Marie Claire Hates Me

[tahmthelame]

So I've been following this Marie Claire thing really, REALLY carefully, because I am one of those people that would undoubtedly gross out Maura Kelly just by walking across the room.  And there have been a ton of things I've wanted to say or wanted to point out, and a ton of things I've been thinking about and pondering in this whole situation,

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[engelhardtlm1]

"I'm sorry you think I'm gross, but maybe it balances out, because I think you're gross, too, and I only just heard of you two days ago."

I'm going to go ahead and declare this "gold".

[scottwoods]

This is my favorite observation from cleolinda's post:

"Making people feel bad about [their weight] is generally not going to light a fire under their ass, massive or otherwise, to do something about it."

Someone should put this on billboards. I know it contributed to my lifestyle choices over the years.