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As in did you hear that beat??

It was ROTUND!!

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (6 children)

If you believe "fat" is a slur, how the hell do you come up with the word "fattist"? Do you also say faggist, jewist and niggist?

[–] PP_BOY_ 10 points 9 months ago
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[–] Zahille7 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Obvious troll is obvious.

I'll never understand why some people think it's "funny" to do fish for negative attention.

[–] CrayonRosary 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It just comes across as a dumb joke. I don't think they're trolling. Especially considering the post body.

[–] anarchy79 1 points 9 months ago

I'm saying "you're all a bunch of stupid motherfuckers for caring about this trivial shit and I just wanted to vent because you consume so much air i sometimes can't breathe"

[–] PP_BOY_ 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And last night her and I were getting hot and rotund.

[–] anarchy79 0 points 9 months ago

See, this is family friendly!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean, other than trying to make a lame joke/troll instead of an actual showerthought, rotund is a damn nice word. It's the visual equivalent of onomatopoeia. Kind of like lanky, or glint, it's a word that sounds like it looks.

Hey, Bobby, did you see that rotund hedgehog at the fence today?

What, Ron Jeremy is back in town?

No, jackass, the little erenaceid critter with a round, spiny body and a cute face

Well, I didn't see that, but I did once see Ron Jeremy banging some coke head that had a silver and jeweled buttplug in, she was lanky, manky, and that plug glinted in the camera lights.

Why are you obsessed with Ron Jeremy, Bobby?

What? You're the one that brought him up in some weird example to explain the visual onomatopeia, not me.

I didn't fucking bring up Ron Jeremy!

He's the hedgehog, everyone thinks of him when they hear that word, that's just a fact.

Fuck you, Bobby, fuck you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

see on one hand i like that is sounds like what it is, on the other hand i hate the way it sounds. sounds the same as melamine foam does. grinds my gears

[–] anarchy79 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Would you say it rustles your jimmies? Words matter, you know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

doesn't rustle my jimmies, no

[–] anarchy79 1 points 9 months ago

Hey, got you talking didn't ya.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The word "fat" is not a slur any more than the word "black" is. Sure, someone can use it with an intent to hurt, and if the only thing you know about a person is this single adjective you probably shouldn't be talking about them, but the word is just a description. And just like for "black", all the euphemisms offer nothing helpful and are largely spread by people who have not lived and understood the experience.

If you're worried about being fat-phobic the thing to be worried about is treating fat people like shit based on their physical appearance. Up to and including shaming them for "not putting in the effort" or lecturing them about how unhealthy you think they are based on the single point of evidence of their apparent weight.

And I have to say, I'd be WAY more fucking mad at someone calling me "rotund" then fat. Holy shit you have missed the mark on this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Not to mention: in many cases, a person can do something about being fat, whereas black people… are black.

In fact, I’d argue that trying to lump being fat into the same camp as racial or gender or sexual identity is actually offensive to the latter groups, and diminishes actual vulnerable groups who are targeted based on their identity, who continue to struggle for civil rights and recognition to this day.

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[–] anarchy79 1 points 9 months ago

So that's a "no" on "rotund" then?

[–] GlendatheGayWitch 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention that OP really means the word "phat", which seems to have come from the 60's or 80's meaning sexy and attractive. It has nothing to do with a person's weight.

[–] anarchy79 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor "Shake It Fast" by Mystikal (also known as "Shake Ya Ass") "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen "Bubble Butt" by Major Lazer featuring Bruno Mars, Tyga, and Mystic "Ms. New Booty" by Bubba Sparxxx featuring Ying Yang Twins and Mr. Collipark "Rump Shaker" by Wreckx-n-Effect "Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band

Sure buddy, NOTHING to do with fat asses, nobody likes that

[–] GlendatheGayWitch 1 points 9 months ago

Lol, nobody is calling that music phat.

[–] anarchy79 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I will have you know that I go out of my way to treat fatsos with integrity and respect. Some of my greatest lovers have been fat!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] anarchy79 4 points 9 months ago

You and me both, buddy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Hey, rotund-ass! Chow down, wide-load!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

"Wow this is rotund, doc"

"There the word again, rotund, why are thing so rotund in the future? Is there a problem with the earth gravitational pull?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

@[email protected] I like iron maiden, it is my favorite rotund metal band !!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I prefer the term "equiaxial"

[–] someguy3 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It was rotund in the rotunda!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ve gained some weight from a thyroid disorder and drinking (I guess) and my father, who is generally oblivious, walked up, patted me on the back and said “Gosh! When did you get so CORPULENT?”

[–] anarchy79 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Told you it would catch on!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Rotund" would have been better, I agree.

[–] anarchy79 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Performance art is art

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