Some people have to take prescription drugs that make them hideously fat
Like my mate Paul. He was rake-thin until they started him on the drugs, but now he's one of those people you really don't want to be stuck next to on the plane.

However he's deeply embarrassed by his weight, and doesn't need the additional indignity of being charged twice for something he can't help. For him, it's fatness vs extreme illness.

This is an extreme example, but people here are talking like people choose to be fat. No-one does. Metabolism does come into it, so do a variety of health conditions and associated treatments. It's not just a case of having less self-will than others. If you're hungry, you eat. That's the same for everyone; unfortunately some people get hungrier than others, some put on weight easier, some find it much more difficult to exercise and some earn a living in a job where they are required to sit down 8 hours a day.

One of my pet hates: internet users anonymously taunting fat people. It's a step above writing "lolgay" below a youtube video.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 12:21, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

yes but
I'm not exactly sylphlike myself - there but for the grace of god and all that stuff - we are not on here to be nice after all........
(Purpledoris I've got afeckin' job, Thu 21 Jan 2010, 18:28, Reply)

Really?
I'm a bird and I don't demand that someone else pays for my fucking tampons. It's part of being a girl. I didn't choose to be a girl, your mate didnt choose to be fat. But there are consequences for each situation. MTFU and deal with it.
(Holy Gabrielle is Holy, Fri 22 Jan 2010, 5:06, Reply)