Monday, September 11, 2006
Fat People.
I want to talk about fat people. Cos Ling made me think about it. (Don't deny it... it's your fault! ;P) Fat people are... fat. Fat is a label. Well it also refers to a collection of molecules on the inside that makes for a larger-than-life package on the outside. We call people like that fatso, fatty, and Moses Lim. So why is it so prevalent and discriminatory? Sure, many a times have i sat next to someone who's fat spilled over the airplane seat, suffocating me against the window, and what makes this worse is i have to pay for excess luggage and my seat is just as expensive even though i technically burn less fuel and have less natural luggage (why is the bloody fuel tax so high?? 300 bucks to the States?? cheee baiii). They take up the space of 4 skinny people in a 10 max. pax. lift, and 3 seats on the MRT. So why shouldn't we discriminate against them?
I tell you why. Cos the rest of us are fuckin' skinny. And skinny people can be hypocrites. Come on, let's accept that fact. Institutions, magazines, and pop culture laude the fact that big (let alone fat) = unhealthy, and skinny= healthy. Now let's just look at the TAF club programme in schools. Trim And Fit. It's supposed to be a clever pun on "tough". But i bet i know the real reason they didn't call it Fit And Trim (I can hear you say it now: "Cos it spells FAT, you dumbass").
Now, why the heck is it only institutionally "fat" people join the TAF club? What about those bloody anorexic females i'm seeing more and more of? Or those "cancer" babes on CK1 ads? Are you saying they're (heavens forbid)... FIT??? Heck, they're not even TRIM - they're downright BONES. I say put all of them in the TAF club. During meals, give the "fat" guys' food to the skinny bastards to eat, and put them on different forms of exercise regimes for their relatively sickly conditions. Now that, is fair play. Equal discrimination all round.
Plus it solves the problem of spillage on all future long-haul economy flights.
