Ricky Gervais takes on fat people – fat people complain
I’m a regular (obsessive) reader of the Ricky Gervais blog (here) and an avid listener to the Ricky Gervais audiobooks, podcasts, and XFM radio shows. I love his humour, honesty, and ability to push past the ridiculous social free speech barriers set by no-life liberals who want to try and protect everyone from getting hurt, offended, and upset by the truth.
Which brings me to my point. After comments on his website and excellent audiobook – “Ricky Gervais’ guide to medicine” where he pointed out that fat overweight people should instead of getting gastric bypasses just get off their fat arses, go running and stop eating burgers. In my view this is a perfectly reasonable, truthful, and funny point. But fat people around the world are gathering in their masses (of fat) and crying (over their puddings) that they’ve found these comments offensive.
It’s time that fat people learn to takes jibes and jokes on the chin(s). Probably the best way to get motivated to lose weight is to be harassed and embarrased enough so that they can’t take anymore and put down the kebab and do some exercise. People who are teased because they are skinny go and do weights and eat something; people who smell go take a bath; and people with big noses go get a nose job (ahem). Sometimes honesty really is the best policy.
Why is there this big thing at the moment of the media jumping on anything that offends the humourless and the minorities? Now big media corporations are so scared of upsetting people they filter out anything remotely offensive which strangles the quailty of productions. Dumbing down society and ruining comedy for people with a sense of humour.
Thankfully uncensored blogging will see a rise of subscriptions, as these people will not be censored, and are free to speak their minds (and slag off fatties). So people start turning off your tv and start reading (except when Entourage is on).
Tags: fat people, Ricky Gervais
