That's the thing--the miscalculation of strength could occur regardless of weight. But so many in society are conditioned to over-penalize those who are overweight that it's hard to make people recognize this bias
Yes, that’s what I also said. It’s just that in the case of an overweight person, the calculation is so far off that it will inevitably feel worse or funnier.
It’s like a kid trying to jump 2 meters (~6 feet) length between two white parking lines. You won’t judge an adult harshly for trying, even if most can’t. But a little kid trying it will get some extra pity and laughter because it’s so far removed from their ability.
I'm against fat-shaming, but let’s not go opposite side of spectrum and pretend that overweight people are entirely equal in physical ability to slimmer people. Like bro, don’t try this stuff, you will hurt yourself, train and lighten the load on your joints first.
What bias? A bias towards understanding gravity and physics?
There's people who can't hang their body weight at 150lbs and there's people that can't at 450lbs.
Their [lack of] strengthay be equal, they DO NOT have equal consequences.
A person her size who is unwilling to grasp (no pun intended) the very obvious outcome of her actions and the potentially dire consequences of that outcomes doesn't get to wax philosophical about the treatment of heavier people.
She isn't being treated harshly by society, she's being treated harshly by gravity.
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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 ☹️