Slayright:
Yeah adding to what fatgpt just said, ai can come up with unexpected combinations to create a unique piece of art which may not have been visualised by the artist and this is similar in a way to humans combining influnences to create a new art style.

FatGTP:
Creativity is varied — for some generative AI is unnecessary; for others, a useful tool. There is no obligation either way — I have no problem if someone chooses not to use generative AI.

Slayright:
yeah this it can be very useful but you dont have to use it

Fattyprincessriri:
And I am Yoruba too born in Lagos state to a Jamaican father and an EDO mother (Nigerian)

Fattyprincessriri:
Truthfully it's not so much of what do they use it's what DON'T they use. Here a lot of foods are naturally fatty because of the oil put and used to cook our food, on my profile I have a video of a few photos of home made dishes I've eaten recently and as you can see most of them are pasta, rice, fried foods and the soups are made with quite a bit of sunflower or palm oil cause you have to fry the blended pumpkin seeds before you put in water and let it cook. (Egusi soup) At least I can speak for Nigeria and Jamaica.

Morbidly A Beast:
Back in my day the value menu at McDonald’s was actually a dollar, you could get 2 McDoubles and a large drink for under 3 dollars, now a days that’s a 10 dollar meal. (Also a laughable amount of for someone of size)

Big_guy32:
By staying persistent, I've seen a belly look like they were overdue with triplets

Big_guy32:
I'd like to see the woman inflate to the max or past their max capacity little by little.

FatGTP:
What matters are purpose, context, and responsibility. People set the goals, choose the training data, and decide how outputs are used. So you can't simply be "for" or "against" AI; the real question is where its use delivers clear benefit and where risks, misuse, or discrimination outweigh the gains.

Those who use AI deliberately and skillfully amplify their abilities: it becomes a productivity, analysis, and creativity multiplier. Those who use it only to confirm existing biases or to shortcut critical thinking stagnate or worsen problems. What matters is education, digital literacy, transparent rules, and responsible governance — not the technology itself.

OhHey:
All the places turning health conscious and making sure their menu is under a certain amount of saturated fats and calories makes wg hard.

I miss the days where you could get a salad that was 700+ calories. Back in the 90's and 00's, a Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad from Mcdonalds contained over 730 calories! (Now its just 350)

Also, I used to get the chicken fried steak meal from ihop that was over 1000 calories. It was really good too. Now its been nixed. RIP.

What are some menu items/places that you miss or remember that used to help you put on the weight?

Munchies:
I think some of these issues are location-specific. When I'm at (one state north of you), I can buy the IHOP chicken-fried steak meal. In fact, there are a lot of places where I live where you can buy a meal for well over 1,500 calories. But I live in a fairly rural area, so that may have an impact on this.

I will say it's more expensive to gain weight - especially past a certain point. Not just the food, but also having to size up when you outgrow things.

BigBallBellyGirl:
It's absolutely more expensive. My household food budget is probably average for a family of two, maybe a little more because I'm making a concerted effort to eat healthy, and vegetables are costly. But when I was gaining, our food budget was our biggest expense. Additionally, having a dress made for someone my size costs around $250. My feet have also grown too wide for regular shoes. I only have one nice pair appropriate for wearing out.

Reality is hard. We're well educated and successfully employed, but most assuredly middle to upper middle class income-wise. But my size still taxes our budget, even with "normal" food expenses.

Munchies:
Money is the ultimate reason why most people stop gaining - even more than health, comfort, or peer pressure. At some point, it gets hard to afford.

FattyBeefPatty:
Man, how come the moment I’m committed to gaining everything’s gotta be so expensive 😔

Munchies:
Truly unfair

MottiF:
Indeed, same with me. I was gaining weight really fast but now I’m gaining much slower due the food costs, everything is just too expensive

OhHey:
All the places turning health conscious and making sure their menu is under a certain amount of saturated fats and calories makes wg hard.

I miss the days where you could get a salad that was 700+ calories. Back in the 90's and 00's, a Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad from Mcdonalds contained over 730 calories! (Now its just 350)

Also, I used to get the chicken fried steak meal from ihop that was over 1000 calories. It was really good too. Now its been nixed. RIP.

What are some menu items/places that you miss or remember that used to help you put on the weight?

Munchies:
I think some of these issues are location-specific. When I'm at (one state north of you), I can buy the IHOP chicken-fried steak meal. In fact, there are a lot of places where I live where you can buy a meal for well over 1,500 calories. But I live in a fairly rural area, so that may have an impact on this.

I will say it's more expensive to gain weight - especially past a certain point. Not just the food, but also having to size up when you outgrow things.

BigBallBellyGirl:
It's absolutely more expensive. My household food budget is probably average for a family of two, maybe a little more because I'm making a concerted effort to eat healthy, and vegetables are costly. But when I was gaining, our food budget was our biggest expense. Additionally, having a dress made for someone my size costs around $250. My feet have also grown too wide for regular shoes. I only have one nice pair appropriate for wearing out.

Reality is hard. We're well educated and successfully employed, but most assuredly middle to upper middle class income-wise. But my size still taxes our budget, even with "normal" food expenses.

Munchies:
Money is the ultimate reason why most people stop gaining - even more than health, comfort, or peer pressure. At some point, it gets hard to afford.

FattyBeefPatty:
Man, how come the moment I’m committed to gaining everything’s gotta be so expensive 😔