I havent seen his posts since CF changed the BBS interface way back. He might can see mine. I give him credit for being an original days internet troll, before the term "troll" was even popularized. I am just disappointed that he hijacked so much Rockets nostalgia into a "Retro Educator" egostical, antagonistic schtick. Never felt comfortable with any of the supposed "feel good" of it. Your comment is an unfortunate validation of what I even felt then early on. Again its just unfortunate that its this way
Specifically told a friend in Hawaii that I in my observation, i didnt see so much obesity there. He said "What, are you kidding? They're everywhere!" And thats some truth, there are some huge people there. But I think its also a visible segment of Polynesians & such that are unapologetically food & size friendly. Big "mokes" wear their size proudly, which shapes the visual to make it seem more widespread than it is. Then perhaps high cost of living of states in that list might be a contributor to lower obesity. That its just too expensive to buy more food. (Which ironically might be a downside to lower cost of living. More money for more food!)
Unless someone has a medical condition there is absolutely no excuse for being fat let alone obese. I get not everyone can afford to go to a gym but you can buy free weights, walk or run. I don't think that it's confined to a specific political party. Just lazy people in general. I will say that if you look at these protests (which mainly come from the left) there are a lot of awful looking people who clearly don't care about their appearance. Instead of protesting take care of yourself.
@jo mama @Salvy @HP3 @pgabriel is right, there are fat people regardless of their political beliefs, HOWEVER there is one party who thinks OBESITY IS HEALTHY
It's hilarious when MAGA folks try to act like they don't have obesity problems in their red states when they top the list of the most obese states in our country. Top 10 Most Obese States in 2024 1. West Virginia (41%) 2. Kentucky (40.3%) 3. Alabama (39.9%) 4. Oklahoma (39.4%) 5. Mississippi (39.1%) 6. Arkansas (38.7%) 7. Louisiana (38.6%) 8. South Dakota (38.4%) https://www.spatzmedical.com/blog/the-most-obese-states-in-america-2025/
progressive fat activists in the news gift link will work for everyone Weight-Loss Drugs Have a Surprising Foe: Fat Activists Doctors and many patients are embracing GLP-1 drugs as a vital solution to the growing problem of obesity. But some bristle at the thought that obesity is a problem at all. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthca...7?st=g357jL&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink excerpt: Fat studies, an interdisciplinary field that arose in the 1990s, focuses on what it calls “weight-based oppression” and those who benefit from it. It criticizes the weight-loss industry for repeatedly selling quick fixes that help perpetuate weight cycling in a drive for profit. Fen-Phen, a 1990s diet drug that was recalled after it was shown to cause life-threatening heart problems, serves as a cautionary tale. Like ethnic studies and queer studies, fat studies was inspired by activism and organized around identity, incorporating aspects of social sciences, the arts and the humanities. In the language of fat studies, to “fatten” an issue means to examine it through the lens of the fat justice movement. Scholars are now “fattening” GLP-1s. One fear is an increased pressure to lose weight and a demonization of those who don’t, despite the fact that GLP-1s are ineffective in 10-15% of patients. Even when successful, the drugs tend to yield a weight loss of 5% to 20%, which won’t transform someone who weighs 350 pounds into a thin person. Much of the work of fat studies scholars focuses on stigma, building on 20th-century sociologist Erving Goffman’s pioneering theory that stigmas around “guilty” traits like obesity result in stronger biases than ones that are “not your fault,” such as schizophrenia. A general awareness of unconscious biases has grown in recent years, but body size remains an outlier. Research has shown that weight discrimination is nearly as common as race discrimination, and stronger against women than men. “The most pressing issue to me is how amazingly negative and gratuitous the negative stereotypes are against fat people and all the daily ways in which this bias is made clear,” Esther Rothblum, a professor emerita of psychology at San Diego State University and former editor of Fat Studies, an academic journal, told me. “People say things about fat people that they would never say about black or elderly or gay people. It’s very hard to be a member of any oppressed group in society but when it comes to fatness, people don’t even see a problem with their prejudice.” Of course, fat activists, like all identity campaigners, don’t speak for everyone they aim to represent. Many overweight people find the movement’s preferred word, “fat,” shaming. Plenty still want to escape what they see as an emotional and medical burden. more at the link
