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A rant about bullying of fat people on the internet. (literature.cafe)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Karl@literature.cafe to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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I've been seeing a lot of casual hate against fat people over the internet. Most of them justify their hate with "They have no excuse for being fat", " It will motivate them to lose weight ".

They make it sound like it's absolutely ok and the hate is a natural response to seeing an overweight person. I even saw a kid sharing his love for books in a video and one of the commentors was like, " Books are good, but exercise is better" and when he got backlash he was like "oh, he's gotta lose weight", "no hate, I'm just trying to be helpful" But is it right to do it under a post where he's sharing his hobby?

I know fat is unhealthy and that the person is better off without it. But is how healthy a person lives anyone's business except their own? I mean, it's not contagious?

Besides, people could have their own reasons to be fat. Maybe they don't have time to work out, maybe they have some physical problems that don't allow them to work out or maybe that's just the way they want to live. How do you decide they absolutely have access to a gym or have the time to work out based on a single pic or a short video?

Overweight people have become a kind of target for people who are bullies but don't want to be called out.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unsolicited advice based on someone's physical appearance is generally regarded as pretty rude where I'm from. Rude enough to worry that saying it to an unknown person might even trigger a violent response.

On the internet, however, there's a pretty low risk of any kind of reaction that would affect the person who made the comment.

It might be my most boomeresque opinion, but I think people simply are increasingly not learning what is considered rude and that they then shouldn't do those things.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

No, no. You are right. One of the problems of the internet is that there is no risk of getting immediately punched in the face for what you say to other people.