http://www.newsnet5.com/irresistible/4882438/detail.html


Seriously..

First they file lawsuits because McDonalds makes them fat, now they complain when a medical professional tells them to lose weight..


This country would SO go down the drain if it weren't so fat.

HAHAH!!!!! That is all.

The McDonalds lawsuit thing (the OTHER "hot coffee") is an urban legend/gross misrepresentation of the truth, gleefully prolonged by those who would see "tort reform" so that they can more accurately determine how much settlements will cost them if they decide to coldbloodedly make a product without a critical safety feature so that profit can be slightly increased (i.e., the Ford Pinto).

As to the current case, I couldn't tell you, but I'm extremely leery of all these "hohoho! Look at all these ridiculous lawsuits!" statements flying around.

in the past couple of years or so i am quickly losing my patience with fat people.
"it's genetic.", "i can't help it.", "i'm big boned."
whatever. overweaight people are 3 times more likely to have joint replacements due solely to their weight. they are also just as likely to have heart and respiratory disease as smokers. especially if they live in urban areas where pollution causes more lung cancer than 2 packs a day.
fat people are a drain on the canadian health care system. at least us smokers make up for it by paying extra taxes by purchasing our killer.

I shall kill her till she DIES!

if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

Genius.

Better hurry, her heart may beat you to it.

[QUOTE=Darth Evad]in the past couple of years or so i am quickly losing my patience with fat people.
"it's genetic.", "i can't help it.", "i'm big boned."
whatever. overweaight people are 3 times more likely to have joint replacements due solely to their weight. they are also just as likely to have heart and respiratory disease as smokers. especially if they live in urban areas where pollution causes more lung cancer than 2 packs a day.
fat people are a drain on the canadian health care system. at least us smokers make up for it by paying extra taxes by purchasing our killer.[/QUOTE]


What about me? I admit being a fatty fat fat, and I honestly don't care. It's my health, and I don't give a damn about what other people think about me. *shrug*

But I agree with you on the health care thing (except I haven't exactly been to the hospital or doctor's strictly because of my weight, I'm not as bad as people would think.). Here in peterborough the waits to get in, even with high priority (Ohmygod my arm is missiing) it still takes 3 hours or so.

So what if we don't have to pay for health care, we get really crappy service. *sigh*

"Doctor, I'm here for my check-up."

"Okay. Step on the scale."

*crunch, snap*

"...you need to lose weight."

My doctor used to tell me all the time I'm obese. But I stopped going to him (not because he told me I'm fat, but because he refused to see me in an emergency situation five minutes after his hours were over. What a [word not caught by forum censors].) I didn't sue him. I simply said, "Yeah, you're right."

What a *****. Doctors are the last people we want pulling any soft PC bull**** with people. Anyway, I think some people forget something very important a lot of the times: we have certain protections against the government and people. One of those things is not protection from being offended. People need to get the **** over themselves and live their life. I'm beginning to slowly believe that many of the people in this country take everything for advantage and don't deserve to be here.

If you can't tell, I am a bit angery. :p

I used to be obese once. Until a few years ago, actually. Let me tell you this: I love being how I am now. When I was obese, I felt tired all the time, my self esteem was low, people talk to you differently (more rude), people obviously don't try to look at you, and all you did was gain more weight.

When I went to the gym (And I'm about to leave again for now, actually) I noticed that people smiled more, looked at you more, I felt great, and I lost weight really fast.

So I don't hate fat people. It's their health issues, not mine. And I didn't blame anybody when I was, I just started going to the gym out of nowhere.

The problem is, people love food and their willpower is low. And then because they feel so bad that their fat and don't want to go on a diet and exercise, they start blameing things to justify why they are obese.

[Futureposted]

Where oh where is Argath when we need him? Guys, there's always another side of the story. Personally, I'm going to reserve judgement until I, you know, understand what happened, as this article is an uninformative piece of tripe. The article briefly mentions Dr. Bennett insinuating his patients' love lives as poor, which is over the line, in my opinion.

I think he merely stated the truth, which is that they are fat (or 'obese', if you will), which he also said would have an effect on thier health and/or love lives. I don't think he said thier love lives were poor at all, just saying thier health could affect it in a bad way.

[EDIT: Stat the amazing future poster!]

Remember, the article doesn't actually tell us what he said to this woman.

I wish there was a quote or something from the patient.

This sounds more down your alley.

I can't stand how fat people blame the places they eat out at for being the way they are.

If you don't like being fat... Here's a simple solution that even a monkey-child could figure out..

STOP EATING. WORK OUT.

Not everyone who is overweight got that way because of only eating too much.

Yes...there are other variables. Such as unwillingness to work out, stress, lazyness, and other bad health choices.

You forgot genetic predisposition.

And certain medications too.

You're making an assumption too. If he was coming from a medical point of view, he was implying that an obese person will not be able to perform as well when it comes to sexual activity, which is going to be true. I really doubt it was a " hahha, you're fat and can't get any" kind of thing.

my frustration with it all is, obesity is quickly overtaking smoking as the number one PREVENTABLE disease in the US and canada.

It is. A lot of it is bad habits that kids learn form their parents. Change those habits (healthy diet, regular exercise, etc) and things would be a lot better.

<3 my anti-fattie genes

That station has some messed up stuff in it's area. 65 girls at the local high school pregnant?

People like that give Americans a bad name.

Seriously, we're not ALL obese and stupid.

Ok yeah, there might be other factors that lead to obesity. But, I've seen far too many 300 lb people walk into fast food joints and come out with BOTH hands filled.

Aye. I've seen guys who are so fat that they have to cart themselves around on those little carts that are made for the elderly. It's like...wtf? Stop spending $20/meal and put some of that towards a personal trainer.

[QUOTE=Kieran Horn]You forgot genetic predisposition.[/QUOTE]

You may be right. It is still disputed among scientist today weather or not this is correct. So don't state it for a fact...yet.

[QUOTE=Kieran Horn]You forgot genetic predisposition.[/QUOTE]

Assuming that it's even true, it's only a predisposition - they can still be healthy people.

Fat people suck. I'll leave it at that.

Actually, they eat. Sex-fiends suck.

What the hell?

Everyone, I mean EVERYONE can change their health for the better. It take commitment, and inner stength. End of discussion. People that can't find the inner strength to get their health on track deserve to die, and they deserve to die without being allowed to complain about it.

You buttered your bread with extra fat butter, now choke on it fattie.

Quit being a cynical jackass. Fat people don't deserve to die, they just need a nice kick in the *** to get them headed on the right track.

*refers to Irony post in Kirby's thread*

I think fat people deserve to die. But I'm a mean little ******* too. Okay, so maybe I don't, but I can see where Rob's coming from to a point.

I saw two people like that today at Wal-Mart. Though honestly I don't know if there was something wrong with them not fat-related but they both weighed probably 400 pounds each. They looked like blobs on the scooters.

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It's pathetic when people have to make all fat people out to be the scum of the universe though, not all fat people are like that and very few want to be fat.

I know there are alot of fat people who are idiots (michael moore comes to mind) but the generalization crap goes way too far.

And yes, some fat is caused by genetics. I've been fat all my life, granted not the skin-covering-joints fat, but I've always had quite a bit of fat even though as a kid I did ALOT of physical activity (baseball and riding my bike, especially uphill) and I had alot of phases where I hardly ate anything.

So what the hell is someone like me supposed to do so I don't fall victim to crap like "fat people suck?" Try dealing with something like that your whole ****ing life.

Not eating ISN'T how you lose weight. If you aren't eating, your metabolism ISN'T RUNNING, because it has nothing to freaking run on. If your metabolism isn't running, you aren't burning calories.

Alot of people assume that cutting down on the amount of meals you eat a day is going to help you lose weight. Especially a drastic cut. That doesn't work. That just scares the crap out of your body and makes it store more fat. You can't just swing diet, thats idiotic. You have to take baby steps. The freaking problem is that everyone wants a quick solution, and that isn't realistic. Losing weight quickly only means you're going to put it back on twice as fast, because you're causing your body to have a serious WTF moment.

And you can't just start and then stop. Eating healthy, maintaining a healthy weight, and staying active are ALL LIFESTYLE CHANGES. NOT SOMETHING FOR WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT. NOT AN OCASSIONAL THING. AN ALL THE TIME THING.

I had to do it, and yeah for a time, I had a serious problem. Most people call that problem anorexia, I call it stupidity on my part. And it was, and it still is because it's an uphill battle. So get used to it, because thats how all of your life should, is, and probably will be.

Rob's got it right with it being a life style thing. Diet, as people understand it these days, is completely misunderstood. Today, diet implies losing weight quickly. It really is about making a lifestyle change, replacing the bad habits with good ones.