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This gif is so cute.

No matter how much of "you go grrrlism", "fattism", feminism and "scream like a bansheeism" you do no one will ever pay to watch that hipo stumble on a stage, beauty is important, delusions are not.

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Morbidly obese hamster loses her shit over a Matt Forney article:

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JC Penny thinks people are retarded.





Check the comments for some gold.

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(06-19-2016 06:51 AM)Diogenes Wrote:  Morbidly obese hamster loses her shit over a Matt Forney article:

She uses a fish eye because you wouldn't be able to see her entire body otherwise

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Note the ugly tattoos and pink Trigglypuff lady. If you're gonna be fat, don't self-harm in other ways.

"Self-Love Enthusiast"
"Body-Postive Advocate"

We should make a similar video: "I used to be a little bitch, and wonder if anything was wrong with me. I'd ask myself why is life so frustrating for the modern man. Then I discovered game, Return of Kings, the Roosh V forum, and then I went from a Recovering Beta to an International Playboy!"

Using forum post titles and made-up titles; "Recovering Beta", "International Playboy", "(Former) Game Denialist", "Chubby Chaser", "Nationalist Enthusiast", "Neo-Masculine Advocate"

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts...ike-a-sin/

Quote:Dating is not easy. Dating as an overweight woman can be more difficult. Dating as an overweight conservative Christian woman seems impossible.

Whether we admit it or not, physical attraction plays a large role in paving the way for love. We don’t like to look closely at this fact, especially inside the walls of the church where we hope to find less superficial dating criteria than one’s pant size, but the surplus of single, godly, intelligent plus-size women speaks to reality.

It feels like things should be different in the church. Markers of spiritual maturity, like depth of character or willingness to serve, should trump my above-average BMI, but rarely is that the case. I see it in the faces of guys I’m meeting for the first time after being matched on eHarmony, even though we’ve exchanged weeks of witty banter and embarrassing confessions. I hear it in the concerned tones of mentors and parents who repeat phrases such as, “You’ve got such a pretty face,” and “I know you want to be married someday. Do you think losing weight would help?”

Every ounce of my being cringes, because they’re probably right. And I hate that. I am talented and opinionated and passionate and valuable. I am good at writing and making jokes and cleaning. I would make a wonderful wife. I would love to pass my days maneuvering a minivan full of foster kids to soccer games and recitals and tutoring. None of these things would be diminished because of my size, yet none of them seem to matter because of my size.

This problem only seems to be magnified by another byproduct of conservative Christian culture: the pressure to be married. As a single woman, I have often felt like an outlier in the church. The natural assumption is that I want to be married, so to still be single at 27 makes me the object of pity, scrutiny, or, at worse, apathy. While I do dream of marriage, I feel helpless in pursuing it when I’ve only experienced rejection from men in the church. People assume I should be actively working toward finding a husband, an exhausting process that leaves me feeling rejected and judged as a result of my weight, or I should be working to lose weight in order to make myself a more appealing option. I’ve had Christians justify this pressure by dismissing unrealistic beauty standards with a simple, “Well, men are visual creatures after all.”

While I cannot speak for all women, I can say that being overweight has diminished (and most often completely erased) any interest from men. I once had a close friend confide in me that a boy I liked told her he could never date me, despite being “attracted to my personality,” because of my weight, because he was embarrassed by me. It was my worst nightmare come true — that my personality does not offer enough redemption for my looks. That my body is a great concession that a man would have to make. That everything that makes me lovable cannot outweigh my weight.

Part of this has to do with basic demographics of the church today: For men, it’s a buyer’s market. With the surplus of godly, talented, accomplished Christian women, men can afford to be pickier, holding tightly to standards of physical attraction, sense of humor, similar interests, all the way to taste in coffee. Women, on the other hand, have narrowed down their lists primarily to non-negotiables: growing in the Lord, bathing regularly. That’s it.

And if you are overweight, you can’t remain that way. When getting to know a guy, I like to hint at my weight loss journey (truly a lifelong battle — I remember being on a self-induced diet when I was only 8), because it seems the only kind of tolerable fat person is the one who’s not okay being fat, the one who despises it as much, if not more, than everyone else.

I’m sure much of what I’m writing will feel familiar to others struggling with weight, regardless of their faith walk. But what’s particular to more traditional believers is the conviction that my weight reveals some evidence of spiritual trouble.

Gluttony, after all, is the sin that you can see. Therefore, to be fat is a sin because many believe to be fat is to be a living, breathing testament to overindulgence or lack of self-restraint. To be fat is to be a bad witness for Christ — or so I’ve heard some pastors preach. How can God redeem and save my life if he’s not even able to help me maintain a healthy weight? Somehow, my body is sizable enough to undermine the power of the Gospel.

I’ve received plenty of lectures armed with cherry-picked verses. A Christian’s body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). We, as believers, must show self-control in all things (2 Timothy 1:7). Gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins, is clearly rebuked in Scripture (Proverbs 23:20-21).

I’ve been told that my weight is a poor reflection of the stewardship God demands of me in all things, because, after all, we are “to offer our bodies as living sacrifices” (Romans 12:1). And, yes, I do believe people in the church feel more freedom to address these issues because we have a command, as Christians, to “love one another to good works” (Hebrews 10:24-25) and to bring forward any sin we may see. Fellow Christians have a biblical mandate to call out the sin in my life, and with that action they can also work toward eliminating an unsightly blemish on the church roster.

Gluttony, however, only seems to be a problem when it results in displeasing physical appearances. Only with those who consume three slices of pizza at Bible study and weigh significantly more than a chart demands can we assume gluttony is the secret sin.

But at the end of the day, being fat isn’t a sin. Overindulgence is. A lack of self-control certainly is. Eating excessive amounts to fill an emotional void, while not necessarily sinful, is not indicative of a healthy spiritual life. But being overweight can be caused by a whole host of things (plummeting metabolisms, hormone imbalance, thyroid problems, bad genes or even socioeconomic considerations). And yet these factors are rarely considered when a well-meaning friend sends me a link to the latest fad diet or a man avoids my eye as he announces to the waitress that no, we won’t be needing dessert.

Often I think others identify me by three adjectives, and always in this order: fat, single, Christian. The fat explains the single, and both of these make me less of a Christian — or at least that’s the way it feels when a pastor tries to convince me of the spiritual and relational merits of losing weight. And, unfortunately, unrealistic body expectations are just one way that we diminish and derail the value of women in the church. My weight does not determine my worth. Only by ignoring the shame and embarrassment I feel in writing a post like this can we begin a healthy discussion, acknowledging the detrimental effects of our preoccupation with physical beauty.

In my limited dating experience, I can testify that love isn’t given a chance to grow without attraction. While I can’t fault a man for not being attracted to me, I can find fault in a church that seeks to blame me for his lack of attraction. When it seems that godliness is equated with an average BMI, I feel like I’ve lost this game before I even got a chance to play. Dating is hard enough without having to navigate body issues and the spiritual deficits that come in the pockets of my size 16 jeans.

So as I’m covertly hiding the Snickers in my cart and contritely loading up my diet shakes, I take peace in remembering that God sees the heart. God cares so much more about my prayer life than my calorie intake. He expects me to love my neighbors, of all shapes and sizes, and He welcomes me at the foot of the cross where there’s enough room for all, even those of us with sizable hips.

The comments are fairly satisfying. Most people telling her that the solution to her problems is, well, losing weight.

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(07-07-2016 10:49 AM)Aquiles_Baesta_Parada Wrote:  

Too fat to find a vein. It does not concern her - she probably was about the free snacks anyway. In most countries in Eastern Europe and FSU she would be shamed every step of the way. I honestly can say that I have never seen such an obese woman in Eastern Europe at least at that age. I saw some 35+ poorer women who were fat like that. But the fattening is increasing here as well. I weep for the death of feminine beauty - it will be swallowed by the fat-folds of monsters like that.

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(07-07-2016 11:12 AM)C-Note Wrote:  ...the surplus of single, godly, intelligent plus-size women...

...Markers of spiritual maturity, like depth of character or willingness to serve, should trump my above-average BMI...

...I am talented and opinionated and passionate and valuable. I am good at writing and making jokes and cleaning. I would make a wonderful wife...

...the surplus of godly, talented, accomplished Christian women...

Gluttony, after all, is the sin that you can see.

Oh I don't know about that. I can see a lot of vanity on display here as well.

Quote:I would love to pass my days maneuvering a minivan full of foster kids to soccer games and recitals and tutoring.

Umm, why foster kids and not her own, if this is in the context of a hypothetical marriage? Seems out of place, unless I missed something about her being infertile.

Quote:Therefore, to be fat is a sin because many believe to be fat is to be a living, breathing testament to overindulgence or lack of self-restraint...

...So as I’m covertly hiding the Snickers in my cart and contritely loading up my diet shakes...

Nope, not a self-restraint issue. Definitely thyroid problems.

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(07-07-2016 08:15 PM)Alsos Wrote:  

(07-07-2016 11:12 AM)C-Note Wrote:  ...the surplus of single, godly, intelligent plus-size women...

...Markers of spiritual maturity, like depth of character or willingness to serve, should trump my above-average BMI...

...I am talented and opinionated and passionate and valuable. I am good at writing and making jokes and cleaning. I would make a wonderful wife...

...the surplus of godly, talented, accomplished Christian women...

Gluttony, after all, is the sin that you can see.

Oh I don't know about that. I can see a lot of vanity on display here as well.

Quote:I would love to pass my days maneuvering a minivan full of foster kids to soccer games and recitals and tutoring.

Umm, why foster kids and not her own, if this is in the context of a hypothetical marriage? Seems out of place, unless I missed something about her being infertile.

Quote:Therefore, to be fat is a sin because many believe to be fat is to be a living, breathing testament to overindulgence or lack of self-restraint...

...So as I’m covertly hiding the Snickers in my cart and contritely loading up my diet shakes...

Nope, not a self-restraint issue. Definitely thyroid problems.

I've met one older woman who was fat and spiritual, but the focus here should be truly on older. She knew that it was unhealthy, but did not care enough and was also not overly happy anyway.

This one wants a family and gives plenty of mental justifications for her state - accomplished, opinionated (! - a big minus anyway since most of her opinions will be of the SJW kind) etc.

It is similar to a man saying - I would love to have a good family, but I am dirt poor and will remain dirt poor. I will just stay at home, live off welfare or earn my 10.000$/year. Why won't women marry me and raise a family? Oh - and I am a male feminist as well and Game is a myth - I treat women all nice.

No article is going to be published about that man.

Also truly - what's about the foster kids here? She is a nutter and even with a family her contribution to the gene pool would be zero.

And no - it's not genetics. The obesity crisis started some 40 years ago mainly in the West. Genes react over hundreds of thousands of years, even selection takes hundreds of years. It's a combination of lifestyle, tech changes and crappy food produced by the FDA and corporations. But you can eat super-healthy in the US, even if it takes much more knowledge and discipline than in Japan. (And it won't cost more, because you will eat much less.)



And I know that mainstream nutrition advice is crap, but that again is no excuse.

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I'm not sure if we are at the peak of the Obesity crisis or it's only its infancy and the future will look like bleaker

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I remember we used to refer to ugly/fat girls in church euphemistically saying, "she loves the lord". Gotta start bringing that one back.

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My wife took this photo some years ago.

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I don't like fat people. But I love this threat. Funny to watch.

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(06-11-2016 06:45 AM)Leonard D Neubache Wrote:  It would be less annoying if fat people were simply there to be ridiculed, but having worked alongside the medical industry for more than a few years I can tell you that the number of people in western socialised-medicine nations that are sucking up literally a milllion dollars worth of care per year with no "cure" in sight is massive.

A good friend of my Dad (now deceased) used to volunteer at the hospital in Rutland, VT (this was back in the late '90s & early '00s). The hospital was spending a fortune widening doorways, investing in scales that went up to 1,000 lbs, investing in extra wide & reinforced wheel chairs. The amount of resources drained for fatties was unbelievable.

Two years ago, my elderly Father ended up in the emergency room of the same hospital. The ER was overflowing with morbidly obese people waiting for treatment. After a number of hours, Dad gave up and went home, resigned to his fate (he recovered without medical treatment).

How do you fix this situation? The morbidly obese are going financially break the rest of us.

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(07-11-2016 04:04 PM)Hell_Is_Like_Newark Wrote:  ...How do you fix this situation? The morbidly obese are going financially break the rest of us.

It's part of a larger pattern. Find a way to fix the refusal to take responsibility for one's own life course and choice of actions and the sense of entitlement to the unearned, and you'll cure not only obesity but the bulk of social ills.

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(07-12-2016 12:25 AM)Alsos Wrote:  

(07-11-2016 04:04 PM)Hell_Is_Like_Newark Wrote:  ...How do you fix this situation? The morbidly obese are going financially break the rest of us.

It's part of a larger pattern. Find a way to fix the refusal to take responsibility for one's own life course and choice of actions and the sense of entitlement to the unearned, and you'll cure not only obesity but the bulk of social ills.

Japan taxes their fatties. Maybe we should do that too

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(07-12-2016 09:18 AM)str8_thggn Wrote:  Japan taxes their fatties. Maybe we should do that too

Asians berate their girls for being over 45kg/100lbs. They have an entire culture of fat-shaming, from Japan to Thailand. They got that shit right

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Just saw a women's "fat acceptance" YouTube ad playing on the Ghostbusters 2016 trailer.

More proof of the film's true target audience.

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As I've grown older, I've begun to become cognizant of something I'd always noticed, but never thought to single out a "a thing." It's the fact that a lot of fat people have really unpleasant voices. I wonder why this is?

Fat women: They're speaking voices tend to come off like they're whining all the time. Sounds like a cross between taking a crap and being about to cry. Most of their sentences sound like complaints, even when they're not.

Fat men: They don't merely speak -- they bellow, for the most part. They have no sense of modulation. It's all loud all the time.

As always, these statements are given with a caveat. By "fat," I don't mean the ex-jocks who have put on some pounds after marriage and kids. I'm talking about the "lifer fatties," the ones who make it a way of life and/or a political cause.

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(07-13-2016 07:59 AM)Days of Broken Arrows Wrote:  ...Fat women: They're speaking voices tend to come off like they're whining all the time. Sounds like a cross between taking a crap and being about to cry. Most of their sentences sound like complaints, even when they're not.

Fat men: They don't merely speak -- they bellow, for the most part. They have no sense of modulation. It's all loud all the time...

I'd add two more distinct voices for the perpetually obese: the women who have unnaturally deep voices like the fat men you describe, and the fat men who have that peculiar voice that's sorta high/prepubescent and sorta choked at the same time.

The deep voice I'd guess is a matter of a massively overdeveloped diaphragm along with the resonance and acoustics of the larger body - think a cello vs. a violin. The high pitch in men is probably the excess estrogen from all that fat tissue, with the squeak in both...hell, I don't know, maybe it's their stretched-to-firehose-dimensions esophagus squeezing against their larynx and trachea.

And the deep-voiced fat women tend to sound like Kathleen Turner. But even without seeing them, you somehow know they don't look like her. There's some subtle difference.

A coworker had the high/choked voice - he was shaped like an egg balanced on toothpicks, and had a head like a Stormtrooper helmet and a perpetually purple face. This voice gave everything he said a tone of immanent explosion, as if pressure building up inside was making it harder and harder to talk.

The fat women with deep voices all sound like Kathleen Turner. But you know even without seeing them that they don't look like her. There's some subtle tell.

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Another Win For Fat Shaming: Ashley Graham Went & Ruined Everything

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(07-10-2016 07:52 AM)Hell_Is_Like_Newark Wrote:  My wife took this photo some years ago.

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Beauty knows no size.

But alas it knows a certain size: