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Thank you, thats good to know.

I just double checked with them and they said its the new zepbound/mounjaro injection, not ozempic. So no digestive paralysis.

I’m still petrified regardless, just because any new medication doesn’t have the data that you get from rolling it out yet.

I've said this elsewhere, but fatphobia is considered the last condoned kind of bigotry. Since society views being fat as a moral failig and a choice, they feel validated to be as cruel as possible.

The internet is a cruel place. If you are marginalized in any way, people will leave hate comments and troll you. But there is a limit to this because if you go after the wrong one or it goes viral enough, the internet will go after you and come for all you hold dear.

With a few exceptions, the internet doesn't have the same level of rage for fatphobia as they do for other other forms of bigotry. So the bullies feel safer to be gross.

Turns out that being progressive doesn't make you a good person.

And I say this as a progressive.

Oh, it's gonna bite you in the ass 200%. But I understand why you're doing it, so I'm not judging.

Oh yeah it’s especially true when (some) fitness trainers push their agenda. And they get tremendous amount of views and likes and are simply praise as a damn hero. 🙄 I get so much anger and anxiety from it!

It’s honestly upsetting to see the fact that some people would go far to bring the body shaming back to it’s prime.

Though I am glad to see this thread being talked about again. I know I’ve said my bit about it in an earlier comment, but still I feel like a community like this should be talking about this sort of thing more. Especially with how the world views have changed now.

You are both right. Some people enjoy being an ass. So they will go out of their way to be an ass.

Others have their own insecurities and issues so they project them onto other people.

This is your reminder that your politics do not necessarily make you a good person.

So I had recently watched a video from a YouTuber named “Daisha Unique” and this woman, a plus size woman talked about her personal frustrations with fat acceptance and mukbangs (or whatever it’s spelled).

youtu.be/msjsPzV8Chg

Now I didn’t watched the whole thing because I already know most of the things that was discussed and I couldn’t really stomach it after everything that I have been through having my algorithms sting me with stuff like this. But either way it had me thinking about this thread and tracked it down again.

Now I did posted a big comment about everything I thought about it in one of the earlier comments. After briefly watching it and reading the comments, it seems like how so many people have turned on against FA/BP is because some people have broken away from the “lies and delusions” and decided to be more healthier. Especially from what I have seen in the comments section. I had to post a comment for everything that I had to say, a big one with a hint of nuance. 😅

Now there is nothing wrong with losing weight if that’s what someone wants to do. It’s like I have mentioned that there’s a fine line between doing so for looking after one’s wellbeing versus pursuing beauty standards.

I’ll always do my best as an ally with the plus size space. Still though, it sucks as someone who has a preference for liking bigger women to be stung like this again. But I guess that’s what happens when you care too much about a community that you care about. Perhaps it’s just a reality I have to live with and finding that nuance and keep on racing.

Because they are sad

I suspect a large part of hatred for fat people stems from society's opinion on what's considered 'beautiful'.

If the tides turned and suddenly being a morbidly obese glutton became fashionable, I'd expect 'thin shaming' to become a thing.

'look at you struggling to eat a large pizza'
'what's wrong? Can't afford to eat?'

Of course other factors likely play a part e.g. affects on health, but then people have gone to Tiktok quacks to try and get their teeth done on the cheap because they want to try and look good, so I suspect many of those factors would get tossed aside in order to try and fit in.