Students at the University of Maryland will be able to take a “fat studies” course which will approach fatness as “an aspect of human diversity, experience, and identity.”
Great. What next? Declaring cancer a “lifestyle choice”?
Students at the University of Maryland will be able to take a “fat studies” course which will approach fatness as “an aspect of human diversity, experience, and identity.”
Great. What next? Declaring cancer a “lifestyle choice”?
Drunk Studies: Approach drunkeness as an aspect of human diversity, experience, and identity. Ladies register for half-price!
Don’t they prefer “Rubenesque” Studies?
Being Fat is a lifestyle choice. I didn’t wake up one day and choose to be fat but the thousands of little choices I made knowing the consequences of my actions and inactions would lead me to this point in life.
That being said there is nothing to accept or understand about it. I am ashamed of it and have recently come to the realization if I do not fix it then very bad stuff will happen. So I am going to fix it.
I am reminded of an sci fi show that used to come on called Dark Angle. The main bad guy goes to an AA meeting because he is a recovering alcholic and this is what he said;
LYDECKER: I’m, uh, new in town. I have some business here, and I’ve been coming to this meeting for the last couple weeks. I’ve listened to a few of you stand up and tell your stories, and tonight I’d like to take my turn. Drinking damn near destroyed my life. I woke up one morning, took a look around…I was lying on the floor. I decided never to touch another drop. I’ve been sober ever since. I hear a lot of you talk about taking things one day at a time. As far as I’m concerned, that’s a cop-out. You make a decision and you take charge of your life. You don’t need a higher power to help you. You don’t need a sponsor. What you need is strength of mind, willpower, and character. Alcoholism is not a disease. It’s a failing. You’ve turned it into a church. You worship at the altar of self-pity. I come to these rooms for one reason: to remember what I don’t want to become…helpless, impotent, and weak. Thank you. As you were.
Sorry for the rant, but being fat is something I finally admitted I cannot be anymore and soceity does not have to pity me for my bad choices. College kids are coddled beyond all belief and you do not need acceptance for something that is wrong. You need to fix it.
What’s next on campus? Navel Studies, where Millennials learn to stare at their little narcissistic belly buttons.
Gee, I wonder what the next “protected class” will be?
Crabby, I had an overweight sister and twenty years ago she just couldn’t lose the weight for some reason. She said to me, “Jim, I just don’t know what to do about my weight any more!” I said, “Well, you can start by just forgetting about it and try to enjoy life like you did as a skinny kid – but without all those Mayonnaise-pickle sandwiches.” Today, you would never know she was overweight. I have another sister who’s OCD and compulsively overweight and that advice has never worked. She loves being fat. But she also used to be a Democrat and lately, I’ve managed to convince her to abandon that particular Liberal blimp.
I weigh in at 270 down from 350.
Losing is possible, barely.
If you don’t want it, ya gotta want it.