• 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    If you’re fat and it does not come from health conditions or medicine: Lose weight, fatty! It’s unhealthy and no, you’re not happy to be fat.

    Disclosure: I am fat and it does not come from health conditions or medicine.

    • TommySalami@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s just something people are sensitive about, and understandably so. Most obese people (by choice; i.e. self admittedly just have a bad diet and sedentary lifestyle) I know are never really offended by memes and consistently express a desire to do better. Fact is fixing the problem is genuinely difficult once you pass a certain point, as it requires a dramatic lifestyle change. Anyone who says that is easy is full of shit.

      I avoid jokes like that mostly because it feels like punching down on people who are not happy with their health/weight and struggling to fix it. Especially when it’s the typical low hanging fruit, it’s just not fun when the joke makes me feel like kind of an ass.

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        1 year ago

        Also it’s not like we’re unaware of being fat. Like, no, Kevin, I don’t need your terrible joke to tell me I’m overweight and should lose some weight. I own a mirror. The “let’s make fun of fat people!” crowd always seem to think they’re giving us some divine fucking insight.

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Then again, there are a lot of “hahaha fat people are funny because they are fat lol lol lol” jokers that desperately need some better material.