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Wait just a second here RCAlyra2004.

You're telling me if I were to say "Those are nice XXXX" in reference to a picture of a thin woman, it's hurtfult to someone who does not have those qualities I'm referring to?

Well, screw that sideways.
(The rest of my post NOT even remotely directed to you, RCAlyra2004)

If my expression of what I find attrative offends someone, who is not my idea of attractive, they need to take their fucked up emotional baggage and go somewhere with it.

I'm not an in shape guy. I have some extra pounds.
I'm comfortable with that.
When my wife opines that Vin Deisel is hot, I don't go off and cry in the corner BECUASE I DON'T HAVE A FUCKED UP SELF-IMAGE.

My opinion on this whole mess of a thread:

I don't see anyone calling "fatass" on the board, so I think the original poster is expressing more internal emotional issues than fact. Quote, or link me to, ONE post on the board where a member posted negatively about a pic of another member and didn't get some form of repremand to show me wrong. SHOW ME one post in Exhibition where "YOU FAT SLOB" was posted and left to stay. I have never seen that kind of behavior tolerated here.

Heathly eating habits are just that. You have them, and aren't obese, or you DON'T have them and are. I don't give a shit what you eat. I have mediocre eating habits and a non-active lifestyle. I have at least 20lbs I could lose, and my blood pressure is high. I need to work out more, and eat better. But you know what? I'm not taking my insecurities out on women who think Brad Pitt is hot.

I don't give one second's thought to anyone who is so emotionally weak that my comment, on what *I* consider is attractive, cripples their emotional state. (or maybe I do, since I posted; but, I have personal reasons to respond, so maybe not. I'll have to think about why I did.)

You think you see "lookism" or some shit on the TFP? Fine, you think so.
Did you also notice you live in the USA? One of the most fucked up societies when it comes to the ideals of beauty, compounded with a screwed up food culture? WE ALL have issues about food and weight, you ain't the first, and you won't be the last.

If I meet a fat girl, I either am, or am not, attracted to her. Some skinny girls, I see nothing attractive. Some fat girls, I see nothing attractive. SOME fat girls I see, and am attracted. SOME skinny girls I see, and am attracted. Either way, I don't much care if you can't handle what *I* like, and what I don't.

Nor do I grant anyone the right to control what I can express about such things.

I'd never say to someone "Boy, you're just a big fat fuck, aren't you?" because it's not my place to judge. People are how they are, and they have a right to be that way. It's not mine to judge, control, or decide someone's life for them.

You want to be HOWEVER you are? That's fine with me, unless you've decided to be a murderer and you're after me with an axe. But do me a favor, be COMFORTABLE with how you are and spare me the whole "I am comfortable, but whine whine whine" bit.

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