Maybe that's because your standards of weight are warped from living in America? Seriously, show me an obese person that does not 'even look chubby'.

I don't get it - so we're not allowed to say e.g. anorexia, alcoholism, smoking ... or whatever ... is bad, because that would make someone a 'concern troll'?

I'm not 'concerned' about whether some particular individual is personally happy with being fat. But the idea that 'attractiveness' is subjective-full-stop is just flat out incorrect, and when reasonable human beings engage in a discussion, they do so on the basis of shared social understandings all the time, and yet…

What the fuck? How am I being a 'concern-troll'?

When I was young (UK) we used to have 'Father Christmas'. But then gradually the image for me became 'SANTA' (with a glottal stop).

It's not just Western culture, though. 'Physical fitness' being attractive is pretty much universal. Yes there are greater and lesser degrees of 'tolerance', if you will, in terms of what level of fitness is seen as acceptable, but nowhere, as far as I know, is being fat seen as attractive in itself. Someone can be…

I am not trying to 'pick' on anyone. I know this is a difficult topic of conversation because it affects people personally. But I just do not see why we have to pretend that being fat is value-neutral. I mean it is better to not mention it at all than to say something which, to me, seems like it is just wrong?

OK, the 'attractiveness' part is not objective in the same way that Angelina Jolie is not objectively better looking than Richard Simmons. But somehow we would all agree that that is the case. One way of describing it is 'inter-subjective', like language. Humans make it up, but we're all going on the same…

People make jokes based on their experience. Fat women are often, sadly, characterised by society generally on the basis of their appearance alone/disproportionately, so it makes sense that she will make fat jokes. That doesn't mean she is untalented.

Ok you must be referring to me since I think I'm the only one. I seriously want someone to explain this to me. Why am I not allowed to say that not being fat is objectively better than being fat? I do not want to hurt anyone's feelings, and I do not want to suggest that all fat people are 'unattractive' or any other…

hah i love your name. 'Flubbard'. Am I easily amused?

Great, but ... you're wrong. Sorry Percy. She's not the most unfunny woman on television. Even if you don't personally like her schtick, your suggestion is just weirdly inaccurate. Your comment isn't showing that you just don't find her funny, it's that you actually dislike her. Which is bizarre.

The Rebel Wilson/Melissa McCarthy thing probably never happened. How do I know? Because it was from an 'anonymous source' (i.e. a staffer made it up something that might sound plausible).

Jesus, someone's bitter.

That's the understatement of the year.

Wow. This is so thoroughly wrong I honestly can't even handle it right now. Jesus christ.

No - your victim blaming is definitely not justified. You obviously don't know a thing about the psychological impact of domestic abuse. Really, pretty disgusting.

So, a domestic violence victim is manipulated by her abuser into believing that he really loves her. Is anyone surprised?

I honestly believe that the development of sex robots will cater to that small subset of men who find the idea of seeing women as human beings and dealing with sex and relationships on a woman's terms so difficult (or perhaps so beneath them) that they would rather just not have to try. Genuinely, I think it's the…

Boom.