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I think it's pretty simple, unfortunately. A lot of folks have this visceral, instinctive horror of fat people, and instead of examining that, they convince the

I think it's pretty simple, unfortunately. A lot of folks have this visceral, instinctive horror of fat people, and instead of examining that, they convince themselves that what they actually despise is laziness and gluttony: inner vices expressed outwardly, like a medieval morality play. But if there's a way to lose weight without major lifestyle change, it threatens that tidy moral barometer. Someone might look virtuous without actually being so. Cognitive dissonance ensues. So they hope and wish for anything to catch out and punish these "cheaters."

thefz 2y ago
> A lot of folks have this visceral, instinctive horror of fat people Because humans spent some hundred thousand years on earth with no fat human in sight, and only around 3-400 with the ultra obese. It's unnatural.
- PhasmaFelis 2y ago
  Case in point. Cars, computers, and cellphones are unnatural. If you can get over those, you can get over recoiling in atavistic horror from people who don't meet your beauty standards.
  - thefz 2y ago
    > Cars, computers, and cellphones are unnatural They are not a part of, or the whole human body