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Obese people receive enough judgment regarding their activity levels, attractiveness, and even social traits. While most are unfair, a few are grounded in reality, albeit exaggerated. One of these assumptions is that fat people smell bad. The problem is, even as a fat guy, I agree that it’s a problem. It’s more difficult to keep …
Our own habits are hard to notice. The way we walk is, by definition, habitual, but since we all walk the same, no one pays attention to the average gait. Fat people have a slightly curved gait that sometimes turns into a waddle. Have you noticed this and wondered why fat people don’t walk straight? …
Plenty of prejudices surround fat people, and most of them are negative—one of the positive ones used to be the perception of strength. Everyone expects that the fat bald guy with a beard is actually hiding some secret woodsman strength. This is at odds with the social media culture of pushing lean and well-defined physiques …
Donating blood saves lives, but not everyone gets this privilege. Some people don’t have a healthy-enough blood sample, while others have weight issues that make the loss of blood a liability for the donor. You might wonder (as I did) where obese people fall on this spectrum. You can donate blood if you are obese …
Beards have been on-trend ever since superheroes like Aquaman and mythical heroes like King Leonidas started sporting them on-screen. But fat people have been growing beards long before Zack Snyder made beards sexy. In fact, it’s hard to go anywhere these days without seeing a fat guy sporting a beard. Why is it that every …
When my neighbor first got a backyard pool I remember sitting in a lawn chair on my deck and staring wistfully over at him. He wasn’t much to look at but he sure seemed to have the right idea for cooling off on our 100+ degree days. Fast forward two years and my wife and …
Few things are more frustrating than a crusty yellow chair mat. You know the kind. You probably first rolled around on one in elementary school and they’ve been at every place you’ve worked. The cracks catch your wheels and just about tip you over every time you move around. The problem is, that vinyl chair …
Riding motorcycles has always been in my blood. I just didn’t know it until recently. When I was a younger and much lighter guy I saved up my pennies for a summer and spent all $800 of my dollars on a well-used Suzuki RM125. It was fast (for its size) cheap (for a dirtbike) and …
When I was a young guy I was looking for the easiest way to pack on some muscle and lose fat. I found an old rowing machine in my basement and, once I figured out that it wasn’t a weird old bench press machine, hopped on to get a workout. It seemed way too easy …
With the number of articles that I’ve written lately about outdoor furniture for plus-size people, you’d think I got fat and moved outside. Well, I did just move into a house with a yard and patio for the first time…but I was always fat. The difficulty of finding heavy-duty furniture was one of the main …