Current Events > Plus sized lady wants free extra seats on airplanes.

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whateveroh posted...

Is that fat Aloy from Horizon?

No, that's just plain Aloy. After a shave, of course

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Beveren_Rabbit posted...

obesity is a disability and it's unfair that she have to pay more to have her health condition accommodated.

Some forms of weight gain do come from illness, medications, and debilitating injuries that's true. But not all of it. Just playin devil's advocate.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

How would getting something free be less humiliating? If anything it would just make others who go on planes more spiteful towards you and notice your inconveniencing of others more....

Just imagine the names people would call that "free extra seat" too. From the captain on down to the cleaning crew, that seat is stigmatized.

Remember Kevin Smith and his "too fat to fly" days?

https://youtu.be/810qddPcsqo=150

voldothegr8 posted...

https://youtu.be/810qddPcsqo=150

Lol. Legend. Legendary asshole.

The reality is a lot of it is just entitlement and always thinking about your discomforts without considering others. Hell, I have severe scoliosis. So, there a lot of public things that force me into positions I immediately feel discomfort. But Im aware enough to realize theres tons of people who go through discomfort every day and my discomfort doesn't just take priority over everyone else's discomfort and inconveniences. There's a level of it that is too much but there's a level that builds character just from you realizing you're not the only victim in this world. If you throw a rock, you'll hit someone with discomfort.

...I mean, like, not the discomfort from being hit with the rock itself....but....like every day discomfort and inconveniences.

If you compare what we have to endure against any other century, we're all coming off like lil punk bitches for the most part lol. Which, it's good we're gaining comforts. But it's not good we're losing perspective on those comforts. Im sure it was a lil bit more uncomfortable to take a horse buggy for 2 weeks before planes existed. Hell, I doubt you were even viable for those at a certain weight

DipDipDiver posted...

I wish I could buy an extra seat for more leg room. Being tall on a plane fucking sucks. Best I can hope for is the front row

I'm average height but have bad knees and I request either bulkhead or depending on the plane, exit row. Usually there's a little extra legroom there.

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I look at body positivity going too far.

Obesity is not healthy, and the idea that people have no power to control their behavior is rampant. The idea that you can't control obesity is just not true.

No we shouldnt be fat shaming people, but we have reached a point of confusing criticism that most people can and should try to get healthier, with shaming. Nor is it a phobia of fat people.

Especially when people fall back on anecdotal extremely rare cases that more than likely does not apply to most people who are obese.