21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2023
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Actually stone is used by the brits instead of americans
21 stone is approximately 1.54 Americans, by my calculations. Another weird unit of measure but who am I to judge?
I do believe that's the joke.
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
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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Stone only makes sense for people used to pounds, shillings and pence. For instance, "This costs 3 pound, 4 shilling and 8", and, "I weight 12 stone, 6 pounds and 3 ounces".
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I'm glad it worked for him, but if someone did that to me, I'd probably get fatter just out of spite.
Healthy fuck.
Fine! Fine! I'll go jogging, you bastard!
I'd probably get fatter just out of spite.
-Gets fatter
-Has heart attack
-Dies
-Friend: there it goes the fat f*****t
For the US users, that's 0.79 Danny DeVitos
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!
My apologies, I accidentally divided by Dutch cask per stadion
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294 lbs for other confused Americans, 133.4 Kg for everyone else that's not British.
Are you sure? 133 kilo is two of me...
That's why this is a news article, it's really quite impressive in terms of both weight gained and weight lost.
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Had no idea kidney stones were that big
6 weeks?
I assume the texting was six weeks but the weight losing longer
Only way someone can loose 130kg+ in 6 weeks if they get chopped in half.
It says he texted him for six weeks. Not that is how fast he lost the weight. But at least that's how I read it.
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How many pebbles in a stone, and stone in a boulder? It's a convenient measurement, I'm sure.
All I know is that a large boulder can be the size of a small boulder.
Oh yeah 😎👉👉
1 stone is 14lbs, the uk still like to use imperial for measuring weight and height
UK seems to be using every measure available.
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This brings me memories of fathate or whatever that fatfobic subreddit was called.
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.
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.
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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Who the fuck measures anythin in stones?
He lost a lot of weight and all it took was daily malicious bullying?! How inspirational.
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.
Well it's UK so I'm guessing now the friend goes: "skinny fuck" every day?
Anyone else a bit suspicious of a skinny chef?
Nah, most good chefs are cigarette addicted and depressed, that keeps them skinny
Most chefs I've known are addicted to a lot more than just cigarettes
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So were those stones ugly? Or just too much for his furniture? Why is this so anti-stones?
He ate them, that's why he was so big. He lost (passed?) them and is now skinny
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Feedback is a gift when properly wrapped.
21 stone in six weeks?
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