Japanese shitlording firsthand account I live in Japan. Last night I went out with a group of university students. One of them is packing on the chub. The abuse she received was relentless. Piggy, jokes about food, estimates of how many kilos she could squat with that build. Now I should mention that by the standards of the United States of Hamerica she is not even fat - certainly not obese. But even I was a bit taken back by the abuse she got. But here's the thing: No one defended her, even her friends. Everybody - herself included - knows that being fat is a bad thing. She got angry at the personal nature of some of the attacks from people she barely knew, but not at the content of the abuse itself. She took it all squarely on the double-chin (well, not yet - let's hope she can reverse her trajectory). This is how it should be. Public shaming for the good of everybody, the so-called victim included.