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Originally Posted by tracilicious
Completely inappropriate.
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The bulk of this thread is about inappropriateness. The guy in that photo has allowed himself to get far too large (he is not taking responsibility for his own actions), and deserves to have fun poked at his size.
I am fat (though not as large as the photo). A month-and-a-half ago I weighed 270 pounds and I am down to about 240. I am still fat. So are some of the people posting in this thread. I accept the fact that I am not as attractive as "thinner" people. I don't believe I am ugly though.
But most importantly, I accept responsibility for my size. AND I accept responsibility that my size is less attractive than someone smaller than me. While it is easy to point blame at "the media," the bottom line is that, for the most part, the media just gives people what they want. And for the most part, people would prefer to look at thinner, HEALTHIER people than an overweight, out of shape person.
We as human's think that "survival of the fittest" only applies to the animal world. But it applies to ourselves as well. While not an absolute truism, fat people are less fit. And our base instinct drives us to be more attracted to a healthy partner than a not so healthy one (whether we choose to admit it or not). It is in our genes; we cannot help it. And to deny it is a falacy.
Anyone who thinks that they are "OK" physically being 50+ pounds overweight is fooling themselves. I accepted that I was out of shape, finally decided I would no longer accept it for myself, and did what I could to correct it (please note that I am still fat and overweight). Until I could accept my own responsibility for how I looked (and felt), I was not going to be able to change how I looked (and felt).
The core theme of this thread has been (in my interpretation at least) about whether "thin" is more attractive than "fat." I, as a fat guy, say that this is true. It doesn't mean that I am ugly though! Marilyn vos Savant is smarter than me; it doesn't mean that I am stupid.
And as somebody has already said (I am sorry I am not giving proper credit: I don't have the patience to look for the post); physical attractiveness is not the only trait that we as humans look for: we also look for emotional and intellectual traits that attract us as well. To be honest, while I can enjoy the eye candy of say Jessica Simpson, I cannot really be "turned on" by her because she strikes me as an idiot without any real sense of reality. My wife may not be ready to be a Playboy centerfold without any airbrushing, but to me she is the sexiest woman on earth.