I'm a big girl and even if I starved myself I would still be a big skinny girl.
I could never get any smaller than a size 16 without really being very ill so why should I have to pay extra for clothes because of the way I was born.
( girlinthehole, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 12:35, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

No, I do agree with you.
Just saying I could see why someone might argue differently.
I know full well I could easily diet down to a 12, and I probably should - I guess that could be seen as a 'choice'.
But the amount of money involved in making clothes bigger is negligible, so I don't see why they should charge more.
( thealternativefact, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 12:38, Reply)

Big cars should be the same price as small ones?
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:06, Reply)

and I have the opposite problem,
my boobs are big, but my sternum protrudes a bit - so I actually end up paying a fuckload more for my bras then most women I know because most bras in my size cut into my sternum and hurt - a lot. And this means the bras I want to buy, the prettier, nicer ones which actually cost less, are out of my reach - and I end up having to buy the ugly bras with the nanna straps and pay twice as much.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 20 Jun 2009, 12:39, Reply)

well
People who are a size 28 and weigh a million stone... That in some way or another will probably be their/their parents fault. No-one is born morbidly obese its a lifestyle choice to follow your 8 pizzas and 3 KFC mega buckets with 6 bars of chocolate and a gallon of ice cream.

I, however, was born with large bresticles so I should not be punished with excessive prices for how nature wanted me to look.

But Ive got a size 18-20 friend and I dont really see her as bigger than most. Maybe its body shape. I dont know... Oh I appear to be rambling.
(i should have joined myspace, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 12:44, Reply)

I have big feet and my shoes cost a bit more sometimes and I have to pay more for socks... I didn't ask for big feet but I don't expect anyone but me to pay for their accommodation.

If you want to take the argument back to its most basic level, I didn't ask to be born, so why should I pay for my own food?
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 12:53, Reply)

Now thats just silly.
that is beyond a reasonable argument
(i should have joined myspace, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 12:59, Reply)

It is until you think about it :)
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:04, Reply)

Well not really
but I suppose if you dont eat you will die so your argument will come full circle.

And you dont technically have to pay to eat. Go at it Ray Mears style if you're going to be picky...
(i should have joined myspace, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:10, Reply)

You don't have to wear a bra
...
( Captain V, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:13, Reply)

and then suffer back problems and droopy boobs long before their time

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:15, Reply)

Yes... but at that level you don't have to wear a bra (etc) either.

Fact is, saying by nature I am bigger than someone else and therefore require more fuel/clothing etc is unlikely to qualify me for a subsidy in any current society. Do you think we should discount clothing for dwarves?
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:17, Reply)

They could probably get away with kids clothes.
Even I can fit into them. AND they're cheaper than adults clothes... hmmm
(i should have joined myspace, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:19, Reply)

No, they should be shot at birth instead

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:20, Reply)

These are rational and sensible responses and should be added to the bible.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 13:21, Reply)