No, I’m not arguing that people are fatter now than they used to be. Technology contributes to sedentary lifestyles, very busy lifestyles demand convenience which usually has more fat and calories, etc. I get it. Again, I’m not saying people should celebrate obesity. And obviously it’s not an ideal state.

Okay!

Your ability to long-jump to conclusions could win you a gold in the Olympics for track and field. As I said to someone else, I’m not going to argue with someone who has never met me but thinks he knows my medical conditions better than my doctors and I. So, I guess, best of luck with the bizarre assumptions?

I’ve done that, and it didn’t work, but okay! Not going to argue with someone who has never met me who thinks he knows my medical conditions better than my doctors and I do.

1. Never heard of a medication named Thyrodyne, is there a prescription med named that? Because I googled and only found some vitamin supplement, which I also have never heard of. I’m happy that it’s working for you, but everything I’ve tried— Levoxyl, Synthroid, Armour Thyroid, Natur-throid— hasn’t done a thing for…

Whether fatness is beautiful or not is highly subjective so anyone who insists it’s not may as well be screaming about how red is superior to blue or yellow: different strokes for different folks.

No one is claiming fat “appears from the ether”, but that’s a fun strawman you’ve consructed.

You... don’t seem to know anything about PCOS and hypothyroid. These illnesses prevent the loss/burning-off of fat cells, so that they build and build. So even a person on a 500-calorie-a-day diet can become fat, even if they’re eating a modest, low-fat diet.

They haven’t “sprung up” only recently; it’s just that they were only discovered as medical science developed more recently. You think there was a lot of understanding about PCOS 30 years ago? Hell, women TODAY are still being patronized and disbelieved about having ovarian cysts.

Another posted responded thusly. Are you receptive to information that dissents with your already-formed opinion?

Oh, I agree absolutely. The problem is that so very few people are committed to to continued evolution of the species and just wallow in their primitive urges. Conscious, reasoned decisions seem to be rare, in general.

I think you misunderstood my response. I believe it’s more than merely 1%.

LOL nope.

You truly are the voice of wisdom. Can you please have a chat with my PCOS and thyroid disease? Because despite my being on starvation diets, for some reason, they stubbornly refuse to accept the gospel of zer0sum about the truth of why I’m fat.

Okay. But why does it become the role of anyone but the fat person’s doctor(s) to educate fat people of the follies of their ways? Do you think that they’ve somehow magically come through life to that point and never realized it until you chose to impart your wisdom to them?

Nah, humans are hard-wired to value certain groups above others and exclude others from those preferred groups, once they become members. There will never be an end to it. As soon as one characteristic is finally dropped from the “shitty things to be” list, another one will crop up, ad infinitem.

No one is saying you’re not allowed to have personal preferences. I myself don’t find bald dudes sexy. But I also don’t treat bald men like shit because they don’t meet my preferred taste. All fat people want, really, is to be left the fuck alone. You don’t have to desire us, you don’t even have to respect us if you…

I am SO SICK of these stories. I started reading one yesterday (it had not been properly marked as having rapey, DBSM, and humiliation content) and when it became clear that the scenes of abduction, rape and brutal violence against women were not present for drama but as fetish, I became so angry I actually cried a…

Superlative. Thank you.