Eating Disorders

[joncha]

I don't know if your husband knows you post here either.

[Nubclear]

I hope that helps answer your question, KrazyHorse

[KrazyHorse]

Stalin and Putin would both be ashamed of you.

[Nubclear]

I'm afraid that I value equality somewhat highly

[KrazyHorse]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron

[Nubclear]

Indeed, clearly a society where women purge and men inject themselves to look muscly is far more preferable to a society where they may express their individual autonomy without the excessive infringement thereof by the media.

[MRT144]

Re: Eating Disorders

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I'm sick and tired of fat people complaining that the evil media makes fat people feel bad about themselves, leading to a supposed epidemic of eating disorders.

a) The gym at my university doesn't have scales in the locker rooms. I asked why not, and was told that it was because the school was trying to promote a "healthy body image". Thanks, but I'm trying to cut down to ~6% body fat from my current ~10%, and I'd sort of like an accurate way to measure as I go.

b) If anybody thinks that eating disorders are a bigger public health problem than fatasses then they're ****ing insane.

c) The biggest whiners about this type of **** are girls complaining that the "Hollywood" body image for women is "unrealistic". It's probably unrealistic if you eat half a pack of cookies every day and don't do any exercise, sure. But, if anything, Hollywood in the last 10 years has been worse about promoting a male ideal than a female. I just saw the new Bond film. Daniel Craig is a ****ing beast. The guy probably benches in the 300+ range. So ****ing what? I don't ****ing feel threatened because some dude getting paid 10 million dollars to make a film has bigger muscles than I do. I'm certainly not going to ask that my gym remove the weight room so that I won't feel bad about not lifting more. Or maybe I should ask that they remove the mirrors so that I can't see that I don't have as much muscle as James Bond.

those who have the least to complain about complain the most!

as for the scale thing, thats a terrible way. go do the water test

[KrazyHorse]

What infringement, numbskull?

And how many women actually puke up their food purposefully? How many men actually take steroids?

Compare that to the number who are morbidly obese and who will go to an early grave because of it.



I guess you'd rather fatties die young than feel bad about themselves.

[KrazyHorse]

Re: Re: Eating Disorders

Originally posted by MRT144



those who have the least to complain about complain the most!

as for the scale thing, thats a terrible way. go do the water test

It's not that terrible. I lose fat much quicker than I gain muscle, so as long as I'm careful to always weigh myself in the mornings it provides a reasonable short-scale approximation of fat loss.

[KrazyHorse]

And I can guarantee you that the gym doesn't provide actual bfp measurements if they're not even willing to give me a scale.

Heavens knows that being told you're a fat sack of **** could hurt your ego.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
What infringement, numbskull?

Gee, I wonder. Maybe the fact that women on TV look like sticks, men look massive, and these things are treated by the media as "normal" and "desired", thereby playing upon humans' generally strong tendency toward social comformity and instilling insecurities which result in them harming themselves?

And how many women actually puke up their food purposefully? How many men actually take steroids?

Or how many women simply do not eat, or how many men spend an excessive amount of time attempting for something possibly unattainable? How many practice very unhealthy habits in order to conform to the media?

An amount that might be larger than you expect, certainly.

Compare that to the number who are morbidly obese and who will go to an early grave because of it.

Yes, that is a problem that is also created by the media.

I guess you'd rather fatties die young than feel bad about themselves.

I'm evil

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar


Gee, I wonder. Maybe the fact that women on TV look like sticks, men look massive, and these things are treated by the media as "normal" and "desired", thereby playing upon humans' generally strong tendency toward social comformity and instilling insecurities which result in them harming themselves?

What a bunch of new age relativist tripe.

WHERE'S THE EPIDEMIC OF WOMEN DYING OF MALNUTRITION AND MEN DYING OF STEROIDS?

The average American adult is 30+ lbs overweight.

If you ask me, we could do with a little more societal pressure to be in shape, not less.

[KrazyHorse]

Or how many women simply do not eat

I'm pretty sure that most women eat sometimes. Or is that just a rumour?

And since 2/3 of American women are overweight, most women could do with eating less. The number of women considered underweight is far lower. In the low single digit percentage range.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


What a bunch of new age relativist tripe.

Because clearly the media has no effect on society!!1 :tass:

WHERE'S THE EPIDEMIC OF WOMEN DYING OF MALNUTRITION AND MEN DYING OF STEROIDS?

Must they die in order for it to be condemned? Can we not condemn it simply because it significantly infringes upon their quality of life?

The average American adult is 30+ lbs overweight.

If you ask me, we could do with a little more societal pressure to be in shape, not less.

Averages can mask great internal differences. Furthermore, because "the media" is not one monolithic entity, various different agendas are promoted for various different reasons. For instance, food advertising and various failures to properly frame "exercise" in American society competes with the interests of other sections of the media to play to sexual instincts and social pressures.

What we need to do is abolish all these messages and replace it with the message that being healthy should be the higher priority, wouldn't you agree?

[KrazyHorse]

My message to fat whiners is to stop stuffing your faces, stop *****ing about other people pointing out what a fatass you are and get on the ****ing treadmill.