An observation, in all it's horror
You know what I've never met? A person who was thin by choice.
Oh that's not to say I've never met a thin person. Remember, despite media crying over the obesity epidemic, lard-asses are still the minority despite being... for a depressing lack of better words, a large one. So I've met plenty a thin person.
But the thing is, I've never met a person who got there by choice. Never mind meeting one, I've never even heard of one. Generally, when it comes to thin people, I find their appearance isn't the result of conscious effort and deliberate choice but more a happy accident caused by other factors. They have a job or hobby that keeps them active, a natural preference towards healthy foods or dislike to the unhealthy ones. Or even just a good old hyperactive metabolism. If I do hear any sort of maintenance, it's typically fretting over 5 or 10 vanity pounds.
Coincidentally, the lengths to which people agonize over said 5 to 10 vanity pounds fills me with a rage that the myriad languages of the human race have yet to produce words to adequately describe.
I have never once heard of a successful "I used to be fat" story, not a one. There is one one I can name off the top of my head, who basically said "Fuck it, I'm going to loose this weight so I can be all socially acceptable." and then they went and did it. Despite all the people supposedly trying to do so, that story just doesn't seem to exist in reality. Former Fat people seem to be a myth.
Honestly, if that's the case I think it explains quite a bit.
Oh that's not to say I've never met a thin person. Remember, despite media crying over the obesity epidemic, lard-asses are still the minority despite being... for a depressing lack of better words, a large one. So I've met plenty a thin person.
But the thing is, I've never met a person who got there by choice. Never mind meeting one, I've never even heard of one. Generally, when it comes to thin people, I find their appearance isn't the result of conscious effort and deliberate choice but more a happy accident caused by other factors. They have a job or hobby that keeps them active, a natural preference towards healthy foods or dislike to the unhealthy ones. Or even just a good old hyperactive metabolism. If I do hear any sort of maintenance, it's typically fretting over 5 or 10 vanity pounds.
Coincidentally, the lengths to which people agonize over said 5 to 10 vanity pounds fills me with a rage that the myriad languages of the human race have yet to produce words to adequately describe.
I have never once heard of a successful "I used to be fat" story, not a one. There is one one I can name off the top of my head, who basically said "Fuck it, I'm going to loose this weight so I can be all socially acceptable." and then they went and did it. Despite all the people supposedly trying to do so, that story just doesn't seem to exist in reality. Former Fat people seem to be a myth.
Honestly, if that's the case I think it explains quite a bit.