Why are fats willing to lose their feet? Amputation is relatively common for diabetics and fatasses.  What I don't understand is why they don't seem to care.  I would be absolutely devastated if I lost the ability to walk, and I feel nothing but the greatest sympathy for people that were in accidents or have some sort of physical disability that prevents them from being able to get around.  For the record, being fat is NOT a fucking disability. People with uncontrolled diabetes cause a lot of damage to their peripheral tissues (things furthest from the heart, like the feet).  The high blood sugar causes a lot of damage to the blood vessels and nerves.  Damage to the blood vessels means no blood flow, and obviously that's not going to end well.  With nerve damage, you can't feel any injuries you get, then you don't treat it properly, so it gets infected.  Combine that with a lack of blood flow where it can't heal, and you're going to lose something. Now add obesity to the mix.  A lot of obeasts are diabetic, so they already have problems.  Since they're obese, this means they have additional insulin resistance, making the diabetes worse than it would be normally be.  (Losing weight will increase insulin sensitivity and decrease the severity of diabetes, but obviously the bacon elementals aren't going to do this.)  Obesity also causes hypertension, which destroys the blood vessels and kidneys, further raising blood pressure and ultimately decreasing circulation.  Now there's even less blood flow to the areas furthest from the heart, like the feet.  Then we have dyslipidemia or hyperlipidemia, meaning high lipids in the blood, which clogs the arteries.  Guess what happens to blood flow with that?  Give you a hint.  It's not good. This is what I don't understand about the Twinkie Typhoons and never will.  Why are their fucking snacks more important to them than their feet?  (Not to mention all the other health problems.)  And after they lose the ability to walk, why to people keep feeding these porkers?  Are they trying to kill them?  Overeating has left them crippled and deformed, yet they keep gorging and everyone keeps enabling them.  What the fuck is wrong with these people?