21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric
I’m impressed that it only took a quarter of a dozen fortnights.
Stone only makes sense for people used to pounds, shillings and pence. For instance, “This costs 3 pound, 4 shilling and 8”, and, “I weight 12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces”.
Actually stone is used by the brits instead of americans
How many pebbles in a stone, and stone in a boulder? It’s a convenient measurement, I’m sure.
1 stone is 14lbs, the uk still like to use imperial for measuring weight and height
This brings me memories of fathate or whatever that fatfobic subreddit was called.
r/fatpeoplehate
They were so toxic that the site got noticeably better within 24 hours of them being banned.
They all migrated to Voat. Later, people from r/The_Donald also tried to join voat, but the fat hate people were too toxic even for them!
Yeah, they were awful, awful people.
I too have been struggling with my weight for most of my life (the worst was 135 kilos at 189cm height, usually sitting around 95-100). I have been occasionally made fun of as a kid for it too, so I’m happy treating fat people like shit isn’t that acceptable any more.
However, I actually feel society has gone too far in accepting it, being overweight is very unhealthy and at a certain point even a burden on everyone around you and the healthcare system. It should not be normalized like this.
Fat people don’t deserve to be ostracized, but they sure as shit don’t need to hear that they are healthy and okay to remain as they are, because it’s a blatant and dangerous lie. For the vast majority of overweight people it is a symptom of their poor lifestyle and not an actual medical condition.
I personally don’t struggle with my weight, but whether I do or not is enitrely irrelevant. Body shaming is a big problem, and such conversations need to be kept between a medical provider and the patient. Someone’s weight should not be up for discussion on a public platform.
Also, I do think it is good for people to love and accept themselves, no matter what their weight. In fact, in most cases this is the first step toward resolving health problems and addictions, which is something I am experienced with. When I felt ashamed of my addiction, I was caught in a circle of guilt from which I would never have become sober. It wasn’t until I learned to accept myself where I was at that made it possible for me to heal.
But I’m not applying my experience to everyone else. This may vary by individual, which is why it is paramount that these discussions happen on an individual basis between the patient and provider.
For the vast majority of overweight people it is a symptom of their poor lifestyle and not an actual medical condition.
It is? This sounds more like a moral judgment based on nothing but perception and the way fat people os portray in media and exactly wat the fat acceptance movement try to fight against.
I’ve always felt it’s a mental health issue.
That (especially including stress) and poor nutrition
He lost a lot of weight and all it took was daily malicious bullying?! How inspirational.
It’s not necessarily malicious – given general humour in this country, it’s likely he wanted to lose weight and asked his friend to text him that daily as a form of motivation.
Edit: however, I’d like to point out that consensually being sent that by a friend is fundamentally different to having abuse thrown at you by a stranger on the internet for your body shape.
Feedback is a gift when properly wrapped.
Did he pay for 1½ month gym membership?
And they say words don’t affect you physically.
So did he lose stones or grow a pair? This is so confusing.
This is how the devil thinks that motivation works. He probably was a chef though.
Who the fuck measures anythin in stones?
Obelix
And they say fat shaming doesn’t work…
Obviously it’s different for everybody, but it worked for me. I lost over a hundred pounds after watching a comedy special where the comic ripped into fat people. It made me feel gross, and gave me the motivation/willpower to start losing the weight.
That won’t work for everyone so obviously we shouldn’t go harassing all fat people, but clearly “fat shaming” isn’t entirely worthless.
Username checks out. Can I say congrats on your loss?
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Fatpeoplehate still going strong
That’s absolutely what these stupid ass type of posts are about.
People just can’t help themselves but being assholes about it.
If I was that obese I’d hope to have a friend who cared about me enough to bully me into a healthier lifestyle. there’s a difference between being overweight and morbidly obese.
You’re unintelligent
