I am obese. I managed to learn not to listen to other people’s comments regarding my size. I believe EVERYBODY is subject to mean comments. If you’re fat, you tend to think that fatshaming is the only thing going on. It isn’t. Being fat is just very obvious. So you get it a lot. But every single person has something they feel insecure about because some arsehole made snide remarks. My best friend isn’t fat. She’s spotty. Guess. It’s not what’s wrong with you. It’s just psychos getting off on hurting people.

It's not forcing you to take the escalator. You can take the stairs. Take them as slow as you need to. Prove the floor sticker wrong!

How the s**t do you know they've never lived it? I have been called "ugly," "fat," etc., and stuff like this doesn't offend me. I want to end my life every day and know there is far worst s**t out there than encouraging people to get healthy.

@Christine. Please don't end your life. You never know what tomorrow will bring; could be good, could be bad (I truly hope it will be good). If you end it all, you'll never know.

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And you are... 'muriKKKan?

Wow. How to respond to that! No, I'm not American actually (that's how it's spelled, by the way). Not that it makes a difference. Neither am I a member or supporter of the disgusting organization you seem to be referring to in your comment. Do you just go around accusing people of being Klan members as a matter of course, or was this a special occasion?

They actually realize it isn't spelled that way. They did it on purpose. Actually look at the spelling and you might get the joke. A horribly offensive joke however.

I think it is intended to convey the idea that if you take the escalator all the time, you will BECOME fat; not that you already are fat.

How many times do you see fat people take the stairs? Not often.

I’m fat. I take the stairs :(

How many times do you see people take the stairs at all? I'm usually among the only ones.

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Which is not at all what I was saying. There's people who eat healthy and do sports, but are just unable to lose weight due to water retention or side effects from medicines. Not saying they're healthy or anything, just saying it's not fair towards these people who work their asses off to be labeled as lazy and gluttonous just because of aesthetics.

Agreed, some people can look a bit chubby due to water retention as a side effect of medication. The difference between that body type and people carrying more than a healthy amount of fat on the other hand is easy to see due to the different way a human body distributes exces water vs fat. And even if some people can not tell the difference, again, when it comes to public health, those minorities do not matter.

No, it's not easy to see. I was one of these people, and even I didn't know it was water. I'm slim now, but I don't forget. These aren't minorities, and the best thing is not judge negatively based on aesthetics. Negative judgement won't help unhealthy individuals to get healthy, but making information and help available will. Do you criticise people who catch a cold for having caught a cold and has that ever magically cured them? Guess what does help them: medical treatment. This whole thing is so pointless, I'm done. End of conversation.

Sorry but there's a CLEAR distinction between someone being morbidly obese, and just retaining water. In the US, 42% of people are obese. They're not 'retaining water,' they're retaining UNHEALTHY fat that will send them to an early grave. Of course there's a very tiny amount of people that are 'big boned,' that are perfectly healthy, but are technically 'overweight.' The difference is, they're overweight, not obese. You can ONLY get obese with FAT. If you were actually obese, you were retaining more than just water. You also need to figure out how to deal with people that disagree with you. To say "I'm done. End of conversation." to ANYONE is so beyond rude. You need to check yourself Karen, there's gonna be a lot of people in life that disagree with you. .. especially when you're spewing nonsense.