Weight Bigots

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

The kind where the fat person is offended if the skinny person mentions a concern about being too skinny (as though the comment had anything to do with them), but see nothing wrong with continually puting the skinny person in an awkward position by talking about their own fatness. I never know what to say to those kinds of remarks so I usually just sit there in silence.

You just had to get in that you are skinny. How did the surgery go, or is that later today?

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Black Diamond Bay

The kind where the fat person is offended if the skinny person mentions a concern about being too skinny (as though the comment had anything to do with them), but see nothing wrong with continually puting the skinny person in an awkward position by talking about their own fatness. I never know what to say to those kinds of remarks so I usually just sit there in silence.

This is EXACTLY what I was going to say.

"Wow, you're so skinny! It must be nice not to be big and fat like me..."

"Wow, look at your tiny little lunch. No wonder you're like a size zero or whatever."

!?

Awkward as hell.

[Jim Swarthout]

Originally Posted by Archaea

No I submit obese persons are likely ill more often. And although some premiums may not be immediately reflected in premiums, they do have indirect impact.

What percentage of your health insurance premium do you believe you would not pay but for the obese people in your carrier's plan?

As for your productivity argument, since August 2005 you have posted to this board over 8000 times, an average of about 12 per day. I'm guessing that the internet is a greater drag on America's productivity than obesity.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

This is EXACTLY what I was going to say.

"Wow, you're so skinny! It must be nice not to be big and fat like me..."

"Wow, look at your tiny little lunch. No wonder you're like a size zero or whatever."

!?

Awkward as hell.

Awkward? No, that's opportunity to turn it around on them.

"Yes, it is nice not being big and fat like you."

"Yep, this is why I don't have to buy my wardrobe at an awning shop."

[Archaea]

What about those electronic carts that morbidly obese persons use to get around?

It really is odd to see it in the casino, oxygen bottle in hand, attached to nose in an electronic cart, and barely able to move otherwise.

[Black Diamond Bay]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

You just had to get in that you are skinny. How did the surgery go, or is that later today?

Yeah, whatever.

The appointment is at noon. In all honesty, I'm completely freaked about it. I was showing the x-rays to my coworkers and after a minute of studying it my boss handed it back to me and said "Well BDB I'm glad it's you and not me. We won't be counting on seeing you back here anytime before Friday. Do you have someone that can come pick you up afterwards in case you can't drive? Why don't you give me a little update on where you are with your projects and deadlines before you leave."

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

What about those electronic carts that morbidly obese persons use to get around?

It really is odd to see it in the casino, oxygen bottle in hand, attached to nose in an electronic cart, and barely able to move otherwise.

When you're that sick and out of shape, all that's left for you to do is to pull a slot-puller-thingy and push video poker buttons.

[cougjunkie]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

When you're that sick and out of shape, all that's left for you to do is to pull a slot-puller-thingy and push video poker buttons.

you dont even pull the slot handle anymore, they have added a spin button

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by cougjunkie

you dont even pull the slot handle anymore, they have added a spin button

All I learned about gambling was from nickel slots at Circus Circus in 1990.

[creekster]

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Interesting links. I recently ran into a guy I know who just put on two cardio-vascular surgeons in a med-mal case and they reached the opposite conclusion, but they could be wrong, obviously.