Word association: Scooter/Scooty Puff = FAT Long story short hubby was chatting with a (fit) cosplay girl/photographer for cosplayers on discord regarding our upcoming (and VERY MUCH scrimped and saved for) trip to this years Blizzcon in the US (we are Australian) and the extra plans that need to be made to accommodate me for the 3 day event. This includes the potential need to hire a scooter (hence forth called scooty puff sr the death bringer) for me to be able to get around. Cosplay girl politely as she could dropped the "are they fat?" question. And no, I'm not. I'm human sized, only recently managed to finally be at a healthy weight after years of being quite underweight. Though we both had a laugh. I'll be needing it since I have an almost life long, still not fully diagnosed, illness that effects my back, legs and muscles in general meaning I can't stand or walk more than about 1/2hr on a good day and have random pain issues. These issue have gotten worse with age. Been diagnosed so far with Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (basically my heart rate is constantly too high and can accelerate at any moment for no reason and can cause chest pain and shortness of breath), chronic fatigue and a potential joint and connective tissue issue called Elhers-danlos, involving my veins/arteries alongside tendons. There's other issues going on but so far still haven't nailed it down just yet... If I were fat I'm pretty sure my heart issue alone would have killed me long before I managed to hit 30yo. That chat made me realize that any form of scooter is now immediately associated with ham beasts instead of the elderly or disabled. I myself even associate the word scooter with blubbernaughts and their shelf asses sticking out like fleshy wings either side of the chair.