Comments on: Quick Hit: Wired Defines “Fatosphere”

By: spacedcowgirl

spacedcowgirl — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:53:49 +0000

Yes, q, face-to-face contact needed but only with a select few pretty much describes me to a t. I have previously suspected we were similar in some ways, and this only confirms my suspicion. :)

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:33:51 +0000

I’d comment, but I’m not really here. Or, maybe, this comment is actually going to some thinosphere blog since the fatosphere isn’t FOR me. And this comment can’t actually show up on SP because SP is in the fatosphere and therefore comments posted must be by fat people. And it also can’t actually be about me.

So let’s just consider this nonexistant comment about me to be an exercise in narcissism. Since no one is actually going to see it anyway.

By: queendom

queendom — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:22:38 +0000

I’m the person everyone in the office hates because I prefer to send email even if you’re in the room with me.

This sounds like me… I like face to face contact and I miss it when I don’t get it in sufficient quantities (which is pretty much all the time), but I also avoid it since I am only comfortable enough with very few people to enjoy it.

By: kateharding

kateharding — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:22:22 +0000

By the way, how fatal is ‘morbid obesity’, as related to actual numbers, not theory Statistically, there are more premature deaths in that category than others, but it's not that big a difference. Certainly not big enough to assume that everyone in that category is going to die young and miserable. I hope you understand that I was referring to idiots who put things in those , to achieve a "gotcha," not saying anything about fat and health myself.

By: wriggles

wriggles — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:33:48 +0000

……..MORBIDLY OBESE people who are REALLY UNHEALTHY

Meaning that they have varying levels of health, just like other people that are not ‘morbid’ ?!!!

By the way, how fatal is ‘morbid obesity’, as related to actual numbers, not theory, and is there any other category of morbidity that seems so lacking in actual death?

By: spacedcowgirl

spacedcowgirl — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:39:34 +0000

send email even if you’re in the bathroom with me

Hahahahahaha! I would probably do that if I could.

Person in other stall: So, SC, how’s it going?
Me: [typing]
Person in other stall: Oh, bummer, I hate it when they get you for no turn on red.

By: hallie

hallie — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:01:10 +0000

fatosphere: a remarkable oasis of internet writers who share a vision of a hate-free future and civil rights for human beings, including fat people.

i love that i can come here and read, free from the expectation that hateful bullshit will attack at any moment in written form. and gain a few (verbal/written) weapons to use at my next opportunity in waking life.

so thanks, kate.

By: None Given

None Given — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:11:04 +0000

Person with fat? Person with extra fat? Now with 20% more fat/10% less fat?

I love that. But where do I count from? The thinnest I ever got or the fattest, or the weight I was before I ever dieted, maybe the weight I was after DS was born?
Now with 83% more fat, 29% less fat, etc?

By: Mickey

Mickey — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:42:00 +0000

@wellroundedtype2: Perhaps you should try some sort of really positive doublespeak, like “adiposity enhanced”!

By: Em

Em — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:47:04 +0000

"whiny minorities"? Minorities? Last time I checked, 64% of adults in the US were at least "overweight", and I know that a "normal" BMI doesn't mean you won't be perceived as fat. (ask any man with a belly!) Not to mention England, where the BMI cutoff has been lowered to 20 recently. ;-) So, underweight borders right on overweight. Poor British, must be dropping like flies, left and right.