Observation or Fat Shaming?

BowdonUK said:
The media stir up a lot of this by showing pictures of someone who is obviously overweight and with a headline (paraphrasing) "she moves around with her toned body", knowing people are going to comment against the persons weight.
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I found the opposite to be quite amusing, a few years ago I used to troll the Daily Fail comments, if there was a particularly voluptuous model featured in one of their pieces I'd make sure to comment about them being a "plus-sized" model, it would drive the readers mad and generate a bunch of replies... :D
 
Saw a random article with a woman with 34 inch thighs, and I'm thinking I'm a 34 inch waist...

I'm pretty sure she didn't just wake up one day with 34 inch thighs, there must have been a point in her past where she realised it wasn't normal or healthy...
 
I think you need a bit of both carrot and stick. You should praise people for losing weight and help people that are overweight by having a bit of a go at them. Besides it is funny to mock fat people. Who ate all the pies etc.

I have a bit of a beer belly. Currently working on it.
 
Ice Tea said:
When someone posts online that a celebrity has put on weight without including anything else that's derogatory is that just an observation or fat shaming?

It feels like fat shaming to me as attention is being drawn to it like finger pointing...
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Only absolute melts consider such a thing "fat shaming" or any sort of body shaming for that matter. Since when has pointing out a observable fact become such an issue that people get offended on behalf of others?

We live in a melt society now which is a shame.
 
Ice Tea said:
When someone posts online that a celebrity has put on weight without including anything else that's derogatory is that just an observation or fat shaming?

It feels like fat shaming to me as attention is being drawn to it like finger pointing...
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For gawd sake when did ocuk become Mumsnet?
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I find it amazing that people know this happens but they won't accept it happens the other round way where a person doesn't eat much but puts weight on.
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I suppose its thermodynamics Run a fraction of a Celcius hotter you burn more and can eat more
Run a tiny bit colder and you need to eat less.

But to become obease you still need to be putting that extra in everyday.


If you have a more efficient car you don't keep buying the same amount of fuel as when you had a guzzler an loading up the boot with Jerry cans do you?


I don't think people are opposed to the "my metabolism is lower I need less" idea they're opposed to the "oh I eat way below what I need but still put weight on" excuse.
 
mrk said:
Only absolute melts consider such a thing "fat shaming" or any sort of body shaming for that matter. Since when has pointing out a observable fact become such an issue that people get offended on behalf of others?

We live in a melt society now which is a shame.
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they are usually their own PR photos anyway they asre asking for a reality check when some 20stone+ whale has a headline about "toned body" or whatever nonsense headline is with the PR photos

you will see people who are size 16+ being called slim and obese whales referred to as "curvy"

Anyone whos overweight knows they are, they know why they don't care or they would change it.

anyone can lose weight easy, buy a bike and ride 10-20 miles every other day you will struggle to eat enough food.

Personally I have a 85kg - 95kg tolderance, if I start hitting 90+ kg I know it's time to worry about my diet and stop enjoying food for a few weeks and eat a proper healthy home cooked diet.

home cooked doesn't = hard work either toss some random vegetables in a slow cooker, you can even cook a whole chicken in one and it will still go brown like if it was cooked in an oven
 
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Eurofighter said:
I think you need a bit of both carrot and stick. You should praise people for losing weight and help people that are overweight by having a bit of a go at them. Besides it is funny to mock fat people. Who ate all the pies etc.

I have a bit of a beer belly. Currently working on it.
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I think offering fat people carrots is unlikely to be successful.

Maybe a "burger and stick" approach may work?
 
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