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keesan
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response 360 of 378:
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Mar 18 19:01 UTC 2006 |
My closest friends are thin, possibly because we share similar attitudes and
ways of eating. I have relatives who are fat, and are very nice people. I
even have neighbors who are not only fat but smoke and are also very nice
people. I can't think of any time when I was ever inconvenienced by someone's
being fat, other than maybe paying a bit more for health insurance because
the average health of Americans goes down with their weight going up.
I am frequently inconvenienced and made sick by smokers, and I see nothing
wrong with letting them know it. They can easily change their behavior by
not smoking into other people's air, even if they cannot break the addiction.
I am continuously inconvenienced by the operators of private motor vehicles,
and on top of that I have to subsidize them in the form of increased health
insurance (they are less healthy due to lack of exercise) and road building
and maintenance. It takes me longer to cross the street, the air outside
frequently stinks, and I am never free of the noise. But car owners are in
the majority so don't expect to be criticized, and think they are okay but
people with bigger motor vehicles are not. The difference in noise, filth,
and waste between an SUV and a car is much less than that between a car and
a bike or pedestrian. I don't think a car person has any right to criticize
a fat person for taking up too much space or resources. A car takes up as
much of the road as maybe 50 bikes, if you count the space in front and behind
that it is not safe to bike in, and that does not even include the space
wasted on parking.
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tod
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response 361 of 378:
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Mar 18 20:07 UTC 2006 |
re #350
Plus, the price of dairy goes up cuz everyone is eating more cheese.
re #360
I can't think of any time when I was ever inconvenienced by someone's
being fat, other than maybe paying a bit more for health insurance because
the average health of Americans goes down with their weight going up.
You've obviously never had to share a redeye flight next to me. ;)
(No arm room, lots of apnea related snoring, lots of junkfood cluttering the
area, extended no-vacancy for the bathroom, did I mention no arm room?)
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cyklone
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response 362 of 378:
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Mar 18 20:50 UTC 2006 |
Yeah, I had a flight a few years back when I went to take my seat and the
obese passenger next to me had the arm rest up. I immediately put it down and
he made some smartass comment about having more room with it up. Yeah, I
thought, more room for you, and less for me.
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keesan
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response 363 of 378:
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Mar 18 22:57 UTC 2006 |
About 2 more inches for each of you if you stayed on your sides of the
imaginary line.
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cyklone
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response 364 of 378:
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Mar 19 01:53 UTC 2006 |
It was obvious he wasn't going to be staying on his side of the line. He was
already halfway oozed into my seat when I first got there.
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slynne
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response 365 of 378:
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Mar 19 03:32 UTC 2006 |
As a fat person who flies now and then, I have chosen to take my friend
Shannon's advice. She said that families with kids almost always end up
in the back of the plane. She said that if I took a seat back there,
anyone who would ordinarily be annoyed to sit next to the fat person
would instead be grateful they werent sitting next to the parent with a
lap held screaming baby. It seems to work. So far, no one has seemed
annoyed to sit by me. I usually keep the arm rest down if someone is
sitting next to me though because I like the seperation factor. I also
always choose a window seat because it allows me to lean over a little
bit.
I also usually choose a seat where someone has already taken the aisle
and I choose the window because I know that middle seat in the back of
the plane will be one of the last chosen. Unless it is a totally full
flight, I usually find that middle seat remains vacant.
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tod
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response 366 of 378:
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Mar 19 04:03 UTC 2006 |
I'd sit next to slynne before I'd sit next to CyKlone. I'm just weird like
that I guess. Then again, I prefer the window seat so there would be some
sumo action going on in row 32.
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nharmon
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response 367 of 378:
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Mar 19 04:06 UTC 2006 |
<imagines the Police Academy movie where some huge guy switches sides
in-flight and causes the plane to roll>
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cyklone
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response 368 of 378:
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Mar 19 04:44 UTC 2006 |
Re #366: You bitch! Just for that, I'm cancelling our trip to Tahiti!
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slynne
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response 369 of 378:
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Mar 19 05:06 UTC 2006 |
Haha.
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tod
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response 370 of 378:
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Mar 19 14:54 UTC 2006 |
re #368
I lost my fascination for Tahiti ever since Cheyenne Brando.
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slynne
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response 371 of 378:
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Apr 6 15:00 UTC 2006 |
I forgot that I was going to post my cholestorol levels.
They are 174 total level
LDL 98
HDL 50
From what I understand those are decent levels. All my other tests were
normal except for the glucose one which was slightly high so they are
going to do another one. It is possible that I might have pre-diabetes
which isnt surprising since diabetes runs in my family, I am
overweight, diabetes is very common for people with POSC, and sugar has
been something very difficult for me to remove from my diet so I eat
way too much of it.
It has left me thinking about a very big aspect of thin privilege. I
have a cousin who is not overweight and who was diagnosed with type 2
diabetes when she was in her early 30's. I have never heard a single
person blame her for that. No one has said, "she did that to herself
with her unhealthy lifestyle." Everyone reaction even behind her back
has been "what a shame to have that happen to her when she is so young"
I have a feeling that knowing my extended family, I will get different
treatment behind my back although, of course, no one will say anything
to my face. Part of that is the denial a lot of people in my family
have that diabetes is a hereditary disease.
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slynne
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response 372 of 378:
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Apr 6 15:15 UTC 2006 |
Here is an link to an interesting blog post on this subject
http://w.ick.ca/5261
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tod
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response 373 of 378:
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Apr 6 17:38 UTC 2006 |
I like to eat a couple big macs before getting my cholesterol count.
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slynne
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response 374 of 378:
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Apr 6 17:43 UTC 2006 |
I like to eat a couple of big macs before my glucose test *snort*
That isnt true of course, I dont like big macs. I like to eat cookies
before my tests.
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tod
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response 375 of 378:
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Apr 7 00:25 UTC 2006 |
I like big macs but the sauce makes my face break out so I don't eat em.
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slynne
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response 376 of 378:
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Apr 7 00:31 UTC 2006 |
The sauce makes me want to barf so I dont eat em.
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tod
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response 377 of 378:
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Apr 7 16:06 UTC 2006 |
The sauce IS barf.
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slynne
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response 378 of 378:
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Apr 7 20:50 UTC 2006 |
OH well that explains it!
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