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Article on "Fat Faye"
fancydancepants:
I think it's a webcomic and like any other kind of media, it's about what people want to see. And they want to see some starved looking hipsters demmit.
MC:
to OP:
I didn't think the article had any truth in it at all and I thought it was 100% ridiculous. It honestly sounded like this fat lady projecting her own emotional issues into the comic frame. and from her profile pic I gathered right that she was over-weight. Honestly if someone is over-weight than don't complain if someone critisizes you. Commenting on obesity is NOT racist or anything stupid like that. if someone is over weight than perhaps they should take steps to correct that instead of complaining to the entire world while filling their face with icecream all the time.
disclaimer: No offense to the over-weight people who might read this. I spent alot of my young years as an over-weight kid and I lost all of the weight overtime by changing a few tiny lifestyle habits. So please don't get mad at me. Take what I say with a grain of salt. it CAN be helped.
himynameisjulien:
--- Quote from: FiskFisk33 on 24 Jun 2008, 13:14 ---I really think its over the top to write such an article on a comic in the first place...
and the examples in the second last part of the article is a bit off too, because, after those two comes http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=354
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It's almost like selective memory combined with a certain bias. The author of the blog seems to obscure the facts. It reminds me of the U.S. government. Also, FiskFisk33, I want to let you know that I like your quote.
Cartilage Head:
"Honestly if someone is over-weight than don't complain if someone critisizes you."
What I guess you meant is "Honestly if someone is overweight then they shouldn't complain if someone criticizes them."
So someone who is overweight shouldn't be offended if someone calls them fat? Even though that is extremely rude and hurtful? What if somebody called you a pimply-faced loser or pointed out that your beard was stupid or your haircut or clothing choice sucked?
All of those are, to an extent, choices you make about the way you look (acne CAN be caused by bad hygeine.)
This isn't me insulting you, because I don't know what you look like, but nobody has the right to degrade anyone's appearance in front of them. It isn't "advice" it is "being a fuckface". It is only advice if they honestly ask you for it.
SleeperCylon:
I see where that article is coming from, because the writer is probably tired of her weight being considered an issue.
But I disagree. Nobody's ever made fun of Faye for not being skinny, and when her weight is brought up in the comic it's usually Faye bringing it up. You can't deal with the unrealistic, unfair expectations for waifishness society places on women without talking about it. It's just a current fact of our culture. Women of normal weight are made to feel that they're overweight, which leads people to accusing them of being undisciplined eaters or somehow gross. It's better to address the issues of our culture than pretend they don't exist.
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