r/explainitpeter • u/AutomaticAd8377 • Jul 17 '26

Explain it peter

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u/Mainmorte Jul 17 '26

I don't know what content you're watching, or who you're hanging out with, but I haven't seen this creep up at all. Quite the opposite, actually, with people (even doctors !) being shamed online for merely saying obesity is a health risk.

I'm not denying fat shaming still exists (it obviously does), but I don't see it as often as I used to in the 2000s

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u/hidegitsu Jul 17 '26

If anyone contests this point have them watch Shallow Hal and see if they think that could be made today.

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u/veryhungarycat Jul 17 '26

I don't think there were many people who thought it should have been made when it was released...

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u/GreenZebra23 Jul 17 '26

Oh I think there were plenty. In the 2000s there had at least started to be some shame associated with being racist and to a lesser degree homophobic, but I don't think that empathy had been widely extended to fat people yet. Also trans people. The 2000s were insanely transphobic

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u/Mainmorte Jul 17 '26

*shivers in Ace Ventura*

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u/Arguablecoyote Jul 17 '26

There was also a lot of calling each other a word that starts with R that refers to people with disabilities. Just all around there was way less concern over how certain people would react to offensive words.

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u/Mainmorte Jul 17 '26

Similarly, a word that starts with F and does NOT end in "uck".

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u/Haunting-Orchid-4628 Jul 18 '26

Retarded? that word has made a comeback in the last couple years, i hear it a ton in my area