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The Uneasy Truth About Traveling While Fat
Thrillist.com ^ | 9/15/23 | Cheyenne Davis

Posted on 09/19/2023 9:48:31 AM PDT by JonPreston

In 2019, on a trip to the Bahamas with my mom and sister, my flight turned into an uncomfortable ordeal. My seat belt wasn’t long enough to fasten, and a fellow passenger's visceral reaction added to my discomfort. I repeatedly asked the flight attendant for a seat belt extender and was ignored until takeoff, leaving me feeling disregarded and disrespected.

And this wasn’t the first time I’ve dealt with this particular kind of travel stress. I went to Paris in 2014, and found the city cramped and unwelcoming. Narrow staircases, tiny chairs, and compact showers were just the beginning. Throughout my time there, I endured constant staring, rude comments, and fetishistic remarks about my body. But these types of roadblocks aren’t limited to Paris or my flight to Nassau—Society has an anti-fat bias, and you can encounter it anywhere.

Living in a world fueled by fatphobia creates unnecessary barriers, from limited clothing options to discrimination in medical care, employment, and relationships. According to the NIH, more than two in five adults live in a large body. And yet despite this fact, we continue to face daily challenges—including in travel, where inequities like the ones outlined below so often deny us access to the same life-changing experiences available to others.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cake; cheyennedavis; eat; fat; icanteven; nosympathy; pig; selfmadevictim
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To: JonPreston

There is overweight then there is FAT. If the govt is regulating our lives, why not regulate what people over a certain weight can purchase to eat. Just like they should be recriminalizing drug possession, usage and living without means of support. Build housing, put them all in there with the mentally ill, and lock them up until they are will. Lose weight, quit drugs and drink, support yourself and LOSE WEIGHT.


101 posted on 09/19/2023 11:36:46 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: mewzilla
Note to the obese: I have a 34” inseam. I’m not responsible for that in any way. Where’s my pity party, eh?

I worked at First Virtual Holdings, Inc for a couple years. We had some well respected staff including Nathanial Borenstein (creator of the MIME standards) and Marshall Rose (creator of SNMP protocol). Marshall is pretty tall. He walked into my office and was more than annoyed at gazing down into my 6 ft tall halogen lamp. When we traveled, Marshall always sought exit row (emergency door) seating to accommodate his very long legs.

I have the opposite case. 5 ft 11 in with 30" inseam, 32" waist, 156 lbs (as low as 146 lb when I watch my diet carefully). I recently converted my Suzuki DR650 to 17 inch supermoto wheels. That lowered the seat height nicely and put street tires (GPR100) on the bike. A better fit for the way I use the bike.

102 posted on 09/19/2023 11:37:18 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: glorgau

> Needs to travel by bicycle

And making the rockin’ world go ‘round?


103 posted on 09/19/2023 11:41:55 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Everything I need to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11.)
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To: Rich21IE
I have no more patience with the morbidly obese than I do with the denizens of thug culture.

Yuge +1

104 posted on 09/19/2023 11:44:45 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: JonPreston

That second photo: my God, that’s tragic! A whole pod has beached themselves! Where are the Greenpeace volunteers? We need to roll them bacK into the water while there’s still time!


105 posted on 09/19/2023 11:45:43 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Everything I need to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11.)
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To: Delta 21

A nifty little gun. I got one for my 16th birthday because i was a huge james bond fan and he had (and used) a 25 calibre Beretta as his carry piece. Haven’t shot it in years and now the ammo is hard to finnd and costs as much as 7.62 NATO. Gonna go look for some tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder!

Funny post by the way.


106 posted on 09/19/2023 11:50:08 AM PDT by Afterguard
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To: ronniesgal

I remember the fattest person in my HS was name Bubba. He was about 6’1” 330. He could do pullups though, 19 in a challenge from the coach. I could do 26 before I got bored, and could climb the rope without hands. I weighed about 130, he could do pullups with me and a full gym bag hanging on. He was fat, but he was a force. He dropped the weight into the 260 range by graduation. The point is, he was smaller than the Heifers in the pictures.


107 posted on 09/19/2023 11:51:46 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: JonPreston

And the fatsos cannot be seated in the emergency exit rows for the obvious reasons-THEY WON’T FIT THRU THE EXIT DOOR!


108 posted on 09/19/2023 11:53:17 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Glad2bnuts

yes and i will bet Bubba wouldn’t be out.in.public. in a skimpy bathing suit. what is wrong with people? that is visual assault.


109 posted on 09/19/2023 11:55:51 AM PDT by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
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To: Myrddin

I call them “spillovers.” Disrespect intended.


110 posted on 09/19/2023 12:10:24 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: JonPreston

My first boss at Nike, of all places, was a 500lb woman. She was nice but she could barely waddle to the bathroom. I’d go into her cube and there were lots of candy bars and empty wrappers - and she was diabetic. She finally left - fell down one time too many.

Yesterday I learned she that after years on dialysis she is near death from kidney and heart problems, not eating, and no longer fat. Doctors say there is nothing more they can do for her.

Fancy that - no longer eating and no longer fat. Too bad she waited so long.


111 posted on 09/19/2023 12:10:32 PM PDT by Aria
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To: JonPreston

She needs to go to planet Mountain Dew, and all her dreams will come true.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iCR1OmL-8Ys&pp=ygUTcGxhbmV0IG1vdW50YWluIGRldw%3D%3D


112 posted on 09/19/2023 12:11:17 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: bigbob
I’m old enough to remember when everyone wasn’t fat. In fact, when fat people were pretty scarce.

My sisters and a few relatives visited Japan a few years back. They're all very fat. All the Japanese they encountered made rude comments about "the fat Americans". The Japanese were all slim and fit. Fat people are scarce in Japan.

113 posted on 09/19/2023 12:14:15 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Macoozie

Sitting, on an airplane or other public transportation, next to someone of this size would be like sitting next to a cigarette smoker.
That is, I didn’t create or cause their problems BUT I am certainly affected by their overweight body.


114 posted on 09/19/2023 12:15:44 PM PDT by Tahoe3002 (Yes, indeed!)
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To: Myrddin

I solved my airline-related problem this way: I just refuse to fly.


115 posted on 09/19/2023 12:22:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: ronniesgal

No, he wore button up shirts, and slacks in HS. He was a negro as we called them then. His brother was same heighth and weighed about 200. He played QB and middle LB in HS. Went to College and got an engineering degree. Good people, as were nearly all “minorities” in that Boomer generation.


116 posted on 09/19/2023 12:24:34 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: JonPreston

If you are that fat, you are dreadfully unhealthy. Don’t look at the travel experience, carriers and other people as the problem. YOU are the problem. Fix yourself, for your own sake if for no one else’s.


117 posted on 09/19/2023 12:28:52 PM PDT by Flying Circus
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To: JonPreston
It's not all doom and gloom. There's always a silver lining.


118 posted on 09/19/2023 12:32:24 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Glad2bnuts
There is overweight then there is FAT. If the govt is regulating our lives, why not regulate what people over a certain weight can purchase to eat.

I don't want the Gov involved, I want them to get out of the way. But I have no problem denying health insurance, life insurance, discriminating employment, denying transportation (unless they purchase suitable space). Maybe at some point, people will adapt their lifestyle to conform, and enjoy the health and social benefits they deny themselves.

119 posted on 09/19/2023 12:37:49 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: Mr Rogers
What a horrible feeling: Realizing the world doesn’t revolve around you!

A few more pounds on some of these land whales and it just might.

120 posted on 09/19/2023 12:42:58 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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