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Originally Posted by Lebell
Another example.
If you are fat, you need "forgiving". If you are skinny, you do not.
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well, duh. Would you want to get to know people that are lazy and self-indulgent on a more personal level? This is the "fat" stereotype. Without catagorizing people based on their characteristics, we couldn't function in society. Every decision would be agonizingly long and presumably useless by the time the decision was finally made. It's the same reason we discriminate if someone is dressed slobbily, or has lots of piercings/tattoos. It's the image that society has constructed for you, and no matter your opinion on it, it's just something you have to live with.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, I'm sure lots of people when they see a morbidly skinny guy make judgements on his character because of it. (like nerdy, unconfident, etc.)