Should fat people have to buy two seats on planes/buses etc?

[renaeden]

I didn't really gain any weight around Christmas. It all happened at around June and July when I was in hospital. When I was there, I gained 2kgs in a week, probably because there was not much else to do except eat and I slept a lot as well. But I think I gained around 8kgs in total.

Curious to know what your meds are, Schleed.

[Natalia Evans]

Some medicine increases metabolism and some medicine increases appetite. When I was put on these pills when I was 12 to calm down my system because I was having seizures. It made me hungry all the time so I ate three times as much and I gained all this weight in a month. I would say it wasn't m fault because I was only 12 then and how many 12 year olds know medicine can make you hungry all the time but you really aren't and it's the pills doing it? But as an adult I know this so if I were to be on pills again that made me hungry all the time, I would not be eating more food just because my body is saying I am hungry. I would just know it's the pills doing this and if I give in and eat, I will gain weight. I would just eat three times a day and not more. No seconds, no eating more than one snacks in between. No putting two meals on my plate or three. I would limit how much to put on my plate. 

[Frolic_Fun]

Curious to know what your meds are, Schleed.

I'm currently taking Strattera.

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What exactly is with this weight obsession and the bitterness some people have towards fat people when they are not he ones who need to lose it?

[Natalia Evans]

I don't care about fat people. It's their bodies, their life, not my problem. I don't want to be fat. It's all about me, not them.

['Butterflies']

What exactly is with this weight obsession and the bitterness some people have towards fat people when they are not he ones who need to lose it?

I agree. There is a similar argument with some people saying smokers shouldn't get free treatment for smoking related illnesses. The fact is we all do things that could be bad for our healh, even if it is just driving a scooter too fast.

["couldbecousin"]

What exactly is with this weight obsession and the bitterness some people have towards fat people when they are not he ones who need to lose it?

I agree. There is a similar argument with some people saying smokers shouldn't get free treatment for smoking related illnesses. The fact is we all do things that could be bad for our healh, even if it is just driving a scooter too fast.

I suppose in the context of this thread, it isn't so much bitterness against fat people per se, more irritation at the thought of them
encroaching upon other people's personal space, for instance, by overflowing their seat on an airplane, in a movie theater, etc.
It's the same irritation people feel if they're forced to breathe other people's smoke, IMO. Although I must admit, despite the fact that
smokers in the U.S are scarcely allowed to smoke ANYWHERE public anymore, I and many other nonsmokers still self-righteously judge them for smoking.
Meanwhile, as I nag my smoking friends to quit, I continue to eat foods that keep me fat. 

[Natalia Evans]

Oh smokers, I get very irritated with them if they smoke in my personal space. I find it rude for someone to stand near and whipping out a cigarette and lighting it. I want to say "Do you mind?" but I am too passive too.

One time I get off work and it is pouring rain out. I go to the bus stop but I couldn't stand under the cover because there was a smoker there and worst of all I was pregnant and there was me standing out in the rain and I was all sore too from being on my feet for four hours and I couldn't even sit and relax to rest my legs because of that damn smoker. I just stood there thinking how rude he is and reminded me of how much I hate smokers even though I know not all of them are inconsiderate and not all of the do it. I wasn't going to expect special treatment but damn even if I wasn't pregnant, I would still think he was very rude because I was forced out in the rain even though I made that choice but damn second hand smoke is bad for your lunges and I just think it's so rude to smoke under cover and have other people stand out in the rain just so they protect their lunges. And you would think people would be more courteous towards you if they see your big belly but you'd be surprised. And I am so glad Oregon has passed a new law about public smoking, no smoking indoors and no smoking closer than ten feet to buildings. Now I wish they pass that law about smoking anywhere (except your own home) and make areas for smokers only so people can go to that area and whip out their cigarette and smoke and then leave when they are through. Now I wouldn't have to worry about people smoking in my personal space. Public parks would have areas for smokers and other places that aren't buildings.

Okay if you want to smoke, don't smoke in my apartment or around me nor around my kid. I will not make a fuss about it if you do it in your own personal time. But don't do it around me and my kid. If you smoke in your own home and car, I won't even come into your house and car.

["couldbecousin"]

The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

[Semicolon]

The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

Such restrictions are usually implemented to protect employees, not patrons.

["couldbecousin"]

The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

Such restrictions are usually implemented to protect employees, not patrons.

Ah, OK! Good enough, then! 

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What exactly is with this weight obsession and the bitterness some people have towards fat people when they are not he ones who need to lose it?

I agree. There is a similar argument with some people saying smokers shouldn't get free treatment for smoking related illnesses. The fact is we all do things that could be bad for our healh, even if it is just driving a scooter too fast.

I suppose in the context of this thread, it isn't so much bitterness against fat people per se, more irritation at the thought of them
encroaching upon other people's personal space, for instance, by overflowing their seat on an airplane, in a movie theater, etc.
It's the same irritation people feel if they're forced to breathe other people's smoke, IMO. Although I must admit, despite the fact that
smokers in the U.S are scarcely allowed to smoke ANYWHERE public anymore, I and many other nonsmokers still self-righteously judge them for smoking.
Meanwhile, as I nag my smoking friends to quit, I continue to eat foods that keep me fat. 

It's not just this thread soph although I like her has a tenancy to make threads along this line.  If it was only about invading peoples space that would be one thing but it's not it's the outward loathing and disgust that is expressed in the threads

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The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

Such restrictions are usually implemented to protect employees, not patrons.

If that was the case then they should have exemptions if all the employees sign a waiver.

[Semicolon]

The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

Such restrictions are usually implemented to protect employees, not patrons.

If that was the case then they should have exemptions if all the employees sign a waiver.

No, because in such an instance, employees could be put under pressure from management to agree to such a waiver in order to increase business. Bar employees are rarely unionized (at least where I live), so it is likely that an employer could force an employee to compromise his/her health in order to keep his/her job. Furthermore, any newly hired employees would be forced to sign such a waiver or be excluded from possible employment.

[Osensitive1]

The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

Such restrictions are usually implemented to protect employees, not patrons.

If that was the case then they should have exemptions if all the employees sign a waiver.

It might have something to do with insurance rates too.