Last night my son told me that the average weight of American women has just reached the average weight of American men in the 1960’s (160#). He stated that the current “body acceptance “ trend is killing women as obesity is very unhealthy.
The reaction to what was supposed to be a humorous piece just proves that people have no sense of humor anymore.
We have achieved something never that has never happened before in all of recorded history: our poorest are the most likely to be obese. It’s like something out of Swift.
Freegards
I liked the article.
“I tried. The arm rest. Tried to get it down. He looked at me, kind of grimaced. And when a 300-plus guy has you effectively pinned in and you can’t even run for it, when they grimace at you, your first thought is: “Oh, man. He looks hungry.”
Been there, done that! When I pay for a seat, I expect to be able to use it. I don’t expect to share it with someone who needs at least 1.5 seats for his belly. I’ll cheerfully make full allowance for anyone who has problems that prevent modest exercise. But otherwise: I buy enough seat for me. Not enough for me and someone else who hasn’t paid to share mine.
If the guy next to me wants 1/2 of my seat, he can at least offer me 1/2 the price of my ticket. I’ll give him my package of peanuts (do they still offer those) as a bonus.
That isn’t “fat shaming”. Just property rights!
That reminds me, is there a link to the offending article?
Would love to read it. A keeper!