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"Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:21 pm
by milosz

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:35 pm
by Holland Oates
Hahahahahahaha

Homosexuality is a choice but being fat is genetic.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:42 pm
by WildGorillaMan
It's not their fault.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:44 pm
by Crust Bucket
Homosexuality” and “obesity” are both diseases invented around the turn of the previous century
Hmmmmmm... :-k Okay!

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:01 pm
by Pinky
Obesity-related illnesses have been estimated to account for as much as 20% of US health care expenditures, and those costs are not all borne by the obese. I don't think a similar statement could be made about homosexuality.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:15 pm
by Thatcher II
Pinky wrote:Obesity-related illnesses have been estimated to account for as much as 20% of US health care expenditures, and those costs are not all borne by the obese. I don't think a similar statement could be made about homosexuality.
What about a gay disease like AIDs?

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:16 pm
by tough old man
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Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:20 pm
by DrDonkeyLove
I did a Google image search for "fat gay man" and this image came up in the top row. Where is it from; The Moynihan Institute. Who would have thought that a search for a bulky gay man would lead me to Rant? Well.............everyone would think that I know, it was a rhetorical question.
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This photo leads me to a horrible but inescapable conclusion. Hugely fat guys must grease up and actually fuck their own underbelly, which leaves me simultaneously disgusted and envious.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:43 pm
by Mountebank
Lulz at comparing the "cure" rates of homosexuality and obesity. Obviously this douche doesn't have a TV to watch The Biggest Loser or Extreme Makeover, in which both shows successfully tackle obesity more successfully in one season than the anti-homosexuality cures have ever done.

Also, a majority of gays don't necessarily want to be straight. A significant amount of fat people want to be thinner, even if they are not successful in getting there.

Dammit what a fucking tool.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:03 pm
by Grandpa's Spells
What a duck says wrote:Lulz at comparing the "cure" rates of homosexuality and obesity. Obviously this douche doesn't have a TV to watch The Biggest Loser or Extreme Makeover, in which both shows successfully tackle obesity more successfully in one season than the anti-homosexuality cures have ever done.
Most BL contestants keep it off? I'd be surprised.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:07 pm
by Holy Cow
DrDonkeyLove wrote:I did a Google image search for "fat gay man" and this image came up in the top row. Where is it from; The Moynihan Institute. Who would have thought that a search for a bulky gay man would lead me to Rant? Well.............everyone would think that I know, it was a rhetorical question.
Image
This photo leads me to a horrible but inescapable conclusion. Hugely fat guys must grease up and actually fuck their own underbelly, which leaves me simultaneously disgusted and envious.
FSF Post of the Month

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:43 pm
by Mountebank
Grandpa's Spells wrote:
What a duck says wrote:Lulz at comparing the "cure" rates of homosexuality and obesity. Obviously this douche doesn't have a TV to watch The Biggest Loser or Extreme Makeover, in which both shows successfully tackle obesity more successfully in one season than the anti-homosexuality cures have ever done.
Most BL contestants keep it off? I'd be surprised.
I didn't say *most* necessarily keep it off, but if only one person maintained not going back to an obese state, they're running a much better ship than curing homosexuality.

I would guess that many people on this board personally know at least one person (or might even be that person) that has gone from obese to not-obese and been able to maintain that state. Would you disagree?

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:47 pm
by Mountebank
BL follow-ups:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40423712/ ... D6crqDcB94
Some kept most of it off, some didn't. Without heights listed, makes it tough to judge where they are at. The finale weights have lots of dehydration and other unhealthy practices going on to get their weight down as low as possible. The first BL (I believe, the ex-wrestler guy) said he practically killed himself getting his finale weight as low as he did, using all his old wrestling "making weight" tools.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:09 am
by WildGorillaMan
If the comet hit tomorrow and we were plunged into a new ice-age/nuclear winter/stone age one year after Day Zero there would be zero morbidly obese people, a whole bunch of ex-fatties foraging for survival and pretty much the same percentage of gays there has ever been.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:35 am
by powerlifter54
Both homosexuality and obesity have everything to do with what you choose to put in your mouth.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:13 am
by Holland Oates
powerlifter54 wrote:Both homosexuality and obesity have everything to do with what you choose to put in your mouth.
Hahahahahahaha

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:37 am
by Protobuilder
powerlifter54 wrote:Both homosexuality and obesity have everything to do with what you choose to put in your mouth.
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:24 am
by Thatcher II
WildGorillaMan wrote:If the comet hit tomorrow and we were plunged into a new ice-age/nuclear winter/stone age one year after Day Zero there would be zero morbidly obese people, a whole bunch of ex-fatties foraging for survival and pretty much the same percentage of gays there has ever been.
I'll tell you what. Having a genetic predisposition to 5% bodyfat would be a handicap in that scenario. You gays think about that next time you're beating off about Brad Clooney.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 10:30 pm
by WildGorillaMan
Gorbachev wrote:
WildGorillaMan wrote:If the comet hit tomorrow and we were plunged into a new ice-age/nuclear winter/stone age one year after Day Zero there would be zero morbidly obese people, a whole bunch of ex-fatties foraging for survival and pretty much the same percentage of gays there has ever been.
I'll tell you what. Having a genetic predisposition to 5% bodyfat would be a handicap in that scenario. You gays think about that next time you're beating off about Brad Clooney.
Way to miss the point, as always. Clearly a tendency towards obesity has been a huge evolutionary/survival benefit, given how prevalent it is today.

Next time be sure to bring economic class into this.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:01 pm
by Andy83
Pinky wrote:Obesity-related illnesses have been estimated to account for as much as 20% of US health care expenditures, and those costs are not all borne by the obese. I don't think a similar statement could be made about homosexuality.
Hiram Pinklestein. You gotta lighten up. Homosexuals should all be machine gunned.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:10 am
by Thatcher II
WildGorillaMan wrote:
Gorbachev wrote:
WildGorillaMan wrote:If the comet hit tomorrow and we were plunged into a new ice-age/nuclear winter/stone age one year after Day Zero there would be zero morbidly obese people, a whole bunch of ex-fatties foraging for survival and pretty much the same percentage of gays there has ever been.
I'll tell you what. Having a genetic predisposition to 5% bodyfat would be a handicap in that scenario. You gays think about that next time you're beating off about Brad Clooney.
Way to miss the point, as always. Clearly a tendency towards obesity has been a huge evolutionary/survival benefit, given how prevalent it is today.

Next time be sure to bring economic class into this.
Lighten up, fattie. I didn't miss the point. Is it your period?

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:06 pm
by FRKCTL
WildGorillaMan wrote: Clearly a tendency towards obesity has been a huge evolutionary/survival benefit, given how prevalent it is today.
I think that is a stretch.
Once you procreate, your job is done as a member of the species. If being obese enhances getting your genes into the next generation, then it is an advantage, but that remains to be seen. Modern conveniences and medicine have allowed a plethora of disadvantageous genetic expressions to re-emerge, especially in the rich western world.
WildGorillaMan wrote:Next time be sure to bring economic class into this.
Lots of $$ is the new evolutionary fitness standard.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:15 pm
by Thatcher II
Lots of $$ correlates to fewer offspring. Which is illogical from a "we're just vessels for our genes" perspective. But levelling out at 10b (thought to be where we're headed) might just save the species in terms of the bioshere's capacity not to go into total meltdown because of what we do.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:20 pm
by Turdacious
Gorbachev wrote:Some neo-malthusian bullshit.

Re: "Anti-Obesity: The New Homophobia"

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:50 pm
by Thatcher II
Turdacious wrote:
Gorbachev wrote:Some neo-malthusian bullshit.
Actually, I was heartened to see the evidence that we're levelling off so that wasn't exactly an alarmist post. But you got to use a hyphen and refer to Malthus so I guess that was a nice moment for you. Yawn.