[–] Shitlord_and_Savior 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They love their victim complex and attention. Reminds me of this. Even if they do gain acceptance, they'll still look for shit to complain about because really they enjoy being self-righteous victims who can play their victim card whenever they want in order to get the attention that they so desperately crave.
[–] GainsGoblinGoebbels 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
When all is said and done, they will have very little to show for their efforts aside from collateral damage.
Although I suppose the same could be said of the primary causes of obesity in the first place (gluttony & sloth), so perhaps not that surprising?
[–] Kaleidowave 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
They've accomplished none of this, so step 2 is to start trying to convert the rest of society. Attack fit people you lust after who think obesity is physically repulsive so that they're the asshole for not reciprocating your interest. Normalize shitty health, redefine the metrics we use to determine health, and undermine anything that contradicts that delusional narrative.
This is when HAES people become militant and generally shitty. They've reached the limits of what deluding themselves can accomplish so they move on to deluding society.
[–] SkinnyDick 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
My theory is they wear all that shit like a mask. It's like a cancer pt putting on a wig; they do it to salvage some of their self esteem from their illness and maintain a sense of normalcy.
Of course, being a fat is a mental illness. No disrespect to anyone who has/had cancer.
[–] MrSaxoBeetus 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Obesity is better than cancer. I lost a relative to cancer, he did everything he could to fight it. If he could choose, he'd pick a disease that can be cured by eating less and move more, without batting an eye.
[–] indignantxcoffee 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I think a major difference too is that cancer patients often wear wigs that look like their normal hair and do so because they don't want to draw attention to their illness. Fatasses thrive on attention, even negative attention (which is the only kind they can attract), so they flaunt their illness anytime, anywhere like some fucked up badge of failure.
[–] wmeth 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Nope. I'm an extremely calculating and objective person. Long story short, parents are super "knee-jerk", so I taught myself to make decisions very objectively. I would do just that, spend a few days or weeks saying that I'm hot, HAES HAES HAES, then I'd realize that saying I'm hot doesn't give me a flat stomach, it doesn't make me stronger, it doesn't make me fit into jeans that I want to, it doesn't give me muscle mass, and it doesn't make me healthy. So I'd see that it's all complete fucking horse shit and I'd pray at the iron church 6 days a week. That's all extremely hypothetical, because, I WOULD NEVER BE A FATASS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
[–] UnionJacqueline 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I WOULD NEVER BE A FATASS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Yep. My motto throughout my life has been, "Don't get fat in the first place." If you never get fat to begin with, you never have to deal with "going on a diet", losing weight and keeping it off, etc. Just don't get fat and you'll be spared all manners of discomfort.
[–] Captain_Janeway [S] 0 points 22 points 22 points (+22|-0) ago
Rhetorical because I know the answer.
What they achieve is preserved fee-fees and permission to continue their gluttony.
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[–] ThickChicks4beetus 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I wouldn't call that miserable state "happiness". Complacency maybe.
[–] Unsung_Heroes_again ago
Making it one step closer to saying "discriminations!" And being able to get away with more, be even lazier, and have the government pay for their beetus snacks and way of living.
That was the 3rd part of the plan right? Get everyone else to pay for them while they indulge their every whim?