Comments on: A Question for the Ages http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/ and believe me I am still alive Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tanz http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2662 Tanz Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:58:17 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2662 Funnily enough I find that people meeting me for the first time are not surprised that fat ol' me is a Mum, but they *are* surprised that fat ol' me has a man. I always wondered where they thought the kids came from... found in the cabbage patch, perhaps? (Although seeing as I am obese I guess people think it's more likely I picked the kidlets up at McDonalds, LOL) :) And as far as alternative methods of reproduction go - I'm up for anything so long as 'birth' hurts less than the current method. Funnily enough I find that people meeting me for the first time are not surprised that fat ol’ me is a Mum, but they *are* surprised that fat ol’ me has a man. I always wondered where they thought the kids came from… found in the cabbage patch, perhaps? (Although seeing as I am obese I guess people think it’s more likely I picked the kidlets up at McDonalds, LOL)

:)

And as far as alternative methods of reproduction go – I’m up for anything so long as ‘birth’ hurts less than the current method.

]]> By: Two unrelated things today « A Day in the (Fat) Life http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2660 Two unrelated things today « A Day in the (Fat) Life Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:00:26 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2660 [...] I let her say whatever she was saying, then, my final shot (before time for the panel was up) was this bit of statistic I saw on Living ~400LBS.  Only in the dream I had the statistics at 33% of obese [...] [...] I let her say whatever she was saying, then, my final shot (before time for the panel was up) was this bit of statistic I saw on Living ~400LBS.  Only in the dream I had the statistics at 33% of obese [...]

]]> By: randomquorum http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2658 randomquorum Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:54:24 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2658 Strong genetic component for sure... from those figures it looks like a stock standard dominant gene to me! Remember those punnet square things from human biology class anyone? Also - I giggled at your questions about how fat people reproduce - and then had an immediate image of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory reproducing by mitosis after eating too much Thai food! Made me LOL, literally. And as far as methods of reproduction go, that's what I'm voting for! Strong genetic component for sure… from those figures it looks like a stock standard dominant gene to me! Remember those punnet square things from human biology class anyone?

Also – I giggled at your questions about how fat people reproduce – and then had an immediate image of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory reproducing by mitosis after eating too much Thai food! Made me LOL, literally. And as far as methods of reproduction go, that’s what I’m voting for!

]]> By: Bree http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2657 Bree Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:32:36 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2657 I was just about to echo Kristie's sentiments. He/she is trying to stir things up. And I just got back from my town's 4th of July parade (we celebrate the Saturday or Sunday after the 4th) and there were lots of fat people with partners and kids. Don't believe we're all sitting at home munching on Doritos and crying in our Pepsi (and even if we were, that's OK too)! I was just about to echo Kristie’s sentiments. He/she is trying to stir things up.

And I just got back from my town’s 4th of July parade (we celebrate the Saturday or Sunday after the 4th) and there were lots of fat people with partners and kids. Don’t believe we’re all sitting at home munching on Doritos and crying in our Pepsi (and even if we were, that’s OK too)!

]]> By: Kristie http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2656 Kristie Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:46:38 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2656 jmitch has been trolling around the Fatosphere. I wouldn't give him any play, or any attention. jmitch has been trolling around the Fatosphere. I wouldn’t give him any play, or any attention.

]]> By: Amananta http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2655 Amananta Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:37:00 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2655 I date my fat lovers because they are wonderful people, kind, nurturing, caring, generous, and intelligent. I fail to understand how anyone could value being skinny above all their wonderful qualities. I know lots of mean skinny people I'd never go to bed with. You know, by the time I was ten years old I knew our culture was looks-obsessed and that this was putting value on all the wrong things. How can grown adults seriously make statements like "I'd never date a fat person?" Yet I hear people say this all the time. Well that's fine. I'll keep my loving, kind, caring partners to myself then. They deserve better than people who would berate and humiliate them for a mere physical "flaw". I date my fat lovers because they are wonderful people, kind, nurturing, caring, generous, and intelligent. I fail to understand how anyone could value being skinny above all their wonderful qualities. I know lots of mean skinny people I’d never go to bed with.
You know, by the time I was ten years old I knew our culture was looks-obsessed and that this was putting value on all the wrong things. How can grown adults seriously make statements like “I’d never date a fat person?” Yet I hear people say this all the time.

Well that’s fine. I’ll keep my loving, kind, caring partners to myself then. They deserve better than people who would berate and humiliate them for a mere physical “flaw”.

]]> By: living400lbs http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2654 living400lbs Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:19:19 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2654 I was trying to use humor to point out that <a href="http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/yes-virginia-fat-women-have-sex-too/" rel="nofollow">obese women have sex too, and usually with men</a>. I was trying to use humor to point out that obese women have sex too, and usually with men.

]]> By: jmitch http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2653 jmitch Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:12:31 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2653 Are you suggesting discouraging obese pregnancy? Are you suggesting discouraging obese pregnancy?

]]> By: wellroundedtype2 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2652 wellroundedtype2 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:05:35 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2652 The people who find fat people attractive are hooked up with them -- and aren't the ones objecting to the situation. I married one of them. I think it's becoming more and more acceptable to hook up with someone fat, too. A good trend. The people who find fat people attractive are hooked up with them — and aren’t the ones objecting to the situation. I married one of them.

I think it’s becoming more and more acceptable to hook up with someone fat, too. A good trend.

]]> By: Carolyn http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2651 Carolyn Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:55:03 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2651 I am one of those fat people who "married up". My husband is tall and muscular and can't put fat on to save his life (seems to be genetic in his family). We have no compunctions about have hot sexy sex either. So scientists can just K.M.A for all I care. I am one of those fat people who “married up”. My husband is tall and muscular and can’t put fat on to save his life (seems to be genetic in his family). We have no compunctions about have hot sexy sex either. So scientists can just K.M.A for all I care.

]]> By: Piffle http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2650 Piffle Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:24:33 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2650 Personally, I always felt egg-laying, or pouches like marsupials had its advantages. :) Personally, I always felt egg-laying, or pouches like marsupials had its advantages. :)

]]> By: styleygeek http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/a-question-for-the-ages/#comment-2648 styleygeek Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:31:37 +0000 http://living400lbs.wordpress.com/?p=1649#comment-2648 Breaking news: 29% of the kids of fat parents are alien abductions! That's why kids of fat parents only have a 71% chance of growing up to be fat. Except that if that really were a news story, the media would spin it to read something like: "Morbid obesity causes alien abduction! Lose weight now!" Breaking news: 29% of the kids of fat parents are alien abductions! That’s why kids of fat parents only have a 71% chance of growing up to be fat.

Except that if that really were a news story, the media would spin it to read something like: “Morbid obesity causes alien abduction! Lose weight now!”

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