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#311
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pencilartist (11/17/2012) [-] 
I always wondered...
Not sure how stupid I sound, but why is calling someone "fat" an insult? Isn't that more like an observation?
It's like calling someone "pale" or telling someone that they're short.
People throw that around as if the person who is fat somehow doesn't know that they're fat. It's not hard to figure out if you're fat or not (unless you have some kind of disorder).
Not sure how stupid I sound, but why is calling someone "fat" an insult? Isn't that more like an observation?
It's like calling someone "pale" or telling someone that they're short.
People throw that around as if the person who is fat somehow doesn't know that they're fat. It's not hard to figure out if you're fat or not (unless you have some kind of disorder).
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N. Korean citizen (11/17/2012) [-]
Well most insults are observations. Like calling someone "stupid." It's an observation of their lack of mental prowess.
Fatness is generally considered to be a negative attribute because fat people are viewed as lazy or gluttonous. It hasn't always been that way of course, but in a modern society where high calorie foods are not rare, humans no longer need to hunt to survive, and most of us would like to live past our fifties, high body fat is not a desirable trait in a mate, and thus has become a social stigma.
In response to your more recent query, calling someone "ugly" or "lazy" directly instead of "fat" would not be as accurate or make as much sense as commenting on the factor which leads to either of those conclusions: their fatness.
Fatness is generally considered to be a negative attribute because fat people are viewed as lazy or gluttonous. It hasn't always been that way of course, but in a modern society where high calorie foods are not rare, humans no longer need to hunt to survive, and most of us would like to live past our fifties, high body fat is not a desirable trait in a mate, and thus has become a social stigma.
In response to your more recent query, calling someone "ugly" or "lazy" directly instead of "fat" would not be as accurate or make as much sense as commenting on the factor which leads to either of those conclusions: their fatness.
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pencilartist (11/17/2012) [-] Thanks Anon, you always seem to have the answers.
Only problem I have with that answer is the people who call fat people, who know they're fat, "fat". Why would that hurt them? They know they're fat, and they know it's negative, so how is that even an insult?
I would understand maybe calling a chubby chick with self-esteem issues "fat" but calling someone who's 5'0" and 300 pounds "fat" isn't really going to do much.
Only problem I have with that answer is the people who call fat people, who know they're fat, "fat". Why would that hurt them? They know they're fat, and they know it's negative, so how is that even an insult?
I would understand maybe calling a chubby chick with self-esteem issues "fat" but calling someone who's 5'0" and 300 pounds "fat" isn't really going to do much.
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zxmongoose (11/17/2012) [-] There's this one kid at my high school, he's either a freshman or a sophomore, he's literally HUGE. I have no idea how he manages to not do SOMETHING about how much he seriously weighs. To put it simply, he has an obvious waddle when he walks, and his backpack (an average-sized school backpack) appears to be all the way stretched out to fit over his shoulders and is dwarfed by his back. The fucker is HUGE.
