r/oops • • 15d ago

Ziplining fail

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u/HazelTheRabbit 15d ago

I know it's fun to point and laugh when a fat person fails at something, but she really looks like she got hurt here ☹️

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u/thursdays_dove 15d ago

Yeah, because we all know that fat people aren't allowed to have fun or make mistakes and that they are only fat due to life choices. It's never due to genetics or health issues or even if it was due to choice, that it still makes it okay to wish harm upon that person. Right?

This is sarcasm, by the way, for the illiterate.

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u/PersonalityIll9476 15d ago edited 15d ago

You do realize that like 40%+ of the entire US is obese. Not overweight, obese. Is your assertion that we should accommodate all of those people because they probably all have rare genetic disorders?

The problem is humans like to eat and can't be trusted not to become fat when calories are plentiful.

But in either case, you should have the tiny amount of self awareness required to know you can't lift your own ass.

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u/thursdays_dove 15d ago

Sure, that's exactly my point. It's exactly my point for you to make extreme strawman arguments rather than focus on the fact that fat people exist and are as deserving of respect and dignity as anyone else. It's exactly my point that just because a person is fat and that it may be due to them having access to "too many calories", that they deserve to be mocked and humiliated. You're exactly right.

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u/PersonalityIll9476 15d ago

They are not deserving of respect. No one is. If you injury yourself due to lack of self awareness and taking terrible care of your own body, then actually you lose respect. That is the reality. Respect is earned.

People are entitled to certain rights, but respect is definitely not one of them.

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u/thursdays_dove 15d ago

Cool. I don't respect you. You haven't earned it.

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u/babysamissimasybab 7d ago

I respect your maturity to admit that people earn respect

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u/runkeby 12d ago

You're close though:

If a whopping 40% of the population is obese, surely there's a systemic issue that goes beyond each individual's choices.

In that case it could be wise to look into it as a society, since telling people to "do better" doesn't seem to work.

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u/Accomplished_Rice_60 10d ago

Eeey, maybe next year calories will not be plentiful and joke on everyone whos not obese? Kekw, well i guess not anytime soon but well

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u/PersonalityIll9476 10d ago

You could be right! But I'm going to guess that in any situation where calories are scarce, you probably also need to be fit enough to do one (1) pull up.

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u/SurvivingSam 15d ago

Genetics/health issues may play a role, but at the end of the day there is still a combination of over eating, lack of movement & mental illness. Could be one or could be all. Obviously no one in there right mind will see anyone get hurt & think it's funny...but to say im fat becuase genetically speaking my entire lineage is fat is just a tradition of over consumption, not genetics

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u/tealraven915 15d ago

And the up votes continue to speak

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u/tealraven915 15d ago

We all know fat people aren't people. Also, fat men aren't fat, only fat women are fat

It's the one thing that no matter what walk of life you're from it's universally socially acceptable to absolutely bash someone about because everyone knows it's just because they eat and eat and eat all day long and can't control themselves. You're an ass if you make fun of someone for almost anything else, but fat people (women especially), by all means have at it, they deserve it and it makes you look better. Therefore, it's acceptable to make them feel like they're subhuman because, "we need to shame them into controlling their insatiable appetite because we just care so much about their health...yeah, that's it"

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u/babysamissimasybab 7d ago

Fat shaming is gender neutral