Are people in general sympathetic to those that are obese or do they believe that people that are fat are lazy or less intelligent than the average person? Do you shun someone based on looks?
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no i dont shun people because of their looks. people that are obese are not nesesarily lazy they could have thyroid troubles or a number of other things that make them put on weight. as for being less intelligent its a load of rubbish i mean just think of paris hilton and all will become clear LOL
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Seeing obese people does'nt make me feel any differently about them as people, it does however, make me lose quite a bit of faith in society to think that what I'm looking at is the natural tendancy of people in this society, to glut and gorge and end up like that. God, this world is so F***ing skrewed up, but it's not their fault, they've been living under a miasmic influence of a rotten social system their entire lives, a system of greed, and mistrust, and gluttony. But, for the most part, it's only really their fault on the lowest level.
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They would annoy me if they are fat thru no medical reason but their own lack of self- discipline
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Ok I will be honest yes at first glance bad things come to my mind. I don't think they are just fat and lazy but I do wonder how they got that big and why didn't they do something about it. I would never be down right mean to some one because of their weight and I try to teach my childran not to act on their shallowness.
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When I see someone who is very obese, I feel very sad, as all I can see is a mass of health issues that are avoidable. Of course not all people who are large can avoid it, and many are not happy with themselves anyway. I am a nutritionist which gives me insight that society does not help larger people with their weight, there are many factors that make losing weight more than about will-power. That is why it makes me sad. I do not think that a fat person is less intelligent or more lazy (sometimes a large person is unable to move - but inability is different from laziness), as we are all able to reach our potential regardless of size, so no shunning based on size.
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I find myself getting very angry when I hear people drop heartless negative comments about weight within earshot of an overweight individual. It's emotional cruelity. I know several overweight people and none of them are lazy at all.
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Some people are sympathetic to those that are obese, but for the other's its like they just have to be cruel and not think of other people's feelings or don't even know how they got that way, but have to pass judgement in order for them to feel better about themselves. I mean I won't lie, I'm clinically obese, and some people just sit and stare, but I just keep on walking with my head held high, because nobody is living my life, but me, and whatever they have to say they can say it because it's not going to change the fact that I'm big! I've learned through my own experiences not to judge people because its just not a nice thing to do to people that you don't even know! To shun somebody based on looks just proves that you have some self-esteem issues and have to find something wrong with somebody else in order to make yourself feel better! I encourage peoeple to try this technique, next time you see somebody that your thinking about passing judgement on, try and find at least two nice things to say about them and see how you feel!
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I am about 100 lbs over weight. I have a college education, I work Monday - Saturday from 6 to 6 at a job where I'm always on my feet and running around doing stuff. However, I eat very healthy, I work out on a regular basis, and I am still over weight. There is no known health cause to my being over weight. I going shopping at a local whole foods market where they sell organic and healthy alernatives to food because me and my daughters diets are mostly organic low fat foods (I'm trying to teach her how important it is to eat right) I get bad looks when I go in there from skinny vegan/vegeterians. It really breaks my heart because I'm not the fatass sitting in front of my couch eating potato chips. I really feel like the people who DO live that way have given the people like me a really shitty end of the stick because I feel like I get treated like a second class citizen because of my weight. I often think, if they only knew...but people are ignorant and stuck in their ways. I can't make them see that I'm a wonderful person, I just try to remember what goes around comes around and usually 10 times harder.
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there is a difference between being overweight, being fat, and being obese. being obese is a choice, despite whatever some dumbass says. being obese is horrible, not only because it is unhealthy and disgusting, but because there are people starving in the world, while you are taking more than your fair share of food.
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No I definitely don't judge on weight. I *do* however have a hard time not judging people who don't take care of themselves in other ways. Like, if I met an obese person who smelled good and had clean, groomed hair and was dressed well, I wouldn't even be tempted to judge. It's when I see an obese person with greasy hair and stained clothes that I have to force myself not to judge them.
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Size-ism is the last "socially accepted" bigotry in our society. Large people, no matter how they got that way, are, more times than not, seen as lazy and lacking in self-control. It's sad to say, but so long as the media glorifies emaciation, this will continue.
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It's ignorance. People assume that people who are overweight are that way because they eat more than those who are physically fit. If life were fair, people would lose or gain weight according to how much they eat, and how much they work. Of course, then, crash diets would work for everyone.
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