Ben, I wonder what in your psychology leads to such animus to fat people? Everyone has the right to their day in court. Unfortunate or no, that is how we solve things in the US. If an airline gives away seats, it is only in calculation of that airline's best interests.
Our politics has been basically a 50-50 split forever, making sure that the Congress can't be effective. This is more than an accident. The little people are induced to fight among themselves while the elite make off with our money.
Promoting division is promoting our own powerlessness. Focusing on scapegoats is promoting our own powerlessness.
I had a debilitating back injury and heart failure and gained a lot of weight. Luckily I got better and used 4 months of Ozempic and 6 months of physical therapy to recover my mobility and get strong again and to lose weight. But I live in Latin America and could get Ozempic at less than half price. And I had Latin American doctors who were actually effective, unlike the above average US clinic I went to, that could only work on my case in 5-10 minute visits because of the health corporation that owned it. And my uninsured doctor visits in Latin America cost less than a copay in the US.
I also had a girlfriend who ballooned up in size. It killed our sex life. But she wasn't obviously pigging out and she remained active. It was incongruous.
Probably something psychological was going on was this girlfriend. But Ben: Something psychological is going on with YOU and fat people. There is no significant difference between you except in the specific way some fear or trauma is manifesting. And please don't tell me you don't hate fat people, because that would just reinforce how off this is.
I don't actually hate fat people. I'm capable of dealing with people as individuals, and I respect fat people I know personally.
There are a lot of ways I could try to answer your comment. What I have contempt for is not fat people but the entitlement of some who try to turn obesity into some civil rights issue, which the rapper in this story did, whom you referenced.
Here you have some poor SOB trying to make a living in the modern hellscape, just trying to get through the day, explaining very clearly that he can't fit this gigantic bitch in his Corolla, and instead of exercising common sense she does a Jesse Jackson and sues the company.
Everybody has a right to access to transportation. I suspect that the woman in this lawsuit may not have taken advantage of the option to get a larger vehicle, so that tempers my concern a bit in her case. But she may not have the money to pay for a larger vehicle. I don't hang this issue on the driver but on the rideshare corporation.
I was surprised as anyone to find myself fat. I appreciate the compassion of the people who helped me. I'm in Latin America and the only person who was rude was a visiting American. I was lucky to find effective treatment here. I would probably still be fat (or dead) in the United States.
Extremely overweight people already have enough problems. And the law of balance will lead many of the critics to be fat at some point in their lives, if only to enlighten them.
What we see is a reflection of who we are, not some absolute truth. And we project ourselves on those we attack. You can connect the dots.
Elagabalus. First, I am glad that you have recovered. You seem like a compassionate person albeit somewhat susceptible to misplaced empathy. There is nothing wrong with Ben. Fat acceptance is a pathology. Sure obesity happens for many reasons, but it should be discouraged to the extent avoidable. Unfortunately food industry, government, and the medical industrial complex favor keeping us fat and unhealthy. Let's stigmatize obesity.
>>the nation could use a few less embarrassments in military brass.
how embarrassing is it going to be when hegseth loses the war against venezuela?
Ben, I wonder what in your psychology leads to such animus to fat people? Everyone has the right to their day in court. Unfortunate or no, that is how we solve things in the US. If an airline gives away seats, it is only in calculation of that airline's best interests.
Our politics has been basically a 50-50 split forever, making sure that the Congress can't be effective. This is more than an accident. The little people are induced to fight among themselves while the elite make off with our money.
Promoting division is promoting our own powerlessness. Focusing on scapegoats is promoting our own powerlessness.
I had a debilitating back injury and heart failure and gained a lot of weight. Luckily I got better and used 4 months of Ozempic and 6 months of physical therapy to recover my mobility and get strong again and to lose weight. But I live in Latin America and could get Ozempic at less than half price. And I had Latin American doctors who were actually effective, unlike the above average US clinic I went to, that could only work on my case in 5-10 minute visits because of the health corporation that owned it. And my uninsured doctor visits in Latin America cost less than a copay in the US.
I also had a girlfriend who ballooned up in size. It killed our sex life. But she wasn't obviously pigging out and she remained active. It was incongruous.
Probably something psychological was going on was this girlfriend. But Ben: Something psychological is going on with YOU and fat people. There is no significant difference between you except in the specific way some fear or trauma is manifesting. And please don't tell me you don't hate fat people, because that would just reinforce how off this is.
I don't actually hate fat people. I'm capable of dealing with people as individuals, and I respect fat people I know personally.
There are a lot of ways I could try to answer your comment. What I have contempt for is not fat people but the entitlement of some who try to turn obesity into some civil rights issue, which the rapper in this story did, whom you referenced.
Here you have some poor SOB trying to make a living in the modern hellscape, just trying to get through the day, explaining very clearly that he can't fit this gigantic bitch in his Corolla, and instead of exercising common sense she does a Jesse Jackson and sues the company.
Everybody has a right to access to transportation. I suspect that the woman in this lawsuit may not have taken advantage of the option to get a larger vehicle, so that tempers my concern a bit in her case. But she may not have the money to pay for a larger vehicle. I don't hang this issue on the driver but on the rideshare corporation.
I was surprised as anyone to find myself fat. I appreciate the compassion of the people who helped me. I'm in Latin America and the only person who was rude was a visiting American. I was lucky to find effective treatment here. I would probably still be fat (or dead) in the United States.
Extremely overweight people already have enough problems. And the law of balance will lead many of the critics to be fat at some point in their lives, if only to enlighten them.
What we see is a reflection of who we are, not some absolute truth. And we project ourselves on those we attack. You can connect the dots.
Elagabalus. First, I am glad that you have recovered. You seem like a compassionate person albeit somewhat susceptible to misplaced empathy. There is nothing wrong with Ben. Fat acceptance is a pathology. Sure obesity happens for many reasons, but it should be discouraged to the extent avoidable. Unfortunately food industry, government, and the medical industrial complex favor keeping us fat and unhealthy. Let's stigmatize obesity.
First, thank you for your good wishes. But...
Empathy is NEVER misplaced, any more than intelligence or compassion can be misplaced. Punishing people makes angry people, not better ones.
I wonder how you and Ben have been punished and in what ways you lack compassion for yourselves.
Compassion I have. Empathy, I carefully conserve. I view this in the way Paul Bloom expressed it in his book "Against Empathy."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Empathy