Obese is a slur!
John Thompson 
Nope, obese is a term you earn through laziness, poor choices, and rarely hormones.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 8, 2023 9:14 PM |
Ample is the preferred term.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 8, 2023 9:15 PM |
It will soon be replaced in medical literature with "person of size".
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 8, 2023 9:16 PM |
Personally, I always liked 'lard-ass'.
It's so vivid.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 8, 2023 9:17 PM |
Would there actually be a term overweight individuals would be OK with? Doubtful.
Let's be honest. It's not the word people are upset about. They are upset because people throw something demeaning in their face. And those people are either insensitive or deliberately hurtful. They don't have to be this way. They could just shut up. It's not other peoples business to make an assessment on somebody's physical shape. You find somebody overweight? Don't say anything. Is that so hard? Why involve yourself in insulting someone? And don't pretend you want to help the overweight individual. That's not what you want.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 8, 2023 9:20 PM |
I always thought 'obese' was technical term referring to people who were like 50% or more over their ideal weight.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 8, 2023 9:27 PM |
Why not use "doubleplus un-thin"?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 8, 2023 9:40 PM |
Obese is a medical term, ya dumb cunts.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 8, 2023 9:46 PM |
[quote]Would there actually be a term overweight individuals would be OK with?
I usually describe obese people as 'Rubenesque' and other obese people seem fine with it.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 8, 2023 9:50 PM |
Dr Anita B. Etin? That first one's a troll, OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 8, 2023 9:52 PM |
What do they want us to call them?
Gravitationally challenged?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 8, 2023 9:53 PM |
Why can’t we use tact to point out negative characteristics of a person anymore? Is everyone that sensitive?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 8, 2023 9:54 PM |
Thank you, r10, r12. It's the accepted term for people to clock in at a certain weight for their height beyond which numerous diseases and disorders start to clock in and take advantage of a weakened and diseased body. It's also a term synonymous with premature death, and:
Higher insurance premiums for the rest of us. They've NEVER explained why they expect the rest of us to subsidize them with more poor service for the rest of us if they usurp untold millions into care for obesity-related illnesses and premature deaths among them who embrace and promote themselves until biology takes its inevitable course.
^This scenario is on the employer level. Imagine in Medicare or Medicaid reveal how much is spent on obesity-related illnesses? Fucking mayhem.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 8, 2023 10:01 PM |
How about Ms. GET OFF THE FUCKING COUCH YOU FAT FUCK?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 8, 2023 10:24 PM |
I like it when experts on being a fat pig die from being fat pigs. Soweeeee.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 8, 2023 10:27 PM |
As a regular Facebook user, I have been schooled to understand that the acceptable term is “beautiful.”
As when a small group is deciding whether to take the car or walk. All will survey the opinions of the others and then sort of just … delicately turn to the beautiful person, whose determination settles the question.
To take the car.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 8, 2023 10:27 PM |
I'm offended by guys I'm attracted to not wanting to date me.
It's offensive.
"No" is a slur.
"You're not attractive" is a slur.
"I don't care that you're hung" is excluding me.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | February 8, 2023 10:31 PM |
If you’re hung well enough you might have like 10-20 pounds leeway.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 8, 2023 10:35 PM |
You dipshits. Get your night nurse to look at things before you reply to them.
OPs tweet is a joke. Not sure? [bold]Well, the twitter post about obesity is from someone named...[/bold]
[bold]DR. ANITA B. ETIN[/bold]... In case you still don't get it, it's a drag queen-esc version of "I NEED TO BE EATING."
Then, if you visit "her" twitter, it's obviously a troll account mocking affirming-type fat people.
FFS, recognize jokes when they present obvious evidence of being jokes, people. Gay's are supposed to be clever, so sit down if you don't got it anymore.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 8, 2023 10:38 PM |
[quote] Gay's are supposed to be clever,
And smarter.
Oh, dear!
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 8, 2023 10:46 PM |
I prefer either corpulent or rotund.
It hits nicer.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 8, 2023 10:46 PM |
Paunchy, but pronounced Fetching
That should shut ‘em up
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 8, 2023 10:52 PM |
It is insanely offensive to compare a medical term (which is what obese is) to slur that has no purpose other than to belittle a group of people.
These people need to be ground down, and driven into hiding.
When do they start comparing their fatsperiences to the Shoah?
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 8, 2023 10:59 PM |
Obese is a medical term, but it’s not unusual for these terms to become stigmatized. Moron is also a medical term.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 8, 2023 10:59 PM |
I like to use the term "Lizzo" now that both Diamond and Kirstie are six feet under.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 8, 2023 11:04 PM |
Hahahaha!
[bold]Jebus Christo you people RESPONDING HERE as if it's not-a-troll-tweet are DUMB DUMB DUMB.[/bold]
It's a joke from a troll OBVIOUSLY but you dipshits just see something that triggers you, you lose all critical thinking skills (if you had any to start) and then go reply without even reading the other replies because, there's NO WAY you could ever miss an obvious troll joke. Oy Vey. Be Better, gayz.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 8, 2023 11:08 PM |
R35 But fat fucks do believe this, and push it.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 8, 2023 11:11 PM |
Bullshit, R36.
There's, of course, going to be outliers in ANY-AND-EVERY GROUP that whines and invents ways to play victim but overall, unless you can point me to any MEANINGFUL statements from a large (haha) contingent of obese people about this, you're living in a bubble of people fooling you. and playing to your biases.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 8, 2023 11:17 PM |
[quote]But fat fucks do believe this, and push it.
Then why didn't OP post one, or more, of those "real" people, R36. Why post a troll? And why reply on DL as if it's not a troll... when it's obviously a troll?
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 8, 2023 11:19 PM |
R37 Jesus, you seem to know every fucking thought every man on this site has, you fucking idiot cunt frau.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 8, 2023 11:19 PM |
Perhaps they'd prefer "Big Fat"...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 8, 2023 11:19 PM |
[quote]Jesus, you seem to know every fucking thought every man on this site has, you fucking idiot cunt frau.
Thanks, R39. Tho it is easy on threads like this to gauge the degrading brains of all the knee-jerk screechers.
BTW, your use of "frau" is off just bit. But keep lurking around here and you'll get it eventually.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 8, 2023 11:24 PM |
This is a perfectly valid complaint. Peter Griffin offers some respectful alternatives.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 8, 2023 11:29 PM |
R34 Lizzo will be thin in about 6 months, she’s already lost a significant amount as displayed at the Grammys (not sarcasm)
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 9, 2023 12:05 AM |
It’s medical terminology. I think it’s becoming a bit tiresome to accuse people who warn about the health risks associated with obesity as engaging in fat shaming.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | February 9, 2023 12:59 AM |
Will Chrissy Mess ever lose the weight? Or Lizzo? Many other slobby celebrities have lost weight, so hopefully they will grow up and do the same.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | February 9, 2023 1:16 AM |
[R40] Helen Hodges could understand 'Black lady' in the description, but not 'big fat' ? Seriously ? If they wrote 'petite svelte' she would understand it better ? It would've made more sense to her because when she looks in the mirror she sees herself as 'petite and svelte' ?
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 9, 2023 1:54 AM |
Wait. What?
Now I can't call a spade a spud, too?
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 9, 2023 1:55 AM |
Mama called them lard asses. Is that allowed these days.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 9, 2023 2:24 AM |
R43, where's ANY MENTION of these activists demanding that "obese" = "the n-word"
Nothing in your link, nothing.
Same with the link at R44. Nothing.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 51 | February 9, 2023 2:30 AM |
These fatties will go on and on about body positivity and shit, but if there was a pill they could take before bedtime and wake up a size 8, they would gobble that up like it's a donut.
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | February 9, 2023 2:43 AM |
Didn't COVID kill them all?
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | February 9, 2023 2:44 AM |
They don't like it when you point out that there's a reason there are no obese elderly people around.
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | February 9, 2023 2:44 AM |
Okay. Fat Ass it is then.
Put the fork down, Fat Ass.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | February 9, 2023 2:51 AM |
In the immortal words of Selina Meyer, "I'm the Vice President of the United States, put the cupcake down."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 9, 2023 3:23 AM |
My mother used to say “zaftig.” It’s Yiddish for “Reubenesque.”
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 9, 2023 5:44 AM |
Corpulence is correlated to complacency .
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 9, 2023 6:19 AM |
Let's just call them all 'bariatrics.'
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 9, 2023 6:58 AM |
[quote] My mother used to say “zaftig.” It’s Yiddish for “Reubenesque.”
The correct word is zaftik and it's Yiddish for juicy.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 9, 2023 6:59 AM |
A physician who came under fire for comments claiming that obesity is more of genetics than lifestyle in a “60 Minutes” interview earlier this month is now a member of the Biden USDA’s 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which will help determine dietary standards for Americans over the coming years.
Dr. 𝗙𝗮𝘁ima Cody Stanford, a doctor specializing in obesity medicine at Mass General Health in Boston, claims diet and exercise have little impact on the disease that affects nearly half of all Americans, so what does she think people should do about it?
“The number one cause of obesity is genetics,” Stanford told CBS’ Lesley Stahl.
“That means that, if you were born to parents that have obesity, you have a 50 to 85% likelihood of having the disease yourself even with optimal diet, exercise, sleep management, stress management,” she added.
Stanford elaborated during the interview to claim that an overwhelming majority of U.S. doctors hold a bias toward obese patients.
“Are you saying that doctors don’t understand obesity? Doctors?” Stahl asked.
“𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚,” Stanford confirmed.
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Reparations for Lard-Americans !
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 9, 2023 7:22 AM |
[quote]They don't like it when you point out that there's a reason there are no obese elderly people around.
Kirstie's recent death lowered the count by one.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 9, 2023 7:49 AM |
See there’s a social media trend for posting overweight dog videos, describing said featured unfortunate hounds as ‘chonky’. Raise you their fat owners and others from the land of the fats as the chonkiest chonks that ever chonked? They like to think they’re cute as they gorge on their fast food snacks of choice. Is that description cute enough for them? The chonkies or even chonkers (let them chose) could then park themselves among the cuntiest cunt collectives - just to be sociable.
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 9, 2023 8:09 AM |
It's at the point where no nouns or adjectives can be used to describe then.
It's like the proverbial elephant in the room.
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 9, 2023 8:32 AM |
I'm on vacation on the beach, and yesterday my bf and I watched as a GROTESQUELY obese woman in a bathing suit heaved herself onto the beach (I think it was a one-piece, but her ass was so big it looked like a thong). It was nothing but ripples and rollers of fat. One butt-cheek was the size of a beach-ball. Another fatty had to helped out of the surf by two bystanders, as he kept rolling over each time he tried to lift his amplitude out of the surf. After laughing of course, and making the requisite simile to beached whales, we decided that fat people should, indeed, be shamed.
So I'm a cunt -- sue me.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 9, 2023 11:51 AM |
Obese is a fact. If you are do something about it or deal with it. You're unhealthy fat!
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 9, 2023 3:40 PM |
69 must be obese (ahem, I mean a big person)
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | February 9, 2023 3:59 PM |
I'm so mad I could eat a cheesecake!
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 9, 2023 4:46 PM |
R1, "literally" doesn't mean what she thinks it does.
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 9, 2023 4:48 PM |
Of course, most people use their BMI to determine if they are obese or not.
A study was released last year that showed if we continue to go by the BMI, then more than 90% of pro-football players who appear to be "in shape and athletic built" are actually obese by the BMI standards. I will try to find the research once again, and post it here.
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | February 9, 2023 4:56 PM |
Would be less offensive if it were capitalized?
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 9, 2023 4:57 PM |
I will substitute the name "Whoopi" for the word "obese".
For example, "Look how 'Whoopi' actress Valerie Bertinelli is these days" .
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | February 9, 2023 5:09 PM |
There’s even. a T-shirt
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 79 | February 9, 2023 5:11 PM |
R73 because BMI doesn't account for muscle mass which many athletes have a ton of.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | February 9, 2023 5:31 PM |
Don't you think I already know that, why do you think I keep calling the fatty's obese?
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 9, 2023 5:44 PM |
R73, a much better metric of health is waist-to-height ratio/.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 9, 2023 5:46 PM |
[quote] Leave them be!
We have to. We have no choice.
We sure as fuck can’t move them.
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 9, 2023 8:17 PM |
R80 - Good point. So should football players still be considered obese, or do they not have to follow the BMI regulations ?
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | February 9, 2023 9:08 PM |
So, how are we supposed to refer to these people? What is the politically conscious way?
Or does it depend on how they identify?
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 9, 2023 9:14 PM |
[quote]A study was released last year that showed if we continue to go by the BMI, then more than 90% of pro-football players who appear to be "in shape and athletic built" are actually obese by the BMI standards.
In NZ we have a very high population of Samoans and Tongans who are naturally heavily built. We are listed as a country with high obesity as a result as the BMIs are the decision making factor.
Yes we do have lots of obese people as well, but you never see the giant fatties that I see when I holiday in the USA and most people I pass in the street are of normal weight. BMIs are not a good measure of obesity - it should be done on body fat composition.
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | February 9, 2023 10:02 PM |
[quote] but you never see the giant fatties that I see when I holiday in the USA
Hey!
Words hurt.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 9, 2023 10:05 PM |
R85 You can always refer to them as 'baby elephant'. If they take offense to that, then refer to them as 'baby hippo'.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 10, 2023 2:21 AM |
How about we all say “husky” instead.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | February 10, 2023 5:51 AM |
Okay I'll call them skinny as in "hey you skinny bitch!" or "wow, you're looking extra skinny!" is that better?
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 10, 2023 7:16 AM |
If your husband bluntly tells you you're too stout, don't you pout.
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 10, 2023 7:35 AM |
The correct term is "big boned" - and we like it like that.
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 10, 2023 8:50 AM |
Corn-fed?
Of influential girth?
A singularity?
A few new terms to consider.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | February 10, 2023 4:17 PM |
[quote]The correct term is "big boned" - and we like it like that.
Bones don’t jiggle when you walk!
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | February 10, 2023 4:35 PM |
There's always those who come huffing into these threads to say that BMI doesn't account for muscle mass, as if they're taking a break between sets while training for Mr. Olympia.
Football players have a lot of muscle but also a lot of fat. Many use steroids and consume several thousand calories a day to create giant bodies. That's not healthy. Same with bodybuilders. To be a weight that would be considered obese while having a low bady fat percentage means hugely muscular and almost guaranteed to be on steroids. It would apply to a fraction of a percent of the population.
The rest of the people with obese BMI are FAT!
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | February 10, 2023 4:41 PM |
What we have today is the normalization of Obesity.
Today most people are FAT or MUSCULAR or both.
| by Anonymous | reply 102 | February 10, 2023 5:45 PM |
Why do the obese think they have the right to take up more space than the svelte?
| by Anonymous | reply 104 | February 10, 2023 5:58 PM |
Morbidly obese. That's what they say.
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | February 10, 2023 6:04 PM |
All of this "obese" victimology is not presented as a joke. And even if it's a joke now, it will soon be considered a slur. Joining the never ending list of people that are offended.
Black people don't have a choice. Gay people don't have a choice.
Overweight people? Some - less than they'd have you believe - don't have a choice but they are probably not the militant crowd. The overweight people that do have a choice are claiming it as an epithet because it excuses them from taking responsibility and doing anything to change the situation.
I have a medical problem that affects my gait I sometimes walk as if I'm drunk. People notice. Is it a slur to call me a drunk? Should I care? It can be embarrassing for me, but hat's MY problem. Ultimately, unless I'm being physically abused because people call me a drunk, who the fuck cares about whether it embarrasses me? Or labels me?
Get a grip, people. The victim epidemic is tiring and dilutes what are real and harmful slurs. No one gets shot, beaten, or attacked for being overweight.
| by Anonymous | reply 106 | February 10, 2023 6:12 PM |
I prefer "womon of size"!
| by Anonymous | reply 108 | February 10, 2023 6:17 PM |
[quote]There's always those who come huffing into these threads to say that BMI doesn't account for muscle mass, as if they're taking a break between sets while training for Mr. Olympia.
Actually, I made one of those posts and I am not overweight. I was a bit heavier about 5 years ago but I fixed it using diet and exercise and have maintained it for the last 4. I am in no way an advocate or defender of obesity - quite the opposite, especially since I know diet and exercise work.
It's a fact that BMI is not a good measure and body fat composition is.
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | February 10, 2023 8:45 PM |
Can confirm obese is personally harmful.
It touched my no-no when I was eating two dozen doughnuts.
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | February 10, 2023 9:27 PM |
I will no longer use the offensive slur obese. From no on, I vow to only use the term thunder cunt.
| by Anonymous | reply 113 | February 14, 2023 3:54 AM |
