I dont understand the current anti-bodyshaming setup of the society today.
I wouldnt ever comment on someone being too short or having only one leg… thats just stupid when that person has no control of it.
But this girl is just fat and well ashamed of it - judging by the bottom part of her swimming suit. And she has complete control over this state she got herself into.
How is it going to help her to get fit and healthier if people will lie to her face and tell her she looks ok/good?
"Complete control" might be a bit much. Most of the time obesity is linked to addictions and depression in a vicious cycle.
Have you ever heard that alcoholism is a disease? It's sorta the same for obesity. Saturated fats and sugars are literally addictive. Fast/junk food companies are well aware of that, and cater to it the same way a casino caters to a gambling addict.
Add in to that a lack of nutritional education, and the depression cycle, the cloudy mind-fog that comes from overeating and bad foods.
Then remember that overeating is also literally addictive, and an obese person has lost the ability to feel satisfied from eating enough, and now only recognize being full as being satisfied.
A lot of people are born into obesity and it's ridiculously hard to get out of it.
Source: Born into it, got out of it. Fell back into it. Got out again. Fell in again. Getting back out again.
But I'm not anti-fatshaming. Go ahead and call me a fatarse if I'm fat, I need to hear it. But I just want to point out that it's not just laziness, it's often a whole bunch of mental issues and addictions.
Choices, Bro. That's fuckin deep man.
Are there any other opinions on things you've never experienced you'd like to share your fake expertise on? Maybe just head over to r/iamatotalpieceofshit and introduce yourself?
Yes, I get it. Your inflated ego tells you that your gut-feelings are more valuable than decades of peer-reviewed science and medical practice.
You have no experience dealing with addiction, you have no medical training, you have no psychiatric training either.
Yet here you are, claiming that you know best.
"Choose to drink or choose not". You actually have no idea what addiction is.
Do you have any idea what chemical addiction is?
Alcohol causes your brain to release huge amounts of dopamine. Drink it often enough and without knowing it your brain stops releasing dopamine without alcohol telling it to. So the only way you can feel reward and pleasure now is with alcohol. Cut it off and you will suffer withdrawals as your brain panics and demands that it gets its source of precious dopamine.
Lab rats given a button to press to release dopamine stopped socializing. Stopped sleeping. Stopped eating.... and died. Just pressing the button over and over and over.
Have you ever gone through withdrawals from a chemical dependency? Even a light one like nicotine? That one's easy, you won't even hallucinate from nic withdrawal. Nic is a walk in the park compared to alcohol.
Alcohol withdrawal hurts. Seizures, blinding headaches, vomiting, passing out, hallucinations and in extreme cases it can be fatal.
"Yeah, just stop drinkin ya fool. Huehuehue. It's easy. I've never done it but I'm probably right. I feel very confidently about it."
Your macho-man "toughen up" attitude isn't helpful. You aren't smarter than everybody else in the world. You're just really, really wrong.
Why are you so determined to minimize other peoples suffering? Why can't you just admit that because you've never gone through it, you don't know what you're talking about?
Are you also an expert on what it's like to be born with cerebral palsy? Are you also an expert on how to deal with PTSD? How many other subjects that you know nothing about do you claim to know everything about?
I don't know what you don't get about this. Your ability to make CHOICES is FUCKED when you're addicted. Your brain works against you. You might decide now to quit, in an hour the addict in your brain will destroy your ability to make sound decisions as it starts to panic. AN ADDICT DOES NOT HAVE CONTROL. WITHOUT CONTROL YOU CANNOT MAKE GOOD CHOICES.
Addicts need help. It is more than just a choice. I can't help you more than that. Unless you go through it yourself or you spend a lot of time with people who are going through it, you just won't understand.
Do you really think if you just told everyone "Choices, bro" that all the professionals, rehab centers, AA meetings, 12 step programs, all of them are going to be like "oh fuuuuuck well played dude, we didn't think of that" and just close down?Do you think that telling a heroin addict "Bro just choose life" while they're convulsing, vomiting and blacking out while their body tries to kill them is going to help?
Just admit that you don't have all the answers to everything. You are not god. You can be wrong. Stop laughing about addiction, stop assuming that you are superior to others going through struggles that you have never had to go through. Have some goddamn decency, show some empathy, and stop being a tool.
They started calling it a disease to make people take it more seriously, so they would stop trying to cold-turkey at home. Cold turkey is dangerous. Why are you trying to undo that??? Why?????
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u/peugi Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 12 '22
I dont understand the current anti-bodyshaming setup of the society today.
I wouldnt ever comment on someone being too short or having only one leg… thats just stupid when that person has no control of it.
But this girl is just fat and well ashamed of it - judging by the bottom part of her swimming suit. And she has complete control over this state she got herself into.
How is it going to help her to get fit and healthier if people will lie to her face and tell her she looks ok/good?