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Originally Posted by katyseagull
well it's kind of an awkward subject.
I used to think the same way as dave. I just never saw very many fat people in my day to day life and never thought there were that many overweight people in the general population, although I guess it's relative. But anyway, then I got a job in a hospital . omg. That's when a lot of my compassion went out the window. Trying to lift/assist/bathe an overweight person is, er, quite the ****ing challenge (to put it politely)
I certainly didn't mean that there aren't many fat people in the general population. I am originally from one of America's fattest cities after all. I guess I don't pay much attention to it in my day to day life since it isn't as apparent as it used to be. Contrast I guess.
Since there are people from everywhere, if I see a fat person, I'd assume they are more likely from Texas or some place like that instead of Minnesota.
With that said, most of the management at my job is overweight Jewish guys, which I swear should be a funny stereotype, but I'm not sure.
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Originally Posted by microbet
You can be well over 160 and not be fat. Do you even lift?
Obviously, I didn't mean 175lbs of muscle.
You low-carb or something? I hear your brain cells start to fizzle when you deprive them of sugar.
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Also, yeah, in general people in LA are not fat, but you're probably sticking to the rich areas if you think there aren't any fat people.
Well, okay... I probably live in the poorest part of town, plus I work in South Central.
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Originally Posted by microbet
I'm not fat, but have had people in my family who were very overweight, and I'm pretty quick to think someone is an ******* if they have a problem with fat people.
Goes to show the weight problem in America when people itt apparently aren't from a rotund family and thus are comfortable bashing into others for being fat.