Thursday, June 18, 2009

Chubby Chasers? WTF!?

Yet another weight related reality show. The fact that there are so many reality shows focused on obesity shouldn't surprise anyone considering how much of a weight problem this country has. What should surprise/disgust/enrage/nauseate people is the MTV True Life "I'm Happy to Be Fat". The show follows three different people who have no problem being overweight. One of the women isn't terribly overweight and her goal is to get people to accept the fact that they aren't all destined to be a size two; a totally acceptable and positive message.
The other two, however, are both a disgrace to humanity. One is a man who's proud to make the Goodyear blimp look small. His "boyfriend" is this ridiculously in shape guy who loooooooves the chub. It's great to love someone for their personality and not to care if they are heavy, but this guy is completely focused on on the weight, just not in the way most people would be. Then heavy guy, and this is where it just gets ridiculous, starts a Chub Chaser group, which basically works as a dating service to connect people who have a fat fetish to fat people. Not only does this encourage people to be unhealthy, but it's equally as horrible as starting a dating service that hooks people up with women who are all a size one with DD tits. Stop encouraging people to date others based on their looks! Someone can be as small or large as you find aesthetically pleasing, but that doesn't mean the sun shines out of their ass.
The third woman really pissed me off. Like the man mentioned above, she enjoys being over weight. Her friends, rightly, are concerned for her health. After a doctor's appointment confirms that the woman is on the fast track to diabetes, blood pressure problems, and several other medical issues due directly to her weight, this woman just can't decide whether or not she wants to loose weight. OK, fine, but if she has health insurance, her provider should drop her ass like a rock. People like me who eat low fat and work out on a regular basis can't get health insurance in this country, but others who are choosing to have health problems that the HMOs are then going to have to pay for, which raise statistics and health insurance costs, get insured. What the fuck!?
Like I've said, not everyone is supposed to be a size two. People should love themselves for who they are, and expect others to do the same. People should not, however, rebel against the never thin enough standard with the I Have To Be Weighed At The Zoo Becuase I Obliterate Normal Scales standard. It's just as wrong to date someone because they are over weight as it is to date someone becuase they are under weight with large breasts or perfect pecs. Worst of all, what is wrong with a health care system where people who are partially the cause of sky-high health care costs get insurance while the rest of us are willing to do our own surgeries to avoid a lifetime of medical debt?

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