Being fat in Japan is now apparently illegal
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I wonder what fat people think of this.
I mean, it's easy for a thin person not to see the problems with this, as they are not troubled by the new law. I bet a lot of you guys would be pissed off if you were the fat person in this situation.
I mean, it's easy for a thin person not to see the problems with this, as they are not troubled by the new law. I bet a lot of you guys would be pissed off if you were the fat person in this situation.
Well that kills my chances of living in Japan. *slaps belly like fat slob I am*
More seriously, this isn't accounting for body types, not to mention the whole taxing people for being fat thing.
More seriously, this isn't accounting for body types, not to mention the whole taxing people for being fat thing.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SUMO WRESTLERS! FASCIST PIGS!
But seriously, I think these people are about to be out of a job.
But seriously, I think these people are about to be out of a job.
Freedoms and heavy-handedness aside, this just doesn't work, because waistline is not a universal measurement for health. You're going to have a ton of chubby people who are under the limit, and skinny people who are over, because of the variety of body types. Genetics plays a huge role: I know a girl who is currently living in Japan, and has an ideal hourglass figure, I swear. But because of the average body type, height, and history, she feels chubby, and is sometimes considered chubby. In practice, this will be a complete failure, since there measurement of health is a lot like measuring how fast someone can run by how big there feet are.
Japan seems to be the land of genius ideas with inept execution.
Japan seems to be the land of genius ideas with inept execution.
Sort of extreme, and sort of retarded, will there be someone who refuses to pay his fine, or give up his seat, and start a war-of-the-waistline.
Will WW3 be about the oppression of the obese?
Will there be camps and registrations and shootings that future generations will use as proof of how backwards our society was while consuming tofu intravenously?
Will WW3 be about the oppression of the obese?
Will there be camps and registrations and shootings that future generations will use as proof of how backwards our society was while consuming tofu intravenously?
Fails on both musclemass and bone density. By volume, muscle is almost three times heavier than fat, and bone tissue heavier still, so bmi is not the most useful way to test such things.Amnestic said:
I remember doing some tests involving bmi when I was in uni. In one year I was moderatly obese (according to bmi), despite having less fat than the previous year, where I'd been the healthy norm. The difference = I'd taken up weightlifting, and the extra musclemass pushed my bmi up a lot.
I laughed out loud and even told my brother when I read this, but the actual article is a bit alarming. After you think about it for a bit, 80cm around isn't very much. It's not so much punishing the large, but making it mandatory to be thin. Bad move, especially since it seems to be an obsession already.
which begs the question. if ones pelvic structure is too large to physically allow such a waistline are they exempt or do they have to undergo re constructive surgery. personally I think the media are making up laws again. like they did with that "curvy cucumbers" banquiet_samurai said:
Good! Hope all those whales they torture and devour fattens them up.
Maybe their stupid government should have some special weight losing plan instead of just 'lose weight or we will tax you because your above the measurement'. Even I hope they are not that Thick.
Maybe their stupid government should have some special weight losing plan instead of just 'lose weight or we will tax you because your above the measurement'. Even I hope they are not that Thick.
While I feel this is a bit authoritarian, I think they want the best for their people by doing this.