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Is being called "skinny" as bad as being called "fat?"

Is calling someone "skinny" as bad as calling someone "fat?"

  • Yes, it's just as rude.

    Votes: 17 23.0%

  • No, being skinny is good! Skinny like a heroin model!

    Votes: 34 45.9%

  • One should suggest all fat people eat carrots.

    Votes: 10 13.5%

  • One should tell skinny people they look like carrots.

    Votes: 13 17.6%
  • Total voters
    74
#23
It's defintely rude, i used to get it all the time, and sometimes still do.

Gosh your skinny. yeah i know, isn't it great :)

something similar to this is people try and make fun of me cause i look young,

but the beauty is i'm glad to be skinny and young looking. 29 and looking 20 IS A GREAT THING :)
 
#26
Fat is a word that can only hurt a person if that person allows him or herself to be captive to society's notion of what is acceptable. I am fat and have been fat most of my life. I would like to look different, but I know that losing weight and staying slim is difficult at a level that thin people honestly cannot understand, and I am more worried about being content with myself than trying to please others.

Although it is not quite the same thing, I am old enough to remember when calling an African American "black" was a sure way to get your nose broken. Simply saying, "Yeah, I am Black," took a lot of weight off a lot of folks shoulders.:)
 
#28
Dr. Cheese said:
Fat is a word that can only hurt a person if that person allows him or herself to be captive to society's notion of what is acceptable. I am fat and have been fat most of my life. I would like to look different, but I know that losing weight and staying slim is difficult at a level that thin people honestly cannot understand, and I am more worried about being content with myself than trying to please others.

Although it is not quite the same thing, I am old enough to remember when calling an African American "black" was a sure way to get your nose broken. Simply saying, "Yeah, I am Black," took a lot of weight off a lot of folks shoulders.:)
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I think it's just as hard for a heavy person to find clothes as it is for a "skinny" person. When you're fat, you want to look slimmer in the right places. But when you're slim, you want to have curves in the right places. When I've gone shopping with my heavier friends, they are surprised that not ALL the clothes are made for skinny people! And that there are a lot of things that I don't wear because they don't look good on me.

Plus, some of my skinny guy friends have a lot of trouble bulking up--even when working out. And I've weighed the same since high school no matter how many Twinkies I eat. I would LIKE some junk in the trunk! But I'm not complaining. Just pointing out that the other side of the fence isn't greener.

I agree, it's best to live one's life being content with oneself rather than to worry about what others think.
 
#30
It's only as rude as you want it to be, really.

Perfect examples are me and the guitarist in one of my bands. I'm 6'1" and 275lbs., he's 6'3" and 120lbs. tops. I call him a lanky assed scarecrow and he calls me the Staypufft Marshmallow Man, and we're both comfortable with that. We know what we are, and both of us just consider it a factual statement when someone calls me fat or him skinny.
 
#33
disenchant said:
Just pointing out that the other side of the fence isn't greener.
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Thats what I think alot of people don't realize. I'm tall and light, people have told me that I'm lucky. I can't stand upright in the aisles of most airplanes. I have to be carefull on stairs in lots of houses, I've hit my head far too many times. I CAN NOT find pants that fit, stores just don't sell them. Shirts are sometimes even worse than pants, either they are too short, to small in the shoulders, or hang off of me like a garbage bag. When cars are over crowded, I get bitch seat because I'll fit. Most people who aren't in my situation just don't understand that it isn't all it's cracked up to be.
 
#35
disenchant said:
I think hot people aren't skinny OR fat. Usually hot models have curves, and hot male models have muscles. They aren't "skinny." And a skinny person can also get all sorts of jokes their way, such as anorexic or bulimic sack of bones.

I make fun of everyone, I don't discriminate.
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I don't think you've been keeping up with female models. Male models are often a bit muscular, but female models DO NOT have curves. They seem to be frowned upon, female models have the figure of a 12 year old boy... and if that does it for some guys... :eek: Not my bag.

Also, muscular guys seem to be going out of fashion: With emo promoting anorexic sized men. The thinner is the winner these days.

If someone says, "You're so skinny" it's a compliment, if they follow with "eat some cake" they're jealous.
 
#38
I agree. "Skinny" can be just as offensive as fat.

I believe that most people have good intentions when the call someone skinny. If someone is trying to be rude, then they'll probably have a disgusted tone to their voice when they say it.

How do you feel about the term "slender"?

Joe
 

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