Obese man dies after 8 months in home recliner

[skace]

It's more about the lack of human respect some of these head cases in this thread have. Don't feel sorry for the fatass who died? Fine. But there's no need to go dancing on his grave and essentially celebrating his death because he liked some fucking cheeseburgers.

It's a thread, ATOT doesn't personally run every dead person's wake. Yet we get a thread on every scenario. Do you honestly sit around and give a moment of silence for every sad sob who dies every day? Cmon, if I die tomorrow you think I give a shit if you guys mourn my loss or joke about it? As long as you aren't saying nasty shit to my family I don't see how it matters one way or the other.

 

[Kev]

Why are some of you getting so bent out of shape over dumb jokes on an internet forum? All it does is make you look foolish.

 

[Lamont Burns]

Someone shoulda taught him about carbs

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Dude the guy had a glandular problem.

I have a glandular problem and weigh 130 pounds. Calories in < calories out still works; it's just calories out is lower than most people.

 

[Praxis1452]

Why are some of you getting so bent out of shape over dumb jokes on an internet forum? All it does is make you look foolish.

Some people just go out of their way to surf the internet, repeatedly reading online forums that makes them butthurt.

Internet deaths, require puns and bad jokes. If you can't take it, hey, you don't have to read it... repeatedly.

 

[Cattlegod]

gland problem my ass

if calories in = calories out then you have no weight gain.

i have no sympathy for fat asses

 

[amdhunter]

What a shitty way to die.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

why is this news. Who gives a shit.

 

[Beev]

I have a glandular problem and weigh 130 pounds. Calories in < calories out still works; it's just calories out is lower than most people.

Exactly what I came in here to post. Glandular problem? Exercise more. I have no pity for fatasses.

That said, I am indifferent about this guy (and all other fatties). I didn't WANT him to die, but I don't care that he did.

 

[grohl]

why is this news. Who gives a shit.

not me. eat too much = you die, pretty simple really.

 

[destrekor]

Sounds horrible. At least he's at peace now, I feel bad/relieved for his family.

Malak, don't bother. People here don't and will not give a shit, because this is just text on a screen. Do you honestly think that if it were their brother, cousin, etc, that they would take a big steaming shit on their corpse like these people are doing? Well, maybe some of them still would, but most probably are very decent people IRL. I think the internet has a certain douche-amplifier, and we're all a bit douchier just for being here 😛

yes, the internet exaggerates such attitudes.

However, in real life, I don't give respect to individuals who let problems take control of them and do nothing to change it, further making it worse by not even admitting they have a problem in the first place.

I have a shitbag of an uncle, barely ever see him, has alcohol and drug problems, and has done nothing to prevent his children from following in his footsteps. Provides a terrible life for his kids and sets a terrible example. I have absolutely no respect for him, and I only feel bad for the kids not having better parents (but the kids are getting to the age that they themselves can shape their own future if they stopped taking the easy way out).

Sadly, it's in my genes, I'm fairly confident I share quite a few of the same personality traits as said uncle. And I constantly fight myself to maintain a strong grip on life, I slip up, but I make a constant effort to stay on the right path.

The big thing is I never go off on a different path in the first place. I'll wonder off the path when roadblocks show up, but stop myself from choosing a different path and instead find myself making the effort to go through the rough terrain to get back on the right path. It's the wandering around in the rough terrain that proves challenging times and where slip ups occur, but honestly, that's better for everyone. It's build a solid foundation that makes it possible to provide great counseling and assistance to others.

Would I rather never having slipped up? Most certainly. However, I do maintain the outlook that as long as I can recover properly from said slip ups, and learn from them, I can prevent the same type of slip up in the future for myself, and provide knowledgeable assistance for others finding themselves in similar shoes.

 

[Chunkee]

this happened before to a lady..but no one cleaned up after her...tragic really...part of the sofa had been absorbed into her skin...what a mess we are...

 

[darkxshade]

Can no one think of the recliner? It's the one who had no control over its torturous and untimely demise in the hands of a unsanitary fatty. 🙁

 

[shortylickens]

Pretty amazing that 100 million americans all have this glandular problem. Even more interesting that is somehow started to magically develop in the mid 70's, as if all our DNA simultaniously mutated at the same time.

Scientists must study this phenomenon.

 

[rivan]

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You aren't obligated to be a total douche about it either. But you made your choice now. Or are you just proud to be a jerk?
Are you overweight? Is that why my comment upset you so much?

Ah, the classic defense of the immature. If you can't defend your own actions, call someone names.

So you have no defense (or simply don't apologize) for being a douche, right? Of course the only reason YOU could be a DOUCHE is because I'M FAT, right? Some people here have a real psychosis about fat people.

I'm not overly sympathetic that this guy died the way he did; less because he was fat but because society SHAMED HIM into sitting in that chair and dying. He didn't ask for help because he was A) ASHAMED and B) DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. Both are really, really bad reasons for someone to die.

 

[AdamK47]

It's amazing that this guy never gave any initiative to take better care of himself to avoid this horrible end. There was plenty he could have done. Even from that chair. The thought processes of overly obese people can really be startling.

 

[Mursilis]

"I did all I could for him. He loved me with a passion," his wife said. "The only reason he held on to life here was for his family because he wanted to go home and be with the Lord."

No, she didn't. She should've stopped feeding him, or limited his calories, since he couldn't get food on his own. She helped kill him.

 

[jhu]

I'm not overly sympathetic that this guy died the way he did; less because he was fat but because society SHAMED HIM into sitting in that chair and dying. He didn't ask for help because he was A) ASHAMED and B) DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. Both are really, really bad reasons for someone to die.

Come on. He was ashamed and had no insurance? You don't need insurance to lose weight! I work out at the apartment complex gym, and there are plenty of obese people working out on the elliptical machines. They know they have weight issues and are doing something about it. That is respectable and admirable. Sitting on a chair waiting to die is just pathetic.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Come on. He was ashamed and had no insurance? You don't need insurance to lose weight! I work out at the apartment complex gym, and there are plenty of obese people working out on the elliptical machines. They know they have weight issues and are doing something about it. That is respectable and admirable. Sitting on a chair waiting to die is just pathetic.

In fairness at 500lbs. he may not have been able to walk.

 

[rivan]

Come on. He was ashamed and had no insurance? You don't need insurance to lose weight! I work out at the apartment complex gym, and there are plenty of obese people working out on the elliptical machines. They know they have weight issues and are doing something about it. That is respectable and admirable. Sitting on a chair waiting to die is just pathetic.

Did you read the article? By the time he was put in the chair following a knee surgery, he was already in such bad physical shape the people who put him there were worried he'd never get back out.

500 pounds + knee surgery = you're not working out, period.

The guy carries the full burden of responsibility for getting into that predicament, but citing shame and lack of insurance (which also meant he almost certainly wasn't getting any physical therapy, which is key after knee surgery for anyone in any shape) is really sad.

It's his own fault he's dead; he got fat, and he wouldn't ask for help because he couldn't get over the shame of being that way. The bottom line, however, is that this is a sad situation from almost any angle.

Sad that he got so fat. Sad that his wife wasn't bright or strong enough to actually HELP him instead of ENABLING him. Sad that his shame was so strong that he let himself deteriorate further. Sad that lack of finances (insurance or otherwise) figured into his death in any way.

Sad all over. You pegged it - pathetic's about as perfect a word as it gets, but in it's traditional meaning, not it's derisive one.

 

[us3rnotfound]

Did you read the article? By the time he was put in the chair following a knee surgery, he was already in such bad physical shape the people who put him there were worried he'd never get back out.

500 pounds + knee surgery = you're not working out, period.

The guy carries the full burden of responsibility for getting into that predicament, but citing shame and lack of insurance (which also meant he almost certainly wasn't getting any physical therapy, which is key after knee surgery for anyone in any shape) is really sad.

It's his own fault he's dead; he got fat, and he wouldn't ask for help because he couldn't get over the shame of being that way. The bottom line, however, is that this is a sad situation from almost any angle.

Sad that he got so fat. Sad that his wife wasn't bright or strong enough to actually HELP him instead of ENABLING him. Sad that his shame was so strong that he let himself deteriorate further. Sad that lack of finances (insurance or otherwise) figured into his death in any way.

Sad all over. You pegged it - pathetic's about as perfect a word as it gets, but in it's traditional meaning, not it's derisive one.

Then limit incoming food consumption considerably.

Jesus can only do <insert value based on belief>