Bring back " bullying" - part 2...perhaps I should have said "personal responsibility".......... Okay. went to the gym after my last post & stewed a bit about some of the replies I received. First- I am not advocating abusing school age children. I put "bullying" in quotes because what was normal behavior in my youth, would be considered bullying now. I don't pretend to have all the answers. I just know that I grew up in a relatively fat free environment- and you know the main difference?- We weren't all special fucking snowflakes. Perhaps an example from my own life.  While going to college, I worked as a tech in a local hospital. [ taking vital signs, transporting patients]  I wore scrubs to work. After a particularly stressful few months [ less exercise & more pizza than normal]  I wasn't fat- but had to wear med scrub bottoms instead of my usual smalls.That night I was assigned to ICU, where many of the nurses were Filipino. Instead of "hi Taffy"- I got " Hey Taffy your ass looks a lot bigger than when we last saw you"-  No malice. Just matter of fact reality. I loved the Filipino nurses, no BS. Now, Did I REEEEEEE to all my friends that I got body shamed at work.?..lol.....uh fuck no, I went home and ate salad and rice cakes for two weeks until my small scrubs fit again. Feelings have become too important. I believe social media is a big part of the problem, but that's another story. Take that 13 yo girl who posted pictures of herself at the beach, in a swimsuit, so people could tell her how brave she is. I am not suggesting that we all post back, " go kill yourself, you fat POS "...However, telling her that she is beautiful & fine "just as she is"- isn't helping, either. A girl that is morbidly obese at 13- is well on her way to being dead at 40-  but sparing her FEELINGS is more important?