Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "Teen Stunned When Asked to Weigh Herself at Waterpark" video.

  1. Also, bear in mind that the weight limit is 200#, I doubt very much that the people witnessing her being weighed were under the impression that she was a healthy weight. I'm currently 205#, but I'm also a rather large man with broad shoulders. When I was her age, I weighed roughly 80#. She literally weighs more than double when I did and closing in on triple.
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  2. Also, keep in mind that a 13-year-old that's probably 400% overweight or more, is not exactly a secret to those witnessing the weighing. They all knew that she's morbidly obese, having a specific number probably didn't shade their opinion of her weight.
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  3. Precisely. I think it's amazing that he thinks that before she stepped on the scale that the people there thought she was a reasonable weight. She weighs roughly 2.5x when I weighed at that age. This isn't a case where she's a bit overweight and being shamed, this is where she weighs more than double what she should and being told no to avoid potentially suffering significant injuries or death.
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  4. I weigh 205#, but I'm also a rather large man. When I was that age, I weighed roughly 84#, perhaps this embarrasment will lead to some awareness of just how obese she is. I personally would not want to be allowed on a ride if I wasn't within the engineers' intended specifications. What does he want, for her to be seriously injured?
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  5. Yes, but I do think he has a point about posting a sign indicating the weight limit. She'd still not have been able to go on the ride, but would have been spared her father embarrassing her on TV.
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  6. It kind of blows my mind that he thought those other people in line didn't know that she's morbidly obese. Now, if a bunch of people exchanged cash after hearing the number, that might warrant this report.
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  7. I definitely feel bad for the girl. She's clearly being screwed over by her parents and is now being embarrassed on TV. She's being set up for a lifetime of health problems and general misery. Unfortunately, your weight as a child is a bit of an indicator of what it's going to be later in life as it can be very hard to change those eating patterns later on.
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  8. Perhaps, but those folks already saw her, it's not like this was happening in the dark or with blindfolds on.
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  9. Sadly, that's not surprising. Childhood weight has a significant impact on how easy or hard it is to maintain a healthy weight as an adult.
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  10. It could have been handled better, but I don't fault the park here, a kid that overweight shouldn't be going on any sort of ride of that type. The stress on the heart is already going to be significant without the stress of the ride.
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