<p>A question that needs to be asked.</p>
<p>I doubt that people would answer this question honestly.</p>
<p>Uhhhh. Kind of. </p>
<p>You'd have to be pretty darn fat for me to be repulsed. Usually it's the 700-pound obese people who can't get out of bed type. Overweight (as opposed to obese) people don't bother me at all. </p>
<p>Interesting question. Not sure what it has to do with high school though. LOL.</p>
<p>Maybe subconsciously, or if they're extremely obese. Other than that, not really, unless they do repulsive things.</p>
<p>Well, as you probably know, obesity, especially the childhood variant, has been called an epidemic by the Surgeon General. So it's safe to assume you have a fair amount of fat people at your high school. Personally, when somebody is clearly 250 pounds or more, I find myself wondering if they have any self-control whatsoever.</p>
<p>You obviously are very ignorant to the issue.</p>
<p>It's not a matter of self-control at all. When you're eating something, do you think, "Oh, I better not eat that, it might make me fat"? No.</p>
<p>Who CHOOSES to be obese, knowing the repercussions? No one. It's something that happens rapidly and that you rarely know you're on the path to until it happens. </p>
<p>Probably my biggest pet peeve is people who act like obesity is all about self control and they can just go out and change in a day.</p>
<p>Then how come when I go to Costco, I see a entire family of fat people getting a ridiculous amount of food? Eat normally, look normally.</p>
<p>sometimes......</p>
<p>Yes, because we all know generalizations ate 100% true 100% of the time.</p>
<p>Sounds to me like someone's insecure about their weight.</p>
<p>And, for that matter, is it possible NOT to get a ridiculous amount of something at Costco? That's why it's Costco, dude.</p>
<p>cross-posted with dntw8up</p>
<p>"Then how come when I go to Costco, I see a entire family of fat people getting a ridiculous amount of food?"</p>
<p>Even thin families who shop at Costco purchase large amount of food. That's the point of stores like Costco that sell in bulk. You would be foolish to make assumptions about people based on the quantity of food in their shopping cart. Some families have more family members at home than others. Some families shop at other groceries stores in addition to Costco. Some families have large freezers and/or pantries. Some families shop more often than others.</p>
<p>i saw this question on that lie detector show the other day lol</p>
<p>my gosh, why was this topic ever made.</p>
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It's not a matter of self-control at all. When you're eating something, do you think, "Oh, I better not eat that, it might make me fat"? No.
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Actually I do...
Not necessarily ''it might make me fat," but ''I don't want to gain weight and clog up my arteries with crap."</p>
<p>To be honest, when I see a person who can't get out of bed because they're so overweight (and their family brings them more food daily than I could eat in a week), I'm a bit repulsed.</p>
<p>Johnson-I suppose everyone thinks about it to some extent. But the point is, people swear like obese people get that way on purpose, when it's often something they have little to no control over. Who would choose to be that way?</p>
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Probably my biggest pet peeve is people who act like obesity is all about self control and they can just go out and change in a day.
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<p>Nobody claims that it can change in a day. But when I see somebody who can't wear a seatbelt because they're so large going to McDonalds and ordering 3 big Macs, yeah I'm a bit repulsed.</p>
<p>Other than that, no it doesn't bother me. As long as I'm not on an airplane and the person next to me can't fit into their own seat.</p>
<p>It is quite a simple matter to retain a healthy weight through balanced diet and exercise, so most often obesity and whatnot are caused by two factors, sloth and ignorance. The former is their own fault, and the latter stopped being excusable with the dawn of the Gutenberg press. Some genetic predeterminants may come in to play, but those are reasonably rare. It is also a rather easy habit to instill -- thinking about what one shoves into ones mouth, that is -- so if they lack any mental conditions they lack any justification for not reflecting upon their dieting choices. Imagine if I used the same "excuse" to justify not thinking about, say, whether or not I managed to complete my HW. "It's not like I actively think about whether or not my homeworks done..." Yeah, well tough luck.</p>
<p>Regarding the OP's question, the overweight don't exactly repulse me, but I don't find them particularly aesthetically pleasing either. This makes little difference with the male sex (I don't find healthy men all to appeasing either), but with the female it does a bit more. The morbidly obese I treat (aesthetically) as little more than curiosities, and their personalities repulse me if their condition was caused by volition, and not any independently external factors.</p>
<p>Edit: I'm sure that they do not want to be obese, and would instead have themselves be glamorous models or somesuch. They would, however, prefer the net some of that condition (being obese, eating crappy foods, not exercising) over being thin (and running and eating well); otherwise, they would be thin. They are simply unwilling to make the "sacrifices" (tastes seem acquired; I enjoy jogging and I find salads and whatnot to be superior to fastfood; ditto with beverages) necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Years ago, I had some minor acne problems, but I was simply unwilling to apply all the necessary creams and the like to cure them (gone now, and I'm in no way inconvenienced from it). Had I been asked then, I would have probably not "wanted" to have acne, but the cost analysis that I performed then valued the time lost over the slight facial blemish, so I had a bit of acne for a while. A similar scenario can be found in most cases of obesity.</p>
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<li>No, fat people do not "repulse" me.</li>
<li>This discussion is going to go downhill very quickly.</li>
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<p>Every modern American has been taught from their first television or magazine to be disgusted by white women who aren't Hollywood thin; it's written into us by the media. It's not fair, but we've all been brainwashed from the cradle onward, and nothing to be done about it. Have all the articles I've seen on Yahoo just in the last few months about genetics being PROVEN (not just speculated) to be just as large a component in weight issues as diet and exercise? No, and they won't; they can't. They're too late; as long as extreme thinness remains the ideal in the modern world, those with NORMAL weights (150 pounds for a full-grown 5' 6" woman is perfectly healthy, but for white women in the media, anything over a size 5 is overweight), let alone actual weight problems, will be mercilessly judged. Remember how the media lambasted Chelsea Clinton - a perfect example of how normal-looking women (not just in weight, but in non-Hollywood appearance) are not permissible in the public eye.</p>
<p>So buy that Atkins book and if that should fail, remember kiddies: anorexia is always an option.</p>
<p>Personally, sorta. But I don't feel repulsed by people I know...</p>
<p>I'll be very honest. Yes they do repulse me. I don't want to offend anyone, but that is my personal bias.</p>