Woman dies after 6yrs on Couch!

AngryBadger · 16-08-2004 02:56PM

elivsvonchiaing wrote:

OK I probably wrongly mentioned burger King. Mc Donalds got a mention for their "Un"Happy meal. The happy is for the child - the unhappy is for the parent.

The way it works is this - kids know about it (the meal AND the free toy) pester their parents about it until they give , sorry cave in - they do this in despair. The child grows up addicted to fatty foods...

I concede this is over simplistic - but this does actually happen.

This is not just over-simplistic, it's outright stupidity, and pandering to the sickening culture of "pass the buck" that permeats society today.

No parent worth their salt will raise their kids on Happy meals, and miscellaenious take-out junk, and I'm referring to all fast food here. Sure everybody has it once or twcie a week, or whatever the numbers are, but this isn't a problem.

It's a problem when you have it frequently, and this is coupled with not getting regular exercise.

To say that either smoking companies, or fast food franchises are responsible for people getting sick isthe pinnacle of narrowmindedness. People are responsible for themselves, all corporations exist to make profit, erego they will sell products which are not necessarily the healthiest. But at the end of the day you're responsible for yourself, if you choose to eat junk food every single day and you suddenly find you can't move off the couch I will not shed a single tear for you.

As to the idea of this kind of surgery being freely available...

john r wrote:

All necessary medical procedures should be free

I agree with that, but surgery is no substitute for taking a proper attitude to your diet, and general health

munkeehaven · 16-08-2004 04:58PM

it's kind of sad really..... fat people,and i mean really fat people ,aren't seen as people at all , more like strange fascinating freaks.... just pure fat in the shape of a person...i think the fact that a woman died because she was on a couch for so long is just so pathetic. i mean really, how on earth did she let that happen to herself?? weight creeps on gradually..didn't she notice it and say ''oops, better watch myself''??...maybe she was depressed or maybe mentally unstable..i guess we will never know..i'm just thinking now how on earth will they bury her? i guess cremation will be the only solution.

Sleipnir · 16-08-2004 05:01PM

There had to be one day where she just sat down and then didn't get up all day.
Then decided to sleep there, and then eat there, and then didn't get up the next day either............
She could have got up at that stage though but chose not to.

Sposs · 16-08-2004 05:09PM

Exactly,why did she wait 6 years before getting help,what was her husband thinking?

Corega · 16-08-2004 05:18PM

satori wrote:

Is anyone even the slightest bit upset that she was infact a person who died? regardless of her lifestyle she was still a person...

I tend to think about the thousand's of people who starve to death every day. What she did to herself was in essence suicide, self-inflicted. The dangers of being obese are almost as widely known as the dangers of smoking. I don't shed tears for people, who, due to smoking have become terminally ill, and then continue to do it, and it's safe to say I won't shed a tear for this woman.

Zukustious · 16-08-2004 08:38PM

Flukey wrote:

Unfortunately things like that do happen from time to time. It is sad. You do wonder when you see someone who is really big as to what is really going on with them? Then again, many people are happy as they are.

I really don't think anyone that size would be happy as they are. They wouldn't be able to move. It's like losing your legs only, you have really fat legs instead.

elivsvonchiaing · 16-08-2004 11:24PM

AngryBadger wrote:

No parent worth their salt will raise their kids on Happy meals, and miscellaenious take-out junk, and I'm referring to all fast food here. Sure everybody has it once or twcie a week, or whatever the numbers are, but this isn't a problem.

It is important to remember that there are parents who are just kids themselves. I believe these are probably the chief victims of McDs. I predict that McDs will either drop the toy with the happy meal or drop the happy meal.

What we pick-up in childhood stays with us - until we become aware of it and its influence on us - and it can be hard to shake off.

I believe there are weak people out there - who would not be human hippos if they had never gotten into the happy meal groove.

I hate "compo" mentality - but if it results in McDs dropping the "Un"Happy meal I think it will have worked in this instance.

Healio · 16-08-2004 11:30PM

How many hamburgers could mcdonalds make out of her?

elivsvonchiaing · 16-08-2004 11:51PM

I'm sick of taking a serious stance on this so I will add: If there was a law that the seriously obese had to undergo lipo-suction to save the anorexics - she could have been (well nearly) another Oscar Schindler

Yep I just can't resist bad taste jokes

(Just hope to fcuk there's nothing in the news about any of this right now :eek: )

LegacyUser · 17-08-2004 09:21AM

elivsvonchiaing wrote:

I hate "compo" mentality - but if it results in McDs dropping the "Un"Happy meal I think it will have worked in this instance.

Surely you could eat a happy meal everyday and stay fit and healthy, getting that obese requires real effort

dirtyharry1971 · 17-08-2004 10:17AM

It depend on your metabolism. I'm one of the lucky ones. Can eat whatever the hell I like and never put on any weight. I get a take away most night's and normally get a dinner in work and at home on top of this. Still only 10 stone for someone who is 6ft thats underweight I think. I know your metabolism can slow down but I'm 24 I can't see any dramatic changes judging by older family members.

It's funny when large people see the **** I eat and wonder how the F*ck I get away with it. I know I deserve to be slain for that

seamus · 17-08-2004 10:21AM

dirtyharry1971 wrote:

It depend on your metabolism. I'm one of the lucky ones. Can eat whatever the hell I like and never put on any weight. I get a take away most night's and normally get a dinner in work and at home on top of this. Still only 10 stone for someone who is 6ft thats underweight I think. I know your metabolism can slow down but I'm 24 I can't see any dramatic changes judging by older family members.

It's funny when large people see the **** I eat and wonder how the F*ck I get away with it. I know I deserve to be slain for that

It'll catch up with you eventually. I've never seen my housemate eat a vegetable unless it's on a burger or a pizza. He brings home 1 litre tubs of ice cream and eats them in one go. And he's skinny as f*ck.

Even if you're not getting fat though, your arteries are probably getting clogged with crap, and you probably have a lot more non-subcutaneous fat (fat which is attached your organs as opposed to the underside of your skin) than most.

dirtyharry1971 · 17-08-2004 10:33AM

Yeah ur probably right it could catch up on me in other ways although I get plenty of exercise. I live in a slightly rural area the nearest shop is 40 minutes walk each way which I do regularly (every day) I also swim every week (yes even in the winter) as I'm beside the beach so maybe I will get away with it. Or I might have a massive Heart attack by the time I'm 40 . Only time will tell.

l3rian · 17-08-2004 03:22PM

someone must have been feeding her to death

i seen a show on bbc about these lardos, one 30+ stone lamer had mickey mouse eats created from his hair, and had some aul one come visit him every day to prepare his meals, anyway at the end of the show they tricked him to gettting on this large scales and had the champage ready for his world record breaking weight in, but it turn out he was only 35 stone, it was really pathetic and he claimed the scales was broke

Woman dies after 6yrs on Couch!

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