I always see what I see every day (or at least it seems like it), and that is someone who has let themselves go so far and has myriad health problems relatively early in life as a result. Not only that, many cannot get around unassisted anymore, and have become a burden on their family, yet are still so selfish, or has just plain given up, that they won't turn things around.
Sometimes, there's no family around, only "caretakers". In any case, I don't envy anyone who has to watch someone slowly kill themselves.
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. In most cases severe obesity IS slow suicide. Doing that kind of harm to your body is a sign of deep psychological issues. We shouldn't be saying be proud of your body to everybody (we shouldn't denigrate them either). Plenty of people have nothing to be proud of. We should give these people our sympathy, a diet book, and a good therapist.
I get downvoted a much of the time for being a realist, I think. A lot of what I say isn't pretty, and not exactly what the FS Feels Brigade wants to hear.
FS Feels Brigade. Nice. I call them the Selfish Sympathizers. You know those people that donate to fake counter productive 'charities' because they saw a kid cry on tv. Of course the didn't do their research. Or those people that promote those terrible feel good ideas like "Love your 400LB body!" or "Follow your dreams no matter what! Even if you're a 40 fat man whose never exercised in his life. You can be an award winning gymnast!" They just want to feel like a good person without doing any actually work. I personally hate them more than evil people. They seem to cause more damage.
Well, they're not really worse than plain 'ol evil people, but it does get tiresome hearing people boast about their good works, when they're more like empty gestures.
That awkward moment where I'm not sure if you're downthumbing me because you have a different view, or it's just some random cowardly jizz-jockey who can't string a few words together.
I should probably mention, and this isn't just meant for you, but I never downthumb people just because I disagree. I try to save that for hate and/or racism comments, homophobia, trolling, and just plain willful ignorance. Spreading of lies doesn't sit well with me, either, especially when it comes to politics or science.
Edit: I'm curious. How would the people of FS feel about the ability to see who downthumbed any given comment, and/or the restriction of thumbing to people with accounts?
Is it just me who finds the phrase “your body is a temple” a little cringy and very creepy? My only memories of this phrase are of old dudes who sound a Lil rapey/super religious & those reddit fedora guys who wish to dictate everything a woman does
Sometimes, there's no family around, only "caretakers". In any case, I don't envy anyone who has to watch someone slowly kill themselves.
I should probably mention, and this isn't just meant for you, but I never downthumb people just because I disagree. I try to save that for hate and/or racism comments, homophobia, trolling, and just plain willful ignorance. Spreading of lies doesn't sit well with me, either, especially when it comes to politics or science.
Edit: I'm curious. How would the people of FS feel about the ability to see who downthumbed any given comment, and/or the restriction of thumbing to people with accounts?