re: This is Thin Privilege

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pretty broad brush brah

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not really

the 3 most common things that people do to prevent themselves from getting out of poverty are all easy to avoid:

1. having kids before you can afford it
2. avoiding criminal (esp felony) convictions
3. taking school seriously to gain a baseline education

secondary factors that are widespread are drug usage (including alcohol and tobacco), being irresponsible with payment histories (rent, credit, etc), refusing to adopt valued cultural norms, and lack of a positive work history

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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I made this thread with you in mind

I will gladly welcome the day you have to step on a scale at the airport and pay more if you exceed the allowed weight limit.


Just like paying more if your checked bag is more than 50 lbs

that seems reasonable given the increased fuel costs to the airline and things like that.

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crack babies are a myth

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I didn't mean it literally so much as babies born to druggie parents

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there are always outliers

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yea, there are plenty of people who make terrible decisions who still wind up well off, rich, etc

My parents are guilty of 2 of those.


They should never have had 4 children(life was so much better financial wise when it was just 2 kids). And my father gave up a full paid ride to college when he was younger and quit college after one semester. A decision that I know he regrets all the time.

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that seems reasonable given the increased fuel costs to the airline and things like that.

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See, that's the thing that fat activists (and even agnostics) don't understand - obesity affects everything.

It significantly raises medical costs across the board; it raises fuel costs; it raises the cost of all sorts of other products; it has unintended economic consequences that most people can barely begin to understand. This sort of crap affects every last one of us - I pay more in taxes, pay more in health insurance, and lose value of my dollar because of this.

So correcting the obesity problem - even with severe social shaming - is both necessary and sometimes good.

hell your dad isn't even close to what i'm talking about (but i'll take it)

i'm talking about the r-tards who are barely literate who "graduate" from high school who never put in any effort whatsoever

people like this:

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and what percentage of people were born with down syndrome?

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low

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or who were shot by a stray bullet?

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low

You think fat people cost you more than the welfare, food stamp, etc loving crowd?

When i say shaming, i'm talking about the in your face or even behind your back rude comments. I agree that we should not have to change things in society to cater to larger people like bigger seats and whatnot. Make health insurance more expensive? Sure. I just dont understand the meanness. I feel sorry for fat people, poor people, whatever. Guess that is just me.