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          why I should respect people that don’t respect themselves

          Source for the lack of self respect? Or is that just your… opinion?

          I’d expect people to say “my god, that’s a big fat arse!”.

          Honestly, that sounds like no self respect to me. But what do I know?

          Respect is something you earn, not something you simply expect.

          Nope, expertise is something you earn. Respect should be expected.

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            Respect should be expected

            I always felt weird when people would tell me respect is earned, since I give everyone I meet respect until they give me a reason not to. Glad to see I’m not the only one with that perception.

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              If someone thinks that they are respecting themselves by willfully making decisions that they know are terrible for their health

              I’m gonna need you to point out someone saying this before I take this claim seriously.

              I know I have plenty of personal flaws, but I’m willing to take criticism of them.

              Unprompted criticism of your body is just bullying. Accepting that requires a lack of self respect.

              I’m not going to expect respect for doing fuck all about my personal problems and I don’t think anyone else should.

              You’re dragging the goalposts around and humping them, at this point. I didn’t say “respect for doing nothing.” Just… respect. The basic respect a human deserves for being human. Not getting on your knees, calling them lord, and complimenting their choices of fatty food. Just the bare minimum of not bullying them. Is that so hard?

              I respect people that put in hard work and effort towards achieving their goals

              Okay? But not every action is one to be judged on that criteria. Not everything is done to meet a goal. Just walking through town isn’t one of those things.

              I don’t respect pity parties.

              Who’s asking you to? Where’s the pity? Where’s the party?

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          The respect of not going in and talking shit on other people’s bodies absolutely is supposed to be simply expected. If I talked shit about other people’s bodies on the internet I wouldn’t expect respect, I’d expect T people to say “fuck, you’re a giant ass”

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          You’re a dick. You can say that about anything. You don’t own a house yet? That’s because of a string of poor decisions. You don’t respect yourself, otherwise you would have saved enough money. And then you’ll go, oh, but I am the one who has real problems, unlike those other fat people. Everyone who was more successful than you was lucky, everyone who was less successful was lazy. This is precisely what millionaires tell themselves to justify paying minimum wage. Those employees who accept working for this meager salary? No self respect, they deserve it.

          You? You are just a self-absorbed dick who can only see things from their own perspective and have no idea about other people’s problems.

          Written by someone who lost 70lb 15 years ago and didn’t gain it back. Did I suddenly acquire self-respect and discipline? Nope, just found a sustainable lifestyle that worked for me. Shocking, I know.

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          I think we might be using different definitions of respect. Respect as in “I want you to defer to me and do what I say” absolutely has to be earned. Respect as in “I don’t want you to shittalk people you’ve never met based on one arbitrarily selected criterion” is part of being a decent human being.

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      Hey boss, I’ve been fat all my life. Was a thick baby, they almost had to break my shoulders to get my out. Part of my issue is my thyroid, the other is I’m a super taster and healthy shit tastes bitter and ungodly awful. As a kid I avoided it and continued being big and I’m almost 30. I’ve only briefly known what being skinny felt like after a strict diet I hated. I got severely depressed and buried my feelings in food. As a fat person losing weight again, I have no respect for you. You’re an entitled prick who had the fortune of a coping mechanism and biology that allowed you to probably grow up skinny and developed a lifestyle to keep you that way. It’s fucking hard to do that when you’re overweight or have biological obstacles.

      Sincerely, fuck off, from a fat person.

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          Interesting response. You know there’s a good amount of people who are fat purely due to their thyroid or other medical issues? People who despite proper eating and exercise are doomed to gain weight anyway. No respect or sympathy for them I gather?

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              It seemed like a “Sorry for the medical issue but not everything else” kind of apology, so my mistake. Just hoping you end up not holding such disdain for fat people some day.

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                  Ah okay so you really were just being pedantic, that’s a shame. I didn’t say “I don’t like the taste of healthy foods” I said that I, as well as many others, are ‘supertasters’ which makes certain bitter chemicals in many healthy options much more noticable. Imagine, for a moment, everything you enjoy eating being more bitter or spicy than you like and you’re being told to eat it anyway or you won’t be respected by some guy online.

                  Lol I’m taking antidepressants, got an active job, and already said I was losing weight. I made those changes. But you do understand that your response to be a fucking asshole to people based on what they look like, knowing there are factors outside their control that can make them look like that, makes you just an insufferable piece of shit, yeah? That people as a whole would rather live among fat people than dicks like you?

                  Take your own advice. Grow the fuck up and get over yourself. Until then, what and who you respect will mean nothing to anyone. After all, you’re the dude who shits on fat people like he never left high school.