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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-10-30 03:57 pm

[ SECRET POST #3588 ]


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Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] ariakas 2016-10-30 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
And that's a widely acknowledged issue! Based on population data the "normal" range of BMI was shifted down when I was last there (2015) to start at 16.5, rather than 18.5. And the "obese" category started at 27.5 rather than 30.0. I don't remember the rest, but they were all shifted accordingly.

That was based on hard data demonstrating both that health risks associated with obesity manifested at lower BMI than North American/European populations, and that they did not suffer the effects being underweight until their reached lower weights than their Western counterparts. Population groups have varying physiology. *shrug*

People in Japan are fucking skinny, yo. My BMI was 17.1 the last time I was there and I felt normal. Nobody said a word about it. As soon as I got back to Canada: HOLY SHIT YOU'RE A SKELETON.

Re: Dumb opinions

(Anonymous) 2016-10-30 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup. The lol was because the legitimate complaint is the opposite of all the nonlegitimate ones where people complain that BMI doesn't make them fat. If anything on a world average it's skewed too high. lol

Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] herpymcderp 2016-10-30 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That's because you were a skeleton. You were underweight af. I hate to ruin your weeaboo dreams but you are not Japanese.
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Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] ariakas 2016-10-30 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know that. The doctor knew that. He was the one dude to be like "eat more food".

Of course he didn't test me for anything, and when I told Matt about that he facepalmed so hard

Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] herpymcderp 2016-10-30 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
...I am pretty sure Japanese doctors in general just have no fucking clue how to treat anyone who isn't Japanese. I sure had my share of laughs with that while I was there.

Matt's facepalm was legit. You could have had the beetus or a fucking thyroid tumor or something and you wouldn't have even known.
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Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] ariakas 2016-10-30 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I was cut af though and it was preetttty obvious it was the result of exercise, so I don't think he was too concerned.

Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] herpymcderp 2016-10-30 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Cut af compared to an Asian maybe. You were still a hungry skelly by whitey standards.

Re: Dumb opinions

(Anonymous) 2016-10-31 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'm a white Canadian, my BMI is 17.9 and has been at or around there for years. I don't diet, I exercise a bit but not as much as would be good for me, and while I'm fairly happy with my body, I'm honestly a little bit "skinny fat" (i.e. I carry a bit of unnecessary jiggle around my middle).

Believe it or don't, but it is a fact that there are people out there who are just naturally very slim and light. Not hungry skeletons, or whatever.

Frankly, I'm 5'8" and when I was 135 - 140 pounds for a while in my early 20s, I felt overweight. And I don't mean my body image suffered. I mean I physically felt less healthy than I do at 115 - 120. I know this is far from being the norm. I have friends who are the same height as me but would be sickly if they weighed what I weigh. But the reverse is also true: I would be distinctly unhealthy if I weighed what they weigh quite healthily.

Re: Dumb opinions

(Anonymous) 2016-10-31 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
SA

If I'd been aware ten minutes ago that you two know each other in real life, I probably wouldn't have bothered to leave this defensive, you-are-wrong comment. It seemed like you were being kind of a jerk, herpy, but it was actually just a tone/context issue.

Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] herpymcderp 2016-11-01 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Yeaahhhhhh...

Maybe read the entire thread next time?

Re: Dumb opinions

(Anonymous) 2016-11-02 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. So you actually are kind of a jerk. Good to know. I mean, so that I don't waste my time giving you the benefit of the doubt in the future.

Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] herpymcderp 2016-11-02 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
No, you're the one being the jerk here. Seriously.

I'm fully within my rights to be offended that you'd decide to chastise me out of nowhere for being "wrong" while I was clearly having a friendly conversation with someone I'm familiar with. Because... why, exactly? Your opinion of me is that I'm a "bad guy" and it's your moral duty to prove that I am at every opportunity?

You don't get to go "oh you're a jerk herpy" because I'm not 100% happy that you wrote a diatribe accusing me of being unfair or having some kind of bias toward people with an underweight bmi. You were the one being rude. You're still being rude.

Re: Dumb opinions

(Anonymous) 2016-10-31 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Who is this random matt? Why are they interested in your weight if they aren't the doctor? It matt a weird thing that eats skinny whatevers you are?
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Re: Dumb opinions

[personal profile] ariakas 2016-10-31 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Matt is my older brother, and also a doctor.

Herpy and I know each other IRL