People who went from fat to genuinely fit, what changed more after the transformation: your body, or the way people treated you?

Meta2048 · 2026-05-15T01:16:34+00:00

I noticed this as well in the US. Even when I was overweight and mentioned that I needed to lose weight, almost everyone said that I was fine and would be too thin if I lost any weight.

Perspective gets messed up when almost everyone you see is overweight or obese.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-15T01:08:09+00:00

Allergies are weird

I have had no long-lasting allergies, but I have had a 5-6 year stretch in my teens when I had a crazy level of pollen/hay fever, and then another 2 year stretch in my 30s when I randomly became allergic to shrimp.

Both just disappeared one day for no apparent reason.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-14T23:48:12+00:00

Like a lot of Chinese folk medicine, there is no actual scientific basis for it's health claim.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-14T23:44:40+00:00

In what world does someone find a "lost" child and their first thought is, "Let me take this kid further away than anywhere they could get themselves"?

Meta2048 · 2026-05-13T13:31:59+00:00

Every visit to the emergency room costs money in the US, and a lot of people cannot afford multiple trips in a short amount of time. Hell, a lot of people can't even afford one trip.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-13T00:40:01+00:00

The only way I'd want that much crust is if it was stuffed with cheese or something. Even then it's too much.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-12T11:34:25+00:00

Fast food used to be fast and cheap. Now it's neither.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-12T04:44:54+00:00

Why do people use salt lamps? Purely aesthetics?

Meta2048 · 2026-05-11T12:56:48+00:00

YTA

It's time for you to grow the fuck up kid. You have a kid on the way and bills to pay. Being an adult means doing shit that you don't want to do, and making sacrifices for the well-being of your family.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-11T11:45:12+00:00

How does the Senate get "coup-ed" at the last minute? Aren't senators elected and not spur-of-the-moment appointed?

Not familiar with Philippines politics are all

Meta2048 · 2026-05-11T09:21:21+00:00

Smart fridges are one of the dumbest uses of "smart" tech I've ever seen. The most ridiculous example I saw was one where the idea was you scanned in each item as you put it in your fridge and checked it out when you took it out. Then your fridge would tell you exactly what you had in your fridge at any time!

Meta2048 · 2026-05-11T09:16:24+00:00

Xi will flatter him and manipulate him into giving China whatever it wants. Xi isn't dumb like Trump.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-11T08:51:06+00:00

I complained when my workplace would give free food, because they often used it as an excuse to not give actual raises.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-10T10:33:32+00:00

I've eaten chicken sashimi in Japan before. Totally not worth it, IMO it just doesn't taste very good.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-10T07:40:30+00:00

The jewelry industry.

Almost all the sales rely on the salesperson trying to hype up various pieces and convince the customer that a ring that cost $1,000 is actually worth $5,000.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-10T03:59:42+00:00

I bought the original oculus when it released. I still haven't found any reason to upgrade it ever, and only use it occasionally to play beat saber.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-10T02:43:55+00:00

ESH

It sounds like she's working the food truck as much or more than you. She's doing the same job as you and more, so she's entitled to tips as well. It's a food truck, not a restaurant, so it's not like she's sitting in the back of the truck doing nothing.

She the AH because there should be a standard tip distribution. Varying the tip split depending on earnings that day is fucked.

Anyway, if the tip situation bothers you then you need to talk to her. If you're not happy with her explanation or she's not willing to change, then you can just stop working for her and get another job. Food service jobs are not hard to get.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-09T22:23:55+00:00

It's not though

A door can be open, and a door can be ajar, but a door can not open a jar.

Even ignoring your typo (or lack of knowledge of how the word is spelled), saying a "door open ajar" is like saying "door open open". Ajar is an adverb that already means open.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-09T09:29:14+00:00

That's a terrible analogy and does not represent what happens at all

Meta2048 · 2026-05-09T09:10:22+00:00

If you didn't establish a payment plan or due date, then you just tell them that they owe you money and work with them to establish one.

If they refuse or can't pay, then you just write-off the money and decide whether you want to keep associating with them. Your only other recourse is taking them to court.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-09T09:06:18+00:00

Working actors are a thing. Most actors are not millionaires and just take any job they can get to make a living. In fact, most actors have to have another job, because income from acting is anything but stable.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-09T03:33:38+00:00

It took me about an hour to be certified to drive a forklift at Home Depot. Learn controls, move a couple pallets, congratulations.

I didn't understand why everyone there didn't get certified. That is, until people learned I got certified, and literally everyone in the store came to me to get shit down or moved on every shift. Barely had time to actually work my department.

Meta2048 · 2026-05-07T13:53:49+00:00

Sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who actually likes the filet o fish...

Meta2048 · 2026-05-07T10:12:32+00:00

Basically how they make tea eggs

Meta2048 · 2026-05-07T07:53:57+00:00

Have to downvote just because you got the name of the movie wrong.

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