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‘Thin Privilege:’ Fat Students Feel ‘Unwanted’ Because Desks are Too Small
Truth Revolt ^ | Nov. 15, 2017 | Trey Sanchez

Posted on 11/15/2017 8:39:41 AM PST by Bon of Babble

A new study by the Women and Girls Research Alliance at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte found that overweight female college students describe feeling “fat-shamed” when they walk into a classroom and can’t fit into the provided desks.

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To: Bon of Babble

It’s obvious their asses are much fatter and useless than their grandparents. But have some more Cheetos anyway.


41 posted on 11/15/2017 10:30:31 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Prov1322

That was probably more calories she’s burned in 10 years.


42 posted on 11/15/2017 10:31:39 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Bon of Babble

Endless overuse will render the victim card meaningless, if it isn’t already.


43 posted on 11/15/2017 10:33:37 AM PST by Spok
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To: Diapason

Okay, I guess they need a collapsible desk too.


44 posted on 11/15/2017 10:46:24 AM PST by Cecily
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To: Bon of Babble

Yeah .... and it’s not only the desks ... it’s the floors too! Sometimes the floors give way and a fatso will disappear into the basement never to be seen again !


45 posted on 11/15/2017 11:11:55 AM PST by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
...but it is silly for a business asking for thousands of dollars from customers to then not even provide customers with a choice of desks they can actually fit into.

Ah, but the customer is the school admin. not the sitters.

46 posted on 11/15/2017 11:20:05 AM PST by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Cecily

Collapsible chair? These women need to be carried around campus in a front-end loader as it is. A collapsible chair would be either crushed into a two-dimensional object, or subsumed into the overlying maximus like a feather up a shop-vac.


47 posted on 11/15/2017 11:34:32 AM PST by sparklite2 (-)
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To: sparklite2

There must be a heavy-duty version somewhere.


48 posted on 11/15/2017 11:47:32 AM PST by Cecily
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To: Bon of Babble

Actually this reinforces my view that MLK’s “dream” has been achieved (insofar as humans can) - resulting in starkly revealing how some lifestyle choices are in fact inferior to others. A great many who thought the “dream” would result in all being equal are horrified to discover that inequality is inherent, with bad choices leading to bad consequences which cause the cultural (in behavior) groups to be, justifiably, discriminated against. Faced with a choice to correct/improve behavior, many are opting instead to “demand equality” so they don’t have to. Hence the recent explosion of demanding normalization, even desirability, of historically abnormal/shunned consequences.


49 posted on 11/15/2017 1:00:22 PM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

When my belt becomes too tight, that’s a sign to eat less/better - not to buy another belt. If a normal-sized _chair_ is too small, red alert.


50 posted on 11/15/2017 1:01:38 PM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Cecily

The point is for the chair to _not_ collapse...


51 posted on 11/15/2017 1:02:41 PM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thats the face she makes When its Joe’s Birthday


52 posted on 11/15/2017 1:03:02 PM PST by al baby (May the Forceps be with you Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: Bon of Babble
Us left handers aint none to happy either


53 posted on 11/15/2017 1:04:44 PM PST by al baby (May the Forceps be with you Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: Da Coyote

As a sometimes professor of programming, I’ve been amazed how many people (about 1/4 of students) just plain don’t do the work yet expect to pass.

Will be interesting to see how reality will, in a historic moment, kick everyone’s a$$e$ who don’t get up and DO rather than expect a lazy river ride.


54 posted on 11/15/2017 1:05:39 PM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Bon of Babble
A new study by the Women and Girls Research Alliance at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte found that overweight female college students describe feeling “fat-shamed” when they walk into a classroom and can’t fit into the provided desks.

As they should. Perhaps the piggies should bring their own "fat desk."

55 posted on 11/15/2017 4:49:48 PM PST by upchuck (You know why there's a second Amendment? In case the gvt fails to follow the first one. ~ Rush L.)
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