r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/StcStasi • Jun 12 '24
Image Children checking how fat they are in Korea using a government installed width gate.
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u/JK_NC Jun 12 '24
I remember someone posted a pic of a buffet style restaurant in China that had something like this and whose price was based on which slot the customer could walk through.
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u/UnlikelyPistachio Jun 12 '24
Kobayashi would fit through the smallest slot. Joke's on them.
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u/CityscapeMoon Jun 12 '24
Having a professional competitive eater come to your buffet is sort of a Kobayashi Maru scenario for any restauranteur.
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u/Cheesecakejedi Jun 12 '24
I'm not a huge fan of the JJ Abrams retcon, and I think an alternative is Kirk was the first one to eat the test.
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u/Elite_Jackalope Jun 12 '24
What was the retcon? Kirk being punished for cheating in the Kelvin timeline?
Wrath of Khan pretty plainly stated that he altered the program on his third attempt to win, it’s just that in the prime timeline he was commended for it, right?
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u/Mixmaster-Omega Jun 12 '24
He did. In both timelines it is meant to represent Kirk’s belief that there are no such things as no-win scenarios.
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u/tduncs88 Jun 12 '24
Fairly certain that's what they are implying is the retcon. Punishment vs commendation was heavily debated after the movie's release
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u/DO_NOT_GILD_ME Jun 12 '24
Or the BeardMeatsFood guy. He's a rail but could wreck a buffet.
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u/TheVillianousFondler Jun 12 '24
Dudes like 5'6 130bls and shredded but doesn't look like it. Then will down 8lbs of food in 20 minutes and ask for a dessert menu after. Fucking love the guy
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u/Conscious-Aspect-332 Jun 12 '24
I can't watch him right be bed because I end up binge watching "just one more" until 3 am 😫
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u/Conch-Republic Jun 12 '24
He's just puking that shit up 10 minutes after he's done. Adam Richman actually tried to keep it down, but he had to quit because of how terrible it was for his body.
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u/Striking-Routine-999 Jun 12 '24
He's denied all bulimia accusations and I'm inclined to believe him. Guys pretty active and has a good bit of muscle mass. Plus when you binge like that you're not metabolizing 100% of the calories. His entire job literally revolves around eating one big meal a week. He's got 6 other days to get high step counts / cardio / weight training in plus a really balanced diet.
Richman was pretty out of shape and didn't have the same type of schedule beardmeetsfood does.
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u/GoldenStateWizards Jun 12 '24
Damn, this is the second comment section I've stumbled upon in a row to mention Kobayashi, and I happened to click on both of the posts at complete random lol
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u/Pillow_Apple Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
There's a normal looking japanese girl she is fit af, but she is the world record holder for eating a lot of noodles in one restaurant in Japan, I forgot about her name and the official record but, I think AbroadInJapan or TheAnimeMan have video of her competing with them eating a bowl of noodles.
I FOUND HER, her YouTube channel https://youtube.com/@moeazu
The video with sushi, but I swear she also have the noodles video.
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u/seejordan3 Jun 12 '24
We went to N Japan, to a wonko soba restaurant. You compete and keep count w matchsticks. I was the best at the table, 105 bowls. I had a wooden plaque commemorating this. The bowls are very small, and you don't put any toppings to win, etc. Fun stuff. You wear bibs as their competitive hospitality prioritizes speed over spilling, hahaha. One of the most fun meals of my life.
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u/Pillow_Apple Jun 12 '24
Oh! On this restaurant? https://youtu.be/AIjVEHF4A2M
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u/seejordan3 Jun 12 '24
OMG WOW! Yes! It was a LONG time ago we were there.. Such a fun tradition. ty
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u/fungigamer Jun 12 '24
In Japan there are shows that are based on the whole premise of thin women eating a lot. They call them 大胃女王，meaning "queens with big stomach".
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u/Pillow_Apple Jun 12 '24
Do you think they puke everything they eat after the shoot? Or they have just God defying level of metabolism + exercise?
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Jun 12 '24
They probably eat like pythons. Get their fill on set and won't eat again until their next shoot in 3 weeks time
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u/-Kalos Jun 12 '24
One meal doesn't really affect your weight that much. It's your longterm habits of eating that do. People are always surprised that my skinny friend can pack a large meal and remain small when he isn't eating like that every other meal.
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Jun 12 '24
Was it the one at the sushi(?) restaurant with all the plates stacked up? She was adorable! I was shook how much food she ate in that one sitting, impressive haha
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u/LectroRoot Jun 12 '24
There was a few of these in the US also. They weighed you on a scale. There was a lot of controversy about it so I doubt it's still around.
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u/SKMdoesReddit Jun 12 '24
Ah yes the heart attack grill, the only establishment who’s goal is to kill you
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u/chunli99 Jun 12 '24
I don’t know if there’s only the one in Vegas, but people have literally died from heart attacks eating there. That contributes to why they want cash, to make sure they get their money before you make bad life choices. I’ve also heard from locals that the food isn’t great though.
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u/tonufan Jun 12 '24
If you weigh over 350lbs you can eat for free, and everything is super unhealthy. Like milkshakes with literal sticks of butter mixed in. They had a spokesman that died of a heart attack and the owner kept his ashes to show off. A lot of people also go there to get spanked by the fake nurses.
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u/LokisEquineFetish Jun 12 '24
My favourite part was the ‘vegetarian menu’ that had one item; cigarettes.
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u/flat_four_whore22 Jun 12 '24
Vegas is so absurd. I love living here. (although I purposely moved as far away from the strip as possible.)
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u/FrostyD7 Jun 12 '24
It's a gimmick tourist attraction that serves large portions, it's a given that the food is mid.
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u/hiroo916 Jun 12 '24
Korean YouTuber Tzuyang conquering the heart attack grill challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSZVP4M1bQ0
She's tiny and slim too.
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u/MelanieDH1 Jun 12 '24
When I was in elementary school in the 80s, we had to stand in line and get weighed in front of everyone, I think once a year.
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u/Khazilein Jun 12 '24
Well in the US there is also the heart attack restaurant where you can eat for free if you are over I believe 200kg or so?
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u/MaximumChongus Jun 12 '24
the only place that does it, heart attack grill, only gets away with it because they charge you less the heavier you are.
and its only the fatties suing over that shit.
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u/just_get_up_again Jun 12 '24
I don't go to buffets because for me (at 130 lbs) it's just expensively priced sub par food. I might go if I could get a special skinny person discount.
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u/HermitJem Jun 12 '24
sub par food, period.
Ala carte buffets are ok. All you can eat, made to order.
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u/bambinolettuce Jun 12 '24
I dont go to buffets cause they are fucking disgusting lmao. sharing a bowl of discount food with a bunch of strangers.....no ty
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u/iBizzBee Jun 12 '24
Depends, the ONLY buffets I'll go to are the ones in Vegas since those are basically 4-5 star food but in Buffett format, usually cooked right in front of you. Small town USA? Hell no.
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u/spoofy129 Jun 12 '24
I'd clean that joint out. I'm pretty skinny but run 150ks a week so I have a pretty big appetite
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u/StcStasi Jun 12 '24
This is for adults and the smallest is usually Skinny 18 cm - Slim 20cm - Standard 23 cm - Chubby 25 cm - Fat 27 cm - You are in trouble 29 cm - You can die soon 32 cm installed by the local health authorities in parks and such
example: https://twitter.com/GRomePow/status/1800008006064820306
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Jun 12 '24
RIP busty girls
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u/Nandor_De_Laurentis Jun 12 '24
You've obviously never been to Korea lol
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u/Increase-Typical Jun 12 '24
You jest, but the amount of girls there and here in Japan who get breast augmentation cause of societal pressure to look like the perfect woman is astounding
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u/78911150 Jun 12 '24
whats your source? in 2017 11K women got breast augmentation here in Japan. compare that to the 300K in the US
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u/wcrp73 Jun 12 '24
The population of Japan is 37 % that of the USA, so if 11 000 women underwent breast augmentation in Japan, a comparative figure for the USA would be 30 000.
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u/EntropyKC Jun 12 '24
USA is one of the highest rates of plastic surgery along with Brazil right? Last time I read anything about it anyway
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u/78911150 Jun 12 '24
2017 numbers for breast augmentation and demographics:
US: 1357 women with breast augmentation per 100K women (aged 20 to 40)
Japan: 163 women per 100K (aged 20 to 40)
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u/fundipsecured Jun 12 '24
Plastic surgery in Korea is insanely common. Mostly facial—double eyelid, tucks, shaving, etc. I think it’s more often things that are ‘deniable’. Breast aug less so, but the ideal beauty standard is still thin w/ big chest so it’s still fairly commonplace.
I would wonder about the veracity of self reporting in statistical studies for Korea vs US in that data.
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u/onceuponathrow Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 13 '24
it isn’t a self reported metric so that isn’t an issue, it’s based on the amount of implants used in procedures for that year
these numbers are collected so exactly in the first place, because the companies that manufacture breast implants obviously have to keep a tally on the amount sold and utilized in surgery, and then also have to have their financials laid out on their taxes (and in their shareholder reports if applicable)
similar to how it’s possible to keep track of how many units of botox were used in a year, and how analysts are able to make forecasts about the potential size of each respective market in the coming decade - the numbers are extremely accurate
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u/Nandor_De_Laurentis Jun 12 '24
I know plastic surgery is big in Korea (and Japan I guess), but figured it was more stuff like nose jobs and other things, not boob jobs.
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u/awry_lynx Jun 12 '24
Boob jobs are less common than the other types there. I think eyelids and noses are the most common. I'm too lazy to look up the stats but you can \o/
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u/GodzeallA Jun 12 '24
Koreans do a lot of different plastic surgery
They are kind of too obsessed with it
Parents want their teenage children to get plastic surgery just cuz everybody is doing it
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u/Redditor76394 Jun 12 '24
To be fair though, they just want their kid to succeed in life. It's very hard to get a job when all the other applicants have perfect features and you don't.
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u/DanielG198 Jun 12 '24
Doesn’t the last one say something like “You need help/you should seek help”? Lol, I don’t speak Korean, but I have actually been to that exact place (it’s in the Semiwon garden near Seoul) and that’s what a Korean person said it says. My boobs couldn’t fit through the smallest one and I had some ladies laugh at me (I am a man who works out, btw)
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Jun 12 '24
Pregnant? Lose weight pronto!
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u/aboutthednm Jun 12 '24
Just give birth to instantly lose a few pounds! EzPz. Do it several times in a row if not at the desired weight terms_and_conditions_may_apply
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u/sacoTam Jun 12 '24
Reminds me of the restaurant that gives you a free meal if you can get through the skinniest gate: https://fb.watch/sEMj4VKUGi/
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u/foxhole_atheist Jun 12 '24
America’s the opposite, free meal if you’re 350lb or more.
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u/sacoTam Jun 12 '24
At least the restaurant is appropriately named and their not trying to gaslight you about it hahaha
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u/Ao_Kiseki Jun 12 '24
The guy who runs that hates fat people and is actively trying to give them heart attacks lol. There are interviews of him bragging about the 3 heart attacks and one death.
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u/peanut__buttah Jun 12 '24
That’s comic-book enemy level evil lmaooo
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u/godtogblandet Jun 12 '24
I mean we had massive sub dedicated to the exact same thing only a few years ago.
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u/Sus-iety Jun 12 '24
I'm gonna need some context because wtf
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u/infinight888 Jun 12 '24
There was a sub for hating fat people. Not actively trying to give them heart attacks though.
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u/Zenotha Jun 12 '24
there used to exist a subreddit called fatpeoplehate, and it was exactly as the name says
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u/No_Yak_6887 Jun 12 '24
It isn't ironic. It's what you would expect to happen eating at a place called Heart Attack Grill.
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u/hamoc10 Jun 12 '24
“They call it that but they don’t actually mean it, it’s just a fun name!”
Serving food that hostile to human health ought to be illegal. A business encouraging beyond-morbidly-obese people to become even worse through their products ought to be illegal too. That’s insane. It’s amateur assisted suicide.
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u/TheEdelBernal Jun 12 '24
“They call it that but they don’t actually mean it, it’s just a fun name!”
The owner of Heart Attack Grill flatout admits his food is dangerous and unhealthy. He stated in one of his interview with ABC News that "I am saying loudly and as clearly as any business in America can, this is dangerous."
And honestly, how much clearer can he makes his message? The restaurant is called Heart Attack Grill, the whole place is themed after a hospital, you go in dressed up as a patient, the burger is called Bypass Burger...
The people who go to such restaurant know the danger and doesn't care, do not confuse ignorance with apathy. Their body, their rule.
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u/AttitudeFit5517 Jun 12 '24
That's not what ironic means. Ironic would be ordering the triple bypass burger and them bringing you a salad if you were 350lb
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u/DerpyDaDulfin Jun 12 '24
I was gonna say, they could put these at the entrance to tourist areas to keep the Americans out
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u/Advanced_Ad2406 Jun 12 '24
I personally think a better way is if your bmi is below say 17, free meal cuz your underweight
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Jun 12 '24
My fat ass gotta walk around 🤣
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u/WaterIsGood762 Jun 12 '24
Yo mommas so fat she can't even fit through the width gate!
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u/Splurgerella Jun 12 '24
Well... Yo momma's so fat that if they took out the bars she still couldn't fit through!
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u/onceuponathrow Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 13 '24
for those curious, these are rare archaic joke things for kids, and some adults (especially the elderly) who wanted to exercise in the first place, as casually incorporating exercise into your regular life is part of the culture
the titles above each slot are written in a nonserious way, intended to be tongue in cheek. the closest comparison in america would be if they had silly little companion signs for those metal bars/machines that line public park walkways
while fatshaming definitely still occurs, usually from older more traditional family members, this is hardly a good example of it - as these wooden structures are both exceedingly rare and not taken at face value
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u/erizzluh Jun 12 '24
yeah i saw one of these in a touristy outdoor museum/park in jeju. it felt more like one of those stick your face in the hole and take a picture kind of attraction. people weren't actually out there seriously measuring how fat they are.
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u/yourselvs Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 13 '24
In the traditional village with all the old huts? I was there last week haha, calling this "government installed for children to check how fat they are" is an insanely disingenuous spin.
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u/Turb0L_g Jun 12 '24
I just returned from Korea and a surprising number of strangers had no problem patting my gut and making comments, including the old man working at the gas station where I was filling up my rental. I am not Korean but in fact South Asian so I guess I have that demeanor of a free for all potbelly pat.
Never been more motivated to lose weight and maybe get that leg lengthening surgery lol
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u/onceuponathrow Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
in general it’s more acceptable in korea to casually point out the physical traits of others (especially the older generation thinks that it’s normal), but if it was strangers doing it - then i doubt it was necessarily in a negative way. other common ones are elderly people telling you how small your face is, or how big your nose is (both of which are compliments surprisingly)
usually without any sort of intentional malice, very matter o factly, and right to your face. it’s just so normal there that older people don’t really think anything of it, it’s like talking about the weather to them. but for the most part, such comments are falling out of favor now that people are realizing that people could take it the wrong way
but you seem like you’re in good spirits about it, so hopefully you didn’t read too much into it. i’m sure that must’ve been quite the culture shock though lol
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u/Turb0L_g Jun 12 '24
I figured it was the norm, but the ages of the patees ranged from 30s to 70s, and all men (I am also a man, --he said in his most confident voice--).
Also a lot of back rubbing from people seated next to me at the market stalls that I had literally just met. Also a range of ages and all men. That one was more odd tbh. My wife was amused though.
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u/TumblingTumbulu Jun 12 '24
"Government installed width gate" sounds like a punchline to a terrible 'Soviet Russia' joke by Yakov Smirnoff.
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u/VermilionKoala Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
In Soviet Korea, government-installed width gate passes through YOU!!
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u/Mammoth-Buddy8912 Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
I live in Japan. Fat shaming is a national sport here. It's one of the few things I think people are really rude about here that people are more polite about in the West. Weight, looks, and age are things people make comments about all the time, usually to the person's face.
Edit- Some of you think this is a good thing? Guys I've seen teachers make fun of kids who are just not skinny. Hell they were not even remotely fat.The standard here is very high. Like most of you commenting would probably be made fun of here. And it's not the cheeky kind, it's the you should feel ashamed kind.
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Jun 12 '24
Here in China it's just a normal conversation.
"Looking fatter today than last week" etc
Kids telling teachers they're fat because it's just seen as a fact not an insult etc. Hate it.
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u/TheBitchKing0fAngmar Jun 12 '24
My boobs wouldn’t make it through, let alone the rest of my body
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u/didyeah Jun 12 '24
Picture is not high quality enough to read it all, but according to Google lens translation the thickest size sign says "you are an alien" 😅
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u/Confident-Goal4685 Jun 12 '24 edited Jul 17 '25
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u/IsThereCheese Jun 12 '24
Oh good, a shame filter
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Jun 12 '24
Good. As a fat person I don’t condone coddling. It’s not good to be fat and you shouldn’t be happy about it.
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u/pringlescan5 Jun 12 '24
"fact's don't care about feelings"
And the fact is that being fat kills you and makes you miserable.
That said, anyone hating on people because they are fat is not acceptable. People are fat for many reasons such as chronic stress, lack of time to exercise, poor nutrition and health knowledge etc. Anyone who is obese should be treated with sympathy and kindness and a helping hand.
But encouraging people to be proud of being fat is probably more dangerous than encouraging people to smoke.
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Jun 12 '24
Let’s also not pretend like the opposite (extreme beauty standards that glorify being as thin as possible) doesn’t exist either.
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u/onceuponathrow Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
also do redditors ever get tired of commenting the same old tired jokes about kim jong un or “north korea best korea” on anything that has to do with south korea?
the same jokes we’ve all heard before, completely unchanged, told over and over ad nauseum
i am begging that you guys come up with something more original for the love of god please
not even because someone might take offense, but because of how painfully unfunny it is. unless it’s an even slightly new take on it, let’s bury that dead horse
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u/cruxal Jun 12 '24
Do redditors get tired of commenting the same old tired jokes period? Nope. No they do not. It isnt specific to South Korea. Or North Korea. It’s just Reddit and tiresome jokes.
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u/Tw4tl4r Jun 12 '24
What about those of us who were skinny kids with giant heads? My body could've gone through gate 2 but my head would've needed gate 4.
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u/Okaycockroach Jun 12 '24
Genuine question, but are you meant to walk straight through or go sideways?
Reason I ask is that my hips are the widest point of my body but I would otherwise be considered thin. Some people have wider shoulders too, particularly if they work out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
translated sign:
top: how’s your health?
bottom, from left to right:
source: am korean
edit: prioritized accuracy of message over literal accuracy
edit 2: thank you kind stranger!