Comments on: Holocaust Good For You, Research Finds, But Frequent Taunting Causes Cancer In Rats

By: Viliam Búr

Viliam Búr — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:34:40 +0000

Could it be related to the model of the world, and of you in that world? If you are at the concentration camp, you are a victim, and the guard are the bad guys. If you are fat, the society suggests it’s because you are bad.

So perhaps being tortured by the bad guys can make you stronger if you survive, but being labeled as the bad guy can break you? Also, in the concentration camp you have many other victims who are on the same side, but as a fat person you may feel completely alone; this can influence your coping skills. (I don’t say I believe this explanation; it’s just another hypothesis to consider.)

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By: BenSix

BenSix — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:37:57 +0000

I’ve never been sure if this is a parody or not.

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By: houseboatonstyx

houseboatonstyx — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 06:10:29 +0000

If you survived the Holocaust, you can survive anything?

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Man’s Search for Meaning and Geriatric Health | kineticallypersistent — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:14:48 +0000

[…] at slatestarcodex, Scott contrasts two studies. One suggests that Holocaust survivorship is associated with […]

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By: impromptu

impromptu — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:30:20 +0000

Thank you, I will look into that. I was thinking of increasing my protein intake + doing Starting Strength, so it’s good to hear that I’m going in roughly the right direction with this.

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By: Randy M

Randy M — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:46:47 +0000

Ah, that is interesting and not what springs to mind when I hear ‘holocaust survivor.’ It’s kind of like saying the people in Texas survived Hurricane Katrina, because it could have potentially gone towards them instead. Not unreasonable but neither the first assumption.

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By: Deiseach

Deiseach — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:55:21 +0000

I do get the idea that poorer/less educated/lower socio-economic groups are the fattest in the West (rich = thin, so far as it seems to go) and that poorer/less educated/lower socio-economic groups are more likely to be rude, not having been taught that “You shouldn’t make fun of those different to you” (in a nutshell).

But it’s like saying “Only poor/less educated/lower socio-economic group men beat their wives, so if you’re a lawyer’s wife, your husband can’t be abusive to you”. In fact, I would say that “fat-shaming” is the one acceptable prejudice, and that people who wouldn’t dream of passing personal remarks about colour, gender preference, or personal living arrangements, find nothing problematic about it because “Obesity is unhealthy, and you’ll never get promotion in your career if you look like that, and we can back it all up with these studies showing your increased risk of stroke and how overweight people earn less, and it’s because we care that we say ‘You’re so ugly, why don’t you do something about this?'”

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By: Nancy Lebovitz

Nancy Lebovitz — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:07:30 +0000

I hang out around fat acceptors more than with progressives generally. For what it’s worth, fat acceptors say that progressives tend to stigmatize fat either as yucky in itself and/or as a symbol of capitalism.

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By: Nancy Lebovitz

Nancy Lebovitz — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:03:40 +0000

There are people who aren’t obese because they just don’t put on that much weight– they aren’t exercising unusual self-direction.

Tentatively offered: simple carbs may be contributing to your depression. If your metabolism is anything like mine, it’s a lot easier to add low glycemic food than to try to cut calories.

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By: suntzuanime

suntzuanime — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 06:05:04 +0000

Progressive and educated subcultures have a norm against suggesting groups differ, which you’ve just run afoul of. Have fun!

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