Never make fun of someone who is overweight, period. Oh wait, let me rephrase that: Never make fun of someone, period!

It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there like that in an attempt to better your health. (edited to remove unintentional pun)

.....and put your weights back.

When I was thirty-five I was seriously overweight and I started going to the gym every day. At one point a 20 year old woman came up to me and said, "I just wanted you to know that I see you here every time I'm here and I admire you so much ." And then she left. I was baffled. I'm thinking, "why would she admire me?" It took me a while to figure out that she was complimenting me for having the courage to go to the gym AT ALL when I was that heavy, much less every day. ---- For anybody who doesn't understand why you should not make fun of an overweight person in the gym. That's why. --- It's hard enough to get your butt moving and GO to the gym. When a total stranger make fun of you for no particular reason, it makes it just that much harder to go.

What are some unwritten rules of life? Don't be a piece of s**t.

I really appreciated the gym I attended before the pandemic. All types of people attended and I never witnessed anyone putting on airs, hogging equipment, etc.

The whole "Can't say something nice don't say nothing at all rule"

Fat-shaming is not cool regardless of where it takes place, but fat-shaming people at the gym is especially irritating to me. Like, THEY'RE AT THE GYM. They're obviously trying to do something about their weight, or they wouldn't be there. You have no idea where this person is on their fitness journey. This could be their very first time at the gym ever, in which case it probably took a lot of courage to show up, knowing there are judgmental jerks like you lurking around. If you have a problem with fat people, then surely you should be applauding all the fat people who go to the gym and make an effort to be healthy? What do you want them to do, stay home and not try?

This should be a written rule, it is already more than mean enough to make someone for being fat when they aren't trying to get better.

That sentence is several words too long. You could stop after "overweight." Or, hey, you could stop after "someone."

Don't be cruel!

This is really a thing?!? Because this would relieve some major anxiety for me and why I never go to gyms

That should be pretty obvious. They're there trying to get to a healthier body or whatever and they're putting in effort. You make fun of unhealthy overweight people for being overweight, but they hit the gym and suddenly it's funny? It doesn't make sense to me.

To paraphrase a guy who spent his last day hanging around on a cross, "Let he that is without fault cast the first stone!"

A big huge muscley Russian guy walked up to me at the gym once and said, you would be so hot if you lost 20 pounds. Yes, thank you d*&%head!

I get funny looks all the time. For many years I used to train two to three times a day and competing every weekend. Over the past few years my life changed and I gained about 40+ kg. Whenever I go training, I go by my old habits and people will just look at me, WTF?! Quite funny though.

The people you can make fun of are people with whom you have invested a lot of time and emotional energy to create a secure relationship. You earn the right to tease people, and even then you are on high alert that they are in the right place at that moment - because you know them so well you know when they are genuinely amused by your comments or not.

C....ts need targets, so now you can't make fun of gay people or minorities, so on to the next target! these would be overweight people, seniors and vegans

Why would anyone think about fat people when we can look at stock photos of skinny white girls instead?

Never make fun of anyone at the gym. Unless you know them and poking fun at each other is a mutually acceptable habit between you.

Never make fun of anyone

This a written rule

Only overweight people should be allowed to make jokes about it. Because it is sometimes a way of coping and making all these exercises easier and more worthwhile.

There will ALWAYS be a jerk in a gym. In fact the gym attracts jerks who love to put others down.

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So much this. This needs to be higher on the list. Being wrong and learning is a part of personal growth. Even if I am in a heated debate with someone and arguing my point and it all of a sudden dawns on me that they are right, I will immediately concede. Always good to be moldable, being rigid doesn't do anyone any good.

I used to have to remind my daughter frequently not to take her bad mood out on me. It was quite effective because she would then explain what was bothering her and then she felt less grumpy.

The people who do that have, in addition, an unfortunate tendency to have shitty taste in music. Just sayin'

I have never understood why this simple concept is evidently so difficult for so many people...

Manners cost nothing... Although I do realize for those with ADHD this can be a monumental task most days.

or blow kisses....

I agree! Don't steal the spotlight away from someone else's special day.

I fooking hate when people do that

Hey y’all, just covering some bad comments

This may may be trivial, but also don’t hold the door open because of gender. Do it to be kind.

I can try, but I am unsure if I can accomplish that level of awesomeness. LOL