Things I don't understand

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I can at least offer an explanation, although I don't bash fat people for sport by any means. This is a drain on the health care system. This is a big reason why health care costs are out of control here. It's not healthy, and when I say that I don't mean your comment above that I surely can't be concerned about their health (I actually am, why is that so hard to believe?) but from a greater perspective, it's not healthy and it's draining our health care system. The number of health issues that stem from being overweight are just too many for any of us to ignore. And that IS my business, when it's driving MY health care costs up. And another selfish reason I get irritated with fat people for is all of the research dollars being diverted away from Type 1 diabetes to study Type 2, which is preventable and treatable - lose weight.

If you're interested in evidence-based medicine and not just clinging to your biases, read the following and click on the links.

http://kateharding.net/faq/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/

Or shut up, and that'll do just fine.

Anyone who feels the need to drop the F bomb that many times in an "article" will not be taken seriously by me and a lot of people like me. And just mocking the true health consequences doesn't make them nonexistent. This is an example of why we as a nation are a laughing stock to everyone around the world - "fat acceptance." Yeah. I don't think so. That being said, I don't mock them. I don't make fun of them. I don't really care in that sense.

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Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Two things. 1- you must be thinking of white women and 2- even some white women look "polished" without makeup.

Ok and another thing- that's sad and I hope you aren't involved in hiring at your job.

What does that mean?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Two things. 1- you must be thinking of white women and 2- even some white women look "polished" without makeup.

Ok and another thing- that's sad and I hope you aren't involved in hiring at your job.

What does that mean?

PP has already started a spin-off thread, because she's making mountains out of mole hills.

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Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Not arguing, just offering my opinion, as someone who rarely wears makeup: when I wear makeup I feel like I'm pretending to be someone I'm not. I'm not saying that everyone who wears make-up is pretending to be someone they're not, it's just how I feel about myself. I don't feel like I need to be "polished". I'm fine the way I am, even if I don't look like other people. I definitely think other women are free to wear all the makeup they want. I know other women enjoy wearing it and that is fine.

I feel the same. I actually feel the exact same way when I straighten my hair as well. I don't feel like myself and I feel like I am trying to be something I am not. Besides, I get many more compliments when my hair is curly than when it is straight. I have never had anyone say to me "what beautiful straight hair you have!". I like my curls and I don't understand why SO many people pay thousands of dollars to make it straight.

I also don't understand why people can't just be happy with who they are.

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I don't understand people who can't grasp the difference between correspondence and causation.

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Smokers who roll down the windows in their car while smoking to help air it out. Don't they like the smell??

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People who live and breath by their kids nap schedule.

"Sorry best friend of 12 years. I can't attend your wedding because it's at 3:00 and little Suzie takes her nap then!"

Seriously, one time at my child's gymnastics class I was talking to another mom. She was telling me her about her neighbor---neighbor's child school age child got out of school at 2:30, but toddler sibling's nap was from 1:00-3:00 so mom wouldn't be able to meet her at the bus stop. So she enrolled school age in after school care so she wouldn't have to interupt or adjust the younger child's nap. Gymnastics mom was so sympathetic to the neighbor's predicament and how "unfair" it was that neighbor would have to shell out money for it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When my hyper-sensitive relatives tell me about something race-based that happen to them...and I think "gee, maybe the waitress was just bad??".

I don't understand how naive some people are and why they are in denial that racist things happen.

Sometimes, people are just jerks, or they're just bad at their jobs, OR maybe you're the problem. Yes, racist things happen (and that goes both ways), but racism isn't the answer every time a restaurant server provides bad service.

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13:26 PP - i'm an occasional smoker who occasionally smokes in the car. (usually when massively stressed about something.) I open my window and crack all the other windows. cigarette smoke smells nasty. plus it's less likely to linger on your clothes and hair - and in your upholstery- if the windows are open. to be fair, I usually have my windows open unless it's below 60 or above 90 anyway. (I rarely smoke in the winter - too cold!)

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Anonymous wrote:Smokers who roll down the windows in their car while smoking to help air it out. Don't they like the smell??

Never been a smoker, have you? It's the biochemical response from the nicotine and other additives that we want, not the smell.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Not arguing, just offering my opinion, as someone who rarely wears makeup: when I wear makeup I feel like I'm pretending to be someone I'm not. I'm not saying that everyone who wears make-up is pretending to be someone they're not, it's just how I feel about myself. I don't feel like I need to be "polished". I'm fine the way I am, even if I don't look like other people. I definitely think other women are free to wear all the makeup they want. I know other women enjoy wearing it and that is fine.

I feel the same. I actually feel the exact same way when I straighten my hair as well. I don't feel like myself and I feel like I am trying to be something I am not. Besides, I get many more compliments when my hair is curly than when it is straight. I have never had anyone say to me "what beautiful straight hair you have!". I like my curls and I don't understand why SO many people pay thousands of dollars to make it straight.

I also don't understand why people can't just be happy with who they are.

What's wrong with doing both? Why does it have to be one way or the other and a major racial issue? Some women straighten because they're bored and like to mix it up.

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how so many DCUM posters could have psychiatry degrees. depression, insecurity and daddy issues are diagnosed on this very board everyday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Women who don't wear make-up. Plenty of you will not agree with me, but I don't believe an adult woman looks polished without make-up.

Not arguing, just offering my opinion, as someone who rarely wears makeup: when I wear makeup I feel like I'm pretending to be someone I'm not. I'm not saying that everyone who wears make-up is pretending to be someone they're not, it's just how I feel about myself. I don't feel like I need to be "polished". I'm fine the way I am, even if I don't look like other people. I definitely think other women are free to wear all the makeup they want. I know other women enjoy wearing it and that is fine.

Do you work in a corporate environment, or not?

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Anonymous wrote:People who live and breath by their kids nap schedule.

"Sorry best friend of 12 years. I can't attend your wedding because it's at 3:00 and little Suzie takes her nap then!"

Seriously, one time at my child's gymnastics class I was talking to another mom. She was telling me her about her neighbor---neighbor's child school age child got out of school at 2:30, but toddler sibling's nap was from 1:00-3:00 so mom wouldn't be able to meet her at the bus stop. So she enrolled school age in after school care so she wouldn't have to interupt or adjust the younger child's nap. Gymnastics mom was so sympathetic to the neighbor's predicament and how "unfair" it was that neighbor would have to shell out money for it.

That was me. I lived and breathed by my kids' nap schedule because otherwise they would wake up repeatedly at night, and I was miserable. I guess your babies were good sleepers (or you didn't WOH).