Gluttony is Not Your Fault!

This lady must be watching MTV!

No wonder people love the New York Times -- it prints hogwash that makes their readers feel good, like Trump is pure evil and Joe Biden is fit as a fiddle. In today's paper an article goes to great lengths explaining how being fat is not your fault, it's the fault of society! Wow, that's a load off -- I thought it was from my eating all that pumpkin pie with whipped cream and those chocolate chip cookies that were too good to pass up, and of course all that stuffing with gravy. But nope, it's not me -- it's them.

What the author posits is that being fat is the result of societal changes, like the introduction of MTV back in the eighties. "When people can't control their body weight, they often blame themselves," she writes. (I know I do.) But no, she goes on, obesity is really "something that's been imposed on societies, not something individuals choose." The real culprits are "environments and systems."  

So what about all those thin people who eat salads and lean protein instead of stuffed pasta shells and garlic bread? Who order black coffee and green tea instead of Mocha Frappuccinos and milk shakes? No mention of them in this article that takes the responsibility of your girth away from you and places it onto the government where it rightly belongs. Oh yes, and fat shaming causes weight gain, so stop doing that.  

I wish I had read this article before I went to Walt Disney World many years ago and saw a huge woman sitting on the toilet -- I looked through the crack in the bathroom stall because I really had to go and wondered if someone was dead in there -- eating a double cheeseburger and mounds of French fries. Turns out it wasn't her fault, the poor dear. Damn the environment!