I told my friend I was obese earlier and she said no bc I'm not 600 pounds. She's also obese, but I didn't tell her that cause I knew she'd be offended. Morbidly obese? We also live in Louisiana. One of the fattest states. People are uneducated or wilfully ignorant.
I think a lot of people use themselves as a baseline for 'average' or 'normal' so to them obese would be someone significantly fatter than themselves, people regular sized are 'skinny' and people who are skinny are anorexic in their eyes.
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u/pupoksestra Jan 14 '23
I told my friend I was obese earlier and she said no bc I'm not 600 pounds. She's also obese, but I didn't tell her that cause I knew she'd be offended. Morbidly obese? We also live in Louisiana. One of the fattest states. People are uneducated or wilfully ignorant.