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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 50 points (+50|-0) ago 

This only makes sense when both states are permanent and when both states accomplish something. Pregnancy is both temporary and necessary for something. Obesity is both permanent and useless. This is like asking why we look down on a smoker who dies of lung cancer, but we congratulate a fire fighter who succumbs to smoke inhalation after charging into a burning building to rescue someone. The entire premise is that inhaling smoke or carrying excess weight is inherently undesirable and so the only justification could be that it is necessary for a positive outcome. What positive outcome is there for being fat or smoking?

I feel dumb even humouring these arguments.

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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

You can see the same comparison anywhere you like. You can overload a person's joints by wearing weights or by carrying heaps of muscle or by carrying to much hiking gear in exactly the same way as you can overload, for example, a car's suspension by overfilling it to move house, driving aggressively on a race track, or by transporting the hamplanet that made this post. In every example you choose, however, the overload serves a constructive purpose (except transporting a fat) and you could think of a million similar comparisons. I don't know how dumb you have to be to not understand the concept of a necessary evil. THE WHOLE POINT of fat hate is that you are burdening yourself unnecessarily. If there was any constructive purpose, use, or point to being fat, nobody would care anywhere near as much.

It is unbelievable that we are trying to argue with people that lack such a fundamental understanding of the problem.

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[–] TheStapler 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Great analogy. What I hear in the post is a bunch of misanthropic hate toward humanity in general. The baby could be another Hitler, why do pregnant women have to complain so much, blah blah, I deserve sympathy for having to work on my feet sometimes, etc. Typical thoughts of an angry, lazy, low-IQ loser, just like 99% of the obese.

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[–] Placetohide ago 

And selfish - all fats are incredibly, solipsisticaly selfish.

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[–] ButterBeater9000 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

My wife is 8 months pregnant right now and at least once a day she asks me how fat people do this every day of their lives.