Do you look down on fat people?

I don't see the difference. We are shaped by our actions and choices, so something as horrific as that should be looked down on and reflected in the person.

I think I have the right to be rude to people who take away from the system and give nothing back. Taxpayers' money could be spent a lot more productively if the layabouts decided to get jobs and not have loads of kids they can't support. I'd much rather have more equipment in hospitals and be rude to some people, than have them continue as they are.

My dad is a nurse and he sees people who can't be bothered to work (who could work), who pretend they can't so they can claim everything under the sun. All of them have massive televisions, fridges full of alcohol, fancy computers, etc. A lot of them come attached with 3 or more kids they need to claim even more benefits for. If these people were told they had to work and they wouldn't get financial support for choosing to have more than 2 kids, public services would be in a much better state than they are today.

You are going to look down on these people if in a few years' time, you're waiting weeks and weeks for an operation because the hospital doesn't have enough money to run more operating theatres staffed with surgeons and theatre nurses, because there are idiots watching Jeremy Kyle on their 60 inch Sony television all day, choosing not to work.

I'm with this guy. I'm presuming that by "look down on" you mean "think yourself superior to", in which case I try not to look down on anybody.

Lol my own mistake made me crack up. They do though, go read some biology.

You shouldn't look down on anyone, everyone has a fault. But then I used to be obese so maybe I sympathise with fat people more.

Not really. I don't consider them positive or negative, to me, they're just pretty neutral. The last part I think is a bit offensive - you're suggesting you know other people's reasonings better than they do and that's insulting

It's like saying to me "Hey Alice, the only reason you keep your hair dark is because it's too much effort to bleach it blonde"

"Nah, I like it dark"

"you just say that to convince yourself, everyone knows men prefer blondes therefore you can't be happy with it!"

Same logic.

Those who repped me on my first post thank you... but why can't you say anything? It's nice and all, join please! xx


Looking down on does not=/= being annoyed with.

Looking down on someone means one person feels superior to another which is wrong. Humans are equal beings. Someone doing a horrific thing does not give you the right to feel superior to them.



Treat people the way you want to be treated... even if someone is abusing their rights. Be the bigger person. I know that the wasted money could be spent better. Here I am being annoyed with them (e.g. benefit cheats) but not looking down on them.

Same, my dad is a doctor and he says he sees things like this too. The thing is that we are all equal, stupid humans. Some will do things that irritate us but we shouldn't make ourselves feel better than them. We should try to humble ourselves a little bit. See you said 'if these people were told'. They haven't been told, they might be clueless. Instead of all of us looking down on them, we should be 'helping them up'.

I know there are people who choose not to work but I don't want to make myself feel better than any other human. I hope to keep this opinion in future.

Very sorry for late reply, I was trying to make sure I understood everything

Looking down on does not=/= being annoyed with.

Looking down on someone means one person feels superior to another which is wrong. Humans are equal beings. Someone doing a horrific thing does not give you the right to feel superior to them.

ED's are FAR more destructive than obesity. Far far worse. Actually if you have heart disease you're better off (in terms of survival) being fat than average Superslim and morbidly obese people always come out worst. Until 2010 or so, people thought 'saturated fat' was bad or that high cholesterol intakes = LDL. Those myths are still being perpetuated.

The problem with that, is if you are already looking down on them just for being a fatty, you have a preconceived notion that they are lazy, worthless, idle, lacking self control. Those initial thoughts are going to cloud your judgment. I just don't see the point in looking down on somebody because they are fat, without knowing them from joe bloggs.

There's a few differences:

1) Men might prefer blondes, but it's not by any great margin if they do (see this for a very unscientific example) whereas a tiny minority of men prefer fat women.

2) Bleaching your hair is significantly less effort than losing and then maintaining a healthy weight.

3) Hair colour has very little impact on daily life

Lol my own mistake made me crack up. They do though, go read some biology.

Whereas when a fat person says they like being fat, that's fine as long as they don't lie about being fat and claim they are very defined to people who are thinking of dating them