Obese people in planes

[hanoverphist]

Even if you're Vietnamese, you don't count.
I'm talking about people born and raise in VN.
I've been back to VN at least 10 times since 2008 and I have yet to encounter anyone remotely as fat people here in the US.
My whole point was toward people using medical reason as why people as OBESE. My answer is why I don't see those obese people in country like VN.
Let's be real here. Its all about your diet.

im half mexican half german descent. that article is clearly written about people born in vietnam, since they are speaking of... wait for it, people that live in vietnam. the article was written in 2012, and forecasted a rise to 35% obesity in their population by this year. on the flipside, they also list in there that vietnam also has about a 35% undernourishment issue in their populace. it goes into detail hinting that the stats show that in the city, where fast food has been on the rise, people are getting larger while the rural areas that dont have as much access to easy meals and fast food have the majority of the undernourished people.

so, if youre not seeing these people in vietnam when you visit, maybe youre not looking around. or not going where the city has all the fast food restaurants. or you havent been there since 2010, and cant form a valid opinion based on your anecdotal evidence, and dont want to read up on the subject.

 

[Nebor]

was in oahu and saw a fatty mcfatty eat a large shave ice. we're talking ice with artificially flavored sugar water topped with condensed milk, which is basically fat and sugar. worst part? dude had diabeetus ankles.

It blows my mind that people are fat living in beautiful places with perfect weather like Hawaii and Los Angeles. It warms my heart to read articles like this.

 

[hanoverphist]

You didn't see people that fat 100 years ago here in America. People are saying it's genetics, medical conditions, but it's all crap. They're excuses made to absolve fatties of personal responsibility.

not me, its all bad eating habits and lack of exercise for me. i used to work heavy labor jobs, so i ate accordingly. when i finally went to college and got a job behind a desk, i didnt change my eating habits to match the lack of exercise i was getting. now, its probably too little too late, but i have changed the habits and lost weight, but it gets harder the older i get. the only thing that pisses me off is that my brother eats like a pig, works in a job that does minimal manual labor and doesnt gain weight at all.

 

[Mxylplyx]

I dont feel any fat person should be subjected to public ridicule, because I'm sure they already feel shame for their condition and no person deserves to be treated in such a manner. With that said, fat shaming posts on the internet do make me laugh. I'm a bad person I guess.

 

[Drako]

Oh please.

6'4", 225 is not overweight.
I don't give a shit what the doctor's scale from 1920 says.

Your present day doctor would beg to differ. :whiste:

 

[Nebor]

not me, its all bad eating habits and lack of exercise for me. i used to work heavy labor jobs, so i ate accordingly. when i finally went to college and got a job behind a desk, i didnt change my eating habits to match the lack of exercise i was getting. now, its probably too little too late, but i have changed the habits and lost weight, but it gets harder the older i get. the only thing that pisses me off is that my brother eats like a pig, works in a job that does minimal manual labor and doesnt gain weight at all.

Please refer to your physics textbook from when you went back to college.

 

[hanoverphist]

Please refer to your physics textbook from when you went back to college.

lol. i had a big ole wall of text to answer this, but i realized it doesnt really matter.

 

[Newell Steamer]

But what happens when an obese person has to sit next to another obese person? Has anyone witnessed this?

 

[norseamd]

More like

 

[Jeff7]

I have never even seen an obese person on a plane. I must not fly often enough. Thankful for not even having to fly often.

There are plenty of other options too:

-- Spring-break college girls who do not shut up. They're the complete package, too:
- Badly-done blonde hair dye and glittery lip balm.
- Talking like they're writers for a bad sitcom. (Oh my god like yeah whatever.)
- Multiple duckface selfies in the airport.
- Getting slightly drunk on the plane.
- Small handbag suitable for a tiny dog.
- Huge sunglasses.

-- Crying baby or babbling toddler.

-- Chewing gum like a thirsty dog slurping water.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

That's what I was saying. Fat people are doing us no favors, but the main problem with the airlines is the airlines.

As a fat person, I bought for a larger seat when I went overseas late last year. Wife and I both agreed while the wider seat was nice the extra legroom was more of a benefit.

 

[Kelvrick]

I try to buy an extra seat because I want the space and don't want to go first class. I was rejected once because I wasn't fat. Equal rights for all! Force them to buy an extra seat, but let us skinnies do it too!

 

[Red Squirrel]

If you were to put treadmills on planes so that obese people could work out, would the plane's total weight actually go down so it could eventually take off?

 

[jagec]

I try to buy an extra seat because I want the space and don't want to go first class. I was rejected once because I wasn't fat. Equal rights for all! Force them to buy an extra seat, but let us skinnies do it too!

Yeah, then they'll sell you a seat and say "sorry, this flight is overbooked. You can board, but we have to put your extra seat on the next flight."

 

[soulcougher73]

They just have to speed up the treadmill is all to get lift off.....

 

[irishScott]

If you were to put treadmills on planes so that obese people could work out, would the plane's total weight actually go down so it could eventually take off?

I know you're being facetious, but technically, yeah that could work if they stick to a regimen/diet and no one gets off the plane for a few weeks/months.

On a related note, I wonder if every obsese person around the world could lose weight at the same time and measurably contribute to global warming.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I know you're being facetious, but technically, yeah that could work if they stick to a regimen/diet and no one gets off the plane for a few weeks/months.

On a related note, I wonder if every obsese person around the world could lose weight at the same time and measurably contribute to global warming.

But what about those work out videos that you can lose like 100 pounds in only 2 weeks... and for some reason the skin colour changes too but maybe that's just a side effect of losing that much weight. :biggrin:

 

[mooncancook]

This is one of those rare occasions that I feel glad I am relatively short and slim

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Every day that passes I realize how much I hate fatties. I'll have to sit in an airplane tomorrow. I had better not be seated next to a fatty. Absolutely repulsive subhumans.

 

[shortylickens]

should be forced to take two seats. Those fucking arms go up, I've seen it.

 

[skyking]

I definitely need to lose weight. That said, I fit within my bones and the airline seats are not good. If I get an aisle they will clip my shoulder with the cart if I don't lean out of the way. I have to sit just right, and overseas flight like that are like a 9 hour isometric exercise.

 

[It's Not Lupus]

Would an obese couple buy two seats together or knowingly buy two seats separated?

 

[Nograts]

I'm like this on a plane:

Barely 5'7", 160 lbs, and super adjusted to tight spots. A plane seat? More like the Hilton. You ever sleep in a gun turret for a month? Yeah, who's laughing now fatty! :awe:

 

[SSSnail]

I really think that instead of flipping out at the people that are fat shaming, the fatties should accept the shame. The only way to advance and improve is to accept and realize your mistakes.

We need more shaming, and not less. Society as a whole needs more shaming.

 

[K1052]

There are plenty of other options too:

-- Spring-break college girls who do not shut up. They're the complete package, too:
- Badly-done blonde hair dye and glittery lip balm.
- Talking like they're writers for a bad sitcom. (Oh my god like yeah whatever.)
- Multiple duckface selfies in the airport.
- Getting slightly drunk on the plane.
- Small handbag suitable for a tiny dog.
- Huge sunglasses.

-- Crying baby or babbling toddler.

-- Chewing gum like a thirsty dog slurping water.

Most of those aren't even my top few people I like on planes.

1) The talker. Typically a middle aged southern white woman that doesn't shut her yap regardless of how long the flight is. Even the universal signal for "leave me the fuck alone" of earbuds in goes unheeded.

2) Mr. Important. Has to be repeatedly and increasingly sternly told to put away his laptop or get off the phone almost to the point of delaying the flight while he grumbles about the airline being shitty and the FAs being bitches.

3) The button pusher. Anyone who rings the FA call button for a reason besides that they are dying, an important part of the plane is falling off/on fire, or both.

4) Vacationers who discover alcohol in airports. Smashed at the gate, can barely walk down the jetbridge, and proceed to order more on the plane. Possibly fall down face first in the aisle mid-flight. When the FAs cut you off you know you have a problem.

5) The seat getter upper. The asshole who takes the window seat and gets up 9 million times during an hour flight, often does stretching in the aisle while making groaning sounds with his crotch/ass at your eye level.

6) Oversize carry on persons. I know it's not going to fit, you know it's not going to fit, and the FA knows it's not going to fit but you still throw a tantrum over having to gate check it with your group 9 boarding pass.