Imagine this: you see a new commercial ad with a plus size guy dancing around in a speedo smiling. Or a bunch of plus size men using dove soap and saying their are regular Men.
A) You probably find it funny and think its a joke.
B) You probably find it funny and think its a joke.
Contrast:
Imagine this: You see a new ad with a plus size guy dancing around in underwear and smiling. Or a bunch of plus size women using dove soap saying they are regular women.
A) you think its an ad promoting healthy women
B)you think its an ad promoting healthy women.
The difference between the two is you'd never see the first one. EVER.
There is this new fad going on now and its called the "Plus size" campaign or by others who call it "Regular" Women. You've probably seen the commercials at some point, whether it be on youtube or a commercial following oprah, you'll probably remember an Ad that advertises big women and how beautiful they are. Sounds great right? I mean it promotes the importance of inner beauty, even though it attempts to sell you products that ehance your outer beauty. Talk about a mixed message eh? So what are these ads attempting to do, other than sell you products?
Well, for one, they are trying to promote the unhealthy lifestyle, which is usually due to laziness. They've found a way to capitalize on the laziness of individuals, which is a genius strategy! Everyone is lazy in some way, and in most of the ways, its laziness when it comes to exercising. Lack of exercise usually leads to overweightedness. Some might make the connection that there is a hidden agenda here, and that is to increase overall consumption of consumer products - mainly foods (ALL food, including unhealthy), to increase the size of their (creators of plus size products) wallet. I wouldn't be surprised if the creators of these plus size products actually owned stakes in fast food restaurants. So what better way is there than to capitalize on a trait we all have and are happy to embrace, if it were supported. For example, if a company said they would accept a bachelors degree, that a person bought from a street vendor for $1500, instead of putting in the time (4-5 years) to acquire one, I'm sure that street vendor would be an instant millionaire. Probably within a matter of minutes. So this is what these plus size ads are doing. They are saying "Its okay to be fat, you're still healthy!" when really you aren't.
They are also saying who cares about what other people think about your outer appearance, but buy these products it will make you prettier. Kind of a contradicting message no? These ads are giving the green light to eat unhealthy and not exercise. The harshness of the matter is, outer beauty matters and this is proven by even those, who claim to lack this shallowness, usually celebrities, when they continue to date only attractive people. Show me an ugly person Tyra Banks dated, and I'll eat my words.
The other thing that really irks me is the inequality that exists with these ads. You would never see an ad that promotes fat men being comfortable in their own skin or dancing around in their underwear or wearing Ralph Lauren polo shirts with the collars popped and their bellies sticking out. You would most likely think its a joke. So why are there so many of these ads for women?
I get it, there's healthy and then theres super model health (which is not healthy). The healthy that should be standard is someone fit, not someone plus sized. I also get that not all women can wear the same sizes, and women should understand that too. Its all about proportion. The thing about plus sized women is that these women usually are fat and are not fit. If they were fit, then they wouldn't be plus sized. No one is telling women you need to eat steam and play the xylophone on your ribs. The only message is that you need to be a healthy weight. Plus size is not a healthy weight or size. For the large majority of plus sized women, they are heavy and a lot of it is due to fat. The minority of women, usually the power lifters look plus sized, but are actually beaming with muscle. These women are fit. The women you see in plus sized ads are not. If we are going to do plus size ads for women, then we should also do the same for men, because not all men can have a six pack, pecks, and be 6ft tall (Bull shit to the six pack and pecks - every guy who works out can have something like that). Every woman can be physically proportional, which would mean they are fit and not actually plus sized. This "Regular" woman bull shit that fat women claim is a complete skew of the term, these women are not regular because they are above the average body composition for women. So they are not actually regular.
We shouldn't be promoting this unhealthy lifestyle. It will one day reach a point where we are all so comfortable and lazy that we don't give a fuck to work out and will just ride scooters all day to wherever we want to go. Its a very slippery slope and we need to reverse this. Stop promoting the its okay to be fat because thats the same as promoting uber skinniness. Instead we should be promoting that you need to be active and health and proportional!
I hate where this world is going and I hate the fact that some women still bitch about inequality. Women are literally the only people who can say its okay to be fat, but then judge men for being fat.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Lets get in shape!
There are a lot of fat people in the world. Some are fat due to poor circumstance, some due to disease, and for the most part a lot of them just have no drive, motivation, or will power. I recently tried to encourage a girl to start exercising. Of course there's no real polite way to suggest that someone is fat, unless you powder it with a lot of compliments, which I did. Even so, I'm still met with someone who was super offended. You really can't win. Her reason for her circumstance is she is sick. She also said she ate one meal a day plus snacks. How true that is, I don't know. What I can tell you though is she definitely doesn't know the fundamentals of healthy living.
Now, I'm not saying I'm some fitness guru or someone who is super fit or anything like that, because I'm not. I work out a few times a week, sometimes none, and I eat like shit. Sometimes I have mcdonalds 3 times in a week (Mcgangbang sandwich, A mcdouble + a junior chicken patty in between) without working out at all! I know for a fact my metabolism is shit, because after a week of not working out I put on weight and fat, so ultimately I'm your average person, maybe a little under average. I'd also like to say that, if it weren't for laziness, lack of drive, or motivation, almost anyone can lose weight; so long as they build the right habits. For example, this guy Drew Manning did an experiment where he purposely put on a shit load of weight and then lost it all after a year. While this dude might be a personal trainer and have the fitness background, it just shows that with hard work and knowledge, you can lose that poundage.
Before I got side tracked, I was talking about how this chick who claimed she was sick and hence her being overweight. I didn't go into what she had, but I asked her a few questions such as, can you walk? can you move your arms? are you able bodied. All of which she said yes. I also pointed out that Lance armstrong wont he tour de france 7 fucking times and he had cancer, to which she had no response. Unless you have some sort of disease, god forbid, where you cannot move due to excruciating pain, you really have no excuse for being obese. If you cannot move and are in exrcuciating pain due to obesity, then thats your fault and you should do all that is with in your will power to cut the weight. Any reason you give to not workout is just code for I'm lazy and couldn't give a damn. Being chubby is okay, and I'm not saying that I have a problem with people who are fat. If you like the way you are, then good for you and all the power to you! My main beef is with people who make an excuse for a predicament they are in. I've done it before, everyone has. Its time to start being responsible.
So with that, here is the workout I just completed for time. Not the best time, and probably one of the more difficult workouts I've done.
lets call this workout: shit storm.
57 minutes.
100 deadlifts of 120lb
100 squats of 180lb
50 pullups
50 kettle bell swings per arm 25lbs
50 shoulder presses 40 lbs
50 punching bag lifts 75lbs
Now, I'm not saying I'm some fitness guru or someone who is super fit or anything like that, because I'm not. I work out a few times a week, sometimes none, and I eat like shit. Sometimes I have mcdonalds 3 times in a week (Mcgangbang sandwich, A mcdouble + a junior chicken patty in between) without working out at all! I know for a fact my metabolism is shit, because after a week of not working out I put on weight and fat, so ultimately I'm your average person, maybe a little under average. I'd also like to say that, if it weren't for laziness, lack of drive, or motivation, almost anyone can lose weight; so long as they build the right habits. For example, this guy Drew Manning did an experiment where he purposely put on a shit load of weight and then lost it all after a year. While this dude might be a personal trainer and have the fitness background, it just shows that with hard work and knowledge, you can lose that poundage.
Before I got side tracked, I was talking about how this chick who claimed she was sick and hence her being overweight. I didn't go into what she had, but I asked her a few questions such as, can you walk? can you move your arms? are you able bodied. All of which she said yes. I also pointed out that Lance armstrong wont he tour de france 7 fucking times and he had cancer, to which she had no response. Unless you have some sort of disease, god forbid, where you cannot move due to excruciating pain, you really have no excuse for being obese. If you cannot move and are in exrcuciating pain due to obesity, then thats your fault and you should do all that is with in your will power to cut the weight. Any reason you give to not workout is just code for I'm lazy and couldn't give a damn. Being chubby is okay, and I'm not saying that I have a problem with people who are fat. If you like the way you are, then good for you and all the power to you! My main beef is with people who make an excuse for a predicament they are in. I've done it before, everyone has. Its time to start being responsible.
So with that, here is the workout I just completed for time. Not the best time, and probably one of the more difficult workouts I've done.
lets call this workout: shit storm.
57 minutes.
100 deadlifts of 120lb
100 squats of 180lb
50 pullups
50 kettle bell swings per arm 25lbs
50 shoulder presses 40 lbs
50 punching bag lifts 75lbs
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Stupid products
This is a list of products that I think are dumb and fads that are ingeniously marketed to stupid (hipsteresque) people. This may hit 10 this may hit 20, or it may just hit 3. I haven't decided yet, as this is on the spot. They are also listed in no specific order.
1) Vibram Toe shoes.
These shoes are supposed to mimic walking around barefoot, while protecting your feet. They are supposed to strengthen your feet in only the good way possible, by reverting back to "nature". As with most fad products, the current fad being healthy living, this product seeks to lure in dumb/misinformed people into purchasing these over priced water shoes. At a starting price of $100, these shoes offer you nothing, other than a rubber sole and a fancy/weird looking shoe. These are stupid for two reasons, #1 If you wanted to experience barefootedness, you should just walk around barefoot. The soles of your feet will adapt. 2# You can get swimming shoes, which look a lot less stupid, and are only a tenth of the price.
When you walk, your toes stick together naturally. They don't need to be separate.
2) Can't think of anything right now. So stay tuned!
1) Vibram Toe shoes.
These shoes are supposed to mimic walking around barefoot, while protecting your feet. They are supposed to strengthen your feet in only the good way possible, by reverting back to "nature". As with most fad products, the current fad being healthy living, this product seeks to lure in dumb/misinformed people into purchasing these over priced water shoes. At a starting price of $100, these shoes offer you nothing, other than a rubber sole and a fancy/weird looking shoe. These are stupid for two reasons, #1 If you wanted to experience barefootedness, you should just walk around barefoot. The soles of your feet will adapt. 2# You can get swimming shoes, which look a lot less stupid, and are only a tenth of the price.
When you walk, your toes stick together naturally. They don't need to be separate.
2) Can't think of anything right now. So stay tuned!
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Studies show Farting increases the risk of cancer!
Studies show, farting increases the risk of Cancer and negatively impacts the economy!
In recent studies, science has proven an obscure and questionable link between farting and the risk of skin cancers. The link appears in the following sequence.
Proof of this statement: Farting negatively impacts the economy.
1) Farting releases methane. Therefore increased farting releases a lot of methane.
2) Methane is a gas known to destroy/damage the ozone layer.
3) A decrease in the amount of ozone directly increases the amount of Ultraviolet rays that reach the earth.
4) More Ultraviolet rays leads to greater risk of sun related cancers.
5) An increased risk in cancer, leads to more individuals who are diagnosed with it.
6) The more people diagnosed with cancer, means more people in our hospitals.
7) The more people in our hospitals means that more resources are needed to sustain these people.
8) The more resources used for healthcare, leads to deficiencies in other parts of the economy that also require resources.
9) Therefore farting affects the economy.
This is an example of an argument that is very similar to ones social activists and anti-corporation activists make. They link obscure things the their main point which are usually very loosely connected and can sometimes be debated. Everything is interconnected in one way, its called the butterfly effect.
In recent studies, science has proven an obscure and questionable link between farting and the risk of skin cancers. The link appears in the following sequence.
Proof of this statement: Farting negatively impacts the economy.
1) Farting releases methane. Therefore increased farting releases a lot of methane.
2) Methane is a gas known to destroy/damage the ozone layer.
3) A decrease in the amount of ozone directly increases the amount of Ultraviolet rays that reach the earth.
4) More Ultraviolet rays leads to greater risk of sun related cancers.
5) An increased risk in cancer, leads to more individuals who are diagnosed with it.
6) The more people diagnosed with cancer, means more people in our hospitals.
7) The more people in our hospitals means that more resources are needed to sustain these people.
8) The more resources used for healthcare, leads to deficiencies in other parts of the economy that also require resources.
9) Therefore farting affects the economy.
This is an example of an argument that is very similar to ones social activists and anti-corporation activists make. They link obscure things the their main point which are usually very loosely connected and can sometimes be debated. Everything is interconnected in one way, its called the butterfly effect.
Mcdonald's secret menu...yes it exists!
Mcdonalds has a secret menu!
Everyone loves mcdonalds. Their food is salty, delicious, coma-inducing, and makes you crave it. It is especially good after a night of drinking. Well, Mcdonalds lovers, theres more to the menu that meets the eye! You might be fond of their bistro wiches, love their big macs, crave their supersized fries, and embrace their mchicken, but they have a few secret items that will take you beyond their delicious norms...Are you ready to hear one of them?
Mcgangbang!
That is right! A Mcgangbang. Oh it exists, and most mcdonalds employees know what it is. There are a few different variations of the Mcgangbang, but the cheapest and best value one is the Mcdouble inspired one. The Mcdouble Mcgangbang is a Mcdouble sandwich with a junior chicken patty in the center. This wich packs nearly 40 grams of protein, a crap load of fat, and almost 1000 calories for just $2.50! ($2.51 to be exact). Where else can you find something this delicious and with these kind of stats for this price? Probably nowhere.
Now this is just the beginning. This combination literally opens the floor up to you creative ones to make new wiches and other goodies that will satisfy, put you to sleep, and make you feel good.
Definitely take some time and experience this sandwich. It is worth it ($2.51) and definitely one of the must tries for you greasy food lovers. If you like Epic mealtime and the likes, then this sandwich is definitely for you! You might also want to try your own creations as well, maybe a qaurter-pounder with a fillet of fish patty or w.e!
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Tattoos are great!
A lot of people who have tattoos will tell you they did it because it means something to them. Of those people, only a handlful of them actually mean it; these are the people who get tattoos of their kids, family members, religion etc. Everyone else is bullshitting you and just wants to come off as "deep", even some people who get religious tattoos are bullshitting about the meaning. Anyone with a brain can come up with some arbitrary meaning for a tattoo and most people do because they don't want to be that person who got one because they thought it was "cool". So what do they do? They just make up some random bullshit to justify it. These are the types of people who I call twigs. Why? because they are fickle.
Example 1)
Guy gets a dragon tattoo. So you ask him why? He comes up with this super long story about what it means to him etc. i.e douche bag :"it means strength and how I always over come it". BULLSHIT. This guy got it because he thought it was cool. There are plenty of things that mean strength and shit, so why get a dragon? What about getting a tattoo of giant metal rod, like the one you are, to represent strength. OR better yet, why not just get the word strength tattooed? That will get the point home no?
Example 2)
Koi fish. I have no idea what koi fish means, but apparently means something along the lines of wealth and longevity. Again, this person got it possibly because they thought it was cool and wanted to be "cool" like douchebag #1 up top.
Bottom line is, most people get tattoos because they think it looks cool or they think it will change them in someway. In some cases it does change them. Maybe it makes them more bad assish or w.e. , but the MAIN reason they got it is because it looks COOL. Not because of its meaning. You can smell bullshit when you ask someone about their dragon /koifish tattoo.
I have a bubble tea, banana peel, and dragon turtle. Why? because they look fucking cool!
Batman Colorado Shooting a "Hero" is found!
Before you all get your panties in a bunch and start bashing me for this headline, at least take the time to read what this article is really about, you judgmental assholes. I am not referring to the "joker" wannabe crazy. No I'm referring to someone far more heroic and "uncowardly" than him. This individual should receive a medal! I'm also not referring to the guy who died for the sake of his girlfriend, by taking a bullet for her. No. Who I am talking about far exceeds that. He's so heroic that naming him will probably elicit a slew of fan mail. I do have his name though. (
Jamie Rohrs age 25). This man is a true hero!
So what did he do that was so heroic? Well to recap on the situation, a lone gunman burst into the screening of the new batman movie, wielding guns and smoke bombs, and lit the crowd up with a barrage of bullets, effectively killing 12 people and injuring many more. A situation like this calls for "real" heroism. So what does Jamie do? He doesn't fight the guy off or get his loved ones to safety. No, he instead places his baby somewhere in the theatre, leaves his girlfriend, who was shot in the leg, and their other baby behind while he makes the daring escape. He escaped unscathed from the situation. What a hero! You leave your babies' mama behind while you escape to safety. CLASSY. To top it off, at the end of this whole ordeal, while his babies' mama is recovering in the hospital, he proposes to her.
When he tells this story however, its done in a way without regret and almost makes him seem brave...see the link here full story. Apparently when bullets are flying, its everyone man, woman, and child for themselves.
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