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Warren DeMontague

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5. Anyway I thought the whole point of the "fat acceptance" movement was to be proud of bein' fat.

Reply to Bonobo (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 3, 2015, 07:31 PM

Mar 2015

In that vein wouldn't "I feel fat" be a statement of pride? The fat smiley is, after all, smiling.

Hmmm. One might think some people aren't really as thrilled with themselves, as they like to pretend online.

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