Yea it is ridiculous. In other cultures you call someone fat if they are fat. You see way less fat people in other cultures. One of the reasons I think obesity rates in america have skyrocketed is because we try to keep everybody's feelings from being hurt even if it means they end up worse off for it. I bet that person wouldn't have gotten to 475 if someone had been like "dude you are a huge fatass" when they reached 200 lbs.