Nobody wants to be in that shape, nor to be photographed and mocked online like this.
My heart goes out to those folks, and I sincerely hope they can find the help they need to turn around their unhealthy lifestyles.
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Speaking as a disgusting fat bastard myself, feel free to criticise and mock me as much as you want.
Maybe it'll finally motivate me to do something about it.
Right, that'll work.
You'll probably make more progress when you learn to accept and respect yourself. Losing a lot of weight is extraordinarily difficult and it'll take as long or longer than the amount of time it took to put it on. You'll have regressions and make mistakes. Your key will be neck breakingly slow but constant progress and being gentle on yourself, plus being surrounded by supportive people. I'm sorry you feel that you're disgusting but I don't.
My mom lost 70 pounds and then gained back 20 in the last 5 years. That's less than a pound per month, a 100 calorie deficit. She still eats a lot but I think that's what makes her successful. She has a long way to go but I never forget to tell her she's kicking ass because she is. You'd tell her that too. Now tell yourself.
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Also, they don't need to justify shit and nobody wants your pity. Whether you criticize or pity them, you're disrespecting their autonomy, and your values don't align with the reality in front of you. That's a you problem.
Lol no. There's a point of derision. You can't act like something this absurd is a functional reality in their head. At some point we have to say "stop it" and that point was way before it got to using handcarts for diabetes juice.
Edit: and that's before considering that their poor choices lead to higher insurance rates for people with self control.
Telling an obese person to "stop it" is like telling a depressed person to stop being depressed, it totally ignores the underlying reasons.
I've struggled weight wise my entire life, been up and down 50 kilos over a decade, since actually getting an ADHD diagnosis and therapy it's trending downwards to where I want it to be.
I strongly believe from my own experiences (and others I know) there's a strong addiction component to obesity, would you describe smokers as having poor self control? There's a massive mental health (and genetic for that matter) component to obesity that's frankly overlooked, often can be a trauma response, maladaptive coping mechanism or as I said, addiction.
Have you ever talked to an obese person? My weight is/was a huge source of my self negativity, not a single person I know actually likes being obese, don't want to be that way, that cycle of self loathing is a spiral and it's really hard to break that, especially when society sees fit to attribute the entire condition to some sort of moral failing that makes it even harder for people to want to ask for help, let alone receive it.
I'm lucky, I've always been pretty active so judicious food logging + exercise works for me (and has in the past), others not so much. GLP-1 Agonists are an absolute godsend for people who really struggle from what I've been told (my ADHD meds kill appetite too, totally won't discount their contribution) they totally kill any food noise, actually helps keep them satiated, and importantly, kills their food stress response. Literally life changing, enabling them to actually get to a place where they can sustain it.
All of this is just the mental health components, there's other barriers in some places, food deserts are absolutely a thing and lack of walkable neighbourhoods does not help either.
I agree that there is a mental health component there. I have ADHD as well and used to smoke. But I never flung it in the face of society by smoking 3 cigarettes at once in public as a "fuck you". There's a limit to that excuse. I know how ADHD works and it doesn't discount some amount of shame. This? This is shameful. ADHD people aren't completely unaware, I know it's hard, but it's also not a complete excuse to be this obtuse.
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These are severely ill people who will die prematurely even if they get the help that they need. Do you walk up to cancer patients and go: "oh you are so beautiful just the way you are, never change"?
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My heart goes out for them too since their own is probably about to stop
Imma be real, those things full of ice and water are godly on a hot day
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Holy shit there's a lot of angry fat American people in the comments.
No-one is mocking them being fat. We're mocking America for having such a shit culture and food regulation that lots of people end up with this problem.
It's not funny to mock a specific hungry kid, but you can make jokes about famine.
You shouldn't trigger someone's personal traumas of rape, but comedians can joke about sexual assault.
I think blurring their faces would've made this less a joke and more shaming. So idk what the issue is.
what's a big gulp
An obscenely large soda from 7-eleven. The cups in the image aren't Big Gulps technically, but they are very large drink containers, and OP is using the term Big Gulp loosely
A very large enclosed cup to hold liquids.
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wow these replies are landmines so i will just be confused about how you even get a picture from that angle. the place doesn't look urban or like it would have any high-rises, and the USA (assuming this is it) also doesn't really do tall parking garages. and it very much looks like the photo was taken from outside.
Taken from the driver's seat of a new pickup truck?
Drone in a parking lot, I'd say.
wow that answer is very easy, I didn't consider a drone at all. thank you.
Google maps big zoom mode
At least they are outside.
Just needs some 1/4" plastic tubing to make some extra long straws
As a fat person, 300lb+ lbs, i think its fine to call us out and make fun of us. Mostly we either dont give a shit and will do what we want, or might just be on the verge of change and 1 more person calling us out could jumpdrive our selfrespct enough in order to make a difference.
I appreciate that. Personally, the photo kicks my sense of empathy into overdrive instead.
I don't see two targets of ridicule. I see two cases of metabolic syndrome,with type II and heart attacks waiting to destroy their bodies, and over 6000 calories of raw sugar in tow on wheels, because they're too weak to carry their snack around. And they likely got there from self-medicating with food for what's likely trauma, depression, and/or other mental illness. They need a rescue party.
Holy shit this comment section is a train wreck.
Train wrecks? Those things America has a lot of nowadays that all safety regulation is being deleted as we speak?
Uh, I hear ya, buddy.
Y’all make fun of these folks. However they are living their life but adding walking into it.
We as a society should not be putting down those trying to better themselves. They are clearly working towards something.
I applaud your positivity, but those two are more likely to just walk to their car right now than walking for walkings sake.
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The calories burned walking are completely offset by those consumed from the beverages. Walking in this case is probably pointless.
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Walking is a normal thing that every able-bodied person should be doing plenty of every day - assuming that this basic act must be "trying to better themselves" is condescending and infantilizing IMO.
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Big Gulps, huh? Alright!
Well, see ya later!
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