From my observations, the world seems to be dividing up pretty in the way folks are judged. The overweight guy sitting in front of the big screen TV eating junk food versus the normal weight, active reader, etc.
These are stereotypes based on appearance, but I’ve seen it influence careers.
Wow talk about flinging yourself off into left field. How did we get from reading is a luxury to fat asses don’t read?! And as for fat asses don’t read get yourself to a convention, there’s plenty (must resist urge to say “tons”) of overweight readers, it’s a sedentary activity that lends itself to gaining weight, unless we fight the urge. During my weight gaining phase I was much more of a junk food junky while reading than watching TV, a bag of Doritos and a book was my favorite Saturday afternoon.