Instagram have banned #curvy hastag

jungleman · 17-07-2015 05:23PM #1

http://www.thejournal.ie/instagram-ban-curvy-2221574-Jul2015/

What think ye? Is it a positive step in tackling obesity? Or is it a way of shaming women who want to celebrate their natural curves?

Personally, I can't stand anyone who would take a picture of themselves, upload it to social media, and use #curvy to describe it. "here's a photo of myself, I don't think I'm fat but I don't think I'm thin, so look at this picture and please love me".

I wouldn't mind but in nearly all of the related pictures to the article, the women look to be borderline obese. It's not even "curvy", it's just unhealthy. Jaysus wept.

Tombi! · 17-07-2015 05:29PM

I'm not sure anyone actually gives a damn. I'm not trying to be funny either. I'm being 100% sincere.

Gongoozler · 17-07-2015 05:29PM

Yeah in fairness the majority of people who call themselves curvy and such are just overweight and don't want to face it. being an unhealthy weight and having an unhealthy diet and lifestyle are not things anyone should be trying to normalise or get people to accept.

I don't agree with making people feel bad about themselves but the vast majority of the time they're overweight because of eating too much of the wrong stuff and being too lazy to exercise. So no this is not something the human race needs to accept.

Saipanne · 17-07-2015 05:31PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

being an unhealthy weight and having an unhealthy diet and lifestyle are not things anyone should be trying to normalise or get people to accept.

Spot on.

jungleman · 17-07-2015 05:31PM

Tombi! wrote: »

I'm not sure anyone actually gives a damn. I'm not trying to be funny either. I'm being 100% sincere.

Enough people gave a damn for it to be a "news story".

SEPT 23 1989 · 17-07-2015 05:34PM

I like a woman with a bit of meat on her

Tombi! · 17-07-2015 05:35PM

jungleman wrote: »

Enough people gave a damn for it to be a "news story".

You mean enough people on the internet who want attention and want to feel like a special snowflake.

This is just more usual American rubbish glorifying obesity and completely missing the idea of what body acceptance should be.

But as for the new story, I read it. All I'm seeing is the Journal being desperate for something so they decided that since Instagram is very popular, writing about how a much of idiots are upset that they can't be "proud" of being obese and encourage people to see it as good.

My name is URL · 17-07-2015 05:42PM

Sites that glorify or encourage anorexia and undereating are rightfully lambasted. Don't see why it should be any different for those that glorify or encourage overeating and being a lazy slob.

Being fat isn't the same as being 'curvy'. The people in those pics are obese. It shouldn't be made out to be something that society needs to embrace or accept.

'love your body' all you want, but don't try and tell others that they should put up with your anti-scientific bull**** just to make you feel better.

jungleman · 17-07-2015 05:44PM

Tombi! wrote: »

You mean enough people on the internet who want attention and want to feel like a special snowflake.

This is just more usual American rubbish glorifying obesity and completely missing the idea of what body acceptance should be.

But as for the new story, I read it. All I'm seeing is the Journal being desperate for something so they decided that since Instagram is very popular, writing about how a much of idiots are upset that they can't be "proud" of being obese and encourage people to see it as good.

Yeah, pretty much agree with everything you've said to be honest.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read these stories. Just as worrying as the number of deluded obese people out there is the sheer number of self indulgent gob****es who actually take selfies and become outraged when they can't attach a hashtag to it.

RayM · 17-07-2015 05:45PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

I don't agree with making people feel bad about themselves but the vast majority of the time they're overweight because of eating too much of the wrong stuff and being too lazy to exercise. So no this is not something the human race needs to accept.

I eat too much of 'the wrong' stuff all the time and I never exercise (haven't done any proper physical exercise since the mid-90s, when I finally mastered the art of forging my parents' signatures to get out of PE classes), but I'm not overweight. Skinniness seems to run in my family.

I don't understand why people (especially on After Hours, for some reason) get so angry at those who have a predisposition towards gaining weight.

Muckracker · 17-07-2015 05:47PM

Women who describe themselves as 'curvy' are almost always obese landwhales.

RayM · 17-07-2015 05:49PM

Muckracker wrote: »

Women who describe themselves as 'curvy' are almost always obese landwhales.

Why do you need to use such unpleasant terminology to describe them?

NachoBusiness · 17-07-2015 05:49PM

What if they are looking for curves like this.

darkpagandeath · 17-07-2015 05:51PM

I see Fat is the next minority hot button group... Oh wait they are not a minority.

“I thought you people were supposed to be jolly ?” – Stewie Griffin.

Muckracker · 17-07-2015 05:51PM

RayM wrote: »

Why do you need to use such unpleasant terminology to describe them?

So whats the correct term. 'Plus sized'? 'real woman'?

RayM · 17-07-2015 05:53PM

Muckracker wrote: »

So whats the correct term. 'Plus sized'? 'real woman'?

Don't worry about it - I've just seen your posts in the thread about trans people. I know better than to engage with pitiful trolls.

Muckracker · 17-07-2015 05:53PM

RayM wrote: »

Don't worry about it - I've just seen your posts in the thread about trans people. I know better than to engage with pitiful trolls.

Except I'm not trolling.

runawaybishop · 17-07-2015 05:54PM

RayM wrote: »

I don't understand why people (especially on After Hours, for some reason) get so angry at those who have a predisposition towards gaining weight.

There's no such thing as a "pre-disposition". People get fat because they eat too much. Calling obesity "curvy" and the like is unhealthy.

darkpagandeath · 17-07-2015 05:54PM

Muckracker wrote: »

So whats the correct term. 'Plus sized'? 'real woman'?

Real women are not obese. Size 16 should not be considered the average size. Just the same as being skinny does not make you a real woman.

NachoBusiness · 17-07-2015 05:55PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I like a woman with a bit of meat on her

Lady Gaga fan eh.

JC01 · 17-07-2015 05:59PM

Saw this on some site earlier, every single one of the women in the pics that were attached to the story were obese. To call them "curvy" is like calling an alcoholic "fun". It's extremely unhealthy and a tad disgusting tbh.

jungleman · 17-07-2015 05:59PM

RayM wrote: »

I don't understand why people (especially on After Hours, for some reason) get so angry at those who have a predisposition towards gaining weight.

Because for the most part, diet and exercise stop weight gain. Shouting from the roof tops that it's great to be obese is just so stupid that it beggars belief.

I'm not sure if social media is the cause, or if it's American attitudes creeping in over here, but being overweight or obese isn't good for anyone. And to glorify it under the pretense of being "curvy" is just very sad.

jungleman · 17-07-2015 06:05PM

This is a picture of one of the women apparently fighting back against Instagram. The picture is included in the original article, so I presume it's open source and okay to use here. I should also say however, that I'm not providing it for the woman to be made fun of, in fairness.

Calling a spade a spade though, she is fairly obese. That is not a healthy BMI. By calling herself curvy, she is obviously not awake to the fact that she is probably at risk of diabetes and heart problems.

RayM · 17-07-2015 06:06PM

jungleman wrote: »

Because for the most part, diet and exercise stop weight gain. Shouting from the roof tops that it's great to be obese is just so stupid that it beggars belief.

I'm not sure if social media is the cause, or if it's American attitudes creeping in over here, but being overweight or obese isn't good for anyone. And to glorify it under the pretense of being "curvy" is just very sad.

Lots of things aren't 'good for people' (recommended alcohol intake, for example, is a hell of a lot lower than what the average Irish drinker would consume), but people seem to reserve a special level of hatred for those who are overweight. I just don't understand why other people being overweight is so annoying. If a person is happy with their size, surely it's their own business. They aren't doing you any harm.

runawaybishop · 17-07-2015 06:09PM

RayM wrote: »

Lots of things aren't 'good for people' (recommended alcohol intake, for example, is a hell of a lot lower than what the average Irish drinker would consume), but people seem to reserve a special level of hatred for those who are overweight. I just don't understand why other people being overweight is so annoying. If a person is happy with their size, surely it's their own business. They aren't doing you any harm.

They arent being lambasted for being overweight, they are being lambasted for being obese and pretending they are grand.

darkpagandeath · 17-07-2015 06:12PM

RayM wrote: »

Lots of things aren't 'good for people' (recommended alcohol intake, for example, is a hell of a lot lower than what the average Irish drinker would consume), but people seem to reserve a special level of hatred for those who are overweight. I just don't understand why other people being overweight is so annoying. If a person is happy with their size, surely it's their own business. They aren't doing you any harm.

People bitch about people on the dole spending their money, I bitch about Fat people clogging up the health system. Being Fat is not grand, Ireland is the fastest country in the EU we are going to see an explosion of type 2 diabetes. Does one think size 16 for women is a normal size for average hight ? No it's not it's obese.

PM me nudes · 17-07-2015 06:14PM

Fat people are revolting. How anyone stuffs enough food into their pig mouth to be a landwhale is beyond me.

Mod: Banned

jungleman · 17-07-2015 06:15PM

RayM wrote: »

Lots of things aren't 'good for people' (recommended alcohol intake, for example, is a hell of a lot lower than what the average Irish drinker would consume), but people seem to reserve a special level of hatred for those who are overweight. I just don't understand why other people being overweight is so annoying. If a person is happy with their size, surely it's their own business. They aren't doing you any harm.

It's not like it's a victim-less crime, in fairness. It will put huge pressure on the health system if something's not done about it.

RayM · 17-07-2015 06:20PM

jungleman wrote: »

It's not like it's a victim-less crime, in fairness. It will put huge pressure on the health system if something's not done about it.

So it's all about concern for the health system, is it? I'll believe that when those having a go at overweight people start spouting the same kind of vitriol towards those who drink more than the recommended level of alcohol units.

runawaybishop wrote: »

They arent being lambasted for being overweight, they are being lambasted for being obese and pretending they are grand.

They're being lambasted because it's easy to slag people for being overweight. I'd rather be overweight than the sort of person who comes out with ignorant crap like this:

PM me nudes wrote: »

Fat people are revolting. How anyone stuffs enough food into their pig mouth to be a landwhale is beyond me.

Dave0301 · 17-07-2015 06:20PM

RayM wrote: »

Lots of things aren't 'good for people' (recommended alcohol intake, for example, is a hell of a lot lower than what the average Irish drinker would consume), but people seem to reserve a special level of hatred for those who are overweight. I just don't understand why other people being overweight is so annoying. If a person is happy with their size, surely it's their own business. They aren't doing you any harm.

It is the fact that they are trying to glorfiy obesity by describing it as being "curvy." When they aren't, they are obese.

Would you have the same viewpoint if it was anorexic girls putting up pictures with #slim?

It is promoting an unhealthy lifestyle choice in both cases.

RayM · 17-07-2015 06:22PM

Dave0301 wrote: »

It is promoting an unhealthy lifestyle choice in both cases.

To me, it looks more like a response to the sort of ignorant vitriol you see on threads like this.

Instagram have banned #curvy hastag

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