If you stand, people already standing can easily move aside. But when it comes to trains and buses, people who are sitting really can't find somewhere else to sit unless it's really early in the morning. Essentially the person is forcing atleast one other person(if he sits at the side) to stand up for him.
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."I'm freaking huge myself (though I'm trying to work on that; I've already lost like 20 pounds since I saw the nutritionist in early January), and I have to admit no one's ever given me any shit about it.
That said, my build is happiest around 180-200 pounds, not the ~400 it's currently carrying, and pretty much all of my doctors have said I need to lose weight, so I'm going ahead and doing it. Also, the nutritionist used a machine that measures your resting metabolism via oxygen intake so she'd know exactly what kind of diet to prescribe. Right now I'm supposed to eat 2000 calories a day, and so far I've been pretty good at sticking to it. I haven't started exercising much, though, mainly because the thought of going to an aerobics or flexibility class scares the hell out of me. :(
online since 1993 | huge retrocomputing and TV nerd | lee4hmz.info (under construction) | heapershangout.comYeah, I think my response is more directed toward people who are morbidly obese and/or large enough for it to be a strain on their body, not the people who have a BMI of half a point above the "acceptable" range.
And come on you guys, airplanes aren't cramped enough for normal people to not be able to fit into seats. I'm by no means a small girl, but if I move all the way over against the armrest in business class, there's still a full third to quarter of the seat left over. If you can't fit, it's not because the evil airline companies are discriminating against you, it's because you're really fat and you should lose weight because it's probably unhealthy.
(Is bitter because last time she took a ten hour flight from Amsterdam to Seattle, she was sitting next to a morbidly obese man whose fat was overflowing into her seat.)
edited 30th Jan '11 10:51:23 PM by zoulza
Wheelchair people have a special designated spot only they can go on...and the reason why we treat them as special is because they can not help but take up that much space.
And overweight person on the other hand, can easily just stand if him sitting will push-over the two people next to him.
edited 30th Jan '11 10:54:06 PM by Signed
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."No one...sits on the wheelchair spot. Except the wheelchair-ers and the old people. And the old people don't move for wheel chair-ers.
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."@Signed: Have you actually tried to lose weight? Y'know, alter your diet, take up exercise, that kind of thing. Or are you trading on your genetics for the not-obese build you currently enjoy?
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~edited 30th Jan '11 11:00:01 PM by KingZeal
Sure, the seating is miserable, especially on planes. I'm a short, skinny guy, and I hope to never take another flight in my life because those things are too cramped even without anyone fat next to me.
I can understand someone targeting obesity rather than whoever the hell decides on the size and spacing of the seats. Emotional manipulation is free, after all. Lawsuits, boycotts, letter-writing campaigns, etc. take more time, effort, and resources, and could end up backfiring on you in the form of higher prices. Having individuals shoulder the burden is easier than trying to change the system.
If I said I used to be fat but burnt all that extra fat out with actual exercise, no one would believe me since this is the internet.
And by losing weight, I don't mean the scale reads differently, I mean visually.
As for airplane seats...I don't know what planes you guys have been on, but their seats are quite roomy already.
And if you make them any bigger, then it will cut down the amount of passengers it can carry with each trip.
edited 30th Jan '11 11:02:04 PM by Signed
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."They should be encouraged to be fitter of course. At the same time be courteous of people sitting on bus/trains/planes.
If you know that sitting down will push-over the two next to you, DON'T.
Also, walking won't burn out those fat. All walking after every meal and to places you can walk to will do is prevent further fat gain.
edited 30th Jan '11 11:05:49 PM by Signed
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."
Yes, instead stand in the way of everyone trying to get off the bus, so that people shove rudely into you while making remarks about how you're blocking the aisle.
Sarcasm. Bitter, bitter sarcasm. I know walking won't do anything. Neither will biking, swimming, fencing, kickboxing, or any other form of activity, with our without a caloric reduction diet will do anything. I'm obviously not trying hard enough to be thin and pretty like you.
edited 30th Jan '11 11:09:34 PM by DrunkGirlfriend
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -DrunkscriblerianThe only way to get in another's way while standing is by standing right at the exit, and in those cases, you get shoved whether you're obese or not.
The aisle is big enough so that even if someone obese is standing, theres just enough room to slide past them easily. *
"Every opinion that isn't mine is subjected to Your Mileage May Vary."Buses are just terrible places in general.
edited 30th Jan '11 11:09:40 PM by Grain
Anime geemu wo shinasai!

I have plenty of friends who are fat, being fat isn't that big of a deal.
It's obesity I have a problem with. If you're a male and you wake up one morning and fail the dick test, it's time for some extreme measures. I don't think we should just learn to accept the morbidly obese, but I think not being skinny isn't a crime or worthy of disrespect.