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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:52 PM Original message |
what is "fat acceptance"/"fat liberation"? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nobody is encouraging obesity, it's uncomfortable. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. well thats not me |
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Kickoutthejams23 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Oh it's legit... That doesn't mean you have to support them. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The site did strike me as a little nutty !/nt |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Like any ideology, it has its extremists |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Fat people who are active are in much better shape |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
55. thinness as a risk factor |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Thin will become the next "anti"-campaign... |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Who is "they?" |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. An excuse not to exercise |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. How ironic...LACK of movement is called a Movement! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. ROFL |
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cracksquirrel (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
101. Oh man... |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Can I join your procrastination movement? |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Interesting site. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ummm... yeah, it's a movement... |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "I was at a progressive event today and besides all the usual suspects..." |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. no, not encouraging obesity |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. As an overweight person.... |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. As a formerly over weight person, I say boo hoo hoo! |
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AndreaCG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. You sound like a particularly obnoxious ex-smoker |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. As AZblue has said, some people are overweight because of |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. I had a doctor tell me that diabetes was less of an on / off |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. You just proved my point. |
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Ex Lion Tamer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
104. Congratulations! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. With all the medical issues, depression, metabolism, and needs |
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AndreaCG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I wonder why you post here |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Blah blah blah |
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Kickoutthejams23 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. He makes a point however crude. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. And you just proved my point too! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. It's very easy to run around saying that everybody who disagrees |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
85. You're big on 'personal responsibility', aren't you? |
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Kickoutthejams23 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #85 |
106. When it comes to eating or having kids... yeah. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. You just proved my point. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #51 |
68. Keep belieiving that, if it makes you feel better |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. FWIW... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm not too worried or perplexed about physical variations |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. I just love the fact that certain department store chains now list size 10 |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I used to be a ten..... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. A rationalization. |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. With few exceptions, people |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. It's just not true for women over 35. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. These people are in denial about thier weight problem. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. I resent them |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's about letting people be what they want |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. Eat less, move more. n/t |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
84. Um, if it were as simple as that... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Fat Liberation" = Opening Your Belt |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
65. YES! |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. Mandatory sex with "overweight" (fat) people; BBWs in Vogue! |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You know, it's fine if you don't find me attractive |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. that a picture of you? |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. See, this is what I don't get - the double standard and the hypocrisy |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Sorry about that |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. nicole richey is ill |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. very nice |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. How about the thin, perfect, muscular people who can't get a date? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
72. Why should ANYONE not get a date because of their looks? |
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Kickoutthejams23 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. It's is a strange hardwired part of our evolution. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Perhaps, but |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. What a bizarre question. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
95. It's only bizarre if you're looks-obsessed and shallow. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Hmmm... nope - it's bizarre any way you cut it. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. No, what I am talking about is the assumption that |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Oh. Ok. That's very different from what I responded to.... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I may not have been clear. Sorry. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I think there is a difference between |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You're right, those kinds of comments are wrong |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I hear ya |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
64. Your post says a lot about you. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
76. lol! It does *seem*, at times, as though that's really... |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. You are the only one who got the joke. Sad. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. I think the people who argue that "fat is healthy" are on the extremes |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. Some thoughts. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. What I hear is a lot of people here saying is that many |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I was thinking about the same thing last night. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 07:45 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. With respect to point #1 |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. It depends on what kind of diet you need. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. It's been a long time since I bought chicken, |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Healthy food is WAY cheaper |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Most don't consider vegetarian meals. |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
82. A bag of grapes cost me $10 the other day. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
86. Not true. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
57. two reasons |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Your post makes a lot of sense. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #45 |
58. I honestly think a lot of it is our food |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. There definitely is something up |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Excellent points. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
78. Why do you "highly doubt" that? |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Right, I forgot, ALL of those things are caused by the individual |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
96. yes and water also |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
89. Everyone has a reason why it's not their fault... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. it is no joke |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Oh I wasn't mocking it at all |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
75. I'm liberating my fat. |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
83. Read "The Obesity Myth" by Paul Campos. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Thank you for a well-reasoned post. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #83 |
94. I didn't know this |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. anorexia/bulimia actually affects the vision somehow |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
88. I have a question I wonder if someone can answer. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Yes, that is true |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Thanks for the info. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
91. The responses in this thread showing it's okay to make jokes about fat |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
92. I have heard of that for years as fat people deal with so much |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
93. It means that 'fat' people have a right to exist |
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TheFriedPiper (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
100. I've lost 51 lbs since April 1st. I look better, but mostly I FEEL better |
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