fat shaming

not always as obvious as name-calling or telling someone they'd be better off without the extra weight, fat shaming can be as subtle as a patronizing "Good for you!" to a fat person exercising or to "noticing" the choices in a fat person's grocery cart. Conveyed in myriad ways—"I see that you're fat, and that's not good"—fat shaming is anything you wouldn't say or do to a lesser-weight person or that could refer to the person's body. Note that fat shaming is outstandingly ineffective in changing other people's weight (some people use this bullying tactic under the guise of being helpful). The disdain behind fat shaming is seen in a comment on Urban Dictionary that defines it as a term used by obese people to avoid the responsibility of actually taking proper care of their body and instead victimizing themselves by pretending to be discriminated against like an ethnic group. Bottom line? Manners, people. It is incredibly rude to notice in an obvious way or to remark upon human differences. MYOB.