• Lemmyng@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Wait, they mean the Gravy Seals? The Fattack Squad? The PlaqueToon? The Blood-clot-hounds? The Infantiletry? The Dive Bummers? The Shillitary? The Krispy Kreme Kops? The Out-of-Breathalyzers?

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    28 days ago

    A) Fuck ICE.

    B) Let’s mock them for being evil, not for being fat. There’s actual reasons to hate them, going “oh haha look how fat they are” just hurts regular fat people.

    – Frost

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      27 days ago

      To be fair, regular fat people should be shamed as well. There is an obesity epidemic, and we need to stop accepting it as normal. I’m no telephone pole of a human being myself, but I’d definitely be a lot heavier than I already am if no one ever called me out on my weight. Every fat person needs to be called out. It’s a good motivator to be healthier.

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        27 days ago

        Fatshaming is almost never done out of a genuine concern for the person’s health, and it’s debatable how effective it is at getting people to lose weight. Especially because of how confusing the process is.

      • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        26 days ago

        Had a kid tell me “Want a cheeseburger fatty” when I was trying to walk to lose weight. Lost all motivation because of that. So if you shame fat people, you’re an asshole making it worse.

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        26 days ago

        Tbh I would feel way worse and demotivated (I’m not morbidly obese but js) but especially If they’re already struggling with mental issues then they’ll just feel worse about themselves if they’re being shamed on top of it all… They’ll feel even more anxious or depressed and want to eat to fill that void, so you’re really just feeding a feedback loop (depending on the person, of course) and making it worse for them. Unless I am misunderstanding that the usage of “shamed” here means constructive criticism/advice that you are genuinely giving to them. Even then, perhaps they might already know what they need to do, but they aren’t making progress and lack the motivation/executive function to do it.

        You don’t know what their circumstances are, just try to help them out best you can and don’t make them feel like shit.

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      28 days ago

      This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t think we should be telling people it’s “Okay” to be morbidly obese. It isn’t okay. It’s extremely dangerous, and a massive resource drain. I don’t see a problem with openly mocking and insulting people who have tattooed swastikas on their foreheads, nor do I see a problem with openly mocking and insulting people who weight a full x3 - x4 what their healthy weight is.

      Obviously swastikas and obesity are not the same thing. But the point is, I don’t think it’s a universal taboo to mock people’s appearances.

      Body positivity should be “It’s okay if you’re not a super model, there are many body shapes and sizes.” Not “It’s okay to eat nothing but fast food and twinkies. Your doctor is fat-phobic if they tell you to lose weight.”