The sound of 300 pounds of lard banging against the wall...

haha so jess we doing this calvin klein shoot tomorrow or what?

So despises is a better word, Aaron? Perhaps loathes?

jess and alex are the only ones talking sense on this entire thread.

Visually/aesthetically obesity can be unattractive. It's wrong (or presumptuous) to blame the fat person for being fat, however, and then to hold it against him. But if I note an attitude of carelessness on that person's part with regard to the weight problem, I will find it unbecoming in the same way I find a person's abuse of drugs unbecoming. Lazy, reckless, indulgent behavior. But ultimately just a character flaw like any other, not some sort of damanble offense.

Second: He hears the slapping which I assume is caused by the sex act itself and not ass-slapping over the course of this. But in either case this slapping noise would be louder with a heavier person, again adding to the annoyance factor.

In other words, I don't think we should just be like "fuck fucking fatties dumb fat fucks" (/cartman) but y'know there was actually some relevance to this information.

Making too much noise doing anything in shared accomodation *is* rude if it's in the middle of the night - sex is no exception. I think there's an added thrill of faux-illicitness in trying to keep it quiet, anyway, but my tastes don't run to "FUCK YOU MCFLY!"

I'm with Jess and Alex on the fat thing, generally. Anti-fat prejudice does not however equate to the holocaust - I wish people would think before posting stuff like that cos it's waving a big sign around saying "HEY EVERYONE DONT TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!". Mind you that's what Ian, Aaron etc. have been doing too, so fair's fair.

can i just say that i really feel bad for yancey having to now be associated with what this turned into?

hehehe! good answer!

poor old yancey, bet he wishes he'd never started this thread! fwiw, i think they're being pretty thoughtless, shared accomodation is a difficult one. i have been very lucky in that i have lived with considerate people (even the spiritualist one in arsenal was considerate), and never had any kind of problem, certainly nothing along these lines. in these circumstances i would be looking to move out. not specifically because of this, but you don't get on with the guy anyway, so i'd want to go and live with people i might actually converse with, and stuff

"Thanksgiving is just around the corner and the meal at my house
is never complete without this casserole on the table. Everyone
loves this dish, even those who won't touch regular old sweet
potatoes. Try it for yourself and see!

Ingredients:

3 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Topping:
combine: 1 cup brown sugar
1/2 stick butter
1/3 cup flour
1/2 to 1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup miniature marshmellows

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Boil the potatoes whole until tender. Remove and let cool
completely.

After the potatoes are cooled, put them in a large bowl and
mash them as you would regular potatoes.

Add the rest of the ingredients.

Pour into a large buttered baking dish.

Cover the potatoes with the topping of your choice.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes."

Last night I wasn't home very much, so I didn't hear anything. They were microwaving peach cobbler though.

As for everyone getting so pissy with me... Jesus. I really have no idea what to say. Obviously I annoyed some with those bits and some people then blew them completely the fuck out of proportion. Those of you who chastised me in a civil way, I apologize. The rest of you assholes bitching at me, Go fuck yourselves. And I mean that in a very endearing way.

I suggest entering the kitchen slapping 2 pork chops together and screaming like a porn starlet whilst they are cooking. Just to raise the subject

(this is not to say that ernest's isn't a good suggestion. just that a thread is usually over by the time of the sub-carlin anonymous dicking about.)

(and i feel bad for yancey.)

Yeah, it sucks how this blew up. Oh well.

As to fattism generally, I know there are anti-fattist pressure groups and everything - we *do* appraise based on appearance and that should be combatted whenever possible but STILL, 1am fridge raids are gross (mitigating factor: stoned people DO get the munchies). If the woman really does tip the scales at 300lbs I'd be worried about her health.

Jess, try not to be so touchy about what mall rats say to your girlfriend; I know you love her and karma rewards these people generally.