Do you treat fat people differently?

[mustangguy289]

I'm back from the gym, and I'm still 40+lbs overweight. WTF?

You have no self control.

[davbrucas]

Your statement, to me, seems like you think only thin people have / pay for health care. That all fat people are uninsured / non-paying jelly eatin' motherfuckers. And, to boot, that this is the only problem facing our country these days.

Ok, I know you didn't come right out and say it was the only problem in America so perhaps it's more fair for me to ask everyone who's entitled to give off a random shittly glare to fat people for merely existing in their line of sight for a moment, this.

Who else do you treat like shit on a daily basis? A) based on appearance and B) are a drain on the economy and more so your hard earned dollars?

We've covered the fat people... what about single parents? smokers? families on welfare? what about the unemployed?

I'm trying to think of everyday folks like you and I that are just trying to get by one day at a time that deserve to be treated like complete shit for poor dietary choices. That deserve to get a disgusted glare from across the room while they're trying to have a family dinner at a public eatery because they're fat in the eyes of another ......And they're of course getting this treatment by others, who of course, have NEVER had such things as the making of poor choices about what should / shouldn't go into ones body. People who have never put less than admirable things into their OWN bodies.




It's being a glorified bully to sit there and say you have the right to make such harsh statements to people you don't even know. (and again not directly at YOU but to anyone who feels they have the right to open their cock holster to say a fucking word to someone else about something that's none of their fucking business.)

I never said larger folks deserved to have folks feeling sorry for them for their dietary choices. I said it wasn't right to treat ANYONE like any less of a human being because of their personal choices to live however the fuck they choose to.

It will be a cold day in hell before I am rude, crude, judgemental, or otherwise unacceptable to someone based on their appearance. You can fix fat, but douchebaggery is much harder to get reversed

You're not paying for FAT people. You're paying for EVERYONE, get it? Babies born to uninsured folks everyday, injuries sustained by those with no health care, the free dental care provided to the homeless causes the prices you pay for your dental care to go up, so I guess we should go roll some bums after work too?

I went to the hospital twice last year with a bleeding ulcer. You paid for it up front. So did I, as I am a tax payer just the same as you. I got a break on the cost because I have no insurance and didn't have to pay up front for the medical attention though, so I guess it's okay for the doctor who treated me at the ER to give me a fucked up glance on the street because he knows I came in without insurance?

I guess my point is this... Where does the ignorance end? Since when does treating someone like a piece of shit for their appearance become a justifiable act? Last time I checked, that's what asshole bullies do in god damn grade school, not grown ass men and women who SHOULD know better.



Thank you for sharing this

You getting upset shows that you are feeling a little self-conscious...why the hell do you even give a damn about how one person feels about another? Everyone has their beliefs for one reason or another. You blasting people for their beliefs because you perceive that they are wrong is no better than someone stating that they think that obese people are disgusting subhumans. Why is it ignorance? This same "pull the wool over your eyes" shit is the reason our country is in the bind it is...buy now pay later...the American Dream. The simple fact is obesity is a choice and is disgusting.
As far as your ER doc comment...ignorance. We have no clue, nor do we care, who has insurance and who doesnt. That is your own sense of guilt speaking there. I treat people with respect and professionalism regardless of race, creed, size, sex, etc...but a person cannot help the prejudices that they have acquired over the years. But they should be able to control the action taken due to said prejudice. I think smoking is a disgusting habit as well and I counsel each and every patient I see about it, but for the most part, they dont want to hear it. It's their life and they dont need some self-righteous asshole telling them any different. Like I said, that's the same mentality that got them in the situation they are in the first place.

[GhostTX]

...Since then I have been eating right, exercising, and living a much better life. I have managed to lose 70lbs in the six months that I have been into this. I feel the best I have felt in years and not to mention how fucking proud I am of myself.

When I talk to other people that ask me how I did it, I just tell them that it has to come from the heart. You can't just do it because you know you have to. You truly have to want to do it. Finally, I leave you with this. If I can DO IT....ANYONE can do it. For those that are struggling....good luck. For those that are doing it or have done it.....you can understand where I am with it all.

Congrats! Seriously! It's a bitch still being hungry and staring at that half-eaten plate.

[Broncojohnny]

How much do you estimate that fat people cost you each year?

Do you think that there are things you could have fixed about yourself that would have prevented you from being in such a precarious financial situation?

The argument that he should earn more so that fat people would have more of a tax base to support them is comical.

[chuckacosta]

Congrats! Seriously! It's a bitch still being hungry and staring at that half-eaten plate.

OMG! Yes!! But once you make it a habit.....the rest is easy!

[jdgregory84]

LMAO! A) You're not overweight B) It's because you forgot to take your miracle vitamin supplement that melts fatassery away

2008 ~ 180'ish (Drunk as fuck BTW) Best shape of my life


About a month ago ~ 240lbs (I've lost nearly 10lbs since then)

[TENGRAM]

So, let me get this right. I should work HARDER so what they take isn't as much? Dude you're a fucking crackup!

I'm saying that what they take isn't shit compared with what you have cost yourself in your lifetime.

Mind you, this isn't a political discussion. I don't support universal health care and I don't even support insurance, but this is what we have to work with at the moment.

[MutherjuggZ]

How much do you estimate that fat people cost you each year?

It was posted earlier that fat people cost the population as a whole somewhere in the billions of dollars.

This doesn't include smokers, drinkers, drugies, etc. Just fat people apparently cost healthy americans billions in tax dollars

[davbrucas]

I'm the guy writing a gigantic check to the IRS every year in the name of people who can't care for themselves. That's who I am.

The people who can't care for themselves have legislated taking that money right out of the pocket of my three year old son, which is where it would go if I wasn't sending it to Washington in the name of taking care of old people, fat people, the clueless or whoever else.

I have no sympathy and feel just fine with looking down upon able-bodied adults who can't seem to care for themselves. Or ones who "just can't seem to catch a break". Old people and children should be cared for within reason, in a civilized society, not a guy who can't put down a fork. Exactly why I am I paying for his bad habits again? Why are these people on Medicaid? If he is privately insured, why doesn't he pay me to get up in the morning and go run at 4am to keep his insurance costs from skyrocketing? I am offseting that Ding Dong he is eating?

Right there with ya...we paid almost $300k last year in income tax. Most of that goes to those lazy self-entitled POS's that refuse to work. You damn right I am gonna look down on those types of people and if you dont like it, you must be one of those types.

[TENGRAM]

The argument that he should earn more so that fat people would have more of a tax base to support them is comical.

see my previous comment. I don't think anyone should have to support anyone else. That's just the hand we're dealt right now.

I'm just saying that he should focus on the things that he could, and still can, actually change in order to have more money. Looking down at others isn't going to do any good. It's easier then doing something for yourself though, isn't it?

[lowthreeohz]

see my previous comment. I don't think anyone should have to support anyone else. That's just the hand we're dealt right now.

I'm just saying that he should focus on the things that he could, and still can, actually change in order to have more money. Looking down at others isn't going to do any good. It's easier then doing something for yourself though, isn't it?

But i'm not fat, went to college, have a job, pay my taxes, and pay my own health insurance every month. Why should I focus on doing more, when I'm already pulling the weight (no pun intended) of many others.

[GhostTX]

How much do you estimate that fat people cost you each year?

Do you think that there are things you could have fixed about yourself that would have prevented you from being in such a precarious financial situation?

My finances are fine. Why should I pay for something that I'm not going to use nor benefit me in any way? Paying more for insurance, again, fixes a symptom, it doesn't address the problem (non-excercise, not eating right).

LMAO at you suggesting me and my good life choices refelct "their" bad ones. My family hardly ever eats out, and we have our own activities to exercise. I lead by example as best I can, that's how I roll. Am I perfect? No. Can I walk from the far end of the parking lot without being winded? Yes. (referring to those buzzards that circle the lot for THE close spot, then jump on the 'lectric scooter)

My grocery cart is nearly always filled with ingredients, not pre-packaged, processed frozen dinners as I see in the check out lines.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, a trait seemingly disappearing fast in America.

[krazy kris]

damn im hungry, I guess ill split this piece of sugarless gum into 4 pieces and be set for the day

[Broncojohnny]

Right there with ya...we paid almost $300k last year in income tax. Most of that goes to those lazy self-entitled POS's that refuse to work. You damn right I am gonna look down on those types of people and if you dont like it, you must be one of those types.

If you had listened to TENGRAM, you would have got a better degree so that you could send $350K to them.

You see Dave, it is your fault. They are just hungry.

[TENGRAM]

It was posted earlier that fat people cost the population as a whole somewhere in the billions of dollars.

This doesn't include smokers, drinkers, drugies, etc. Just fat people apparently cost healthy americans billions in tax dollars

Assuming those numbers are right, and that there are what, like 100 million people in this country? So figure that fat people cost the average person 10 or maybe even 100 dollars, right? I can't believe that's even being used as an argument.