4chan's "project harpoon" brings out the beauty in overweight women
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[QUOTE=NotMeh;48485082]Anybody and everybody trying to promote obesity (and by proxy, death, via the many fatal ailments that obesity causes) deserves to be called the fuck out for it[/QUOTE]
Do you also want to call the media the fuck out for promoting unhealthy levels of skinniness in millions of girls over the last few decades and undoubtedly causing many to lose their lives through anorexia?
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48485144]Do you also want to call the media the fuck out for promoting unhealthy levels of skinniness in millions of girls over the last few decades and undoubtedly causing many to lose their lives through anorexia?[/QUOTE]
Obesity levels are at an all time high, anorexia cases are a small minority. I think we know what we need to tackle first. If what you said held merit, surely there'd be little to no fat people and a lot of anorexic people, but reality shows that it's the opposite so all the thin ad campaigns aren't working well.
[QUOTE=Aphtonites;48484977]You do realize that the fat acceptance movement is mostly made of women, right? If they wanted to piss them off then chances are that photoshopping fat men wouldn't do shit.
lmao and i thought the people blaming everything on those [I]pesky sjws[/I] were bad[/QUOTE]
hateful people on the internet, personally i gravitated towards callin' em nerdes because i'm probably not wrong in saying that there's a bunch of stereotypical 4channers in on this, what else do you want to call them? heroes?
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=Xonax;48484856]How is this fat shaming? I personally find it easier to do things if I can see what I am working for. If I had someone do this to me, I would be really happy to see what is possible and can/will happen if I keep exercising.
Also I won't be accepting Fat, I won't bully them but I won't accept the lifestyle at all, it's killing people.
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
How is this shaming people? Showing a picture of them being skinny? Showing the person what is possible if you keep exercising?
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
Last time I checked, Shaming was when you made fun of them and bullied them. Not editing a picture to show them what they would look like if they were thinner.[/QUOTE]
'operation harpoon'
and this isn't belitting and bullying them in the slightest
[QUOTE=geogzm;48485211]hateful people on the internet, personally i gravitated towards callin' em nerdes because i'm probably not wrong in saying that there's a bunch of stereotypical 4channers in on this, what else do you want to call them? heroes?[/QUOTE]
I don't know man, it's 2015, nerd does not mean what it did any more and does not have negativity associated with it. By bunching up nerds with 4channers you're just making a fool of yourself and coming off as an inconsiderate asshole, quite like the 4channers you seem to dislike.
[QUOTE=geogzm;48485211]hateful people on the internet, personally i gravitated towards callin' em nerdes because i'm probably not wrong in saying that there's a bunch of stereotypical 4channers in on this, what else do you want to call them? heroes?[/QUOTE]
Did you even read what you wrote or do you simply have no sense or irony?
[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48485144]Do you also want to call the media the fuck out for promoting unhealthy levels of skinniness in millions of girls over the last few decades and undoubtedly causing many to lose their lives through anorexia?[/QUOTE]
Do we live on the same planet?
This whole anorexia deal is blown way the fuck out of proportion and isn't even comparable to the massive and quickly growing problem that is obesity
[QUOTE=Ragekipz;48485228]Did you even read what you wrote or do you simply have no sense or irony?[/QUOTE]
it's early in the morning but i'm aware, i'm just somebody on the internet, saying bad things about people who i think are bad on the internet. 'operation harpoon' seems like something unnecessarily hateful, there are much better ways to combat obesity without causing people who're already a heavier weight to hate themselves even more
and the members of 4chan/whoever's convening to make 'operation harpoon' happen don't realise that they're not going to make any kind of positive change to people's attitudes whatsoever
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=itisjuly;48485221]I don't know man, it's 2015, nerd does not mean what it did any more and does not have negativity associated with it. By bunching up nerds with 4channers you're just making a fool of yourself and coming off as an inconsiderate asshole, quite like the 4channers you seem to dislike.[/QUOTE]
there's the good kind of nerd that makes you love something like a hobby, then there's the bad kind of vindictive, "being an anon makes me cooler than everyone else", "i'm-awesome-because-i'm-making-fun-of-fat-people-online" kind of nerd. i admit that i shouldn't use the word in a derogatory manner though, my bad
[QUOTE=Xonax;48484856]How is this fat shaming? I personally find it easier to do things if I can see what I am working for. If I had someone do this to me, I would be really happy to see what is possible and can/will happen if I keep exercising.
Also I won't be accepting Fat, I won't bully them but I won't accept the lifestyle at all, it's killing people.
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
How is this shaming people? Showing a picture of them being skinny? Showing the person what is possible if you keep exercising?
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
Last time I checked, Shaming was when you made fun of them and bullied them. Not editing a picture to show them what they would look like if they were thinner.[/QUOTE]
"Project harpoon"
These are people out for a cheap laugh, nothing more nothing less, I don't care how they justify their total lack of empathy to themselves. If you can't see that, then you're reading this selectively.
I swear there's a near deliberate ignorance of overweightness here just to justify this bs.
all i take from this is that some people need to grow the fuck up
[QUOTE=Velocet;48481776]It's satire
[t]http://media.townhall.com/townhall/reu/ha/uploads/2015/7/24/15.png[/t][/QUOTE]
They definitely overdid it, but to be honest, the one on the left just looks fucking ridiculous with those proportions, no woman looks like that, so I can see their point even if they over did it.
[QUOTE=Aphtonites;48484977]You do realize that the fat acceptance movement is mostly made of women, right? If they wanted to piss them off then chances are that photoshopping fat men wouldn't do shit.
lmao and i thought the people blaming everything on those [I]pesky sjws[/I] were bad[/QUOTE]
there is literally not a single argument in this post
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=itisjuly;48485221]I don't know man, it's 2015, nerd does not mean what it did any more and does not have negativity associated with it. By bunching up nerds with 4channers you're just making a fool of yourself and coming off as an inconsiderate asshole, quite like the 4channers you seem to dislike.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.dailydot.com/society/reddit-survey-demographics/[/url]
* A majority of the rest are between 25 and 34 (so about 80 percent of participants are between 18 and 35 years old).
* A vast majority of those surveyed are male (about 80 percent across all age groups).
[url]http://www.snoosecret.com/uploads/5/1/5/2/5152628/7075355_orig.jpg?403[/url]
School
I don't think fat people deserve to have their feelings hurt and I don't think it's cool that a bunch of people are cool with directly criticizing potentially happily and fragile persons. What's the point? You think this will help?
No REAL PERSON thinks Fat is healthy, but it's really not that big of an issue even if you are fat.
So has anyone seen any reactions to these edited pictures yet?
[QUOTE=Take_Opal;48485378]I don't think fat people deserve to have their feelings hurt and I don't think it's cool that a bunch of people are cool with directly criticizing potentially happily and fragile persons. What's the point? You think this will help?
No REAL PERSON thinks Fat is healthy, but it's really not that big of an issue even if you are fat.[/QUOTE]
this is pretty much what i want to say except worded properly :v:
[QUOTE=Take_Opal;48485378]I don't think fat people deserve to have their feelings hurt and I don't think it's cool that a bunch of people are cool with directly criticizing potentially happily and fragile persons. What's the point? You think this will help?
No [B]REAL PERSON[/B] thinks Fat is healthy, but it's really not that big of an issue even if you are fat.[/QUOTE]
Okay buddy, enlighten me
What is a REAL PERSON and what makes them different from a FAKE PERSON?
I really have no clue what you're trying to say...
[QUOTE=Killuah;48485335]
[url]http://www.dailydot.com/society/reddit-survey-demographics/[/url]
* A majority of the rest are between 25 and 34 (so about 80 percent of participants are between 18 and 35 years old).
* A vast majority of those surveyed are male (about 80 percent across all age groups).
[url]http://www.snoosecret.com/uploads/5/1/5/2/5152628/7075355_orig.jpg?403[/url]
School[/QUOTE]
Did you quote the right comment? Because I have no idea how these stats or ages/genders are related to what I said.
[QUOTE=geogzm;48485280]it's early in the morning but i'm aware, i'm just somebody on the internet, saying bad things about people who i think are bad on the internet. 'operation harpoon' seems like something unnecessarily hateful, there are much better ways to combat obesity without causing people who're already a heavier weight to hate themselves even more[/QUOTE]
You're not really any better than they are, you realize that don't you?
[QUOTE=geogzm;48485280]
and the members of 4chan/whoever's convening to make 'operation harpoon' happen don't realise that they're not going to make any kind of positive change to people's attitudes whatsoever[/QUOTE]
They don't want to make a positive change, they're satirizing a campaing.
[QUOTE=NotMeh;48485425]Okay buddy, enlighten me
What is a REAL PERSON and what makes them different from a FAKE PERSON?
I really have no clue what you're trying to say...[/QUOTE]
No need for the condescending attitude, but I mean that the people PROMOTING fat and saying it's healthy, beneficial, no problem at all [I]are not[/I] adjusted or realistic people. They are delusional to the level that it is difficult to take them any more serious than someone who flunked out of middle school. They're not people to acknowledge or consider, they're not happy with themselves and it's not their own fault apparently. Any intelligent human being KNOWS that fat is not healthy, is not beneficial in any really convincing way (covering my ass, maybe fat benefits in some useful ways) and they are by far the vast, vast, vast majority in the world.
If this "campaign" realizes it's reach goes further than just those crazy "I am fat because it's where all my smarts are :)" types then it's literally a campaign to just be mean to people who don't deserve it.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;48485439]Did you quote the right comment? Because I have no idea how these stats or ages/genders are related to what I said.[/QUOTE]
Did you think about what I posted?
The point is that it's the same old, stereotypical teenage internet dwellers doing this.
[QUOTE=Take_Opal;48485474]No need for the condescending attitude, but I mean that the people PROMOTING fat and saying it's healthy, beneficial, no problem at all [I]are not[/I] adjusted or realistic people. They are delusional to the level that it is difficult to take them any more serious than someone who flunked out of middle school. They're not people to acknowledge or consider, they're not happy with themselves and it's not their own fault apparently. Anyone intelligent human being KNOWS that fat is not healthy, is not beneficial in any really convincing way (covering my ass, maybe fat benefits in some useful ways) and they are by far the vast, vast, vast majority in the world.[/QUOTE]
But they're real. And there's people giving them attention like they're not lunatics.
[QUOTE=Ragekipz;48485482]But they're real. And there's people giving them attention like they're not lunatics.[/QUOTE]
Not really though. I have never seen these people outside of Tumblr. Not in real life, not anywhere else on the internet. Even if you've met one that doesn't give this kind of thinking any sort of cultural substantiation. It's niche internet retards on tumblr calling themselves narwhals.
So if you don't have personal experience with a certain type of person, they don't exist?
Nice
Because I've seen enough of them, and I live in the middle of nowhere
The major point that all of this fat-support comes from is that people who are fat shouldn't be told they are inherently ugly or not beautiful. YOU may not find fat attractive, but that's not cool to belittle people for being a certain way and then to also call them ugly and fundamentally disgusting and loveless.
[editline]18th August 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=NotMeh;48485571]So if you don't have personal experience with a certain type of person, they don't exist?
Nice
Because I've seen enough of them, and I live in the middle of nowhere[/QUOTE]
No, but I'm not quite sure if a couple of randos in Estonia really warrant a wide-spread campaign to shame people who are fat. I realize that you may get more of these types of people in certain places, but I honestly do not believe this is really all that big of a thing on the internet. You just get all the specific examples held up for everyone to mock that it looks common. I just think this campaign and it's medium are disproportionate in scope and impact.
[QUOTE=Killuah;48485475]Did you think about what I posted?
The point is that it's the same old, stereotypical teenage internet dwellers doing this.[/QUOTE]
Do you call stereotypical gays faggots? I fucking hope not.
I'm inclined to support this. if HAES supporters are so hellbent on pushing what [I]they believe[/I] is what a "normal" body looks like, then they should get it right back. It's hypocritical to impose your own standards on everyone when you don't fit them yourself.
You know I honestly see more people make comments about people being too skinny than them being too fat. And I don't mean on the internet, I'm talking about in person.
Growing up being really tall and skinny people somehow found it was acceptable to comment on me being skinny. Yet its not okay to comment on someone being fat. You're a bully if you tell someone they need to lose weight. Fucking double standards I tell you.
I used to be super self conscious about my weight. I really wanted to gain more because of the comments people made about me being skinny. At a certain point though I just stop giving a fuck what other people thought about my body and just worried about my own self reflection.
[QUOTE=Velocet;48481662][t]http://media.breitbart.com/media/2015/08/Project-harpoon_b7c049_5649410.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
More attractive and normal? Sure but what's with the breasts?
I can't be the only one who thinks breasts that large is unattractive (it looks disproportional as hell in this photoshopped example) and I don't think it looks very normal either.
[QUOTE=Take_Opal;48485574]
No, but I'm not quite sure if a couple of randos in Estonia really warrant a wide-spread campaign to shame people who are fat. I realize that you may get more of these types of people in certain places, but I honestly do not believe this is really all that big of a thing on the internet. You just get all the specific examples held up for everyone to mock that it looks common. I just think this campaign and it's medium are disproportionate in scope and impact.[/QUOTE]
"Meat is for men, bones are for dogs"
Does this phrase ring a bell by any chance? I've been hearing this type of bullshit my entire life, directed at my own mother, female friends, other skinny family members
It has somehow [I]already[/I] become okay in society to talk endless shit about skinny people, all while calling someone fat makes you a massive asshole. What the fuck?
It's already happening, this entire 'fat acceptance' movement is just the next stage
[QUOTE=NotMeh;48485700]"Meat is for men, bones are for dogs"
Does this phrase ring a bell by any chance? I've been hearing this type of bullshit my entire life, directed at my own mother, female friends, other skinny family members
It has somehow [I]already[/I] become okay in society to talk endless shit about skinny people, all while calling someone fat makes you a massive asshole. What the fuck?
It's already happening, this entire 'fat acceptance' movement is just the next stage[/QUOTE]
Honestly that entire post just seemed out of touch of reality to me. I have never personally experienced anyone ever being shamed for being skinny, I've seen plenty of problems for fat people though, including bullying, slandering, abusing, and even job discrimination.
[QUOTE=NotMeh;48485700]"Meat is for men, bones are for dogs"
Does this phrase ring a bell by any chance? I've been hearing this type of bullshit my entire life, directed at my own mother, female friends, other skinny family members
It has somehow [I]already[/I] become okay in society to talk endless shit about skinny people, all while calling someone fat makes you a massive asshole. What the fuck?
It's already happening, this entire 'fat acceptance' movement is just the next stage[/QUOTE]
I can't account for your experience, only my own and from what people I know have told me but I do not hear thin, skinny, slim or average figured people get a fragment of shit any 1 fat kid has gotten. I can sympathize for sure, but I've never seen anyone of a complete average build get made fun of.
Extremes on both ends of the spectrum of course get a lot of shit: skeletons and ham-beasts.
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