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[Jojee]

... I don't know what you look like? All I said was how I look, and that whilst I've tended to consider it too thin, the way a lot of people (Not just on here) act, I'm not too thin at all, despite the fact that my bones show quite easily.

I see your comment could have been taken two ways and I must have misunderstood. However, your apparent sarcasm and your assumptions are still unwarranted, as it was in this case:

There is a standard for beauty, just like there is a standard for intelligence for example. We're not all geniuses, an we're not all beautiful.

Except that the standard for beauty is a hell of a lot more subjective than that for intelligence. My god, you must have a sad life, looking at all the REAL people you see every day and seeing nothing but disgusting malformed freaks.

We all know that just because you do not find someone beautiful, it does not mean you find them a "disgusting, malformed freak."

I never stated that I endorsed being underweight; that can be just as unhealthy as it can be to be overweight. I'm surprised that you would assume that I would think only people who are walking skeletons can be beautiful or that you should lose weight when I have no idea what you are like. Especially when all I said was that unhealthiness should not be endorsed; I never even commented on your whole beauty argument. I'm happy for people who feel good about themselves. Some of the most beautiful people I know are larger people, because their personality shines from within and that makes them more beautiful than their appearance alone ever could.

You're right, it's hard to judge how healthy someone is by their appearance. Muscle mass and genetics and a variety of other factors could come into play. Perhaps that girl in the picture is healthy - but I can tell you that the gross amount of very overweight or obese people in this country (and many other developed countries) are not. There's a reason that doctors don't advocate obesity or being overweight.

Don't judge me. Thanks.