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Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
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#277: Feb 4th 2011 at 6:16:25 PM

The wider-hipped can have problems even if they're not particularly obese, as do taller people in the other dimension, though that's mostly about legroom.

There's a heck of a lot of things that are designed around the military-age, military-fit male body, simply because that was (is?) the largest available ergonomic database for physical data. Some of them took that dataset directly, others simply copied the measurements of things that were designed around it.

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kashchei Since: May, 2010
#278: Feb 4th 2011 at 6:24:12 PM

I have problems with leg room. I've also sat to quite a few fat people who didn't spill all over me. What I'm saying is, while there are definitely problems with the design, it's not realistic to fault an airline for having an upper limit.

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Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
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#279: Feb 4th 2011 at 6:27:41 PM

@Kashchei: agreed.

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KingZeal Since: Oct, 2009
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#281: Feb 4th 2011 at 6:44:19 PM

Though it does suck when you're trapped in the window seat and need to us the bathroom.

Drakyndra Her with the hat from Somewhere Since: Jan, 2001
Her with the hat
#282: Feb 5th 2011 at 12:18:17 AM

Really, there should be more regulations to airline companies about the sizing of their seats.

They also need to consider that the average body size (both in terms of height and weight) has been increasing over the last century or so. A seat that was suitable for the majority 50 years ago will be less suitable now.

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Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#283: Feb 5th 2011 at 1:48:26 AM

Has anybody mentioned Fat People Art Week yet?

(Many of the links from that page are NSFW, so you know)

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#284: Feb 5th 2011 at 6:50:28 AM

...wow, uh, I know from experience that its not fun to be fat, but really? No, you know what, being fat IS a bad thing. Is it really that fucking weird that people use it as an insult?

Karalora Since: Jan, 2001
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#286: Feb 5th 2011 at 7:00:10 AM

You mean aside from health problems and such? Not much. I get that a lot of people dont have a choice in the matter, but this is not an intolerance issue.

Karalora Since: Jan, 2001
#287: Feb 5th 2011 at 7:06:26 AM

So why aren't other health issues used as insults? You don't often hear people bellow "Cancerous bitch!" or "Asthmatic bastard!" at each other.

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#288: Feb 5th 2011 at 7:08:57 AM

Social mores, I guess. Its not exactly socially acceptable to mock people for having cancer, though some people do, but obesity is common enough that most people know atleast one fat guy who is also an asshole, allowing obesity to take on a negative spin.

Karalora Since: Jan, 2001
#289: Feb 5th 2011 at 7:13:01 AM

So then the insult factor isn't just that it's (supposedly) bad for you. Good to know.

AllanAssiduity Since: Dec, 1969
#290: Feb 5th 2011 at 8:34:02 AM

^^ And smoking's common enough that most people know a cunt who smokes. Or brown hair is common enough that etcetera.

SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
LeighSabio Mate Griffon To Mare from Love party! Since: Jan, 2001
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#292: Feb 5th 2011 at 10:59:34 AM

Thread Hop. Obesity is both a cause and effect of poor health, but not all unhealthy people are obese. My little sister, for instance, yesterday ate two bowls of refined-carb-and-sodium-heavy microwavable soup between getting home from school and eating dinner, then ate another of the abominations in a cup after a large dinner, and always puts marshmallows on her cocoa. She also has a skinny dancer's body. Unhealthy, yes. Fat, no.

Discouraging fat people from exercising is the very definition of counterproductive.

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Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#293: Feb 5th 2011 at 11:09:14 AM


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#294: Feb 5th 2011 at 4:54:04 PM

^^^^ Yeah, but smoking is also becoming increasingly used as an insult.

snowfoxofdeath Thou errant flap-dragon! from San Francisco Suburb Since: Apr, 2012
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#295: Feb 7th 2011 at 2:11:21 AM

I am five feet tall and 140 pounds and constantly get the most nerve grating bullshit from a vegan "friend" (he doesn't really deserve to be called that anymore after a recent incident). Here are some things he will disregard as long as they come from me, because he considers me obese  *

:

  • Telling him to study more, because I'm fat and therefore don't exercise therefore study too much and therefore have no life and will therefore encourage him to do the same.
  • Telling him that a balanced diet should work about as well as veganism (healthwise; I'm not sure if he really gives a shit about the environment) because look how well that turned out for me! Ignoring the fact that I did not have a balanced diet when I was gaining weight and am much better informed now.
  • Relationships, because I'm fat and therefore have no experience and am therefore not to be taken seriously in the slightest. Even though a lot of people have taken my advice and it worked because I'm observant.

I have noted that my resentment of his treatment of me is less effective motivation than thinking about heart disease and all that fun stuff. I end up making voodoo dolls rather than exercise.

Another thing that irritates me is how he tells me I should be vegan so I don't have to exercise. My family will not allow this for financial reasons, and I don't want it. Not like he cares.

I support common courtesy for fat people.

edited 7th Feb '11 3:36:11 PM by snowfoxofdeath

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Drakyndra Her with the hat from Somewhere Since: Jan, 2001
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#296: Feb 7th 2011 at 3:50:01 AM

Another thing that irritates me is how he tells me I should be vegan so I don't have to exercise.

That is a deeply unhealthy attitude to take, and I am saying this as a vegetarian who probably should exercise more.

And yeah, your "friend" seems to care more about the shallow stereotypical appearance of health than actual health itself.

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#297: Feb 7th 2011 at 4:27:26 AM

Veganism is unhealthy. Not exercising is unhealthy.

Yeah, I can really see the benefits, there...

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Belial Since: Sep, 2011
#298: Feb 19th 2011 at 4:18:46 AM

OK, the movement sounds ridiculous.

This is coming from someone who is 120 pounds, btw.

Elanorea Since: Jan, 2001
#299: Feb 19th 2011 at 5:25:50 AM

Has anybody mentioned Fat People Art Week yet?
Woah, that's really interesting. And inspiring. *feels the urge to draw some fat people now*

Overall I don't see why we need to make such a big deal about weight/body shape. People should be encouraged to eat healthy and exercise more, true, but one can be perfectly healthy and happy while also being fat, so I don't see what the problem is.

KingZeal Since: Oct, 2009
#300: Feb 19th 2011 at 12:30:04 PM

OK, the movement sounds ridiculous.

Why?


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