tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post6953147697521258193..comments2023-09-21T04:06:12.405-04:00Comments on She Dances On The Sand: Big Buts, Part Seven: Do I Hate Thin People?RioIririhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358432680088606342noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-31147870084224342942008-03-23T19:06:00.000-04:002008-03-23T19:06:00.000-04:00I like this because it is about balance. I never ...I like this because it is about balance. I never think about how it affects me when people go on and on about someone who has lost weight. I mean, I am happy for them, if they are happy...but it does make it seem like a huge accomplishment for the world, rather than one person becoming more what they want to be. I've lived with all that my whole life, and trying to piece together what is okay for me to believe in or listen to and what isn't is still difficult for me. Thanks for your thoughts!khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554517596018190607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-66923888366430684652008-03-16T12:26:00.000-04:002008-03-16T12:26:00.000-04:00"There's also the upsetting idea that putting a lo..."There's also the upsetting idea that putting a lot of effort into something doesn't make that something valuable to everyone else."<BR/><BR/>This is a lesson most video gamers know rather well.<BR/><BR/>"Hey I won Paper Mario!"<BR/><BR/>"Great...uh, so you want to talk about such and such show on TV"<BR/><BR/>LoL, seriously that's how it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-54521225732638735652008-03-13T15:34:00.000-04:002008-03-13T15:34:00.000-04:00Yeah, exactly. The ex-fatties are the worst of th...Yeah, exactly. The ex-fatties are the worst of the bunch, I think, when it comes to accusing us of hating thin people, and it comes down to us not bowing down to them the way they've been conditioned to believe everyone would when they lost weight. I've yet to have a naturally thin person accuse me of being anti-thin people, funny how that works.<BR/><BR/>I mean, which is it? Is it so easy to lose 25% or more of your body weight and keep it off for good that absolutely anyone can do it with just a token effort, and therefore it's completely unremarkable and as unworthy of stranger praise as changing the litterbox? Or is it something so arduous and difficult and requires so much extraordinary sacrifice and sweat that you can't blame the average person for not succeeding at it? You can't have it both ways.<BR/><BR/>Andee (Meowser)Andeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727350835699642977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-88701680922723073072008-03-13T15:15:00.000-04:002008-03-13T15:15:00.000-04:00Sports Night!Also, yes, you don't have to hate in ...Sports Night!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Also, yes, you don't have to hate in order to accept. However, when you are getting the rocks thrown at you, sometimes it's hard to gain that perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-60097045599051851512008-03-13T11:05:00.000-04:002008-03-13T11:05:00.000-04:00some people just love to hate, people assume, if i...some people just love to hate, people assume, if i say this group, i mean everyone. but i dont. i know there are always exceptions, but i dont count those.<BR/><BR/>I hate people who beleive they are superior, because of X or Y.. really i dont care if a person is thin or fat or with 3 heads from outer space. if they are nice people thats all that matters.<BR/><BR/>But trying to defend yourself from some nasty comments, it seems to me, that according to some who think your inferior, that you DARE contradict them, that you should see them as being better because of A or B. a sort of they want to be superior, but are afraid of being told they arent. <BR/><BR/>Self worth is a good thing, so long as its not take to extremes.Mercuriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607976378571790610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-87514779732327834322008-03-13T08:58:00.000-04:002008-03-13T08:58:00.000-04:00I'm thin and I didn't ever think you hated thin pe...I'm thin and I didn't ever think you hated thin people. But I also didn't put actual work into getting or maintaining my thinness, so there's not really an example here I have to feel like you're ignoring.bookwyrmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03730364648178496486noreply@blogger.com