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pa-pa-plasma · 2 months ago

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kind of frustrating that people took "fat does not equal unhealthy" to mean "fat is not unhealthy." sometimes being obese IS unhealthy & excess fat can cause a lot of problems. ignoring health issues isn't progressive. real "oranges kill people with depression" moment

#i have a lot to say but i think it all boils down to this:#the only reason people think this way is because they experienced body shaming & bullying for their fatness #& instead of gaining a healthy relationship with their body & its needs they went full denial mode #people that aren't fat that think this way are just going with things uncritically which is also bad btw #because when you have decades of proof that being severely overweight can be detrimental to your health #(& no i don't mean fucking. supersize me. i mean medical proof that too much fat causes diseases & early death)#but you're ignoring that because a tiktok influencer that has no medical experience said so #that is a huge lack of critical thinking skills on display & people are gonna listen to that misinformation & some might die #this isn't some light shit that can be waved off as non-harmful because it IS harmful! it is actively hurting people!!#again being unhealthy isn't a moral failing & no one deserves shit for that!! but that's the whole damn point isn't it!!!#militant fat activists are so afraid of their fatness being associated with anything negative they turn right around into ableism #they don't WANT to be considered disabled! because being disabled IS a moral failing to them. disability is abnormal #& of course being morbidly obese is totally normal. because if it wasn't then they'd need to do work & handle an ED #& that's too much to grapple with mentally so. no. they're normal. super normal. don't look at the lifespan of someone over 300lb #btw i am 100% aware that a lot of this is combined with other issues like racism sexism homo/transphobia genuine fatphobia #but also sometimes they really can't operate on someone that can't recover afterwards #like i wouldn't call the vet bigoted & cat-hating for being unable to operate on my 20yo cat #Minnie would simply not survive that. because she is so damn old #unfortunately for Minnie she can't get younger but people CAN lose weight in multiple different ways #& it may seem like the world is attacking you but you really have to train yourself out of automatic bad faith reactions #''you couldn't possibly understand!!'' yeah okay i'm sooo abled & privileged you got me there (<-sarcasm. if you couldn't tell)#just because someone hasn't experienced your EXACT thing doesn't mean they can't relate & haven't gone through similar #it's so difficult to train your brain out of that shit i get that but you really really really have to. or you will die #or at least be miserable #DISCLAIMER: i'm not talking about every person who has even a little fat on their body. fat is NEEDED #but like all things too much of a good thing can cause problems & fat is not exempt #this is about morbid obesity. not someone who's like 160lb that shit is normal #& people need to stop thinking anything over 110lb is fat #because it isn't & i think most people are getting into unhealthy territory at that low of a weight #basically i view being too fat the same as being too thin. they both cause health problems & should be taken seriously

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