[Closed] fattist idiots!!

You also need to set traps around your lunch, so they don't scoff it whilst you are not looking!

do you lot think there is any cure for me.......
i have a compulsive eating and bike buying disorder..........
but i never leave crumbs anywhere........... 🙄

and i love fat birds too, so much more fun..............

have any slim ones let you close enough to experiment? 😉

Stoner,

Ok, not elective, I'll give you that one.

However, anorexia or extreme obesity is NOT something people have much of a choice over, as you admit.

Semantics really, but I'll claim the point.
Mmmm, it was delicious.

only in amsterdam......... 😉

RS it seems that you are a little sensitive about your weight if you were offended by a simple question. Seriously I'm sorry if I've upset you, surely it's not too difficult to turn the other cheek?

I'd draw the line if they'd got sausage fingers and that piggy eyed look.

surely it's not too difficult to turn the other cheek?

hahahahaaaaa see the sterotype IS right!

Do the hands test. If they walk with the palms of their hands facing backwards, don't employ them.

do the meat test: undress them and if you find brown meat, dont employ them.

trailmonkey - Member
I'd draw the line if they'd got sausage fingers and that piggy eyed look

Rusty Spanner - Member

However, anorexia [b]or extreme obesity is NOT something people have much of a choice over[/b], as you admit.

Bollocks. I've yet to see a fat skellington...

Im more than happy to be prejudiced against anyone who can be categorised by an elective act of their own. The religious, the fat, the mulleted, Man Utd supporters, etc etc. Each manifestation of someone's personal choices provides information on which to base an assumption about that person. Nowt wrong with that.

You left out those from Liverpool and people who live on Council Estates, Stoner.. 🙄

Prejudice is based on fear. People who feel inadequate see threat in something which differs or conflicts with their established idea of 'normality'. Also, directing hate and ridicule towards someone else is a way of deflecting attention away from themselves. A typical trait of weak-minded and inadequate people.

There are of course different levels of prejudice. Disliking Man U fans is probably more of a rivalry though. Disliking people because of the colour of their skin, religion, nationality etc is prejudice based on fear; the perceived threat from those others, to the individual's 'normality'. Take people out of their comfort zone, and they become defensive.

Prejudice towards disability, obesity or other physical traits is based on a subconscious fear that the individual may become thus afflicted themselves. It can be very frightening, to imagine yourself physically impaired in any way. The 'prejudice' is the social manifestation of instinctive repulsion towards physical 'abnormalities'. In the animal kingdom, young born with deformities are often killed or left to die, as they are of little or no 'value' to a pack or group.

The greatest weapon against prejudice is knowledge. Understanding why someone is fat can help actually break down prejudice. Whilst obesity may indeed be as a result of ill-discipline or laziness by the individual, it is not something they should be made to feel 'less equal' over. And whilst a bit of 'banter' between friends can be acceptable, wider social prejudices should be challenged, as they are damaging and negative. A person who may be suffering from an eating disorder surely needs help, support and love, not hate and fear directed against them.

Wether an issue is 'self-inflicted' or not, prejudice is not nice. 🙁

I've watched Laurel and Hardy. Watch how when they go through a doorway they both get stuck. Now imagine a burning office filled with people all stuck being them.

At least if a guy in a wheelchair gets in the way you can kick it over.

😯

surely it's not too difficult to turn the other cheek?

Or the other chin

"Pastry positive"
"testing positive for shortcrust"

This is turning into a quality thread.

Plus with Laurel and Hardy, because one is fat and the other skinny the prejudices cancel each other out providing you laugh at them both of them.

johnny_met - Member
I can't believe the views of some people. The pub conversation last night somehow got onto employing fat people. Some people were adamant they wouldn't employ a fat person because in their view it shows poor personal qualities (ie no discipline etc).WTF? Thank**** they are not in a position to employ people!!

I suppose they were all skinny fückers stood at a bar with the self discipline to only be drinking diet coke or fruit juices weren't they?

Prejudice is based on fear

I don't fear people from Lancashire they are just wierd 😆 I mean fancy having a red rose, red! just plain odd.

Talkemada,
I agree, it's not nice to be prejudiced, but most people aren't really that nice all the time. This thread is a perfect example.

You've got to choose your arguments - I've argued on many occasions that it's fine to mock people for what they choose to do or say, but not for the things that they can't change.

However, problems with self image, over/under eating, self harm etc are difficult for people who have never experienced them to comprehend.
If they haven't been in this situation themselves, or witnessed the effects on family or friends, then many people can't understand why someone can't just start eating, give up alcohol/drugs etc.

That's why I try to give most of the posters on this and related topics the benefit of the doubt, at least initially.

Taking that into account I'd be alright because I'm fairly slim but love a good slice or three of cake, and the vending machine for that little bit of afternoon delight - the twix, or even a twirl, or even a dairy milk.

Get in! More jobs for me because I am fairly slim but love the cake!!

been reading this thread and have to say that it goes to prove that the Singletrack forum has hit a new low - the "perfect" people on here must really live in fragile worlds that the only way to fend of the impending middle age spread is to attack the very people they are so scared to become.

Actually when you think about it it's really quite funny and would love to do a cencus on this place to see what we can pick from their lives that doesn't fall into "the norm"

Incidentally, are you the bullies from school that never grew up? got a job in middle management, married some headchuck partner that makes you want to vomit into your helmet on a daily basis and have been saddled with a child who's more interested in art than the sports you hold so dear and you now find the only way to hold your head up is to point out the foibles of others rather than looking at your own life and realising how much of a ****ing mess you've made of it?

Smokers?

How about parents? I hate having to cover for someone who cant come in because poor little jonny is ill.

Bah

Fatties 😆

Incidentally, are you the bullies from school that never grew up? got a job in middle management, married some headchuck partner that makes you want to vomit into your helmet on a daily basis and have been saddled with a child who's more interested in art than the sports you hold so dear and you now find the only way to hold your head up is to point out the foibles of others rather than looking at your own life and realising how much of a **** mess you've made of it?

Damn!! You've been reading my CV !!

Right seens as we are having a [i]serious[/i] go at this one.

I'm not the slimmest Jim in the world and if I thought that people wouldn't employ me because of it then I'd be a bit upset, I'm not very good at my job but that's got nothing to do with my weight.

I own the company and we employ quite a few people and we employ soley based on merit, that's all.

So if your a fat 1 handed hermaphrodite from Colne and you're the best person for the job you get the job (even though you're from Colne).

Greggs has just opened.
It'll be another hour before you get a response.

Even if they do have one hand, they're from Colne so will still carry the full compliment of fingers.

Incidentally, are you the bullies from school that never grew up? got a job in middle management, married some headchuck partner that makes you want to vomit into your helmet on a daily basis and have been saddled with a child who's more interested in art than the sports you hold so dear and you now find the only way to hold your head up is to point out the foibles of others rather than looking at your own life and realising how much of a **** mess you've made of it?

No.

I just think fat people are lazy wasters

samuri - Member
I've watched Laurel and Hardy. Watch how when they go through a doorway they both get stuck. Now imagine a burning office filled with people all stuck being them.

At least if a guy in a wheelchair gets in the way you can kick it over.

😆

aslongasithaswheels - Member
been reading this thread and have to say that it goes to prove that the Singletrack forum has hit a new low - the "perfect" people on here must really live in fragile worlds that the only way to fend of the impending middle age spread is to attack the very people they are so scared to become

REMEMBER! the internets be serious business!

samuri - Member

Even if they do have one hand, they're from Colne so will still carry the full compliment of fingers.

😆 I'm saying nothing

Lifer - is it true that if you type 'google' into google, you will break the internet? A bloke in a pub mentioned it, and I was just wondering... 😳

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nd i love fat birds too, so much more fun...

Fair enough if it's manual work, will it really make a difference if all the job entails is sitting on your ass in an office.

As I mentioned earlier, wear and tea on carpets and they break chairs.
Plus the biscuit tin empties quickly.

will it really make a difference if all the job entails is sitting on your ass in an office

If their waistline is an indicator of laziness could you really trust them not to sit around posting on internet forums all day?

These threads always boils down to one basic question: is being fat more like being a catholic, or being a dwarf?

If it's like being a catholic (i.e. - your own silly fault, what were you thinking you disgusting excuse for a human being?) then they're fair game and can be hunted with dogs for sport. If it's more like being a dwarf (i.e. - you were born with it, it wasn't your fault and being hired out for stag parties doesn't really compensate for the inconvenience) then obviously compassion is called for.

And what if some people are only [i]pretending[/i] they were born fat? The whole subject is very complex, morally speaking. 🙂

These threads always boils down to one basic question: is being fat more like being a catholic, or being a dwarf?

Hmm, I don't think anyone 'chooses' to be fat realy. It's more the result of not exercising enough/eating too much in the vast majority of cases. I don't think anyone really sits down and thinks 'I want to be fat', like they would choose to follow a religion etc.

And whilst many folk could truly do with getting off their arses more, being overweight isn't necessarily an indication that someone's a [i]bad[/i] person. I'm sure there's plenty of nasty skinny people out there.

[i]Hmm, I don't think anyone 'chooses' to be fat really[/i]
People choose not to be though 😉

If you don't want the likely outcome of a course of action, but you voluntarily undertake the course of action, have you chosen the outcome? I'd say you probably had.

And yes, skinny people are often vile. 🙂

It is a fact that obesity carries with it a raft of health issues. That being the case why is it not reasonable for a potential employer to take that into account as part of a recruitment i.e score against fat people on the basis that on balance their health is likley to be less good than a less obese person?