I watched Supersize vs Superskinny last week, does that count?
There was an American woman on there who was 50-odd stone. Her son (also a chubster) was a full-time carer for her cos she couldn't get up on her own. Her wheelchair (with her in it) broke the bus' dismount lift, and while they were fixing it and getting her chair out she was exhorting them to hurry "because I can't stand up for too long". And throughout she was banging on about how much she hated herself for making her own life so difficult, for ruining her son's teenage years, for not being able to do so much that most people (not Merkins, obv) take for granted.

Can anyone else see the flaw in this argument?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:28, 6 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

yeah it's called put down the fucking burgers and chips.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:29, Reply)

...and use your now-free fingers to pick up vibrator and lube
It's all exercise innit
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:33, Reply)

tched s on
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:30, Reply)

Haha, good one
How's the moustache GARY NEVILLE
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:34, Reply)

Oof, you cheeky motherfucker.
And it's non-existent currently.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:35, Reply)

currently
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:36, Reply)

True.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:36, Reply)

Shame
I thought it was sexy
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:41, Reply)

I can't watch those
I end up screaming at the TV "IT'S SIMPLE - STOP BRINGING HER THE FUCKING PIZZA"!!!!
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:30, Reply)

She needs to go to KFC

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:30, Reply)

I'll help her get there.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:31, Reply)

You are the product of a one-night stand between Geoff Capes and She-Hulk AICMFP

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:34, Reply)

That programme fucking disgusts me.
It should just be an hour of Dr. Whatever-he's-called shouting "JUST PUT DOWN THE FUCKING FORK YOU FAT CUNT!" at the fat one.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:31, Reply)

Matter of time, DiT
Matter of time
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:35, Reply)

imagine being an alcoholic and beating the addiction
imagine then that you have to have a few drinks everyday to stay alive, but must not get addicted again.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:35, Reply)

Easy there, chubster, you'll have a heart attack.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Ok just because only Micronesia are fatter than me...
But I thought it was a good point to some degree. it was made by a chap who had won world slimmer of the year, twice and put the weight back on again twice.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:39, Reply)

Actually, if I dally with being reasonable for a second:
It *is* a good point.

And now, back to being prejudiced:

Perhaps if these elephantine cunts could exercise some self-control and just have one portion of fish and chips in a sitting they might not get fat. And then they would be able to see their genitals. And then they wouldn't have to go on the television and display their (admittedly impressive by sheer numbers) girth.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:42, Reply)

I actually agree with Apey, there's no getting around the fact that food is necessary and the best stuff has the most calories
Nonetheless, as Ricky Gervais put it (and he should know), no-one ever got fat behind their own back. Who the fuck looks at the scales when they read 17 stone and thinks "Ah well, cake"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)

i saw one about some woman who weighed about 800lbs
and she was saying that, once you get past about 300lbs - which in itself is staggering - it doesn't really make any difference any more. i guess if you weigh 800lbs, getting "down" to 750lbs isn't going to look or feel any different.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:51, Reply)

That made me so mad I think I cracked a tooth.
If I ever tipped the scale at 300lbs I think I might think to myself "Oooh, I'm a bit of a tubster, I think I'd better lose some weight" not "Oh well, I'll just have another cake, another 500lbs won't hurt me."

Jesus, I have a panic attack of I go above 154lbs.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:55, Reply)

Er... how tall are you?!
11 stone is nowt for a bloke. Unless you're Battered.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:57, Reply)

5' 7" (AND A HALF, THANK YOU)
I like to be around 147-150 lbs. This is mainly because I don't ever, ever want to be a fatty (again).

I should stress that I don't have any kind of eating disorder.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:00, Reply)

Ah OK
I'll be fucking amazed if I ever hit 11 stone but I'm 5'11". And I like food.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:04, Reply)

Are you a new contender for Tiniest Man On Off Topic?
Watch out, Battered may punch you.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:12, Reply)

I suppose I could be.
Depends on Battered, I suppose...

No-one will ever be tinier than Captain V, that's for sure.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:15, Reply)

I'm seriously starting to consider running and stuff
because I'm getting uncomfortably large. I'm not fat by any stretch, but I have let myself go a bit. How anyone can look at themselves and think "Yeah, I've got room for another couple of cheesecakes in there", I really don't know.
( Kroney, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:57, Reply)

it is sickening
but anyone who gets to that stage must have either psychological or mental health problems. eg the world's fattest teen, that 850lb behemoth, had been fed to death by his mother, who had been fucked up by losing her first child when he was a baby. the whole family were fucked!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:58, Reply)

Dammit, woman, will you STOP being rational?!

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:01, Reply)

it doesn't happen often
make the most of it
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:02, Reply)

Overfeeding an infant to that extent is basically child abuse
If you broke your kid's legs in some kind of extreme version of Munchausen's by proxy they'd put you away, but bones mend and they'd be out playing football within a year. That kid's got years of extreme dieting and physical therapy ahead of him.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:01, Reply)

yep
this kid can't get out of bed, has to shit into a bag which his mother puts under his 850lb ass, and she still brings him a burger a minute.

gross.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:02, Reply)

That woman was a fucking idiot
All the justification in the world won't change the fact that SHE GOT THAT FAT BECAUSE SHE WAS FUCKING STUPID AND LAZY. It's called morbid obesity for a reason, it's because you die of it. A few suggestions for her ilk;

- It DOES make a difference, the fatter you get the sooner you die
- Your quality of life is much worse for continuing to gain weight once you get past 300lbs instead of trying to lose it
- So is the quality of life of your family and anyone who cares about you
- How the FUCK can you get to 300lbs in the first place?!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:56, Reply)

these ones who can't leave the house and chow down on 20,000 calories a day
how do they afford all that food? HOW?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:58, Reply)

And who's bringing it to them?
Surely that qualifies as abuse?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:01, Reply)

see darth above...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:02, Reply)

Exactly!
This British woman on the show had a daily breakfast of just a fuckload of chocolate. And it's not like she was buying it in bulk from the supermarket, every day she went down the corner shop and spunked about £10 on chocs, laid them out on the bed and went to town. I couldn't afford to spend what she did every day on food, and she was a stay-at-home mum with 5 kids.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:03, Reply)

*imagines*

*laughs*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:38, Reply)

The difference is,
If you're really sticking away the booze you'll kill yourself, or get to a point where someone intervenes, in fairly short order. It takes fucking YEARS of seriously heavy eating to get to that level of fat, it's not like you wake up one morning wondering where the 70% body fat came from
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:39, Reply)

"Oh my God, Father Christmas is SUCH A CUNT"

( Kroney, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:41, Reply)

POTD
This will not be beaten today, mark my words. Proper guffaw here.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:43, Reply)

Same here.

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)

Sportscow's Dietary Advice Tips: No: #1
When you are unable to get to the fridge to eat more deep fried cake, this is a sign. YOU FAT FUCKING GUNT
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:42, Reply)

I had to stop watching that show
My sister would watch it and laugh (she's a size 6), and I'd watch it and think 'fuck I don't want food anymore.'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:22, Reply)