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Our boy Mo sat down and talked with Bob Kaser, nothing too interesting but it’s better than nothing at this point. That and perhaps it’ll shake up this thread a little... https://youtu.be/DV7mNg_B6P8

Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes usually play in an empty arena.

Just cancel the rest of the season ffs

As a person who is overweight myself, I have no one to blame but myself. 2 years ago I hired a personal trainer, went to the gym twice a week, consulted a nutritionist, and started eating sensibly. I lost close to 75 pounds in like 8 months and was the fittest and healthiest I had been since my 20's. Then life happened. Got married. New house. New father. Money and time was no longer there to keep it up. Gained most of it back since then. That said, as a "fatty", fat shaming does not bother me or offend me. I am where am I because of my own bad choices, poor diet, lack of exercise, etc. It IS my fault. I am NOT healthy at any size, and it's NOT a disease. If people are going to call me out on my choices, then so be it. I have the power to stop it. I don't need others to be offended for me. I am perfectly capable of being offended on my own. And I am not a fragile, weak-minded person who has to be offended by every little joke aimed at obesity. They just don't bother me. And I find it hard to believe that there are people out there who are so delicate that they need a "safe space" to cry when their wittle feewings git hert. This is not helpful to cope in the real world, which is NOT always nice. Prejudice is bad. Hate is bad. Violence and abuse are bad. But if shaming those who shame others is the solution, then no one is a good person.

100% true. I would never clown on someone for their weight IRL. That's just decent manners. But there are no manners on the internet. IRL we have social pressure to be a "nice guy" in our everyday interactions. And we surrender a bit of ourselves to polite society to be that "nice guy" so that folks will want to work with us, befriend us, and sleep with us. On a mostly anonymous online community we don't have these pressures, and thus I can speak fully honestly without fear of meaningful repercussion. So I will tell you quite honestly - when I see an obese individual in a restaurant eating 2k cal in one sitting - I think to myself here's someone with no self-control, no self-respect, no discipline, no willpower, and no motivation. Someone I couldn't set down my slice of birthday cake near or their flabby maw would unhinge like a snake and they would swallow it whole. Then I order a water instead of that soda I was craving... Do I stand up at my table and yell "HEY FATTY I'D LIKE TO FLIP YOU OVER AND TAKE POTATO PEELERS TO THOSE KANKLES HAHA"? No. I don't. I silently judge them. People are always judging. If you don't you're either not dealing with a full deck or you're a liar. You're resting on the premise that I think what I'm saying is bad or unethical. I don't. My point about fat folks might not be a nice one, but I would say that's reality whether most choose to believe it or not. Being fat is tremendous disadvantage in many aspects of life, and it behooves one to correct it. Leave it to Scott to always ruin a thread when it's just getting good...

Jimmy is what I would define as a "chunker" someone who could afford to lose 20-30 lbs, but is otherwise probably fine. The only reason Jimmy SHOULD be shamed is cause he's a pro athlete who makes millions to essentially not be a chunker. The everyday chunker, who cares really. Truly fat folks should be shamed. For the benefit of their own health and cause it's gross for me to look at. If this bothers you put down the toblerone and go take a walk fatty.