General

Firstly, Happy New Year to each of you.

At what point should a person be given the “supersized” designation? Ie, “SSBBM”, “SSBBW”, “Superchub”.

I’ve just reached 400 lbs myself (at 6’1), and don’t yet feel entitled to it. I’ve considered a few indicia:

1. BMI is over 50;

2. My mobility is suffering;

3. I’m unusually fat in my particular IRL community;

4. I’m too fat for most public seating with arms;

5. I can’t buy clothing at a regular store.

Am I falling for “gainer’s fallacy” - comparing myself to extremely big people in the feedist community, and treating anything less than that as average?

What makes a supersized fat person?

i really like criterium no 3... being unusually fat for one's environment

i think it really helps put things into context. being online and seeing all these amazing but extremely rare irl enormous bellies in one place, can skew perception as to how big and fat smaller bellies actually are. plus your genetic makeup and where you're from is really important context... your gut might be average in one place but supersized in another