What weighs 550kg and hasn't got out of bed in the last 5 years?

[onearmedbandit]

Believe me, I'm no bleeding heart liberal. not in the fucking slightest. Hey if the guy is just lazy and eats too much shite then sure, his fucking problem. And it's disgusting, and an abuse of the health system payed for by the tax payer. But without knowing the full story I'm not going to cast judgement.

[Colapop]

It's a weird world innit? There are medical anomaly's siamese twins, 500lb people, shit there are even people who ride bikes one armed!!

[Dafe]

I agree with OAB. This is a medical condition that could have altered yours or my life from age 22. Imagine that! Then imagine all the insults you get because people are so simple minded, they can only imagine that you ate too much! More often than not, It's abnormal cell conditions that lead to complete digestion of foods within the body.


Hey check this out. Looks like the average Aussie is gaining weight too.

http://www.moraldilemma.observationdeck.org/?p=12

[jimbo600]

That's right. Someone's forking out a load of cash to keep feeding the pig.
Why would you keep feeding him when he can't even get himself out of bed?
I have no sympathy for these types. The bleeding heart liberals will say, oh he tries to lose weight, it's really not his doing, it's our modern food, it's his metabolism - Load of bollocks.
The body is just like an engine. You have to put in fuel and then it converts that to energy. Put in too much and the tank will overflow and make a mess.
Guarantee if he was given nothing but water and air he would lose weight.
Ýou don't need to be a doctor to know a body's 'metabolism' can't convert air into fat.

'Kin A mate. End of the day the pie hole is bigger than the butt hole and backup inevitably ensues.

[onearmedbandit]

Never knew we had such an esteemed panel of resident medical experts on this forum. Oh well, one should never assume anything I suppose. My bad.

Oh yeah, in case anyone thinks this is a 'touchy' subject for me, I weigh in at about 73kg and am about 175cm tall. I just can't stand (and I know I'm not perfect myself!) ignorance and assumption.

[Winston001]

There was a UK documentary on about a year ago which focused on 4 hugely overweight people. A couple of them did try to lose weight but the other 2 didn't see any problem!!! Never left their homes, had nurses etc coming in to wash and help them, all the time stuffing more food down their gobs. All paid for courtesy of the British taxpayer.

Yes they suffered from medical conditions which caused the weight but there are medical answers too. MD is spot on. If they only had air and water plus vitamins, they'd slim down quick enough.

[Edbear]

There was a UK documentary on about a year ago which focused on 4 hugely overweight people. A couple of them did try to lose weight but the other 2 didn't see any problem!!! Never left their homes, had nurses etc coming in to wash and help them, all the time stuffing more food down their gobs. All paid for courtesy of the British taxpayer.

Yes they suffered from medical conditions which caused the weight but there are medical answers too. MD is spot on. If they only had air and water plus vitamins, they'd slim down quick enough.

Yeah, saw that doco, too. There are some who genuinely have a medical condition that affects how the body utilises food which makes them put on weight, but it is rare and treatable. I've seen doco's that deal with this condition. Most people tend to favour an excuse that allows them to avoid the responsibility for their weight problem and it's true, that for most people, if you put in more fuel than you burn you gain weight. Burn more than you consume and you lose it. It ain't rocket science. I am personally trying to lose some weight and get fit - I'm 177cm and 93kg - and it is not easy to reduce one's food intake, when you like food! It's psychological and requires self discipline! It's an addiction and needs to be treated as such. You don't help an alcoholic by giving them more alcohol, for example. Eating too much is the same thing.

[MD]

Never knew we had such an esteemed panel of resident medical experts on this forum.

Anyone who's had sex with a nurse is a medical expert ..so I'm there!
I still think obesity is a self inflicted condition and the cure rests entirely with the inflicted. Dafe's quite right, some bods might have a rare condition that extracts more 'goodness' from food than most - So, eat less.
I'm just sick of fat pricks sitting beside me on a plane taking up half my personal space or walking at a snails pace with a wide body that's a slow moving road block that no one can get passed. Took my Kids to MacDs today for a rare treat. Now this may sound harsh. But I noticed that a lot of ugly people seem to congregate at MacD and KFC. Why is that I wonder. Scruffy dressed, fat clothes trying to cover repulsive flab, poor skin complexion and stuffing fast food down their gobs.
We had a fire alarm at work once - genuine alert not a drill, and I was pissed at the selfishness of a fat bitch who blocked the stairwell. There we all were making quick progress down the stairs until this bitch enters the stairwell at about the 11th floor. She made no effort to move at the pace we were going. She knew bloody well that every second more people were backing up behind her fat arse. Two normal people would easily walk side by side but no one could pass this bitch. Then we discover it's not a drill, smoke was in the lower floors. The whole feeling changed. Then it occured to me. Within seconds this bitch was holding up 40+ people and it was getting worse each floor. What the hell gave her the right to endanger all of us because she can't move at an acceptable speed and is too selfish and ignorant to move aside. Then I thought about the 'what ifs'. What if there was a real fire danger soon to close our lower exits, what if my kids were with me now. Should i risk their lives in the interest of good manners and not to offend her. Like hell, I would have walked over her with the same disregard for her safety that she was showing for ours. I was not the only person in the queue asking what the hells the hold up.
It gave me the ideal for a workplace suggestion. In the event of a fire alarm there is a large person sized cut-out before the exits, like the DOC shell fish warning - if the shell is smaller than hole then put it back! This cut out could say, "if your fat arse can't fit through this gap WAIT until the able bodied have gone first' After all we wont hold up the fatties but they will hold up us.
You think this is a bit cruel. Well think about the hundreds that tried to evacuate the Twin Towers and didn't get out in time and then picture yourself trapped behind an obese person walking at a fraction of the speed you want to go at.

[onearmedbandit]

Wow, calm down. You actually agree now with what I say, that this guy could be suffering from a condition. Did you also know there is a condition where no matter how much people eat they still feel hungry, something they can't control either.

As for the rest of your rant, I totally agree. In fact in an earlier post I myself launched an attack on fat lazy people who eat too much (extreme examples) that cost us, just not as intense as your version! So don't read something into my posts that isn't there. We actually agree here.

[MD]

Too right OAB, I knew we were on the same wavelength. I always have sympathy for people that genuinely have a disability because it always reminds me how lucky I am. Didn't intend my post to sound like a generalisation, there are always exceptions. It's the slobs force feeding themselves that are also lazy sods that annoy me.

[MidnightMike]

Did you also know there is a condition where no matter how much people eat they still feel hungry, something they can't control either.

I almost eat that way but im not fat at all, i just get taller :slap: 6'5" and 80kg's.

[Edbear]

I almost eat that way but im not fat at all, i just get taller :slap: 6'5" and 80kg's.

Yer! Used to be able to eat anyone under the table when I wuz young! Waz allus a skinny kid, but when you reach middle age, it all turns to custard. Though the missus seems to be a bit of an exception, she's still trim. Nice for me... I say I'm twice the man she married but I's tryin' to get down to 1 1/2 times... I used to have this saying about leftovers, "If it's goin t go t waste, it might as well go to mine..." Geddit? My waist did!

[MD]

... I used to have this saying about leftovers, "If it's goin t go t waste, it might as well go to mine..." Geddit? My waist did!

Ha ha I liked that. I'll buy you a pie and sugar donut.

[NotaGoth]

Normally I'd agree with you, but there are actual conditions that can send a person's body weight out of control, dispite leading a normal lifestyle. Unless you know the full story regarding this guys condition I don't think you can solely attribute it to 'laziness'.

^ true that. Also works the other way round.


Poor guy though.. :spudwow:

[onearmedbandit]

That I realise kitti, hence why I'm not pre-judging him.