Thin Privilege vs Fat acceptance

[k0llectable5]

A couple of terms that seem to be bandied around lately.  Whats your opinion, do you think such a thing a thin privilege exists? Is fat acceptance healthy? 

[k0llectable5]

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@jessicadazzler wrote:
I know that, but some people feel "fat" at 70kgs, others at 170kgs. If you wanted to go into the ins & outs of who is obese at which exact weight, you should have stated that at the beginning.

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Obesity is about BMI. It is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in metres squared (m2). The normal range (according to the heart foundation) is between 18 and 25.  

I wasn't asking for personal testimonies of weight and how you feel about your own weight.  Because how you feel (or felt) about your own weight is kind of irrelevent.  

I'm interested in peoples opinions of the concepts of thin privilege and fat acceptance. Maybe you could try adressing those points instead 🙂

[k0llectable5]

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@opmania wrote:

If there is a weight limit of 300 and she is over then that's just

Too bad 

She is probably thinking that is a personal crack against

Her and if they were to show an official document stating 

Such then she should be convinced that it is not

Or there should be a Plaque on the wall of the chopper 

Somewhere

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Absolutely Oppy.  She thought because her boyfriend weighed 260 pounds there would be a bit of a "buffer" lol 

I'm sure the pilot was just following the rules so as to ensure safety. 

Because I do believe that in this case "thin privilege" had absolutely nothing to do with the pilots decision to refuse her a flight.

[opmania]

If you put that situation in a life or death scenario

6 people are stranded on the roof in a flood

The combined weight of all the other five is the total allowable

Weight

who would you expect the helicopter pilot to leave behind

That has nothing to do with thin privilege

It is logical and practical to leave behind one person who is

Grosely overweight 

Rather than possibly three others that would Make Up the

Difference

[the_bob_delusion]

Interesting topic. I'll keep my mouth shut for awhile. 

[k0llectable5]

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@the_bob_delusion wrote:

Interesting topic. I'll keep my mouth shut for awhile. 

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Naww cmon Bob, tell us all what you really think...Is thin privilege just a figment of the fat persons imagination or is fat acceptance a way of redefining beauty?

[lloydslights]

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@opmania wrote:

If you put that situation in a life or death scenario

6 people are stranded on the roof in a flood

The combined weight of all the other five is the total allowable

Weight

who would you expect the helicopter pilot to leave behind

That has nothing to do with thin privilege

It is logical and practical to leave behind one person who is

Grosely overweight 

Rather than possibly three others that would Make Up the

Difference

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1.  Could depend on the loadbearing capacity of the roof structure, as to whether they'll still be there when the helicopter arrives?

2.  Would the privileged thin assist the self-accepted fat person up to the roof?

3. Fat floats on water?

DEB

[opmania]

Solution

if your morbidly obese

And stuck in a flood

Float around until the water raises to  close to the rooftops

And find a roof of your own

By this time you may have lost a few kilos

[zanadoo_56]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

I would not say that thin people are privileged, it is more that overweight people are handicapped.  I was a skinny kid wanting voluptuous figur, then I got some curves and struggled all my adult life to keep my weight at level i am comfortable (around 60kg for my 173cm).  If i am more i am more tired, and uncomfortable.  If i eat well, good healthy food in reasonable amount I keep my weight the way I want it.  Some people choose not to be disciplined enough, and that is their right, up to a point.  But with the extra weight there are consequences.  They will find that it is harder to get a job etc. 

When i buy a seat on a plane I expect that seat to be wholly mine, and not to have some obese person spilling over the arm rest. 

Also hospitals have real problem with obese people who are admitted and cannot be properly treated because the nurses cannot find their veins to get tests needed for their treatment.    When i had my cancer surgery, on my ward out of 20 patients 3 were there purely waiting in hope the nurses will be able to get some blood out of them; they were there for weeks before I came, and looked like staying indefinitely when I escaped (i discharged myself  with all the tubes, under condition that i pop in every day to outpatients for service).  No wonder that our hospital system is not coping.

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Crikey, what hospital were you in?  From my experience, some medical staff can't find the veins no matter what the size of the patient is.  Good nurses however, can, irrespective of size.  It's a learned skill like any other but not all medical staff have it.

[the_bob_delusion]

It does worry me being fat is now something to be proud of like it's an achievement. You can be comfortable in your own skin but health issue associated with being fat should never be acceptable. 

Thin privilages do exists. I don't need to cite examples, it's too obvious. I think by thin, we really mean, healthy fit looking. I doubt anorexic looking people get any privilages. 

[the_bob_delusion]

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@moonflyte wrote:

Fat acceptance is never healthy. Obesity is a killer and is just as bad healthwise as smoking.

I feel sorry for obese people, it's not easy to stop the bad habits but it can be done. Thin privilege? what is that exactly?. Now the mindset of entitlement that's another thing.

Obesity is a drain on the health system just like smoking. It's a lifestyle that is never acceptable.

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Tre' Harsh. Is obesity a lifestyle? Is discrimination against obese people equivalent to systemic racism?