This happened a couple years ago in the Six Flags Over Texas on the Texas Giant. And the park blames the ride maker and the ride maker blames the park blah blah blah.
I'd love to hear other people's opinions on this, but personally, I don't really feel like anyone excuses obesity in our culture. I think that *overweight* people get the "love yourself, you're beautiful, etc., etc." message (which is honestly justifiable, in my opinion, because A) you're more likely to become more healthy if you have positive self-image and don't view your body as disgusting/unlovable, and B) lots of healthy people aren't skinny, because one person's "healthy weight" is often very different from another person's).
But I think that OBESE people are more likely to either be getting the (kinder) message that it's not healthy and they have a problem, or the (less kind) message that they're gross/disgusting/a whale/should kill themselves. I honestly don't feel like we, as a society, have a problem with "encouraging people to be obese." :/ If you disagree with me, I'd really like to hear your explanation.
Right near me a couple years ago at a 6 flags a guy with no legs flew out of a coaster to his death. He was told he could not ride at first, after he protested they lye him proceed, it didn't end well. His real famy didn't sue, but his ex wife(who left him after he lost his legs in Iraq cuz that is not the life she wanted) filed a suit a year later. I lost track of the case after that.
Why aren't people allowed to accept themselves and view themselves as perfect? It's their own life and they're not hiring anybody but themselves by being overweight.
If its acceptable for people to publicly critize smoking for being unhealthy than we should be able to critize obesity as it is a top factor in preventable deaths now (i belive second only to smoking)
If you want to be obese, fine be obese, but don't go around saying as long as you're happy it's fine to be that unhealthy willingly and that it shouldn't matter. Just because it's a choice doesn't make it okay.
Well, if there were parents that were obese they could get their children started on the lifestyle. They wouldn't be able to be active with them and if they're obese they probably don't eat very healthily.
And you usually have obese people talking about you don't know about their health issues, which leads some people so believe that there is nothing wrong with it, so they'll eat however much of anything and end up getting an early death.
There are also a lot of larger people that are naturally that way, someone I know has been hospitalised and nearly died from anorexia, obsessively excessive etc. and they are still really overweight whereas one of my other friends eats loads, is incredibly unfit and is one of the skinniest people I know. Sometimes obesity is not a choice and nobody asks to be fat even if they do eat a lot and not get any excercise.
Also being the friend of an anorexic whose anorexia started from being bullied about their weight telling someone that they're too fat is not a good way to go about the situation and can end up killing them while smoking doesn't have that side effect and can hurt the people around smokers.
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honestly in the early 2000's when there was an outbreak of anorexic models people didn't hesitate to jump in a say "that's disgusting" or "they need help" and even "what they're doing is wrong" but now that obesity becomes a problem god forbid anyone make notice of how unhealthy it is without "hurting people's feelings" Being extremely thin or extremely fat (obese) does effect other people, because it influences it among others making it a social norm. And it's fine to be comfortable in your own skin and I wouldn't wish anything different for anyone but there comes a point where it's not about feeling pretty, but more about being healthy!
A registered user of such a useless website stating shit like "Improve yourself" is kind of funny. Still, I agree that being obese can be fucking dangerous ("morbidly obese" is the kind of phrase that speaks for itself), but this example is not well chosen in my opinion.
are you fucking kidding me? if she was too fat to go on the ride then it is still the parks fault for not stopping her from going on the ride! how would she know? also, why do you care whether someone is fat or not? it doesn't affect you. if they want to live an unhealthy lifestyle than they can and its not your business. wipe ya own ass bitch don't try to wipe everyone else's. we got this.
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I could imagine the headline, "Amusement park sued for harassment on woman" But to an extent I have to agree that if there is a weight or size limit for a ride it should either be improved or they should let the person know instead of just being like, you're fat and you'll die if you go on this ride but eh I'm only being paid minimum wage
*scratches off little part of card*
Alright! I won a free donut!
But I think that OBESE people are more likely to either be getting the (kinder) message that it's not healthy and they have a problem, or the (less kind) message that they're gross/disgusting/a whale/should kill themselves. I honestly don't feel like we, as a society, have a problem with "encouraging people to be obese." :/ If you disagree with me, I'd really like to hear your explanation.
And you usually have obese people talking about you don't know about their health issues, which leads some people so believe that there is nothing wrong with it, so they'll eat however much of anything and end up getting an early death.
Also being the friend of an anorexic whose anorexia started from being bullied about their weight telling someone that they're too fat is not a good way to go about the situation and can end up killing them while smoking doesn't have that side effect and can hurt the people around smokers.