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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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[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

I think part of the issue is that someone being fat does often become other people's problem, in ways that are not obvious. For example: a while ago I was on vacation, and met up with some friends. We were gonna go to a museum. One of those friends brought their (obese) friend. Suddenly, the four block walk from the parking garage to the museum needed two rest breaks. Then we needed to take a rest break every 20 minutes in the museum. Then instead of walking to dinner, we needed to get taxis. Not to mention the nearly constant vader breath punctuated by bitching about being tired.

I mean, I'm not gonna call someone out for being too fat to function. But they do notice when I stop inviting them places.

At one point they casually mentioned that the last time they gave their 8 year old kid broccoli, the kid threw a tantrum as soon as they saw it on the plate. Apparently, the only way they can get their 8 year old to eat is with pizza. Guess what shape that 8 year old is?