• nonentity@sh.itjust.works
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        Obesity is a perfectly valid technical term.

        While medical obesity is typically outside the control of those affected, perpetuating financial obesity is absolutely within the control and responsibility of the morbidly wealthy.

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            Evil no, but undesirable like a medical condition. I do think there are a lot of parallels. Shouldn’t use it as a scare

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              This comment thread made want to eat myself to death.

              I’m so tired of this. Why are we acting like some people are just born Obese? The Obese are not a protected class. Mentioning obesity in a negative context is not hate speech.

              In fact I say normalize fat shaming. Fuck it. Obesity costs the US healthcare system $150B/yr as a conservative estimate. Donate that, you *** ****.

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                There is more to it than personal moral failing, though. There’s a reason obesity is more prevalent in some countries than in others. It’s not fair to fully blame people who become obese. You can’t shame people into a healthy diet. It just makes you a dick

                Not going to continue this conversation. This is not a debate. Nobody is promoting obesity, just basic decency towards people who are obese. Don’t be a dick.