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It's some shit that everyone thinks they can understand based on vibes but science just doesn't work that way. Real scientists have proved time and time again that it doesn't work how people assume. Many medical conditions where it's assumed weight is a "cause", something to blame the patient for, it's often actually a symptom.

Body size is based on so many individual possibilities. genetics, upbringing, wealth, what type of food you eat, what type of work you do, where you live, etc etc etc. it is impossible to control for all of these.

I was a child born to fat, impoverished, labourer parents, and I grew up doing farm labour, gaining muscle - I will never ever be thin. It's just how my body developed. And no matter how much weight I were to hypothetically lose, doctors would still push me to lose more. Family would push me to lose more. Society would push me to lose more. It will never ever ever be enough. You will never be thin enough, there is no bmi low enough to satisfy them, there is no "progress" that won't just make them pity or shame you even more. Your personal circumstances aren't important to a pseudo-scientific practice, the variables don't matter that much, it must be a one-size-fits-all solution.

Every weight loss pill, every low calorie shake or meal replacement, every weight watchers frozen meal, it all contributes to the pseudo-scientific cult of thinness. Every ad that says you're not good enough, it pushes you to drop your critical thinking skills. We have created a world where people think shitting themselves into thinness using potions with untested ingredients is healthier than having some fat on their bodies. But it's not! That's absurd! You're sending your body into a constant state of gastric shock!! And one day, when you get bored of eating tasteless nutrient paste and decide to eat something with some flavour in it, your body will react with a starvation response and store every little bit of fat that it can, because it's so used to being fucking starved. Which sends people into a panic response, buying up more pills and trying to crash-diet and lose their meagre protective layers.

Your body stores fat because that's your reserve energy. Fat is protective. I thank my body every day for storing so much energy for me, fuck knows I need it! That's your blubber!! You are a large mammal. Your body is designed to keep energy in reserve so you can sleep and stay warm and keep your brain alive. You should research the human metabolic process. You should research the cow metabolic process. You should research bear metabolic process. YOU NEED FAT!

And just like so many other pseudosciences, fatphobia and all that it entails is deeply rooted in racism and specifically antiblackness. It is not a mistake that the ozempic-chic era is coinciding with one of the biggest waves of open, globalised white supremacy we've seen in decades. Whiteness needs to perform & police whiteness constantly, maintaining appearances is THE way to stay part of the ingroup.

even if someone WAS just lazy and simply didn't want to do anything but lie on the couch and watch tv, they should still have these things. it's irrelevant whether some people aren't actually lazy because everyone, including hypothetical lazy people, should have their basic needs met.

if we have the resources to do it, there is no defense of letting people die because they don't want to work, and much less because they can't.

WILL DRAW ✓ mecha ✓ gore ✓ furry ✓ nsfw

great question and I'm glad you asked. in this case I would only draw:

real people, places, or objects

art of media that neither of us are really a fan of

if i shouldn’t use my cane because i can sometimes technically walk without it, it would just hurt like a motherfucker then abled people should no longer be allowed to use potholders to take things out of the oven because i mean

The version requiring the least amount of paperwork is contacting healthcare service to update your in case of emergency contacts. That will get them in the door.

If you have people you wish to be your legal next of kin, find local government and local health service info for

Powers of Attorney

Medical decision maker/shared decision maker

Advanced care directive/POLST

Documented in case of emergency contacts on medical records

Living will

Will

Follow advice from local resources about how and where to file these documents. Ensure copies of anything relating to legal next of kin, nominated shared decision makers, care directives, etc. are filed with your primary care physician, local health services, your health insurance, and make sure the people nominated have certified copies. If there's multiple people, email them a copy of the documents together and include each others' contact details so they can coordinate getting a physical copy if needed in an emergency and they're closest/easiest.

Even if you have a great legal next of kin by birth/marriage, it is pertinent to nominate and document if there's people in particular that you trust. If your parents and siblings are likely to bicker, who do you trust most to make decisions for you? If you're in a car crash with your first person and they also can't advocate for you, who's next?

Local legal aid services are another resource for making these documents binding.

For fuck's sake, talk to the people you nominate. Discuss with them your wishes around what to do in worst case scenarios. Document them and review those documents yearly and update when necessary.

If you're wanting to visit someone close to you, the answer to are you immediate family? is yes for visiting. Life pro tip: a cousin can be amongst the closest living relatives while also not necessarily being a legal next of kin or decision maker. Be mindful of reasons why visiting might be strictly limited, but if you're someone's closest inner circle, then yeah, you know how to answer that question; you're family. Be careful about legal next of kin shit when it comes to decision making, tho.