the opioid epidemic is TOTALLY worse than nearly 75% of America being fat This story happened a few months ago with me and a former friend of mine on a little road trip. I was trying to make her understand why I don't agree with HAES or the body positivity movement, because even though she's thin, she's still a real cuck for those two movements.. Anyways, I told her "Well, imagine if over two thirds of Americans were addicted to drugs or alcohol. Imagine the public outcry to that." And she said "Um, have you heard pf the opioid epidemic?! It's much worse than obesity!" And at the time, we were driving in the middle of nowhere, so I had no access to any sort of sources on what percentage of people are addicted to opioids. I know it most certainly is not as high as obesity rates, and I tried to tell her this, but she didn't agree with me or believe me. Because reality is subjective I guess.   Our society is fucked because we look at food addiction as normal and lesser in potential harm than drug addiction, just because it doesn't pack the immediate punch of something like alcoholism. When I was in the throes of my own addiction, everybody was trying to get me help because they were concerned for my life, and so I'm doing a lot better now. However, when I show even the smallest amount of concern for a fat friend or family member's health problems, I'm a bigot who can't see the beauty in all bodies. I'm not their dad, so I shouldn't try to parent them. Jesus fucking Christ. That is why I no longer show concern for fats and why I no longer have fat friends. They are just too dense from all the fat.