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[–] 177 points 2 years ago (3 children)

21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric

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  • [–] 77 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Actually stone is used by the brits instead of americans

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was already wondering that. Whether they're Americans or British, they seem to have the same fear of using logical measuring systems like metric

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Haha I don't think it's about fear. It's probably about having hundreds of years of using those measurements, and it being very baked in to the language used between people to communicate.

    Nobody wants to have to translate between kg and stone all the time. It's tedious. If you live in a country where all your interactions are going to be in one measurement then you're probably just going to go along with everyone else.

    Even down to 'goin down the pub for a pint' being a commonly used phrase which doesn't have the same ring when it's ''goin down the pub for a half litre'.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm glad it worked for him, but if someone did that to me, I'd probably get fatter just out of spite.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For the US users, that's 0.79 Danny DeVitos

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    According to the questionable celebrity health statistics website I found... Danny DeVito is 70kg, which is 11 stone... So it's more like the chef lost almost 1.9 Danny DeVitos. We Americans may have weird measuring systems, but we take them seriously!

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    294 lbs for other confused Americans, 133.4 Kg for everyone else that's not British.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago

    Had no idea kidney stones were that big

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Only way someone can loose 130kg+ in 6 weeks if they get chopped in half.

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This brings me memories of fathate or whatever that fatfobic subreddit was called.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    r/fatpeoplehate

    They were so toxic that the site got noticeably better within 24 hours of them being banned.

    They all migrated to Voat. Later, people from r/The_Donald also tried to join voat, but the fat hate people were too toxic even for them!

    Yeah, they were awful, awful people.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    I too have been struggling with my weight for most of my life (the worst was 135 kilos at 189cm height, usually sitting around 95-100). I have been occasionally made fun of as a kid for it too, so I’m happy treating fat people like shit isn’t that acceptable any more.

    However, I actually feel society has gone too far in accepting it, being overweight is very unhealthy and at a certain point even a burden on everyone around you and the healthcare system. It should not be normalized like this.

    Fat people don’t deserve to be ostracized, but they sure as shit don’t need to hear that they are healthy and okay to remain as they are, because it’s a blatant and dangerous lie. For the vast majority of overweight people it is a symptom of their poor lifestyle and not an actual medical condition.

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  • I personally don't struggle with my weight, but whether I do or not is enitrely irrelevant. Body shaming is a big problem, and such conversations need to be kept between a medical provider and the patient. Someone's weight should not be up for discussion on a public platform.

    Also, I do think it is good for people to love and accept themselves, no matter what their weight. In fact, in most cases this is the first step toward resolving health problems and addictions, which is something I am experienced with. When I felt ashamed of my addiction, I was caught in a circle of guilt from which I would never have become sober. It wasn't until I learned to accept myself where I was at that made it possible for me to heal.

    But I'm not applying my experience to everyone else. This may vary by individual, which is why it is paramount that these discussions happen on an individual basis between the patient and provider.

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    How many pebbles in a stone, and stone in a boulder? It's a convenient measurement, I'm sure.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Who the fuck measures anythin in stones?

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    With peer pressure you can do anything!

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He lost a lot of weight and all it took was daily malicious bullying?! How inspirational.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago*

    It's not necessarily malicious -- given general humour in this country, it's likely he wanted to lose weight and asked his friend to text him that daily as a form of motivation.

    Edit: however, I'd like to point out that consensually being sent that by a friend is fundamentally different to having abuse thrown at you by a stranger on the internet for your body shape.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago*

    Well it's UK so I'm guessing now the friend goes: "skinny fuck" every day?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Anyone else a bit suspicious of a skinny chef?

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So were those stones ugly? Or just too much for his furniture? Why is this so anti-stones?

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Feedback is a gift when properly wrapped.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    21 stone in six weeks?

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