Comments by "Miguel D Lewis" (@MiguelDLewis) on "Big Think"
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@jasminemariedarling You're making a great many sweeping generalizations and slippery-slope fallacies, some based in vanity, some based in an amateur knowledge of medicine. Allow me to address your questions in order:
"What happens when she gets a little older, her smooth fat now looks like droopy cottage cheese"
This question is based on one abstraction and two false premises: 1) A "little older" isn't quantified here and ergo holds no meaning. How old is "a little older"? 30? 40? Quantify your question. 2) Based on the false premise that every fat woman has the exact same body type and ages in the exact same way. 3) Based on the assumption that I won't enjoy the softness of slightly droopy skin.
"she has joint problems at 35 and can barely bend over or walk up the stairs, and has diabetes followed by early alzheimers and cancer?"
This question is based on the false premise that all fat women develop joint problems, diabetes, alzheimers, and cancer around 35 years old. Also based on the false premise that a certain bodyweight percentage of subcutaneous adipose tissue directly results in all the above mentioned conditions. Also, this is a slippery-slope fallacy.
"Being overweight is like a lot of bad habits like smoking or drinking alcohol excessively: you might not see the negative effects at first, but they are there, and will show themselves over time!"
Overweight and fat are not synonyms. Fat is a substance that we all need in order to survive. Used colloquially, fat describes a wide range of body types, not all of which fall into the category of disease-causing. Fat is used in the same way that "thick" is used. It doesn't have a single definition that's objectively quantifiable. Used colloquially, your conceptualization of fat may be different of mine. But this all doesn't really matter because I'm smart, athletic, and sexy and I'm marrying a sexy fat chick. That's that.
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