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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
#41
Imagine what it's like being unusually tall or short. People always starting conversations with, "Hey you're pretty tall." Thank's for telling me. (like he just woke up one morning and was suddenly 6'10"). Or "Gosh you're really short." My brother is a grown man but is only about 5'2" and people say that to him all the time. "Wow, you're short" and then sometimes they act like he's 12 years old. He's got a technical college degree and is a martial arts instructor but I often see people who don't know him treat him like he's a little kid.
 
#42
hbarcat said:
Imagine what it's like being unusually tall or short. People always starting conversations with, "Hey you're pretty tall." Thank's for telling me. (like he just woke up one morning and was suddenly 6'10"). Or "Gosh you're really short." My brother is a grown man but is only about 5'2" and people say that to him all the time. "Wow, you're short" and then sometimes they act like he's 12 years old. He's got a technical college degree and is a martial arts instructor but I often see people who don't know him treat him like he's a little kid.
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Short folk are not people... Everyone knows that...
 
#45
Nope, being called skinny is a compliment. Well, unless you are REALLY skinny, I mean like emaciated skinny, then it might be uncool.

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#46
disenchant said:
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.
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Maybe women want curves, but men do not. :eyebrow:
 
#49
jomahu said:
not to state the obvious, but i must remain true to form :)

a dude getting judged on his weight is different from a chick getting judged.
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Agree. It is socially acceptable to dog a guy for being underweight. Fair game. By anyone. Complete strangers, old ladies at the grocery, distant relatives and prospective employers. I've heard it all. I've shortened my response from "It's genetic. My whole family has the same build and my dad didn't put on weight until his 40's" to a simple "**** you". I think I save a full minute of my life every week this way.

Mike
 
#51
Big Hungry said:
Why?
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Because men are judged more on what they do, and women are judged more by how they look. Sad, but true.

I'm old. I'm fat. (I have a belly. Its fugly.) Its a good thing I'm not a lead singer! The best comment I ever get on my looks is, "She's kinda cute." Our singer is blonde, and stacked...she gets, "Oh, she's so hawt!!!" But, she's not skinny at all. I think she prolly weighs more than I do. But she's younger, and blonde, and has big ol' boobies, so she's "hawt".

Good thing I'm a bassist, I guess! People don't really expect the bassist to be good-looking.

Cherie
 
#53
hbarcat said:
Imagine what it's like being unusually tall or short. People always starting conversations with, "Hey you're pretty tall." Thank's for telling me. (like he just woke up one morning and was suddenly 6'10"). Or "Gosh you're really short." My brother is a grown man but is only about 5'2" and people say that to him all the time. "Wow, you're short" and then sometimes they act like he's 12 years old. He's got a technical college degree and is a martial arts instructor but I often see people who don't know him treat him like he's a little kid.
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My 9 y.o. daughter is quite tall...she's 5'1" now. People *always* comment on it, and they treat her as if she's older than she is. They expect her to behave like a someone who is nearly a teen, not the little girl she still is. She hates it. The kids make fun of her because she wears glasses, is very tall, skinny, and tends to be clumsy.

Poor kid. She's going to be a beauty when she's older, but right now, she's Amy Too-Tall. Sigh. I just remind her that I was short and fat and clumsy and dorky, but when I went back for my 10th h.s. reunion, I knocked 'em all dead. I try to remind her...people change. Just worry about being healthy and learning a lot and growing up. Beauty will come along when her body has caught up with itself.

Cherie
 
#54
txbasschik said:
Because men are judged more on what they do, and women are judged more by how they look. Sad, but true.
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I gotta admit: I loled.


Men are judged on looks more often than you'd think. I'm not saying we have it worse since the media doesn't shove it down our throats as hard... but really, if you see a commercial with a guy, he's ripped/hot. If the guy is fat/unattractive, he's there for comic relief.

Like I said, we don't have it as bad, but looks are everything, so it seems.
 
#57
Matt Till said:
I gotta admit: I loled.


Men are judged on looks more often than you'd think. I'm not saying we have it worse since the media doesn't shove it down our throats as hard... but really, if you see a commercial with a guy, he's ripped/hot. If the guy is fat/unattractive, he's there for comic relief.

Like I said, we don't have it as bad, but looks are everything, so it seems.
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True. Y'all are all supposed to be fit, and sophisticated-looking. Or ruggedly handsome, like all those guys in the Stetson commercials.

It does get shoved down our throats more, though. The only women's mag I'll even take a passing glance at is Self, because they're much more about fitness and health than they are fashion. Vogue? Cosmo? Forget it! They just make you feel like dooky. I'd rather read my back issues of Bass Guitar mag, thanks! *Those* are a feel-good read!!! ;)

Cherie :bassist:
 

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