• quips@slrpnk.net
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    18 hours ago

    Please do not disparage those of us with obesity by comparing us to these fucks

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      18 hours ago

      As a medically morbidly obese guy, I have absolutely zero issues with invoking obesity as an apt technical description of the unhealthy and damaging consequences resultant of the tolerance of their existence.

      Those who qualify to be diagnosed as medically obese typically don’t have a readily available remedy for their condition, but the financially obese can legitimately be held solely responsible for their rehabilitation.

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        17 hours ago

        Okay, you don’t speak for all of us. People like me really don’t like it, and think it contributes harm.

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          14 hours ago

          You don’t speak for all of us either, I was obese, I have since managed to (thanks to the wonders of being poor and having a physical job) lose a lot of the weight.

          I was not offended by someone calling what was once commonly known as a “Fat cat” (a rich person) financially obese, because it’s accurate and easily conveys the meaning and message, that these billionaires actively choose to keep hoarding money despite knowing that they couldn’t spend it in their lifetimes without buying countries (or islands ahem North Fox Island / LSJ)

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          16 hours ago

          My original post never even referred to you, unless you’re also morbidly wealthy.

          Manufacturing imaginary attacks similarly manifests harms to legitimate discourse.

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          15 hours ago

          you are confusing unhealthy obesity of people, with financial obesity/bloat. they arnt even describing people at all. stop trying the “body positivity hting”