:

tehehehe....(snort)



for the poll, no, i'm pretty close to being a chubby chaser.

i think you mean tummy
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#40 | 1142 days ago

 the king, the queen ,the girl, the clown, and the colonel.are all on one road in my world port.
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#41 | 1142 days ago

 feeding my kid right at home then when he went to school,  class mates give him and his friend stuff from there lunch they didn't want i just want to thank the lunch laddie's for turning a blind eye.
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#42 | 1138 days ago
jasonwrites (+)

 Considering my best friend in high school reached the near side of 400, and my wife was near 300 when I met and later married her-- no, I'm certainly not a fattist. But I hate people assuming-- the majority of obese people can blame themselves, but not all. My wife had a metabolic disorder, including extreme hypothyroidism. She was eventually limited to a 600-calorie/day diet while working out seven days a week and STILL gained weight. Her body was simply misprogrammed. Fortunately, she finally got approved for gastric bypass surgery four years ago and it no doubt saved her life. Now she is literally half the person she was. The friend got the same surgery as well, but has not been as diligent in following the mandated lifestyle changes afterwards as she has and thus not as successful.

Today we're in Target and my stepson with autism left his GameBoy behind. As I'm trying to retrace our steps to find it, he is of course losing his mind, very loudly. I look up and see other people staring at us, staring at me and I can read their eyes-- "can't you control your child?" I learned long ago not to assume anything about anyone just because of outward appearances. You don't know their story-- you haven't walked a mile in their shoes.
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#43 | 1136 days ago

 Becoming? I already am.....
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#44 | 1129 days ago

 (Edited by foppafan21)
jasonwrites wrote:
 Considering my best friend in high school reached the near side of 400, and my wife was near 300 when I met and later married her-- no, I'm certainly not a fattist. But I hate people assuming-- the majority of obese people can blame themselves, but not all. My wife had a metabolic disorder, including extreme hypothyroidism. She was eventually limited to a 600-calorie/day diet while working out seven days a week and STILL gained weight. Her body was simply misprogrammed. Fortunately, she finally got approved for gastric bypass surgery four years ago and it no doubt saved her life. Now she is literally half the person she was. The friend got the same surgery as well, but has not been as diligent in following the mandated lifestyle changes afterwards as she has and thus not as successful.

Today we're in Target and my stepson with autism left his GameBoy behind. As I'm trying to retrace our steps to find it, he is of course losing his mind, very loudly. I look up and see other people staring at us, staring at me and I can read their eyes-- "can't you control your child?" I learned long ago not to assume anything about anyone just because of outward appearances. You don't know their story-- you haven't walked a mile in their shoes.
 hmm...not sure how I feel about you sharing all of this information with the world...but ok.  A note of correction...I wasn't quite that big when we met, but certainly wound up that way before the surgery.  It's amazing how other people view the obese.  

Anyway, I was not a normal case by any means...and I certainly can attest that having gastric bypass isn't just a "quick fix" as most people think.  It takes a complete lifestyle change and commitment to making that change; not just for a little while either...for LIFE.  So the surgery certainly isn't for just anyone who is overweight or obese.  If someone has an eating disorder before having the surgery, that person will still have it after the surgery unless he/she gets counseling and is able to change poor habits prior to surgery.  Just like anything else in life, big changes require hard work and a lot of commitment.  Wouldn't you agree m'dear?
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#46 | 1129 days ago
Ms_Penn (+)

One of my closest friends is a plus size girl. Recently she broke up with her boyfriend of 6 years. I never knew till now how much her weight bothered her.  She has really opened up to me about things and all her insecurities.  Honestly after hearing her talk about how she feels and views things, I think "big" people put themselves threw enough without other people saying things or giving them a hard time. It really made me feel sad to hear her and totally caught me off guard. Funny as this sounds I always thought that she had way more self esteem then myself. I was wrong!!
So personally I don't make fun of bigger people nor do i think anyone else should. 

On the other side of things.......as a mother I don't think it's proper parenting when you have a 3 yr old who  weighs as much as i do or any where close. it's not the child's fault though. that problem comes from the parents. being a parent ( usually means you are older which in turns means you should be smarter) you should know what type of life you are  throwing your kid into. Why in the hell would you start them off on the wrong foot. Not only because kids and people can be cruel but the health reasons.
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