Amy hates fat people.




No... Wait.

She pities them.

Yeah, that's the ticket!

Crid, sometimes you're kind of clever. But checking in just to slam our host is bad form. If you want to tease the girls, try it at a strip club.

Those women are HOT!

Those women are HOT!

Not.

Of course, that is subjective. But subjectivity matters: if enough women do not aspire to be, or are happy with, plus-sized, then mass media isn't going to cater to that demo.

No wonder the diabetes and pre-diabetes stats are so alarming. Should "fat acceptance" also be "diabetes acceptance"?

Assuming you don't have some hormonal or metabolic issue and aren't taking a drug that puts on weight, it is possible to not be fat by eating a diet that is not carb-filled.

Crid, sometimes you're kind of clever.

When?

I like his millennial impression.

I couldn't watch the entire commercial. It was gross. And I say that as somebody who looks gross himself.

"My body is made for consuming bacon instead of pancakes so I can stay out of Lane Bryant."

My laugh for the day. Thanks

> But checking in just to slam
> our host is bad form.

What's a guy gotta do to pick a fight nowadays? Are these girlymen that worried over their form? Because that would be kind of like a metaphor.

Besides, while you're right that it's no skin off my nose, Amy always posts these things with a description of her own healthy profile as an expression of good character, rather than good fortune, which strikes me as sorta rude.

I, for example, am stunningly handsome, reassuringly graceful, with a blessed visage to all I encounter. This causes people to count on me for too much. Better men, kinder, more thoughtful ones, get no love because they don't have my charming looks. I ask you, is that fair? Is that righteous? No. No it is not, but that's the way it is.

Go eat something, link from Szabo.

Saw a picture of a 70 year old woman body builder a few days ago. Lots of muscles, rail thin, and wrinkles and saggy skin over the top of all of it.

I can guarantee you that any 25 year old with a reasonably pretty face is miles more sexually attractive even if she is 50 pounds overweight than any 50 year old woman in great shape.

Crid brings up a good point. Thinness as a form of virtue signaling is unattractive and shallow.

"I, for example, am stunningly handsome, reassuringly graceful, with a blessed visage to all I encounter."

On the Internet, nobody knows you're really Dogbert.

@ Crid. See. Now that's more like it. Thank you.

Isab: I can guarantee you that any 25 year old with a reasonably pretty face is miles more sexually attractive even if she is 50 pounds overweight than any 50 year old woman in great shape.

To you, sure. For me, it would depend on how pretty the 50 year woman is (how pretty she is to me.) If she also had a "reasonably pretty face", I'd find her much more sexually attractive than a 25 year old who's 50 pounds overweight.

Thinness as a form of virtue signaling is unattractive and shallow.

I agree with you on that. However, the way a person's body looks can reflect the choices they make vis-a-vis diet and exercise. I can guarantee you that if I ate what I really wanted to eat every day, I'd weigh far more than I do, Every day, I make the choice to not eat foods -- particularly sweets -- that I'd love to eat. Is that virtuous? No. But it does require self-discipline, the willpower to not let myself indulge in everything that appeals to be because I know the negative effect it will end up having.

"I can guarantee you that any 25 year old with a reasonably pretty face is miles more sexually attractive even if she is 50 pounds overweight than any 50 year old woman in great shape."

Notice you said, "any"?

Nope!

And, contrary to popular opinion, that isn't an isolated case!

I agree with you on that. However, the way a person's body looks can reflect the choices they make vis-a-vis diet and exercise. I can guarantee you that if I ate what I really wanted to eat every day, I'd weigh far more than I do, Every day, I make the choice to not eat foods -- particularly sweets -- that I'd love to eat. Is that virtuous? No. But it does require self-discipline, the willpower to not let myself indulge in everything that appeals to be because I know the negative effect it will end up having.

Posted by: JD at March 13, 2016 12:48 PM

Correct, but polite, and kind people, don't crow about this.

And if there is a smug sense of superiority, regarding their superior will power, or superior genes, they leave it unsaid.

They have compassion for people who have different flaws than they have.

Amy has been pretty uncompromising is her distain for addicts, alcoholics and fat people, all the while gobbling down Adderal and swilling coffee because she really really really *needs* it to stay focused. Apparently in her case, will power just isn't enough,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3487076/Bodybuilding-grandmother-Janice-Lorraine-73-busting-age-stereotypes-bikini.html

Take a look at this picture Radwaste, and tell me you actually find this woman more attractive than the two hot 20 somethings in Amy's video link.

They are about the same for me Isab. Neither is desirable.

Isab - that still doesn't set aside your logical error. But thanks for trying.

"Crid brings up a good point. Thinness as a form of virtue signaling is unattractive and shallow. "

So is fatness, though. It wasn't that long ago that being pudgy was a mark of the upper classes. That pendulum swings back and forth. I think that any kind of claim of "Because I have this body type, I am inherently superior to you" can be dismissed out of hand.

I dropped 30 pounds last year. I didn't really do it because I cared what anyone else thought. I didn't even really do it for my wife; I think she likes it because she doesn't really say much about it. I did it because I want to be able to look in the mirror with some self-respect. And because heart disease runs in my dad's family, and I'm not anywhere near done living yet, so I need to make sure my body is going to hold up to my expectations. I was sickly for most of my youth, so being in good shape is kind of a treat.

I assume that for Amy it's basically the same idea; she does it so she can look in the mirror and say "There is the person I want to be". Ultimately, everyone has to decide how much health and physical fitness is worth to them. In doing so, you might or might not have to take into account the opinions of people close to you (particularly your spouse, who might find you unattractive if you change drastically), but the opinions of the larger world really don't matter much. Because, as we've seen here, everyone has a different opinion of what a human body should look like, and it isn't possible to be attractive to everyone.

ADHD is controllable by will power, Isab?

Isab: Take a look at this picture Radwaste, and tell me you actually find this woman more attractive than the two hot 20 somethings in Amy's video link.

I'm not RW but I'll play. I sure don't find her more attractive. But, while I applaud that 73 year old lady for her effort to be in good shape, I found her look to be ghastly. I'd much rather have a nude romp with the women in the video.

But that's if I had to choose between the video women and that ghastly-looking woman (I think I may have nightmares for the next week...thanks!)

The last woman I had really great sex (actually, probably the best I ever had) with was almost 50 at the time. Her family background is Italian, she had beautiful olive skin and intensely beautiful brown eyes, was in great shape, and I thought she was more attractive and sexy than most women half her age.