Obesity experts frown on Wii Fit's fatty-labeling, Nintendo apologizes

I actually am overweight (5'7", male, ~200lbs.), but doesn't mean I think it's okay. It isn't healthy for me to be like this, but I had been in worse shape (used to weigh as much as 232lbs.). So I decided to stop whining about it, and actually do something, so I could lose weight.

Wow, you make a convincing point.... actually no, you don't. Look, I'll put it this way. I have a wallet chain. Actually three chains, it jingles, jangles wherever I go. I catch shit all the time for having the chains. I can choose to get rid of the chains and be allowed into more rock shows without having to take my chains off all the time. I can even avoid the insults that I get. But I like my chains, I keep them and the trouble that arrises from them by my own choice. Should people insult my chains, I don't get upset, who cares? We are all unique.

What bearing does this have? I used to be fat. Like badly so, even had a few kidney stones (which thanks to HMO doctors laziness, they identified the first as diet problems when it was really lack of fluids). Started having weakness of the legs. And so I began exercising. Being called a fatass didn't really sting because I knew the issue existed. Worked to improve myself. Do I feel better about myself now that I'm average size? Not really. Because I knew the problem and solved the problem. Did the insults hurt? Once again, not really.

Am I immune? I am, after all, an asshole by my own admission. It's not that I intentionally began this way, just been put down damn near my entire like and because of having no easy victories and so little "filtering" from reality, I find I'm a bit tougher of a person through and through. This also means I can be a bit abrassive because comments that wouldn't damage me have a way of cutting others to the quick. Ironically they can be just as nasty as I am, they just don't like it cutting right back.

So once again, I advocate developing a sense of self-worth and a giant "FUCK YOU" to anyone who disagrees with that worth. Human nature is animalistic and pretending that doesn't exist is what leads to a 13 year old girl offing herself because of some mean comments left on her Myspace.

We don't need to, he's pretty much done it himself by producing Bad Day L.A.

*Inter-office memo to nintendo staff*

You see? I TOLD you that if we called them out on being fat they'd get all butt-hurt about it.

maybe you didn't realize, but it's the "real world" that is setting all these new guidelines and laws. Though I don't agree with them either.

And you must be D) Ignorant sheep of the masses. OHAI!

People on the Internet generally, by nature, are dicks. For these people, they see the anonymity the Internet provides as a layer of protection to be used to fling insults without repercussion.

Well, according to Sony, dicks are shaped like thumbs and thumbs are required to operate keyboards, so it makes sense.

Nor does Wii Fit use the term "fat", as far as I know: Depending on your BMI, it either calls you underweight, ideal, overweight, or obese.

So forgetting for the moment that "overweight" and "obese" are synonyms/euphemisms for "fat", I think people are really overreacting to this.

Yes. Please grace us with more cordial netiquette snippets, oh bleeding heart brigade. >.

"Butter Soaked Heart" put the awesome in this post.

Griffin has a habit of writing some casually bigoted posts (I've seen some mildly sexist stuff from him, too). I wish some of the other bloggers would point this out to him.

Kudos to you for doing so.

while we are been discussing who's wrong or right, you actually did the math. Thanks dude!

If your are correct, this sounds like someone just wants to fuck with Nintendo... as the BMI isn't correct...

Yeah. This comes from the Daily Mail. You may remember that a UK paper not long ago was found looking for people to talk about how games turned them to crime:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/02/british-paper-paying-for-game-violence-stories/

http://www.starnow.co.uk/Magazines-newspapers/computer_games_life_of_crime_stories_wanted.htm

Many believed this to be the very same Daily Mail although that can't be confirmed. The daily Mail was also responsible for this piece of brilliance, including one of the worst photoshops I have ever seen (note the original article is now gone):

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/28/uk-tv-presenter-delivers-chilling-verdict-on-violent-games/

I'll let y'all draw your own conclusions.