Going anon because I know submitters get trolled here.

Warning: Movie spoilers, John Carpenter’s The Thing.

Thin privilege is being able to watch a movie without being shamed by it.

A friend of mine is nuts for John Carpenter’s movie The Thing. Last night, I watched it with him. It was great, up until the point where the overweight character, Norris, dies. He wasn’t killed by another character, or by the Thing. He dies in the process of boarding up the doors and windows alongside everyone else. He’s carrying around a bit of lumber, has a heart attack, and drops dead.

Thin privilege is being assumed to never ever have heart conditions. Thin privilege is the belief that only overweight people have heart problems, and as such, are incapable of doing five minutes of basic carpentry without dropping dead.