tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650289478442133391.post259717713691861966..comments2024-03-24T16:53:02.846-07:00Comments on Five Hundred Pound Peep: "We Who Are Not As Others"Five Hundred Pound Peephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862707335431442713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650289478442133391.post-12887559833750059992017-03-19T08:19:35.640-07:002017-03-19T08:19:35.640-07:00from what I can tell in the old days, people were ...from what I can tell in the old days, people were smarter and realized that many fat people had metabolic issues or other health problems. They accepted the reality of "SLOWER METABOLISMS", something the stupid Fat Logic crowd who thinks everyone can lose weight the same, never could conceive of. They were not seen as moral failures like today. I find it interesting how fat is being more villified the more fat everyone gets. Yes people were thinner then and one didn't have to battle night and day to be "thin" and they ate foods like bacon and eggs and not everyone was a marathon runner.Five Hundred Pound Peephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862707335431442713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650289478442133391.post-80636075060670116152017-03-18T16:05:15.105-07:002017-03-18T16:05:15.105-07:00Reading this post made me think of a circus "...Reading this post made me think of a circus "fat lady" who was actually a minor chn aracter in Sara Orne Jewett's novel Deephaven. Interesting that back in the 19th century people were less judgmental of the obese. Even when they stared at them in side shows they were less apt to consider their different sizes as indicating moral failure or character weaknesses. People were a lot thinner back then too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786093151749053084noreply@blogger.com