The Difference Between Fat People and Smokers
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I knew someone that used to compare fat people to smokers, saying that he didn't feel bad for them. He said that, like smoke, people choose to eat fattening goods, knowing that it's bad. While I guess you could make that argument-- I mean, you don't have to eat that burger, nobody put a gun to your head, and you'd be an idiot to think you're immune to obesity and heart attack-- I found this argument flimsy.
I think the big difference is that nobody gets fat eating food that tastes terrible. Elvis wasn't done in from his weakness to okre-fried goat anus. In general, fattening food tastes fantastic. Thus is the crux of life. Bacon, which tastes like heaven, will fucking kill you. Cheese, which tastes like it was handed down by God himself, will clog your heart and fuck with your bowel movements. Steamed broccoli, which will not kill you, tastes like bat vomit.
On the other hand, smokers do not exhibit this kind of behavior. Their baffling weakness tastes awful and, the first few times they tried it, stopped their regular breathing patterns. And that's by consuming it the way it was meant to be consumed. I have never eaten pizza the way it was meant to be eaten and had a coughing and wheezing fit, my eyes watering, my lungs aching.
Furthermore, being around someone that is eating a bucket of ice cream does not cause second-hand fattening.
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with love from CRS @ 9:48 PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
I knew someone that used to compare fat people to smokers, saying that he didn't feel bad for them. He said that, like smoke, people choose to eat fattening goods, knowing that it's bad. While I guess you could make that argument-- I mean, you don't have to eat that burger, nobody put a gun to your head, and you'd be an idiot to think you're immune to obesity and heart attack-- I found this argument flimsy.
I think the big difference is that nobody gets fat eating food that tastes terrible. Elvis wasn't done in from his weakness to okre-fried goat anus. In general, fattening food tastes fantastic. Thus is the crux of life. Bacon, which tastes like heaven, will fucking kill you. Cheese, which tastes like it was handed down by God himself, will clog your heart and fuck with your bowel movements. Steamed broccoli, which will not kill you, tastes like bat vomit.
On the other hand, smokers do not exhibit this kind of behavior. Their baffling weakness tastes awful and, the first few times they tried it, stopped their regular breathing patterns. And that's by consuming it the way it was meant to be consumed. I have never eaten pizza the way it was meant to be eaten and had a coughing and wheezing fit, my eyes watering, my lungs aching.
Furthermore, being around someone that is eating a bucket of ice cream does not cause second-hand fattening.
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