why do kids make fun of overweight people?
607433
That is a direct result of being raised by ignorant parents.  There should be some sort of screening test that has to be passed by potential parents before they are allowed to reproduce.
384265
Many children are obese because of a combination psychological and physiological reasons which can lead to lifelong disorders. \n\nSounds better this way. \n\nMany children are obese due to a combination of psychological and physiological factors, which consequently may lead to a range of lifelong disorders.
934895
It depends on whether that photo is really you or not. Since I've seen it all over the internet I think it's more likely that you're just being an asshole toward overweight people, and you need to get over yourself.
381047
Right on man! It's like you can't have a laugh at fatties or retards anymore!\n\nBy the way: some of my family are fat and most of my best friends are retards.
388273
Nothing is wrong wih them. They just don't look and act like people who "look like us". The people who laugh at them have no idea what it's like to be them, and they have no idea how hard it is to raise some one with a disablity, in a world so filled with ignorant people who hide their insecurities by making fun of others who are different.
631556
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LOOK COOL AND BIG WHEN THERE NOT\n\nTHAT WAS MEAN, FOEGIVE ME!
216608
some of them are nasty liars.\none of them took my bacon.\nthey have big teeth.\nsome of them smell like pomegranates (whats up with that anyways)\nfat people come in all shapes and sizes, there are the underfat or skinny people, medium fat like Oprah or bbbw(big beautiful black woman) then there are the more fat people, this list includes, Chris Farley, Elvis and included Oprah before she was medium fat.\nsome fat people are nice, some are mean, most smell like pomegranites.
788781
I think that people make fun of hillbillies because they are viewed as quite as not quite as  intelligent as the rest of humanity.. People always seem to have to have someone to feel superior to...this applies to hillbilles, racially different people, gay people and anybody who is not in their narrow definition of normal....It makes them feel superior and better.
119588
No - you know that too. \n\nWhy is that that people who aren't fat always have to ask this sort of thing... poor self image or something?
1183898
It is very rude. People that are obese are humans also.\n The word fat pertaining to a person is very uncouth.\n Obese people sometimes have a low self esteem . Why add to the agony.\n It just not nice to call a person fat. \n If you have to ask this question , you must be one of those non caring people.
138343
Many that are overweight do not realize that they are seriously overweight until it is diofficult for them to get rid of the extra weight. This makes them depressed and upset with their self-image, they try to ignore it and seek pleasure-giving behaviors to combat the depression. Food almost always gives pleasure, so many overweight people eat to combat the depression. This is the beginning of a vicious circle where eating makes them happy, but more overwieght, which causes more depression, which starts the cycle again. Many chronically overweight people are then "food addicts" for the above reasons.
647241
I am getting on in my years, now, but there is one incident from first grade that I will never forget. I made a joke about a Greek kid's big nose, and all the other kids laughed. So I followed that up with a few more, and they laughed. I said things that were just plain mean, and they laughed some more. I could feel the other kids start to gather and stand behind me. I know some of the things I said weren't even funny, and I think that people join in for many subconscious reasons. Partly they want to be part of a group. They also want to separate themselves from the person being made fun of. Maybe they are scared that someone will make fun of them, if they don't join in. But for whatever reason, there are always going to be people that like the bullies!\n      Anyways, this was my first and only experience as a bully, or feeling popular, for that matter. Later that day I shared some candy with the kid and said I was sorry.\nI have always since then been more than a bit sympathetic to the underdogs, but I can see why someone would turn over to the "dark side." It can be a way to get instant popularity and a feeling of power. Look what it did for Hitler.
199811
I think that the reason people ask other people if they are annorexic is because they are jealous.  Another reason is that people don't think that it would hurt the person's feelings if they asked, even though it would.  People know that people that are overweight are normally not happy with their body, but people naturally guess that when people are really skinny, they are happy with their body and wouldn't care if other people asked.  I know a friend who is in the exact same position as you, and it makes me feel bad when people ask her that.\n\ngood luck :)
556015
Sometimes people do have lives that are not great and they turn to food for comfort.  Food like drugs can be an addiction to many people.  Food/drugs don't yell at you, don't call you names, don't put you down, don't hate you, don't beat you, etc....Yes, people who are overweight do know that in time being overweight will give them a heart-attack, stroke, high blood pressure, puts strain on your bones, make you have diabetes.  But, you also have to realize that in some homes the whole family is overweight and everyone eats the wrong stuff.  Smoking will eventually kill you, give you emphysema, had terrible smoker's cough, jaw cancer, throat cancer, lung cancer, etc....But, there are people who are thin and eat bad food and smoke and then go to the gym, they are still harming their bodies as well.  It's not always easy to shut off that I want to eat button or smoke button or do drugs button, some people don't have that switch even though they know it will kill them sooner or later.
355849
It makes most people feel superior. In the real world they probably feel inferior, so they hop onto the Internet and put on their "big boy" pants and exert their frustrations on people they don't know. Don't fret!
376681
Ignorance. Plain and simple. \n\nSome people just feel so bad about themselves, that it makes them feel better to put others down. They think it makes them look cool.\n\nSome day, when they themselves have gained some weight, or they have kids and little Johnny or Jane comes home crying cause some other kid called them 'fatty', maybe then they will understand how hurtful 1 word can be.
419830
B/c people think that it is funny to watch things that degrade other people or that it's funny to laugh at another person's expense.  Sure, these people are willing to make an ass out of themself, but to me, the shit is not funny!!