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2022-05-20 -Great Cultural Revolution

University of Illinois Chicago wants to cancel the word 'obesity' because it's 'racist'

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Posted by Fred 2022-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Since I'm not black, will this make my old jeans fit again?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-05-20 12:18|| 2022-05-20 12:18|| Front Page Top

#2 ‘Inclusive’ Sports Illustrated Swimsuit show features plus-sized models

Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-20 12:59|| 2022-05-20 12:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Obesity might be racist, but is fat slob OK? Asking for a friend.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-05-20 13:04|| 2022-05-20 13:04|| Front Page Top

#4 My moment of liberation is nigh...

Posted by ed in texas 2022-05-20 13:36|| 2022-05-20 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 "See: Cullors, Patrisse"

Posted by Frank G 2022-05-20 13:42|| 2022-05-20 13:42|| Front Page Top

#6 The BMI is in fact a lousy way to measure obesity. For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger is 6'2"". When he was competing for Mr Olympia, he was 235 lbs, which makes his BMI at 30.2 - obese. Check Wikipedia to see what he looked like in 1974 while competing.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-05-20 14:03|| 2022-05-20 14:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Ok then, steatopygic

Posted by Unager Flereque8687 2022-05-20 14:51|| 2022-05-20 14:51|| Front Page Top

#8 'You ain't cute!' Plus-size influencer is mocked and harassed while filming a TikTok in a bikini at the beach - with video capturing strangers laughing at her and yelling 'you're f***ing fat'

Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-20 15:56|| 2022-05-20 15:56|| Front Page Top

#9 I was going to be nice and walk away, but then I remembered how much I hate Tiktokers and self described influencers, the modern lifeless take on door to door salesmen. I mean, say what you will about the D2D Way, those practitioners have to have style, and they have to have guts, and even out here in G*Ds country the scripture readers come across the heckler. So, in the tradition of the porch heckler....

*clears throat*

Didn't know Pam had an SPF rating.

Calls herself Brooklyn, because that crown makes her look like The Statue of Liberty.

From Iowa huh. Leave any for the rest of us?

Sorry; read that as fatphobia is rampart.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-05-20 16:31|| 2022-05-20 16:31|| Front Page Top

#10 #7 steatopygic

Shade and a surface to place your beer on, all in one.
Certain evolutionary advantages too. In the Savannah at least.

"Steatopygia is believed to be an adaptive physiological feature for female humans living in hot environments, as it maximizes their bodies' surface-area/volume ratio but keeps enough fat to produce hormones needed for menstruation.

"With fat deposited heavily in only certain areas in the middle on the trunk of the body, the limbs are left slim enough to expel heat more efficiently.

"But more likely, being able to store large fat amounts is important in very seasonal environments like those in African savanna, where during the dry season, a food shortage installs, and live largely off of their stored fat."

Posted by Sputch Brown3630 2022-05-20 16:41|| 2022-05-20 16:41|| Front Page Top

#11 Peterson weighs in.

Good luck with that. What a hornet's nest.

Posted by KBK 2022-05-20 17:00|| 2022-05-20 17:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Rambler, the loudest voices screeching about how bad the BMI is aren't weight-lifters.

Except when they stand up.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-05-20 18:03|| 2022-05-20 18:03|| Front Page Top

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