There’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while.. I think a lot of people don’t know at all how large fat people can be.



In that horrible article about the woman falling through the sidewalk, it said that she was described by witnesses as 300lbs, and this has been treated as an almost comical high weight - In an episode of Simpsons, Homer reaches a weight of 300lbs as well, and it is joked as being ‘too fat to function’, and I’ve seen many more instances where weights in this range is thought to be imaginary almost, when in fact, I am sure we all know several people with a weight in this range.

I myself weigh 115kg (253lbs) and yet some people will casually (for example, if we are talking clothes and plus-sized stores) say things like “But plus size stores have a limit too, right? I mean, they can’t cater to people who weigh, like, 100kg! (220lbs)” or “This safety vest goes up to 90kg (198lbs), so it’s no problem”. And not just weight, just size in general - At work, we sometimes have to wear company T-shirts etc. and sometimes they only order Small or Medium because “They run large” - If I tell them that I know for certain it won’t fit me, they’ll say “Oh, I think it does, the size chart says it’s 35” in width!“ and I just can’t believe that they think that would be anywhere enough - and I know other people at my work who are larger than me, and who don’t have the body-shape privilege that I think I have.

I don’t know what my conclusion to this is, besides that people should realize that yes, we are that large. If people ignore how large we are, they aren’t going to change - there will still be ridicously low weight and measurement limit to everything from clothes to safety equipment etc.