jared mccain's nails

every fat person you know for the most part probably has a story like this, of medical neglect. many of the stories i've heard personally are when the complaint or the doctor wasn't related at all, like being told to lose weight at the ear nose and throat doctor or at the dentist. it's straight up just bias. it's such a thing that in the show Shrill it's portrayed, when Aidy Bryant goes to the gynecologist and her doctor suggests she get gastric bypass.

the studies on health and fatness are simply not that black and white and there is basically no research that shows that more than an incredibly tiny minority of people can lose weight and keep it off for more than like 2 years. bodies have set points that they gravitate towards, it's not a personal failure. this also is how the weight loss industry succeeds so well - repeat customers.

some of the harm associated with fatness is also due to weight cycling, which is very hard on your body and is even worse if you get off a GLP1, which according to a recent study causes weight to be regained at a rate that is 4x faster than without taking a GLP1.

you don't have to hate yourself. you don't have to hate other people for their body type either. it makes me so sad to see the thinspo tag going around again in 2026 a lot like it was back in the day.

some resources to learn more here:

https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/feeling-fat-may-be-worse-for-you-than-being-fat-idUSTON079061/

They r very cute to draw heh

Here's a lil bonus bc this scene from the show is a core memory of mine

Tiny round rain frog wakes up, yawns, rubs his eyes, then squeezes himself into his tiny hole 

"If it makes you feel better (about turning 20)"

"I'm waaay hotter, more confident, physically stronger and confident now at age 33 than I was at 25 or 20 or 16."

"Don't let the Advertisers get in your head"

"We didn't used to say that people were 'over the hill' until their 60s"

"You're NOT 'past your prime', you're just getting STARTED"

"the reason all the Narratives are about 16-24 year olds is because that's about as old as you can get make an 'Everyman' protagonist. People get... specific, as they age. You can't tell a story that resonates with all 40-year-olds the way you can with 16-year-olds because the older you get the more 'specifically you' your lived experience gets"

"20 is the end of the PROLOGUE"

"NOW the real plot begins"

sometimes you don't find your soulmate until your 50s, because overcoming childhood issues takes a while and making good relationship choices comes from experience

and sometimes you only begin a new career of (say) starting an educational nonprofit and devoting serious time into doing the freelance writer thing until your 50s, because the first part requires a lot of years' experience to succeed on your own, and creativity only gets better with practice

the 30s are when we begin to establish ourselves and find out what we really want to do when we grow up; the 40s are when we develop our talents and skills and understanding of ourselves and the world; and the 50s are when we can stop doing jobs we hate, break patterns of bad relationships, and finally begin doing the things we've dreamed of - lots of folks only get married to the right person in our 50s and begin considering starting a family then, when we can afford to raise a child!

Tina Turner's solo career didn't begin until her mid-40s, and she didn't find her soulmate until her 70s

Samuel L Jackson only had bit parts before landing an award-winning role in his 40s

Alan Rickman only landed his first movie role at 46

Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't begin writing (famous for her Little House on the Prarie series) until she was 65 

Grandma Moses always dreamed of a career as a painter, but the demands of being a farm laborer and mother meant she didn’t have the chance to pursue her dream until she was 78

...and there's tons more examples of people only finding success later in life

unless you're privileged with wealth from an early age and can afford to do your art and pursue your passions without having to earn a living, very few living under capitalism can launch the life they want until after a couple decades of earning a good living - and for most these days, that doesn't start until your 30s

(PS: people are only "over the hill" after they've stopped increasing their skills and knowledge and working toward becoming better people, and for lots of folks I know that never ends - no one would call Grandma Moses "over the hill" in her 80s)

If someone were, as a random example, say hospitalized for over two weeks with no explanation, I think that should automatically trigger a special election to replace them.

If you're still able to do your job, then prove it. And if you're not, then you're actively obstructing democracy by not stepping down.

Which is to say, that if a public official were to pass away or into a coma, and their handlers choose to obfuscate that fact, this should be seen as intentionally obstructing democracy.