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Originally Posted by Jinn
I for one don't think the game is funny, nor do I think it's okay to tell someone to "lighten up", or tell them they're "taking it too seriously".
I agree with her 100%, and I'm not obese nor a woman. "Walk a mile in someone's shoes" would benefit most of you mid-20s white males who think that everyone just needs to 'suck it up.'
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I don't need to walk in anybody else's shoes. Not a mile, not three inches. The point is that if she's that insecure about her weight to get offended at a video game, it is in her power to do something to change it. Blaming it on something else is so typical of Americans. Unlike other instances mentioned in this thread, weight is something people have a degree of control over. They just need to want it enough.