vent--There are too many skinny people at the gym

BinaryPulsar

People on here are so quick to jump to conclusions with very little information.

What conclusions are being jumped too?

I'm sorry it was a follow up to my reply to Achrya. She said I was being contrary to go against the grain or something.

jofjltncb6

People on here are so quick to jump to conclusions with very little information.

It's a necessary part of participation in an online forum (or any other form of communication, actually). If people didn't fill in the gaps of information with their own assumptions, nothing could ever be discussed. Ever.



But enough about that. Now is the time for everyone to make an important decision:

Are they in or out for part 2 of this thread?

evilkitty93

If I don't see people saying "people are judging me at the gym" I see "I'm judging people at the gym"! Where does it end?

The op is thin shaming,

I hate people who do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

PikaKnight

If I don't see people saying "people are judging me at the gym" I see "I'm judging people at the gym"! Where does it end?

The op is thin shaming,

I hate people who do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

Okay. Whose puppet account is this?

LAT1963

Too bad I'm over my carb limit already. This thread is making me crave popcorn.

Achrya

The majority response was my knee-jerk reaction as well, but when I saw the pile on it caused me to reflect more.

I'm not fond of letting the actions of others sway me from my own personal reactions. That seems awfully close to being contrary for the sake of going against the grain, tbh.

Lol, because you are never contrary.

And no. It causes me to think about it more deeply instead of joking it off. The first point was made. So, I think.

Hmm. Other's may view me as contrary, but I consider myself opinionated. I rather pride myself on not going against people just because or being a hypocrite.

I don't change my opinion merely for the sake of it or just because I feel like other's have gone too far/are being mean. My opinion is the OP is a jerk, a tool, perhaps even an awful judgmental person. And so it shall remain.

jofjltncb6

If I don't see people saying "people are judging me at the gym" I see "I'm judging people at the gym"! Where does it end?

The op is thin shaming,

I hate people who do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

Okay. Whose puppet account is this?

cmriverside

If I don't see people saying "people are judging me at the gym" I see "I'm judging people at the gym"! Where does it end?

The op is thin shaming,

I hate people who do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

Okay. Whose puppet account is this?

Well it's not Jules, her ones and exclamations are broken. er...are they still broken?

BinaryPulsar

The majority response was my knee-jerk reaction as well, but when I saw the pile on it caused me to reflect more.

I'm not fond of letting the actions of others sway me from my own personal reactions. That seems awfully close to being contrary for the sake of going against the grain, tbh.

Lol, because you are never contrary.

And no. It causes me to think about it more deeply instead of joking it off. The first point was made. So, I think.

Hmm. Other's may view me as contrary, but I consider myself opinionated. I rather pride myself on not going against people just because or being a hypocrite.

Your interpretation is off. If you read my responses you will see they were all my own spontaneous thoughts and never out of my character.

fallingtrees

OP is right. More fat people should be going to the gym.

When I first started swimming, I joked that the hardest part was putting on a swimsuit and walking to the pool. Then I discovered that in the mornings, there was a group of elderly women that met for a gentle water aerobics class in the warm pool. They were charming and funny and gossipy and didn't care one bit about their bumps and veins and saggy bits.

And as I got trimmer and more fit, they were there cheering me on.

Ask if there are any beginner classes. You'll feel less self-conscious.

As for myself, I wanted to learn some strength training, but the weight room intimidated the hell out of me. I'd walk in there, not know what I was supposed to be doing, how to do it safely, or what the etiquette was. So I'd leave, never did work out there. Went back to the pool and the indoor track. Sad.

Achrya

The majority response was my knee-jerk reaction as well, but when I saw the pile on it caused me to reflect more.

I'm not fond of letting the actions of others sway me from my own personal reactions. That seems awfully close to being contrary for the sake of going against the grain, tbh.

Lol, because you are never contrary.

And no. It causes me to think about it more deeply instead of joking it off. The first point was made. So, I think.

Hmm. Other's may view me as contrary, but I consider myself opinionated. I rather pride myself on not going against people just because or being a hypocrite.

Your interpretation is off. If you read my responses you will see they were all my own spontaneous thoughts and never out of my character.

You admit you saw a 'pile on' and it caused you to change your view.

In what way is that not changing your view to go against the grain? How is that not the actual literal definition of contrary?

jofjltncb6

I'm definitely in for the sequel.

When I first found this thread, I immediately opened all nine pages (at the time) in separate tabs expecting it to disappear. It never did...so no way would I miss the sequel of this odds-defying thread...(even though there is no way the sequel will be anywhere near as good as the original).

ETA:

The end...

...just 12 pages later than I expected it to be.

BinaryPulsar

The majority response was my knee-jerk reaction as well, but when I saw the pile on it caused me to reflect more.

I'm not fond of letting the actions of others sway me from my own personal reactions. That seems awfully close to being contrary for the sake of going against the grain, tbh.

Lol, because you are never contrary.

And no. It causes me to think about it more deeply instead of joking it off. The first point was made. So, I think.

Hmm. Other's may view me as contrary, but I consider myself opinionated. I rather pride myself on not going against people just because or being a hypocrite.

Your interpretation is off. If you read my responses you will see they were all my own spontaneous thoughts and never out of my character.

You admit you saw a 'pile on' and it caused you to change your view.

In what way is that not changing your view to go against the grain? How is that not the actual literal definition of contrary?

My initial response was to say that if there was a gym for people 25 pounds overweight, they would very quickly be slim and fit people. That was already stated on the first page, maybe even the first response. Then I saw tons and tons of pages that I didn't bother reading because I'm busy. I could see the first point was made. I thought people were being a little over sensitive. That was my reaction to the responses initially. The responses cause new things to think about. And I did then think about it some more. Is it really that hard to understand. I don't think it is. Maybe this helped clear it up.

p.s. I also had a lemon drop martini with dinner. Perhaps I did not explain things well which led to this misunderstanding.

PikaKnight

Achrya

The majority response was my knee-jerk reaction as well, but when I saw the pile on it caused me to reflect more.

I'm not fond of letting the actions of others sway me from my own personal reactions. That seems awfully close to being contrary for the sake of going against the grain, tbh.

Lol, because you are never contrary.

And no. It causes me to think about it more deeply instead of joking it off. The first point was made. So, I think.

Hmm. Other's may view me as contrary, but I consider myself opinionated. I rather pride myself on not going against people just because or being a hypocrite.

Your interpretation is off. If you read my responses you will see they were all my own spontaneous thoughts and never out of my character.

You admit you saw a 'pile on' and it caused you to change your view.

In what way is that not changing your view to go against the grain? How is that not the actual literal definition of contrary?

My initial response was to say that if there was a gym for people 25 pounds overweight, they would very quickly be slim and fit people. That was already stated on the first page, maybe even the first response. Then I saw tons and tons of pages that I didn't bother reading because I'm busy. I could see the first point was made. I thought people were being a little over sensitive. That was my reaction to the responses initially. The responses cause new things to think about. And I did then think about it some more. Is it really that hard to understand. I don't think it is. Maybe this helped clear it up.

I confess, I'm both amused and flabbergasted that you would call other's oversensitive. And, further more, that you would take people being sensitive about something that obviously invokes emotion in them as a reason to then dismiss them and their emotions/experiences. And yet when other's are accused of being oversensitive in regards to a topic that means something to you, you'll become so offended that you'll enter other threads (made as jokes and full of good humor) to scold others.

That is the part I don't understand. Why is that someone making fun of an OP/Topic that resonates with you is wrong but a topic that resonates with me is hypersensitivity?

BinaryPulsar

The majority response was my knee-jerk reaction as well, but when I saw the pile on it caused me to reflect more.

I'm not fond of letting the actions of others sway me from my own personal reactions. That seems awfully close to being contrary for the sake of going against the grain, tbh.

Lol, because you are never contrary.

And no. It causes me to think about it more deeply instead of joking it off. The first point was made. So, I think.

Hmm. Other's may view me as contrary, but I consider myself opinionated. I rather pride myself on not going against people just because or being a hypocrite.

Your interpretation is off. If you read my responses you will see they were all my own spontaneous thoughts and never out of my character.

You admit you saw a 'pile on' and it caused you to change your view.

In what way is that not changing your view to go against the grain? How is that not the actual literal definition of contrary?

My initial response was to say that if there was a gym for people 25 pounds overweight, they would very quickly be slim and fit people. That was already stated on the first page, maybe even the first response. Then I saw tons and tons of pages that I didn't bother reading because I'm busy. I could see the first point was made. I thought people were being a little over sensitive. That was my reaction to the responses initially. The responses cause new things to think about. And I did then think about it some more. Is it really that hard to understand. I don't think it is. Maybe this helped clear it up.

I confess, I'm both amused and flabbergasted that you would call other's oversensitive. And, further more, that you would take people being sensitive about something that obviously invokes emotion in them as a reason to then dismiss them and their emotions/experiences. And yet when other's are accused of being oversensitive in regards to a topic that means something to you, you'll become so offended that you'll enter other threads (made as jokes and full of good humor) to scold others.

That is the part I don't understand. Why is that someone making fun of an OP/Topic that resonates with you is wrong but a topic that resonates with me is hypersensitivity?

I guess my choice of words was not good. You are right about that. I will take that into consideration.

I see, you are upset with me about other threads. I made a mistake, but I apologized for it on that thread.

BinaryPulsar

I didn't intend to dismiss anyone's feelings. I actually talked about how people have said that to me before...being something like a trophy wife. How I disliked it and how I handled it.

touslesmemes

I'm definitely in for the sequel.

When I first found this thread, I immediately opened all nine pages (at the time) in separate tabs expecting it to disappear. It never did...so no way would I miss the sequel of this odds-defying thread...(even though there is no way the sequel will be anywhere near as good as the original).

with you on that.

Therealobi1

Wow. I am impressed has thread has lasted as long as it has. You guys didn't go to sleep

Achrya

The majority response was my knee-jerk reaction as well, but when I saw the pile on it caused me to reflect more.

I'm not fond of letting the actions of others sway me from my own personal reactions. That seems awfully close to being contrary for the sake of going against the grain, tbh.

Lol, because you are never contrary.

And no. It causes me to think about it more deeply instead of joking it off. The first point was made. So, I think.

Hmm. Other's may view me as contrary, but I consider myself opinionated. I rather pride myself on not going against people just because or being a hypocrite.

Your interpretation is off. If you read my responses you will see they were all my own spontaneous thoughts and never out of my character.

You admit you saw a 'pile on' and it caused you to change your view.

In what way is that not changing your view to go against the grain? How is that not the actual literal definition of contrary?

My initial response was to say that if there was a gym for people 25 pounds overweight, they would very quickly be slim and fit people. That was already stated on the first page, maybe even the first response. Then I saw tons and tons of pages that I didn't bother reading because I'm busy. I could see the first point was made. I thought people were being a little over sensitive. That was my reaction to the responses initially. The responses cause new things to think about. And I did then think about it some more. Is it really that hard to understand. I don't think it is. Maybe this helped clear it up.

I confess, I'm both amused and flabbergasted that you would call other's oversensitive. And, further more, that you would take people being sensitive about something that obviously invokes emotion in them as a reason to then dismiss them and their emotions/experiences. And yet when other's are accused of being oversensitive in regards to a topic that means something to you, you'll become so offended that you'll enter other threads (made as jokes and full of good humor) to scold others.

That is the part I don't understand. Why is that someone making fun of an OP/Topic that resonates with you is wrong but a topic that resonates with me is hypersensitivity?

I guess my choice of words was not good. You are right about that. I will take that into consideration.

I see, you are upset with me about other threads. I made a mistake, but I apologized for it on that thread.

No, I promise I'm only upset about this thread here. I don't mind you standing up for what you think is right/speaking out about something being triggering or offensive to you; I merely cannot fathom why you felt that was okay for you but not okay for others.

I think very highly of you (and if you recall said nothing bad about you in those past threads) so this is very confusing to me. I can understand that it means nothing to you but it means something to other people, clearly, so to see you so casually dismiss that is just...well it blows my mind.

I mean I dismiss people's feelings rather casually all the time. But I don't go around demanding that people consider my feelings while I dismiss their's (even here, in this thread, I'm not saying you should feel what other's feel, but rather I'm noting what seems to me to be hypocrisy.) because how can I demand of or cast judgement on those who do what I do?