Fat people jokes...

neneromanova

*Start of rant*

Why is it that "fat" people can laugh at other "fat" people jokes/pictures, but when someone who is thinner but still has a bit of fat on her get ridiculed as fat shaming...

Offending image:



*rant over*

Tropez

Fat people are the targets for comedy by fat, thin and intermediate alike.

As for that image, maybe people just didn't find it funny?

fawd1

maybe also it has something to do with the fact that if a fat person makes a joke about a fat person there's a feeling of camraderie, whereas if a thin person makes a joke about a fat person, there can be (misconstrued admittedly) a feeling that said thin person is just laughing at, as opposed to laughing with.

The same goes for any joke based on race, colour, sex, religion, etc etc. Someone Black can make a joke about black people (ie Eddie Murphy) and it's funny. If I said that same joke, it wouldn't be. Why? Because I'm not part of that group.

In fact, think of it like jokes against your family. I may joke that my mums a nightmare, loud, interfering, etc etc, and I will laugh along if my brothers make a joke about her. If anyone else said the same thing however, I'd be seriously offended. I can laugh because she's part of my family. You can't because she's not part of yours. So, I know the meaning behind mine and my brothers jokes. I don't know the meaning behind yours, so it's not funny.

balletshoes

OP your offending image I didn't really find offensive - just stupid and not funny (its trying to be amusing but its failing).

FatVonD

I found it funny

Person_one

neneromanova wrote: »

*Start of rant*

Why is it that "fat" people can laugh at other "fat" people jokes/pictures, but when someone who is thinner but still has a bit of fat on her get ridiculed as fat shaming...

Its the difference between being self deprecating and being nasty.

LandyAndy

FatVonD wrote: »

I found it funny

I though it was worth a smile too

trevorsminted

I love the "I just need to look at a cream cake and i put on weight", ??? eh sorry nope its the fact you bought the tray of them and scoffed them - denial is not just a river in Egypt!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Depends. Were you passing this around at work and making the larger person in the office feel like crap?

phill99

We shouldn't be rude to fat people. They have enough on their plate.

daisiegg

I wouldn't ridicule that image as 'fat shaming'. I would, however, ridicule it for stupid misuse of the apostrophe.