Poll: Fat people - what's your opinion?

[funguy2121]

I don't know about other nations, but in the states obesity has been declared an epidemic. Having worked in an OR, I can tell you that while I think this classification is as misguided as declaring alcoholism a disease, over 95% of the patients I've worked with were obese, and greater than 80% were morbidly so.

The amount of trash we consume is rather alarming, and it's certainly having a tremendous negative impact on our collective health - but what do you think about overweight people in general? My avatar has been met with a mix of curiosity and vitriol for being fat; I've been told that fat people are a disgrace to the species and a symbol of decadence, and one member tried to get me on probation after threatening me for using her image. When I discuss different body image archetypes on The Escapist, at least one guy always tells me with absolute certainty that she'll be a diabetic with varicose veins and a bad back within the decade. Rarely do I encounter any consideration for the fact that many large people have thyroid deficiencies or are otherwise genetically predisposed.

So what do you think?

Poll attached.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Armored Prayer]

My family are slightly overweight but they always eat home cooked healthy meals so I forgive them.

But what I hate is people who are fat and do nothing but wine about it.

 

[T3h Merc]

I'm only a teenager but I find that I'm pretty damed overwieght. I'm 5'7 and wiegh 169.9 lbs. That CAN'T be Healthy. I think that my ideal lover would be 120-160 lbs. (Also you may want to install a LBS-KG conversion rate and calculator.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Hmmm.. 10000 KG is overweight. Definitely.

 

[Numb1lp]

I just like a really big butt... Like my girlfriend!

 

[Cherry Cola]

I'm only a teenager but I find that I'm pretty damed overwieght. I'm 5'7 and wiegh 169.9 lbs. That CAN'T be Healthy. I think that my ideal lover would be 120-160 lbs. (Also you may want to install a LBS-KG conversion rate and calculator.

Isn't 169.9 lbs like 77 KG? Because I weigh 75 kg and I don't think I'm overweight.

 

[APPCRASH]

Doesn't really matter. I think I draw the line though at 350lb.

 

[Blindrooster]

Ive just decided that it's a mental thing. I couldn't let myself get overwieght,. I run daily. But i guess image just doesent matter to some people. I don't get it but hey, more power to them. They'll go first when the zombie apocolypse begins, and i'll be happily running circles around them

 

[petrolmonkey]

About 200lb maybe? Hard to say when you consider all the different aspects that can change a persons appearance depending on their weight. Height, muscle mass etc.

 

[Nincompoop]

I don't think I'm overweight. But rather chubby, if I say so.

I don't have any predetermined thoughts on people, and that includes 'fat' people.

However, I find it rather silly accusing McDonalds for making someone obese, however distasteful their methods of selling are.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

As a person who suffered from childhood obesity, I am in really no place to judge anyone based on there wieght and I don't think it should play that big of a role when it comes to a relationship.

 

[Deathsane]

she needs long hair about 5 feet 5 inches and needs to be generally thin

 

[jockslap]

I like my ladies kinda chunky...but not like WHABAM-FAT, 160-180 is decent considering i weigh in at 245 or so.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I used to be pretty fat growing up. Not the traditional sense, but I was just always big (tall and wide)

Now I'm 6'3" and weigh about 230 lbs. I work out a lot, and a greater percentage of my weight is muscle mass, but I mean statistically I am still overweight.

 

[messy]

I have no problem if you yourself what to be fat, we're all killing ourselves really if responsible individuals (I'd say 16 onwards, note; age not an exact cut off line just a rough number I pick when I feel you should take responsibility for your food intake. Here in the UK you can start reproducing at the age) wish to do that with high cholesterol go nuts.

That being said forcing the lifestyle onto their children I really cannot stand. Also I'm not overly happy with them taking up hospital treatment from people who's condition is not self inflicted, the same can be said of Drugs and Alcohol in my opinion.

That being said I have numerous overweight friends and understand that with all types of people you get good ones and bad ones. One of my friends is so comfortable in his size that he turned down free gym sessions from my old secondary school to loose weight.

I myself am skinny; 6'2 and (just weighed myself with clothes on) and am 10 stone (140 pounds) exactly. A BMI of 18 which is just underweight (18.5 being the upper limit of underweightness)

EDIT; I like my women skinny as well, I can't give you an exact value; how can you put a value on love? (yes that was awful I know)