I agree and its part of a larger conversation on mental health support that is sorely lacking. Many, many fat people are not depressed though. They are lazy, or tired after a day of looking after the kids or work and just want to sit on the couch and watch TV with a too large portion of food to complement their day of…

Really we don’t want Trump here. You elected him, you keep him. I’m hoping Mexico will realise that the wall is for their benefit as it will keep Trump away.

Other than myself, no one. I’m not a total dick and I prefer to interact with other people as little as possible. I never said I did this, just that it needs doing because too many fat people delude themselves.

Then their issues with eating because of being upset also need addressing. I’m not saying be an absolute dick about it, but letting people know that being fat is not something they should tolerate is needed.

Aye, because their way is working so well with the obesity crisis we have.

Right, but you know now. You are aware that you were eating more because of someone being mean so stop. The words have been said, you can’t change that. You know what people think of your weight issues, so do something about it and change. Do you think that others aren’t thinking the same thing but are just too polite…

You want to see the scars in my arm from the knife? You want to know the medication I’ve had to take over the years? The suicidal tendencies I have when I’m at my worst and the way I cling to the fact that my children need me as a reason not to just give up and end it all?
Anxiety from the years of constant bullying…

Feel good all you like but realise that being fat is not healthy. You shouldn’t ever feel good about being fat.

Yep. I hate facebook for it. Some really fat women on my friends list seem to share constantly those stupid posts about real men liking curvy girls. Erm... no. You can tell yourself that love, but you’re still single and knocking back vodka shots with your ice-cream.

But if they do, they don’t do anything about it and that is the point. Politely waiting for fat people to make the change themselves doesnt work for a hell of a lot of them. They need to realise that it isn’t acceptable to be so fat.
Honestly, I wish someone had taken me to task about it 20 years ago and then I…

I eat when depressed, bored and sometimes just because the food is there. Sometimes, you need to realise that the eating is a problem and get it under control. Don’t use depression as an excuse. Many people, myself included, have severe, suicidal tendencies depression and yet still manage to accept there is a problem…

As I’ve just pointed out on another comment. That isn’t working. The time for politely telling people they need to lose weight is past.

Obviously that’s working really well as seen with the huge number of people shedding weight and the reduction of the obesity crisis in our country... oh, wait, no... it’s not.

Agreed. Don’t be a dick about it, but be tough and say, “Yeah, you need to lose weight.”

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Fear of mean words is definitely one of them.

No it doesn’t though does it? I’ve been to the doctor with various issues and they might record my weight but never sit down and say, you need to get serious. They might suggest that the issues will improve with weight loss but they don’t suggest a plan or even outright say, “Lose weight chubby.”

He was closeted at the time. So making him apparently straight is in tune with the history of the person.

Aye, because it’s seen as acceptable now to be a fat arse. I say this as a fat person myself. No one says anything to you, no one calls you out on why you’re ordering takeout instead of making something healthy and all around the net you see ‘body positivity’ garbage usually aimed at women telling them their being fat…

They know they need to but the human ability to self-delude is seemingly infinite. People need a push. They need to be called out on their weight issues.