Is it just me? When I look at the youtube shorts, one of the videos is going to be some fat girl in very tight clothes and she just walks up and down for about 5 seconds on a loop, to the sound of 'Unstoppable' by Sia. The title will be 'this woman looks AMAZING!' It's clearly some body positivity Instagram 'model' that thinks 'accepting her true self' and 'knowing her worth' is somehow a profession. WTF is going on with modern women? Since when was being obese, squeezing yourself into a skin tight romper and teetering around on very high shoes some sort of accomplishment?
I'm actually not fatist, like I'm not having a go at fat women. I get that there are fat women and thin women, and everyone is a human being. But why are I being served up content that seems to suggest that being obese is some sort of achievement that needs to be applauded?
whytehorse2021 1y ago
It's not just you, it's everyone's feeds. Youtube/google has been modifying their algorithms to promote agendas. When I watch comedy, I get inundated with crappy women comedians... when I watch Peter Zeihan I get inundated with end of the world videos... It's like it's suggesting videos based on what the dumb majority view.
Durek_The_Bald 1y ago
Simple, it's because non-accountability, non-agency, and non-responsibility is part of the zeitgeist. It's not just fat people, it's everything, everywhere. The minute anyone has a challenge with anything, the go-to explanatory model is "because external factors". People would rather change everyone else (which they can't), than to handle themselves (the only thing you have control over). But it's easy to deal with: You just block it out. Consider it an exercise in quickly discarding irrelevant info.
Lone_Ranger 1 1y ago
very true. "An exercise in quickly discarding irrelevant information" is a great phrase.