The DUFF. This is an ugly, fat problem. For those of you glorious shitlords who don't know, the DUFF is the Designated Ugly Fat Friend. This is a problem. The DUFF Is a sexual strategy used primarily by females which is centered around the desire to be found attractive. The DUFF is utilized by standing next to it. That's it. It is, of course, still used as a careful cost-benefit method, you can't have too many fat people in the group, because then it will devalue the group as a whole. This is commonly utilized in American high schools, but I cannot personally confirm many other places this phenomenon occurs. For an anecdote to explain it: My exgirlfriend got a fat friend around the time I left her, a little before, obviously, who always posts snapchat stories about the places she's hiking at and how far she ran and how she looks like a cute pinup model. My ex is very attractive, and keeps her as a Designated Ugly Fat Friend anyway. These girls want fats more than fats need to exist. The girls tell the the fats they look good and nothing needs to change and things have just snowballed since then. They are let into high status groups at school or at least brought up to a higher group, and fats in general are too stupid to realize their point in the group; to be degraded. Or they are too desperate to stay in it to change, because they know if they lose weight, they will have no purpose in the group. It's better to be fat and ugly in order to stay in a group than to be more attractive and out of the group. In the end, all this does is give validation to fatties, which continues to promote fat culture and I don't think many people understand it, or think that the change would be worth it, seeing how effective it is. What are your thoughts on the DUFF, and primarily to the Shitladies, do you think it's worth it to spend time around fats in order to make yourself look better? If so, is it actually very effective at getting looks or flirtatious advances? EDIT: After reading through all the comments to date, I have a few additions to make to this post. DUFF's are NOT regular friends, they are only invited to specific situational outings They are NOT used to attract shitlords, only catch attention of people with less exclusive taste.  Please point it out if I need to make any additions.