Why is it socially acceptable to make fun of someone if.....

Post Reply New Topic

I always try to make jokes with words, rather than jokes that make fun of other people or their social stations because

1) I don't want to make anyone be mad with me for making fun of them or someone they know.
2) I wouldn't want anyone to make Aspie jokes against me (and I'm no hypocrite).

I think anyone who makes jokes at the expense of someone else's feelings is pathetic.

...

I had been tempted to make my fat bullies cry with fat jokes but for some reason, I just didn't do it.

My husband is overweight and he works on his feet for 8 hrs and he doesn't even eat much. Guesswhat? He is still fat. He has lost weight but now it seems to have slowed down.

People can say eat less food and you will lose it. But that only works with young people, not with older adults because their metablism changes. It slows down. Also it won't work with anyone if they have thyroid problems or slow metablism or none or if they have something wrong with their body that keeps them fat and makes them gain gain gain.

Also some of them have an eating disorder and depression so they end up eating a lot. I will never understand it. Yeah I know their brain releases a chemeical telling them to eat but do they have to do it? Do they have to listen to it? Only eat three times a day and ignore your mind telling you you're hungry again. You're not hungry. See I will never understand why people give in and eat than ignoring it. So I see it as their fault and they made that choice and I have no sympathies for them being obese. I will never make fun of them of course.

Anyway I don't care how big people are and what they consume, it's their business and their choice. I don't go out and judge every fat person I see.

In the media it always says people are obese due to over eating or eating too much fast foods or junk food but that is wrong. Not everyone is fat due to that and people learn the wrong thing about obesity. However I do believe that's why most people are fat. But I don't understand why doctors make it an issue and society. I know food companies and fast food chanes don't care because money is all they care about. But people suing them for their weight is rediculous. They don't force them to come and eat at their restaurant and who says they have to go there all the time? Just try a new food they advertised and be done with it. Don't have it all the time.

It's even the parents job to decide what their kids can consume. I am amazed how people try and blame commericals on childhood obesity and characters being advertised on junk food such as Shrek on Twinkies and chips. I just smirked at it and said I grew up with those commercials and I still didn't eat unhealthy because our mother wouldn't let us. She still let us have some candy and junk food but she was tough and always said no. I think parents just want their jobs to be easier so they will complain about it because they don't want to put up with their kids begging them for that stuff and then giving them guilt trips when they say no. My mom used to say she is a mean mother.

Can I feel sorry for kids who are overweight? Oh yes because they don't know any better and it's the parents job to teach them to eat healthy.

I don't get the whole "Be sensitive about fat people" thing.

I am not skinny anymore, and I don't expect people to feel sorry for me. I should get off my fat arse and do more. I should get off my fat arse and eat less.

Maybe its because people expect fat people to cry or have a go at them or something.

I was a naturally skinny kid and the amount of sh*t I copped for it was out of this world, and that was ok to them, yet its not okay to make fun of or bully fat people.



As for the job, I don't actually know of anyone who makes fun of people for having a bad job or living at home. "Haa hahha you live at home" - never heard it before.

I'm overweight because I'm on antipsychotics, anti depressants and a mood stabiliser. If I had to choose between being sane or being skinny, I'd choose sane anytime.

And I am ignoring my hunger pangs, because I know they're not real, and I am excercising when my mood and panic attacks let me. I've lost a few kilos since I've been conscious of my weight gain, but I have to be honest... it's hard for someone to lose weight when they don't have a mood disorder, ocd, anxiety and aspergers... so have some sympathy with me, even if it is "my fault" I'm fat.

I used to feel morally superior to fat people. I suppose the joke's on me now.

I never have felt morally superior to fat people but certain fat women in the past have been antagnostic. I thought it was because they were unhappy about their weight and taking it out on me. I wouldn't say anything rude to someone just because of what they look like, they have to say something rude and hateful to me first. If someone is nice, I don't insult them by calling them fat or ugly.