you all realize we (the US) is heading down this same path. it wont be long before people are bitching in the US about how their fat ass wont fit in their trailer anymore, so they need a double-wide.

4/16/2009 8:32:46 PM

maybe the weights are kg and not pounds, those chicks weigh way more than 220 lbs

4/16/2009 8:52:35 PM

damn fat must really be waaaaaaaaaayyyyy lighter than muscle...i'd think the sisters were 280 or so and that one is only like 238!

[Edited on April 16, 2009 at 8:55 PM. Reason : ^agreed]

4/16/2009 8:55:10 PM

Well, if those chicks lack any muscle at all, and are lying, they could way 220 lbs.

4/16/2009 8:59:02 PM

I thought the same thing. Who knows.

The weights were given in 'stones' in the article, and I changed them into pounds (1 stone = 14 pounds; I hope that is correct).

If someone is so inclined, they can click on the link further down the page and check my calculations are correct.

The sisters look heavier to me than the mother is 100 POUNDS more than one of the sisters... doesn't make sense.

But yeah, maybe it is the fact that fat is much lighter than muscle. Fat has a density of about 0.8 I believe. And muscle is 1.x... anybody know? 1.5?

4/16/2009 9:01:22 PM

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"delicious british food = indian food"

aha true.

4/16/2009 9:09:11 PM

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"Fat parents usually tend to have fat kids following them around."

I could help but notice that one of the obese women at my work has a family portrait and sure enough she is brooding two more fatties for a future life of obesehood.

4/16/2009 9:42:29 PM

Well, the kids eat the same food as the parents. It shouldn't be a surprise when the kids are just as obese as their parents.

4/16/2009 9:55:03 PM

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"Well, if those chicks lack any muscle at all, and are lying, they could way 220 lbs. "

I'll put this in a context TWW can understand: my weight is not that far off from one listed in the article.
And while I have muscle, it's not nearly enough to account for the differences twixt my body and hers (I don't think?). Shit, I don't even have wrist dimples - my wrist bones still stick out. I can wear sleeveless items and just barely get away with it. I choose not to because of my sense of modesty. My fingers are chubby, but they don't look like overstuffed sausages.

The weights are inaccurate. The fat distribution could be explained by a sudden and VERY rapid weight gain, but if you read the article, obesity has been a way of life for the parents for 11 years. Your kids don't grow up healthy, and then all of a sudden gain two more people.


[Edited on April 16, 2009 at 10:24 PM. Reason : sdf]

4/16/2009 10:22:58 PM

^ exactly, a know a few girls that are 200+ and not even half that size

4/16/2009 10:45:36 PM

its funny, I am a bulky 285 pounder, but I work construction and walk steps all day with no health issues.

4/16/2009 10:47:47 PM

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""Fat parents usually tend to have fat kids following them around.""

Yea, it's because they teach/force their bad exercise/ diet habits on their offspring. Genetics plays a role in metabolism and how your body treats certain nutrients, but not that big of role that diet alteration and exercise don't trump it.

Lazy sacks of shit.

4/16/2009 10:56:11 PM

hell, i weigh 275 and i have no problem going up and down stairs, ladders, catwalks, pipe chases, etc. that would wear out a spider monkey all day long at work

4/16/2009 11:13:34 PM

Hell, I weigh a good 350 and I have no problem being a professional gymnast

4/16/2009 11:25:15 PM

I weigh 500 lbs and swim 3 miles every day.

4/16/2009 11:26:43 PM

I could maybe understand them getting welfare if they were like this guy:







but they're not even close.

4/17/2009 12:00:37 AM

i'd do the one on the right.

4/17/2009 9:46:05 AM

I weigh a thousand pounds and beat Lance Armstrong in a bike race.

4/17/2009 10:30:57 AM

My Wii Fit told me I should set a goal to lose 15lbs, and also shows my BMI to be about 0.2 points away from "overweight"


Seriously though, I'm all for this new airline rule. Plus it only applies to SUPER fat people. I've been on a tiny puddle jumper plane (couldn't even stand up straight in the aisle) and there was this really fat woman sitting in front of me. She was easily 300lbs, but she still fit in the seat with the seat belt extender (one of the conditions for the new rules says extender won't fit). However, she was sitting on the single seat side so nobody was next to her but the aisle.

Of note, I was afraid her seatback was going to collapse onto my lap. That seat was so twisted from the weight that I couldn't put my tray table back up.

4/17/2009 1:41:01 PM

lolouie anderson

4/17/2009 1:54:34 PM

2 low 4 fat hoes

4/17/2009 3:02:58 PM

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"We're fat because it's in our genes jeans"

Bull shit. In your genes? I don't sympathize at all. I think they are liars and just too lazy to help themselves. Just from what I've read and see, I doubt that this condition is irreversable. A strict diet and lots of exercise is all they need. I know how media can take things out of proportion and that I don't know all the facts, but this is just pathetic to look at.

4/17/2009 3:46:06 PM

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"tiny puddle jumper plane "

Man those planes suck; not comfortable at all. Flying into Charlotte on my connecting flight back from Cali we flew through some turbulence and it was kinda funny how many people lost their lunch.

4/18/2009 6:49:54 PM

This is pathetic.

4/18/2009 7:43:27 PM

Oh boy I love looking down on fat people

4/18/2009 7:57:43 PM

£30,000 is currently $44378. That's crazy that it's 1 to 1.5 now. Just this winter it was more like 1 to 1.75.

Also to talk about this family, I'd be pissed if I was a brittish citizen paying for this family. OR if i was just as fat and in england and working i'd be really really pissed.

4/18/2009 8:17:16 PM

I don't look down on them. If you've been raised "fat," it's a pretty tough thing to change. The children of those parents are not inherently lazy or gluttonous, they've simply developed some very poor habits. They have the power to change for good, if they can find ample motivation. It's easy to just sit back and say "lol fatties, stop stuffing your face and hop on a treadmill." Believe me, it's easier said than done, and anyone that has been fat in the past will tell you that.

4/18/2009 8:24:59 PM

11 years they've been gaming the system?

bastards

4/18/2009 8:37:42 PM

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"If you've been raised "fat," it's a pretty tough thing to change. The children of those parents are not inherently lazy or gluttonous, they've simply developed some very poor habits. They have the power to change for good, if they can find ample motivation. It's easy to just sit back and say "lol fatties, stop stuffing your face and hop on a treadmill." Believe me, it's easier said than done, and anyone that has been fat in the past will tell you that."

Oh, I know

My problem with them isn't that they are fat. It's that they're using it as an excuse get paid to do nothing but perform the basic essentials of life. Go live under a bridge, and get off the public dime if that's all you're after. Or, at least become less of a burden on it

4/18/2009 9:19:38 PM

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"It's easy to just sit back and say "lol fatties, stop stuffing your face and hop on a treadmill." Believe me, it's easier said than done, and anyone that has been fat in the past will tell you that."

Most of the people in the thread have a problem with them using the excuse of being fat as a reason to not be gainfully employed. I have a really hard time believing they can't physically work. Hell, they could do djeternal's chacha crap

4/18/2009 9:38:39 PM

Yeah half of their problem is LAZINESS..put the bacon sandwich down and get outside in the yard and RUN AROUND!!!

4/18/2009 9:43:32 PM

Yeah, no one cares if they are fat.

What is disgusting is them using it as an excuse to bitch and moan about not being supported enough when there really isn't any reason for them to need any kind of aid whatsoever. That is what is appalling on a level no amount of neck rolls can ever compare to.

4/18/2009 11:34:41 PM

This is what is inherently wrong in the world

People who think they are owed something for nothing

4/19/2009 9:59:00 AM

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"I could maybe understand them getting welfare if they were like this guy:"

I disagree. Missing two legs is a disability. Being too fat to work requires work on the part of others to enable your behavior. As such, cut them off, and soon enough they will have found something to do.

4/19/2009 4:21:46 PM

do you think any one would fuck those fat bitches? i see them and wanna puke. how could you keep the boner to beat those fat pieces of shit?

4/23/2009 6:33:04 PM

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" I can sympathize with them because their condition is hereditary. However, why do they consume 3,000 calories a day? "

No. Yes there is a fat gene they have identified... but these people seem to have a HUGE environmental factor. Some things are hereditary but activated by environment. For example, they could eat very healthy and lose lots of weight - they're just predisposed to being such fatties. Aka, they have to work extra hard to keep it off. HOWEVER... it CAN be done and these people are fucking lazy just claiming it's purely genetic. Grow up and take responsibility for yourselves!!!! There are way less problems that are truly genetic (where you either have it or you won't) than what these people obviously think. (Example: Huntington's disease... you got the gene, you're screwed.)


Ugh these people make me sick.


Ps, this is coming from a person who has a predisposition to being overweight (genetically) and I'm not a fatass, because I do something about it and don't eat 3,000 fucking calories a day . GET ON THE FUCKING TREADMILL, ugh!!!

[Edited on April 23, 2009 at 7:42 PM. Reason : these people are idiots.]

4/23/2009 7:40:08 PM

i like that the 1 girl has her hair colored. apparently their limited budget is still enough to get that done.

(who is she trying to look good for anyways?)

4/23/2009 7:44:13 PM

ps... why can't those bitches get a job at a plus-sized store??? and the father can work at "big and tall"... assholes.

4/23/2009 7:45:39 PM

theyre probably eating more than 3k calories, i'd bet a few people in this thread are eating 3k calories

4/23/2009 7:54:17 PM

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"I don't have even the tiniest bit of sympathy for any of them. They should have sympathy for the poor souls to have to foot all of their bills because they won't work and take advantage of the system."

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"Fuck these fat fucks. People far larger than them work with no complaints. These people are just freeloaders, plain and simple"

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"i really hope this is a joke. i want to strangle those people so bad...but i know i couldn't get my hands around their necks or through all the blubber to get anywhere near their tracheas. yeah, cut them off. they'll drop weight quick and be able to work again."

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"people like this are the scum of the system"

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"I'm not sure if I buy the whole "hereditary obesity" bit. I believe that these people would lose weight if they started exercising three times a week and limited their calorie intake to say, 2500. The problem is, they're all fat, so they're all enabling each other"

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" Yea, it's because they teach/force their bad exercise/ diet habits on their offspring. Genetics plays a role in metabolism and how your body treats certain nutrients, but not that big of role that diet alteration and exercise don't trump it. Lazy sacks of shit"

4/23/2009 11:51:43 PM

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"Yea, it's because they teach/force their bad exercise/ diet habits on their offspring. Genetics plays a role in metabolism and how your body treats certain nutrients, but not that big of role that diet alteration and exercise don't trump it. Lazy sacks of shit"

I am not aware of their actual condition. But there are genetic factors that "trump" "diet alteration and exercise." While the situation is rare, it exists.

4/24/2009 12:00:34 AM

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"do you think any one would fuck those fat bitches? i see them and wanna puke. how could you keep the boner to beat those fat pieces of shit?"

After going to Walmart and the NC state fair nothing surprises me; including fat ass obese bitches that somehow roofied up some dude in order to impregnate them.

4/24/2009 12:04:06 AM

id hit the blonde on the far right

4/24/2009 12:05:23 AM

Me too.

With a crowbar.

Actually, I'd probably need a battle axe and a running start.

[Edited on April 24, 2009 at 9:32 AM. Reason : sadf]

4/24/2009 9:32:06 AM

^kudos for the using the term battle axe. well done sir

4/26/2009 10:04:21 AM

If you can stand, you can work.

I was expected this thread to be about fat people that couldn't actually get out of bed or something

4/26/2009 10:25:17 AM

They look like cartoon characters.

4/26/2009 12:24:30 PM