If being fat were more healthy than being normal weight (but beauty standards around weight don't change), you'd prefer to be:
- Fat, healthy57.1%
- Normal weight, unhealthy42.9%
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if it really was more healthy the beauty standards would change. attractiveness approximates fitness
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This is an interesting question.
Intimates others about design, telos of the human body, of fat.
I'm not sure I can buy into the premise that beauty standards wouldn't change. Also, if that were the design I don't think we would look "fat"-- more like a skinny girl with big
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Not a good question. It's like asking if I could have my cake and eat it too or have my cake and not eat it, which would I choose?
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I still try to stay skinny to where it’s a little unhealthy.
It’s not a cake and eat it too question, I think she’s actually asking about beauty standards. I’m still wondering what actually is healthy. People destroy their liver with drinking, what’s the difference
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Difficult... Even if more body fat was healthier you'd still be carrying the weight which has performance implications in sports, which is more important for me I think...
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