If you call someone fat, you're considered rude or inconsiderate.\nBut I've also noticed that if you call a skinny person anorexic or sickly looking, it's socially acceptable.\nMagazines try to promote being "curvy" (as in a size 14 or more), but a big problem with this is health. Being obese or overweight gives you health problems.
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No. The only time someone makes a comment about your body is if they are uncomfortable with their own body, or they are jealous. I've been told I'm too thin, but I am happy with my body. I eat right, and dance alot and I believe this is how I am meant to look. If you don't like it tough. It's my body, not yours!
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If you feel the need to make fun of another human being, then I feel it means you are unhappy with yourself.  One cannot possibly get any feeling of accomplishment when they demean another and make them feel worthless or less than.  People who criticize the overweight have unresolved issues of their own and belong in therapy.  It matters not how or why a person is overweight (that is their own personal battle), what really matters is being kind and compassionate to others and you will more often then not; get the same in return.
154006
You are too crude!   you make me laugh...\n\n50lbs on an anorexic really can't be 'fat' as you call it...\nbut yeah, dump her..........
172540
I don't think making mean comments about things which people cannot change is called for and agree that they are loosers.  For me personally I like bigger boobs but that doesn't mean I have anything against people who are not well endowed.  It's just the initial attraction thing, in the end it is personality that will determine if you will really like someone or not.
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There is something very wrong, with you if you WANT to become anorexic....anorexia is a very serious disease in which you can die from. Once anorexic it will take over your entire life, and you will lose yourself within this disease. I think you wanting to be skinny is the least of your worries you have major issues with your self-esteem to deal with first. I currently have a friend right now suffering from this disease and I KNOW for a fact that she would'nt wish this illness on anyone in the world, not even her own worst enemy. I am sure you have many people in your life who love and care for you and would not want to see this illness take over your life. Anorexia is a serious, serious, condition, I pray that you will not think such things anymore! Remember that you are beautiful just the way you are and if you are truly not happy with the way you look, then I suggest you cut back on calories and work out at a normal routine.
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..... think about it...\n\nlook at how skinny/averaged sized girls treat overweight people. look at high school...\n\nbeing overweight makes life a little harder, people dont treat you with the respect you deserve.\n\num... we want to look skinny... or average.. i think some teenagers gain some weight from trying to look like beyonce(big boobs and booty).
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Having anorexia doesn't really concern yourself with other peoples weight, its denying your real weight. Its not feeling good about yourself for reasons that may be known to you or not. Sometimes people bother me when I watch them eat only because I can't see how people can eat anymore than I did, next to nothing, and be okay with themselves. I have been recovering fro anorexia for 5 years now and remember the feelings well. My weight was the issue with me not any other persons.
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Do you eat around them. That should prove you're not anorexic. I was very skinny when I was in school (but no one had ever heard of anorexia then). But I still got picked on: stringbean, shoelace, etc. Ask them if they know the true meaning of anorexia. Sounds to me like they're just jealous because you're smaller than they are. People who pick on others are usually low on self-esteem or jealous. If you let them know it bothers you, they will continue to "pick" on you. If they realize it doesn't bother you, they'll find someone else to pick on.
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I don't know why people are so weight obsessed. If you get to know someone really well it won't matter any more. \n\nFor the record, I'm a size 0 blond and the guys aren't all over me. Instead idiots decide to say how anorexic I am (which I'm not). That makes me mad.\n\nPeople just care too much about appearances, and it hurts. No matter if you're skinny or overweight, people are still going to be slightly judge mental of you because of that. All in all, people can be idiots. :)
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Heck no....\n\nDon't buy into the stereotype that you have to be as thin as a sheet of paper,  If you're relatively healthy and happy don't worry about it.  If people judge you over a couple of pounds one way or the other you shouldn't really care about their opinion anyway.\n\nWhen you look down and you can't see your feet, you may be overweight.\n\nWhen you have to butter up your sides to fit through doors you may be overweight.
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I try to live as if horrendously fat people did not exist. I'm too nice to call out insults, of course. But I'd prefer that obese girls kept themselves out of my sight, and, if they must waddle about, then I appreciate it if they keep their rolls and jiggly folds well under wraps, so I don't have to look at all that strangly shifting human jello.
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I know its hard, but people are jelious of a confident and beautiful woman.\n\nIf they dont call you fat, they will call you ugly, a *lut, a *itch or whatever other horrible UNTRUE names just to make you upset. The best things you can do , is dont let it get to you. When people see that it isnt getting to you, they usuially move on. Its no fun making fun of someone that isnt affected by it.\nMany people have a hard time with people at one point, its just a struggle, we all have to learn.\nYou'll be stronger because of it.\nKeep being the strong and beautiful woman that you are, and dont let anybody's names bring that down.\nIn God's eyes we are all beautiful.\nLet that beauty shine with your strength to say no to walk away from these losers.
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I've noticed this too. I guess it's because they can't face up to the fact they're just plain "FAT." Using baby words minimizes the impact and makes it less offensive to the fact that they're just "FAT." \n\nSo fat people need to use baby talk with other fat people for two reasons. 1) They need to be politically correct or they could get sue for discrimination and 2) they themselves want to feel less disgusting than they really are.
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I'm not from the US, but that animosity is reserved for obese ppl the world over!!\n\nI think it has to do with the misconception that fat ppl got fat cause they have no control over their eating habits and therefore appear to have low self-control, are indisciplined and weak.\n\nIt's wrong, of course. But its human nature to feel superior to any perceived notion of lack of discipline or weakness. Which instead of resulting in understanding and tolerance usually comes out as snide and contemptuous.\n\nMost fat ppl I know are NOT fat coz they eat like mad monkeys, but it’s hormonal or psychological in nature which triggers irregular eating habits among other reasons for obesity.
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I don't really know which is worse, but as a very skinny person it certainly feels like its worse to be us at times.  The reason I say that is because with really fat people, other people will snicker and gossip but will never actually tell the person "wow you are so fat," like they will with a very skinny person.  I used to be very self conscious about how thin I was, so comments like "you are so skinny" and "you are so tiny" and "you look like i could break you" were very painful and made me feel horrible.  It would also imply that my friends thought I had an eating disorder, which also really distressed me.  And what's worse is that you can't really diet or do anything to gain weight if you are naturally thin.\n\nThat said, I can't imagine that it would be easy to weigh alot either.  Especially considering the health risks--obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc.  And when you add those up to the stares and comments it's probably equally ask crappy as being looked down upon for being thin.
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I would associate "thick" with being "thick headed" or dimwitted.  \n\nI don't think that "thick" should be a term for one that is overweight.  "Overweight" and "obese" seem to be perfectly agreeable terms (or labels, if you must) and since they are used in the medical community they are indeed appropriate.  Being overweight and obese, especially in the US, is really turning it into an epidemic.  \n\nCalling overweight people "fat" has a very negative connoation.  If you addressed someone as fat they would probably not acknowledge that they have an actual medical problem, they would just think you were being mean.  Using words associated with medical terminology (obese, overweight) would hopefully open their eyes...\n\nThere is no point in sugar-coating a very dangerous problem which often leads to heart disease, kidney failure, diabetes, etc.
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Honey, be yourself. I am also over weight and I consider myself a Diva among Divas and I carry myself that way. I let my personality speak for my self. People who are turned off because of your weight have low self esteem. Your weight has not direct bearing on who you are as a person and what kind of friend you will be. You are still the same inside big or skinny.