Current Events > "Doctor, I just can't lose weight! Maybe it's my thyroid?"

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Sure, I eat a bucket of ice cream a meal, but I balance it out with hot wings and hot chalupa

1) salt cancels out sugar
2) getting hot burns calories

I really should be losing weight, if you think about it.

What's with the fat shaming topics on this board?

I'm certainly willing to be corrected if that's the case.

What's the point of the topic then?

probably the same deal as with all the obesity-normalizing topics

That people have a lot of misconceptions surrounding their weight and how to lose it.

"Doctor Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his daily calorie intake level?"

Sure it is, I mean what else is the purpose of the topic but to laugh at people who are obese? It's certainly not to provide information, because it doesn't do that. And even if you were to argue that it does, it doesn't do so in a way that is productive or helpful. They made a snide comment because they wanted to troll on an internet message board.

Could not have said it better.

The implication that fat people are fat because they are too stupid to understand how calories work is inherently fatphobic.

Most people fat or not do not understand how calories work.

Most of them are too stupid to know how calories work.

As a guy who comes and goes from fatness, im fully aware that I gain weight from eating unhealthy and not moving and lose weight from eating healthy and moving. Im tired of fat people excuses, just put down the Oreos and go for a jog. Its almost never genetics or a thyroid issue, its the double pizza burger and Mountain Dew milkshake you ate on your couchbedoffice.

People like to act like 'fat shaming' is helpful, but it's really not. That's because shame is not a strong motivational factor.

That's not true, shaming can be a very effective motivator. The reason fat shaming doesn't work is because we shame the result, instead of the behavior. Tobacco shaming works because we shame people for smoking, not for having lung cancer. But fat shaming is different. We rarely shame the behaviors that lead to obesity until you're already obese. If you're thin, you won't be shamed for eating junk food or spend your weekend binging a TV show. You won't be shamed until you've reached a point where it's much more difficult to do anything about it.

Also, because you're being shamed for who you are rather than concrete actions you can just stop doing, it's a lot harder on you psychologically. Which then makes it easier to fall into a spiral of depression or self-hate where you keep making things worse for yourself.

That's why, if you think fat shaming is helping anyone, you're fooling yourself.

What if I don't want to actually help them - but rather, want to make them feel terrible?

It really is something people say all the time though, immediately looking towards some rare health problem as being why they are obese without taking into consideration calories. He didn't even use any derogatory language for obese people, which is rampant on this board.

• 01 - please stop pretending we don't understand the games that trolls and reactionaries play, especially after being called out
• 02 - just own your ideology. You have the right to hate fat people. Why do you think it is you feel the need to play games and troll instead of directly defending what you actually believe?

What if I don't want to actually help them - but rather, want to make them feel terrible?

Then you're an asshole.

But at least you're not pretending that what you're doing is nice.

See? At least one is being honest.

So why do you want to make them feel terrible?

The first step to fixing your body is recognizing you look like shit.

Im a misanthrope.

Im a misanthrope.

are you sure? i'm getting 'edgy and wants attention'. and some 'isn't afraid of being corny'. commendations on your bravery.

I'm thinking that's more the real explanation... too much Joe Rogan and Fresh and Fit misogynist reactionary content rotting the brain too.

The first step to fixing that is recognizing that being antisocial is a choice.

"Well, how many calores are you eating normally?"

"iunno lol"

Every time.