The choices are not just “telling them that everything is fine” and straight-up body shaming. You can point out to someone that they have a problem without saying that they’re a “fat fuck”.
And about my friend, I’ve definitely heard people call him fat, or others be surprised when he says he goes to the gym. He’s not the ripped/bodyguard type, and that’s enough for “assumptions” apparently.
Is it so hard to just not make fun of people for their physical appearance? Like, if they deserve it there’s probably already something else about their personality to make fun of.
Like, if they deserve it there’s probably already something else about their personality to make fun of.
Which is why in the specific case that spurred this argument, Trump being called “a fat fuck”, the “fat” part is a mere qualifier for “fuck”, not the defining characteristic. Noone called him “a fattie”, or similar kindergarten-level insults. “Rich fuck” would also have been a possibility, but then consider context: We’re in a thread about “an immense weight on a great man”. The name of that weight? Among others, Donald Trump. You can’t not qualify “fuck” with “fat” in that context given Trump’s overall geometry.
And still, somehow, people managed to turn it into a discussion about body shaming. Five minute hate is over, comrade, you’ve had your daily dose of pointlessly imagining offence, move on, there’s grass to be touched.
The choices are not just “telling them that everything is fine” and straight-up body shaming. You can point out to someone that they have a problem without saying that they’re a “fat fuck”.
And about my friend, I’ve definitely heard people call him fat, or others be surprised when he says he goes to the gym. He’s not the ripped/bodyguard type, and that’s enough for “assumptions” apparently.
Is it so hard to just not make fun of people for their physical appearance? Like, if they deserve it there’s probably already something else about their personality to make fun of.
Which is why in the specific case that spurred this argument, Trump being called “a fat fuck”, the “fat” part is a mere qualifier for “fuck”, not the defining characteristic. Noone called him “a fattie”, or similar kindergarten-level insults. “Rich fuck” would also have been a possibility, but then consider context: We’re in a thread about “an immense weight on a great man”. The name of that weight? Among others, Donald Trump. You can’t not qualify “fuck” with “fat” in that context given Trump’s overall geometry.
And still, somehow, people managed to turn it into a discussion about body shaming. Five minute hate is over, comrade, you’ve had your daily dose of pointlessly imagining offence, move on, there’s grass to be touched.