• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’m one of the only thin people I ever see in the doctor’s office. That’s not snark, that’s my observation.

    The remaining thin people are elderly. I’ll let everyone ponder that last for a few.

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      8 days ago

      What I’m getting from your comment is there are multiple thin people, including you who is not elderly, at the doctor’s office. Thus proving my point…

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        8 days ago

        How about this: Almost every human in the waiting room is fat excepting me and the truly elderly. There are rare exceptions, but fatties are the rule. Blunt enough?

        Wasn’t trying to be too blunt, but this as well: I have rarely seen a fit adult in a foot cast. The only exception to fat people in casts are kids who are obviously athletes. Gravity is real.

        Old preacher man in South Chicago was bullshitting with me while I installed his satellite dish:

        “Shalafi, let me ask you somethin’. You know the saying, ‘little old man’ or ‘little old lady’? Why you think that is? Put another way, you ever know a man or woman in their 80s that was exceptionally tall or fat? Why you think that is?”

        This wasn’t a lead-up to “god made us this way” or some moralistic horseshit, but it was a great conversation and much food for thought. He made me coffee and served me cookies. Wish I could visit him again.