Are there ANY fats who haven't broken bones? (Or, "How dare you ruin that dog, you whale?") In the past few days, I have "met" online two fats, and both of them either are recovering from or have just recovered from broken bones--no, correct that, broken/crushed joints. The first broke her wrist getting up off the floor. The second--and this one really pissed me off--I "met" in a German Shepherd group, where I occasionally look at humorous/cute pictures but rarely have time or inclination to read or participate. One person posted a picture of her fourteen-week-old GSD puppy (which was of course adorable). I replied to say, basically, what a beautiful puppy, bet he keeps you on your toes. Her response? Something along the lines of, "lol he would but two days after we got him I broke and dislocated my ankle." That triggered my alarm. I checked her picture, and realized I was not talking to a person or a "she." I was talking to an it. A huge blobby it. (I know you'll be shocked when I tell you that it makes its living streaming video games and giving crappy kitchen tattoos). I played along, and made a joke about how to both break and dislocate its ankle, it must have caught said ankle in heavy machinery or something. Nope. Once again, I know you will not be shocked when I tell you that it broke and dislocated its ankle simply because it slipped while picking up puppy's poop from the ground.  So now we have a homebound pig who spends its days playing video games and giving the occasional tattoo--sitting, in other words, probably with snacks and sodas right within reach--who decides to get a dog. And not just any dog. It gets itself a male German Shepherd: an extremely strong, high-energy dog who needs lots of exercise and play, and lots of structure, none of which can be appropriately given by a slovenly, sedentary pig. It further compounds the damage it is doing to that poor dog by breaking and dislocating it ankle while performing a basic movement, one that no normal, even close-to-normal-weight human would be able to perform with no trouble. (We all know that thanks to all that excess weight, Piggy lost her balance while bending over. It did not "slip," it tumbled like a large heavy stone on a precipice, and its ankle--already strained to the limit of its capacity due to all that excess weight, and likely unaccustomed to having to carry all that excess weight farther than the distance between chair, toilet, fridge, and stove, and likely unable to fully bend enough to avoid breaking and dislocating due to all the excess fat getting in the way--snapped and shifted like a twig in a meat grinder. So now it will be unable to walk at all for two months or so, and that poor puppy will be forced to spend all of its time locked in the semi-darkness, watching Piggy eat. (Piggy might share its food, too, which, Cheetos and ice cream are just a great diet for young dogs, right?)  I don't know what madness led a pig into thinking it could handle a male German Shepherd, but it pisses me off, frankly. Piggy wants to ruin itself with food and laziness, well, whatever. But the dog doesn't have a choice. I love dogs, and you all know how I love my German Shepherd and German Shepherds in general, and I am just sick and angry thinking of the life that dog is going to have with that lazy-ass bone-breaking lardbarge. And aside from that, I am genuinely amused at the "coincidence" that I've met two fats and both of them have broken major bones/joints simply attempting to do something that normal humans do every single day without even thinking about it, much less injuring themselves. I mean, I've lost my balance before, sure. I've tripped over things. I have never broken a bone doing so. But it seems like broken bones and/or sprains are a normal part of a pig's life. So I'm curious: How many fats do you know who have broken bones or joints, or suffered serious sprains/injuries, while trying to do normal basic activities? How many do you know who haven't--do you know any who haven't? What is the most basic, normal thing you're aware of a fat breaking its bone while doing?