Laim

I know there are people out there who are angry with Liam for making a fat joke or for being insulted at being called fat because being fat isn’t a joke or, as our scout motto goes, FAT IS NOT AN INSULT!!! Well, anything is an insult if you say it the right way.

First of all, fat jokes make me LOL. I make fat jokes all the time. It’s a defense mechanism, the old CALL ATTENTION TO IT BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES trick. I’ve been fat my whole life and I learned to make jokes as a way to survive within myself. We all make jokes about the way we look - you post a selfie and say you look like a pasty fish belly, that you look like you showered in hot dog water, that your undereye circles are black holes to the abyss, etc. We make jokes about our own appearances. If I make a joke about the way I look, am I also making a joke about the way you look? The way everyone looks? Was Liam making a joke about himself? Or was he making a joke about you? I guess that’s for to you decide, but for me, I’ll allow it. It doesn’t hurt my feelings, but I can understand if it hurts yours.