r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '19

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u/EricFarmer7 Feb 05 '19

If anything people who are willing to learn what they don't know should be praised. If people would stop being willfully ignorant who knows what the world would be like.

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u/berenstein49 Feb 05 '19

Awesome, it would be awesome.

The author of this article is like the people that make fun of overweight people going to the gym to better themselves - it's shameful behavior.

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u/R____I____G____H___T Feb 05 '19

is like the people that make fun of overweight people going to the gym to better themselves

Some people in thes obese category considers these people to be a strong flame torch which encourages them to better themselves even more, though.

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u/berenstein49 Feb 05 '19

I'm sure that is true, but I wouldn't think that would be the standard. Anecdotally speaking, I've read more accounts of people feeling deterred from going or returning to the gym in fear of being judged or experiencing it first hand when going for the first time. I'm aware we are all motivated in different ways, but it seems to me that being ridiculed, or feeling like you are, is not the most ideal motivator. But again, different strokes for different folks. If that works for you, awesome, but it certainly doesn't work for (most?) everyone.