#600lb

I haven’t been eating as much lately because I am *very* stressed about money and my financial situation. But goddamn I wanna stuff myself into a fat-filled balloon. That being said…

My Patreon is coming back!

Still getting everything set up, but keep your eyes peeled for posts with my Patreon link in the near future. 🥰

That being said - I’m gonna do it my way this time.

Content creation is really fucking stressful for me, and can make gaining less enjoyable to me. So I won’t have set upload dates or anything like that, I’ll upload content when I feel like it (all of my old content will be there from the start tho 😘).

To all of my past patrons, thank you for your support in getting me to 300lbs for the first time last year. To my past and future patrons…

My 600-lb Life has been airing on TLC since February 1st of 2012, and six years later episodes are still being released every week. We really don’t need six seasons worth of content to know what life is like being morbidly obese, yet people can’t stop watching one miserable story after another - clips on youtube have millions of views. People don’t sample these videos out of mere curiosity, they actively obsess in them - and what motivates our morbid fascination?

The extremes of human behaviour has always captivated us. For decades stories of murderers, psychopaths, pedophiles have been used for entertainment - we have always been intrigued by people who can go “all the way.” They shock us with behaviour we could never fathom. How can anyone possibly eat 8 burgers and 5 ice cream smoothies for breakfast? That’s outrageous! But, for some, it may be precisely to indulge in such radical behaviour. As one forum opinion writes: “it’s like an opportunity to eat vicariously through the fat people.” Whether to be shocked by or to wallow in the lifestyle of the morbidly obese, there is no doubt that people revel in watching the human extremes. 

We derive a sadistic pleasure from the 600 lb life - and almost anyone can. The bar set for standard of living is so low literally anybody crawl over it. Concerned about your weight? At least you can walk. Disappointed with your job? At least you have one. Struggling with a broken relationship? At least you’re alive to see them. Watch the show with mockery or with sympathy, you recognise you’re better. 

The show also plays on our deepest fears: failure - in other words - the morbidly obese. We like the fear because it both motivates and excites us. In the tumblr blog of 600 lb Life Confessions, an anonymous submission writes “I’m anorexic and the show helps me lose weight.” Gaining weight is pure horror for someone with anorexia, but that’s exactly the attraction. He/she, like hundreds of viewers, embraces the fear as both an incentive and a thrill. 

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