Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Dear Abby shows her fat-phobia - again.

Dear Abby has done it again. A lady wrote in to share how she and her husband keep from screaming at each other when they have an argument - they go to the refrigerator and split a candy bar (they keep a supply there just for that). They both like chocolate, and by the time they have finished sharing the candy bar, they can speak rationally and calmly to each other. Sounds pretty sensible to me. Half of one candy bar isn't much, doesn't take that long to eat, but gives them something to do together that they like and gives them time to cool down and become rational again.
What does Abby have to say?
Ingenious. The two of you have discovered yet another reason why chocolate is good for the heart. I hope as time goes by you'll sustain a high level of compatibility because otherwise you're going to weigh a ton.

This is wrong on so many levels. Abby, you're assuming that people get fat from eating an occasional candy bar. You're assuming that this couple is going to be arguing several times a day, every day of the week, every week of the month, every month of the year, every year of their lives and eating candy bars every time they have an argument and that's going to make them fat. Fuck you, Abby, and your fat-phobic ASSumptions. Educate yourself about being fat, what really causes it - and it's not always eating tons of candy/"junk" food and sitting on one's ass all day long - and until then, STFU. You don't know what you're talking about, you have no empathy for fat people and what their lives entail, what they have to deal with on a daily basis from fat-phobic asshats like you, and you don't really care. If you cared, you'd take the time to educate yourself and you'd have more compassion for fat people. I really don't see that happening.

2 comments:

  1. I suppose that this is somewhat immature, but, "Dear Abby" is a silly twat. What psychology degree does she hold again? Oh yeah...none! She inherited the column when her mother died.

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  2. Funny how one minute, fat people are eating TWO WHOLE CAKES or just need to turn down "that third piece of pie", and the next, half a candy bar, presumably less than once a day, is enough to make you weigh a ton.

    Maybe it's sort of like how the frequency of sex you [general you] are having is normal, whether that frequency is once a month or twice a day, and anything significantly more than that is crazy--fat people always eat a little more than whoever's speaking at the time.

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