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wheresmycandyman		2008-01-21 11:15:22 AM

KatjaMouse: Egalitarian: can I pick enlightened, healthy and happy?

No. It's UnAmerican

BAH Ha ha

Snakeophelia		2008-01-21 11:15:22 AM

225? I hit 160 last year and felt like I needed a rag on a stick. I've been thin and poor in the past, and last year I was (relatively) rich and fat. I prefer thin and poor. For one thing, when you're fat, you don't have the energy to do much other than surf the web (hello, Fark!), you spend more money on food, and you tend to shop online to make yourself feel better. Being fat really cut into my savings.

Luckily, I got a raise again this year, and have lost 10 pounds so far, so I'm working on the rich and thin angle. But once I lose the poundage, I'll lose the boobies. Can't have everything.

Gooseycheeks		2008-01-21 11:17:13 AM

Heracleitus: Asteroth: HappyHarryHardOn: so word of advise guy:

DO NOT get married

/PSA

Three words of advice to you: enjoy dying ~~alone~~ in silence & not being nagged on your deathbed.

You say that like it is a bad thing!

westbound pachyderm		2008-01-21 11:19:14 AM

techmom:
You would come over what, now? *bats eyelashes furiously*

Hey, as long as you don't try any o' dems crazy judo moves, we got a deal!

Tat'dGreaser:
Well just don't go out during hunting season. I hear there is a two bag limit on ugly hoe beasts.

Well, I guess I'm safe then!

cerberus9		2008-01-21 11:19:47 AM

SuperNinjaToad: SusanIvanova 2008-01-21 10:46:31 AM

....225 pounds is unattractive and a moderate health risk. 800 pounds is grotesque, disabling and inviting death before 40. There's a huge difference between the two.

uummm NO~! unless you're over 6ft tall and big boned woman, 225 is obese! I'm sorry to see that modern America has become so fat and obese a 225 lbs women is still considered OK.. it is NOT OK!!!! You're fat biaaatch!!!

Growing up I can say that I hardly ever see an adult woman(previous generations) over 200lbs but nowadays these whales are everywhere!

Something must've happened to America in the last 25 yrs or so! I blame fast food and fad diets!!!!

This.

I would even go as far to say that in most cases, 225 pounds would be considered morbidly obese.

All those people who you think are "too thin"? In most cases, they're probably not.

ashinmytomatoes		2008-01-21 11:20:41 AM

What Susanivanova said. What weight would be the limit would depend on your height. I'm just under 5 feet tall so 225 would be bedridden for me but if you're 5'9'' it is different. The point is that, as long as it is a weight you can bounce back from and doesn't interefere with daily life too much, I'd go for it. Money can last longer than beauty.

elysive		2008-01-21 11:22:15 AM

It's a stupid article, as always. Attractive people make more money. You thin and poor people are doing it wrong.

TheCynic		2008-01-21 11:23:04 AM

A 225 pound woman? That's a land whale. I'm sixone and fairly well muscled (I actually have to be at the gym in 26 minutes) and I only weigh around 210. Some would say even that's too much.

Then again, BMI calculators don't account for people who lift weights.

Kuta		2008-01-21 11:23:21 AM

But I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns?

Fluff Girl		2008-01-21 11:26:12 AM

westbound pachyderm: Fluff Girl: If I looked like Jennifer Anniston, I would never leave the house.

If you looked like Jennifer Anniston, I would come over.

**checks WP's profile for the 1000th time**

Can't you just pretend I look like her?

surewewang		2008-01-21 11:28:34 AM

Tat'dGreaser: HappyHarryHardOn: DO NOT get married to a princess, a girl who knows that she is hot or a crazy girl

brains. looks. sanity.

pick two.

ScottMpls		2008-01-21 11:29:52 AM

Fluff Girl: If I looked like Jennifer Anniston, I would never leave the house.

Except to buy a mirror?

westbound pachyderm		2008-01-21 11:30:07 AM

Fluff Girl:
**checks WP's profile for the 1000th time**

Can't you just pretend I look like her?

I think we could come to some sort of arrangement. =)

Somacandra		2008-01-21 11:32:19 AM

/Approves.

//She'll never be poor again...

elysive		2008-01-21 11:32:42 AM

westbound pachyderm: Fluff Girl:
**checks WP's profile for the 1000th time**

My dear, you have a very Dita style about you! I'm sure people have told you that before and it's very annoying.

ipahound		2008-01-21 11:35:51 AM

If it is a choice between Jennifer Anniston body or a million dollars why would any women take the money. Come on, think about it, Anniston has taken her looks and body and parlayed into a multi-million dollar movie career. Helloooo, she doesn't have to rely on anyone and she can do whatever she damn well pleases.

/FTW

Somacandra		2008-01-21 11:36:29 AM

In all seriousness, I actually really DO LIKE where this thread is going. It sure beats the shrieking misogyny of divorced internet tough guys, which comprise 99% of women/fat threads.

/too bad I have to work now.

westbound pachyderm		2008-01-21 11:37:37 AM

elysive:
My dear, you have a very Dita style about you! I'm sure people have told you that before and it's very annoying.

Haha...well thank you! I usually get either that, or that I look like a tranny. So I guess you could say that I'm a well-balanced woman.

sleeps in trees		2008-01-21 11:42:53 AM

SuperNinjaToad: SusanIvanova 2008-01-21 10:46:31 AM

....225 pounds is unattractive and a moderate health risk. 800 pounds is grotesque, disabling and inviting death before 40. There's a huge difference between the two.

uummm NO~! unless you're over 6ft tall and big boned woman, 225 is obese! I'm sorry to see that modern America has become so fat and obese a 225 lbs women is still considered OK.. it is NOT OK!!!! You're fat biaaatch!!!

Growing up I can say that I hardly ever see an adult woman(previous generations) over 200lbs but nowadays these whales are everywhere!

Something must've happened to America in the last 25 yrs or so! I blame fast food and fad diets!!!!

I never say it but THIS!

Seriously 225 is two of me. When did 200lbs become normal. I hit 130 and I feel fat.

New Moon Rabbit		2008-01-21 11:42:57 AM

westbound pachyderm: elysive:
My dear, you have a very Dita style about you! I'm sure people have told you that before and it's very annoying.

Haha...well thank you! I usually get either that, or that I look like a tranny. So I guess you could say that I'm a well-balanced woman.

You are gorgeous! If I looked like you I'd post my pic online...

/however, I would scare people with my pic...

Maynard G. Muskievote		2008-01-21 11:44:23 AM

My wife is halfway there? Hmm... Well, she's rich and thin, so good on ya, subby.

elysive		2008-01-21 11:48:35 AM

westbound pachyderm: Haha...well thank you! I usually get either that, or that I look like a tranny. So I guess you could say that I'm a well-balanced woman.

Well, you may be well-balanced, but I would venture to say those silly people are a bit off-kilter. The pin-up and the glam is very sexy and while I was reading I thought you were going to say Bettie Page.

If you ever want to try out TF or are stopping by Chicago, drop me a line!

Nestea Plunge		2008-01-21 11:50:24 AM

God Is My Co-Pirate		2008-01-21 11:53:24 AM

Or, you know, some of us like our bodies just fine to begin with.

/wants a million dollars

DrForrester		2008-01-21 11:55:00 AM

A fatty-hater thread? On FARK?? How rare!

Quick everyone, post your BMI!

CarnySaur		2008-01-21 11:55:18 AM

When you're fat
and alone
and nobody wants to know ya...

SusanIvanova		2008-01-21 11:56:03 AM

sleeps in trees: I never say it but THIS!

Seriously 225 is two of me. When did 200lbs become normal. I hit 130 and I feel fat.

I didn't say it's normal or OK, I said it's not debilitating, because it isn't, except maybe if you're a midget.

/Way under 225 pounds, but wouldn't be disabled at that weight.
//5'11", so not a midget.

reillan		2008-01-21 11:58:07 AM

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life...

The_Pirate		2008-01-21 11:58:52 AM

I think all of you are missing the real point here and that is that Jennifer Aniston is SMOKING HOT.

msnbcmedia1.msn.com

/Posting to get the fat biatch out of my head and yours, trust me, I'm doing you a favor.
//Used to have a major crush on her when I was in Jr. High.
///And High School.
///Who am I kidding? I do now.

EsteeFlwrPot		2008-01-21 12:01:10 PM

I'm poor and skinny...

/just out of college
//will probably die alone with 40 cats
///already have 1

Migaloo		2008-01-21 12:03:18 PM

Kuta: But I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns?

Depends on the location, are we in I Hopp, or Iraq?

Loadmaster		2008-01-21 12:03:43 PM

"They're probably thinking, 'I'll take the million dollars, I'll use part of it to pay a trainer to get me into shape, and I'll have some money left over.'"
Sure they are.
Sure they are.

// How much cake can they buy with a million bucks?

oi_piss_me_off		2008-01-21 12:06:52 PM

well, if i was fat but rich, couldn't i hire a personal trainer, personal chef, and afford all sorts of lipo and other kinds of plastic surgery?

or is this one of those, must stay fat kinda things?

Loadmaster		2008-01-21 12:08:18 PM

The_Pirate: I think all of you are missing the real point here and that is that Jennifer Aniston is SMOKING HOT.

Agreed.
More here.

www.wallpapergate.com

PetuniaPumpkin		2008-01-21 12:10:00 PM

The_Pirate:

Seriously? She's so unbelievably skinny that her skirt is too big for her in that photo. I think she looks awful.

/Nothing against skinny women in general
//Just her in that picture
///Okay, Jennifer Aniston in general

SusanIvanova		2008-01-21 12:10:30 PM

SuperNinjaToad: uummm NO~! unless you're over 6ft tall and big boned woman, 225 is obese! I'm sorry to see that modern America has become so fat and obese a 225 lbs women is still considered OK.. it is NOT OK!!!! You're fat biaaatch!!!

No kidding it's obese. The whole point of the article is exchanging being fat for money. 225 makes you fat, otherwise I wouldn't have used it as an example. The reason I didn't say, "150 pounds? Sure, sign me up" is because I wouldn't be fat at that weight.

plainlyclueless		2008-01-21 12:12:06 PM

Your ex-wife is halfway there.

you were close, smitty.

God Is My Co-Pirate		2008-01-21 12:16:04 PM

Loadmaster: // How much cake can they buy with a million bucks?

Hee. Delicious cake.

But let's hear from the farkers - would you rather have Daniel Craig's body or the money?

sleeps in trees		2008-01-21 12:19:47 PM

SusanIvanova: sleeps in trees: I never say it but THIS!

Seriously 225 is two of me. When did 200lbs become normal. I hit 130 and I feel fat.

I didn't say it's normal or OK, I said it's not debilitating, because it isn't, except maybe if you're a midget.

/Way under 225 pounds, but wouldn't be disabled at that weight.
//5'11", so not a midget.

I understand. I just find it amazing that there are even special stores for people that are obese. It's not even unusual to find a XXL in a store - never used to be that way.

/5'
//probably a midget

tuna fingers		2008-01-21 12:19:54 PM

Migaloo: Kuta: But I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns?

Depends on the location, are we in I Hopp, or Iraq?

Hate to point this out to you, but I feel I must. "I Hopp" as you like to call it, is an acronym for International House of Pancakes. IHOP. Get it? Never make this mistake again.

burndtdan		2008-01-21 12:24:17 PM

Fluff Girl: westbound pachyderm: Fluff Girl: If I looked like Jennifer Anniston, I would never leave the house.

If you looked like Jennifer Anniston, I would come over.

**checks WP's profile for the 1000th time**

Can't you just pretend I look like her?

this is playing out just like it did in my head...

excellent.

TheCynic		2008-01-21 12:26:22 PM

sleeps in trees:
I understand. I just find it amazing that there are even special stores for people that are obese. It's not even unusual to find a XXL in a store - never used to be that way.

/5'
//probably a midget

Actually, now that slim fit shirts are in the mode, I can't wear anything less than a 2X because the shirts all pinch at the armpits and I can't move my arms forward.

I think being a skinny emo kid would make shopping a lot easier.

SusanIvanova		2008-01-21 12:26:35 PM

sleeps in trees: I understand. I just find it amazing that there are even special stores for people that are obese. It's not even unusual to find a XXL in a store - never used to be that way.

Eh, it's a good thing, and not just for the fatties. I often by XL clothes, because I generally prefer loose clothing, I'm really farking tall, and have broad shoulders. And while I'm sure the sharp-knees contingent would disagree, I'm hardly a landwhale at 5'11" and 170 lbs.

techmom		2008-01-21 12:28:39 PM

God Is My Co-Pirate: Loadmaster: // How much cake can they buy with a million bucks?

Hee. Delicious cake.

But let's hear from the farkers - would you rather have Daniel Craig's body or the money?

Excellent question! (If anybody answers for the former... call me.)

/I went there - A+, would go there again

Open Mouth Insert Foot		2008-01-21 12:30:06 PM

Quantum Apostrophe: Asteroth: enjoy dying alone.

Uh, we all die alone unless we're in some sort of cult. That being said, enjoy living on someone else's terms.

How bout this then - good luck getting laid after 40.

/got my lifetime supply of split tail membership card

Artamnesia		2008-01-21 12:30:42 PM

I'm a girl so I don't have a wife.

The_Pirate		2008-01-21 12:31:15 PM

Loadmaster: The_Pirate: I think all of you are missing the real point here and that is that Jennifer Aniston is SMOKING HOT.

Agreed.
More here.

Thank you for that.

PetuniaPumpkin: The_Pirate:

Seriously? She's so unbelievably skinny that her skirt is too big for her in that photo. I think she looks awful.

I agree that she is skinny, but she definitely doesn't (or didn't last time i checked) have that bag of bones look to her. And if she does currently have that bag of bones look I guess I'll just remember her pre-bag of antler days (See: Office Space, Friends.)

burndtdan		2008-01-21 12:34:40 PM

TheCynic: I think being a skinny emo kid would make shopping a lot easier.

aww you hurt his feelings

i89.photobucket.com

tamsnod27		2008-01-21 12:36:25 PM

westbound pachyderm: Fluff Girl:
**checks WP's profile for the 1000th time**

Can't you just pretend I look like her?

I think we could come to some sort of arrangement. =)

OK, my tongue is starting to sweat...I'll be in my bunk!