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Post by Vympel »

Blech. The human body is not supposed to be treated in that way. How something so unhealthy could be considered desireable, I have no idea.
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That's stupid..... :x
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Okay aside from notions of what is and isn't beautiful...force feeding people to get into threatening heart conditions along with other maladies is just sick.
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they need to develope a western life style. then they won´t any force feeding anymore and still become fat.
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[Freddie Mercury]
i was just a skinny lad,
never knew no good from bad,
but i knew love before i left my nursury!

left alone with big fat Fanny,
she was such a naughty nanny
hey big woman, you made a bad boy out of me!

ohhhh wont you take me home tonight
ohhhh down beside that red fire light!
ohhhh wont you let it all hang out
fat bottomed girl you make the rockin' world go 'round!
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but seriously though, that is pretty sad.
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The idea that beauty is entirely relative is somewhat perverse. While it's true that some cultures can promote a vastly different ideal of beauty than we do, it's also true that there are some objective standards one can apply to terms like "fit" and "healthy", which should be part of any healthy notion of aesthetics. And obese people do not fit them.
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Hey, this isn't so different from Europe a few centuries ago, back then, weren't fat women also considered beautiful?
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Xenophobe3691 wrote:Hey, this isn't so different from Europe a few centuries ago, back then, weren't fat women also considered beautiful?
Not fat as in morbidly obese. More of just well fed (simply because well, it meant you weren't in danger of starving).
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Xenophobe3691 wrote:Hey, this isn't so different from Europe a few centuries ago, back then, weren't fat women also considered beautiful?
Nono. Look at the classic Renaissance paintings of women. They liked them full-figured and rounded. Yes, heavier than the modern Western ideal of beauty, but nowhere near fat.
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Obviously too many glial cells inhabit the brains of these people and not enough synapses.
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So fat women are considered attractive there? It's like a country of Bill Clintons or something!
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for once i'd be in favor of having western ideals placed on another country. although, not too long ago iirc overweight men received a similar stature here in the US. if a man was rather heavy set that typically meaned he had alot of money and was seen as well off. rather than someone who was skinny. this of course didn't apply to women, but i'm amazed that the idea that being overweight is a status symbol is actually applied anywhere else in the world these days. . .
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Again, this is some weird shit. Not right at all. Perhaps that could be advised of some healthier ways to bulk up?
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:So fat women are considered attractive there? It's like a country of Bill Clintons or something!
But Bill Clinton used to hide them under the desk. :wink:
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Darth_Zod wrote:for once i'd be in favor of having western ideals placed on another country. although, not too long ago iirc overweight men received a similar stature here in the US. if a man was rather heavy set that typically meaned he had alot of money and was seen as well off. rather than someone who was skinny. this of course didn't apply to women, but i'm amazed that the idea that being overweight is a status symbol is actually applied anywhere else in the world these days. . .
There is also one african tribe that practice fattening up women.
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This isn't really confined to women, either: IIRC,some other tribes have (had)? a practice of fattening up men and then competing in something resembling sumo-wrestling matches.
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Bob McDob wrote:This isn't really confined to women, either: IIRC,some other tribes have (had)? a practice of fattening up men and then competing in something resembling sumo-wrestling matches.
Was that Japan? :P
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evilcat4000 wrote:There is also one african tribe that practice fattening up women.
Ah yes, before eating them right?
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Gandalf wrote:
Bob McDob wrote:This isn't really confined to women, either: IIRC,some other tribes have (had)? a practice of fattening up men and then competing in something resembling sumo-wrestling matches.
Was that Japan? :P
From my understanding, sumo wrestlers are supposed to be in good health, even if they are big.
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I've heard of some sumo wrestlers dying of heart attacks in the ring. Wouldn't surprise me if that were true.
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My approach to the subject is that being able to get fat is good because it shows that the country is well enough off that you can afford that luxury. However being fat is bad, reasonably plump is good (and on the right person very attractive) but obesity is BAD because it leads to health risks, and death.

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Gandalf wrote:Was that Japan? :P
I only know of one black sumo wrestler, and he's American :p
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Straha wrote:My approach to the subject is that being able to get fat is good because it shows that the country is well enough off that you can afford that luxury. However being fat is bad, reasonably plump is good (and on the right person very attractive) but obesity is BAD because it leads to health risks, and death.

My rambling two cents.
Is not being plump to any degree harmful ?
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evilcat4000 wrote:Is not being plump to any degree harmful ?
Better than being anoerexic :p Besides, I'm sure a lot of starving children in Africa would like very much to be plump right now.
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