you have a point.. 0_o
Under what circumstances does this become a curiosity?
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"omg girl, you're on that twinky diet too??"
"mmhmmm, girl you know it!"
"oh snap, honey! what you be weighing nowadays?"
"i been pushing down twinkies for about 30 days now. i got about 50 lbs nao."
"mmmMmmm girl, dis diet is what i'm talking about"
like that?
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If you would ask a man these questions, there is no reason not to ask a woman. #emancipation
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That's not even what emancipation means. Men don't have to put up with the same shit about their weight that women do. I was just watching The Big Lebowski last night and when Jeff Bridges is laying on the floor with his shirt up and his chub showing, or the part where he has no shirt on after having sex with Maude, and he just lets it hang all out - there's no way a chubby woman could get away with that and not have the everloving shit judged out of her. People everywhere would feel entitled to tell her that she's gross and disgusting and should die and all kinds of evil crap, but if it's a guy no one even thinks twice about it. If women were so "emancipated", there would be the same lack of response to their bodies and the choices they make regarding their bodies that men have always been able to enjoy. But that is absolutely not the case.
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Lol, really, I never ask someone I don't really know about her age or weight, but when I know her enough, I could casually ask about her weight. Not age, though, I'd ask that to her friends.
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I don't think so. Western society puts all these hurdles in front of women, like they have to be thin, wear make-up, dress sexy in every situation, but thats peer pressure from shallow, vapid, vain little people. A woman with an IQ higher than a monkey should ignore that stuff and treat the question just like any other.
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The only reason I hate it when people ask my weight is because they're always shocked at how small the answer is (I'm kinda underweight xD). Then they make a big fuss of it, saying I should eat more (I already eat tons and tons, I'm a teenage guy xD), and bla de bla de bla.
As for asking women, I don't have any problem with asking their weight, just like I have no problem asking a guys weight. I usually don't ask though because they get offended, which I see as pointless (them getting offended).
Exact same for age.
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I wouldn't ask someone their weight, especially if you just met them.. I feel awkward even asking dudes how much they weigh, even dudes who I know aren't self conscious and have good figures. I mean, if they're not really overweight or a bodybuilder or something, what good reason do you have to ask such a thing? Why ask an average-sized person something that specific?
I'm a chick who just turned 21 and I actually kinda like when people ask my age because I look a lot younger than I am, and I'd rather people ask and know my real age than think I'm just a kid, haha. I think the age thing depends on the age range of the person you're asking. I mean, the younger they are, the less they would mind. I don't know anyone my age who would be offended by such a question, however if you're asking someone who obviously isn't in their 20's and is probably 40+, it would probably seem a little rude. I guess people become more sensitive about it as they age.
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Do you need to know the chemistry behind the aromatic compounds to enjoy the fragrance of a flower? The same holds true for trivial bits of data like age and weight. You may as well ask people for fingerprints if you find things like that important.
The person is what matters, not the numbers.
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Aromatic compounds? Are we talking about Hückel's rule or smelly stuff? :3
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Sometimes it is the numbers though. At least in the states, you can be charged with rape and other things if the person is even 1 day younger then some random age. Some places is 16, others 18 etc. So yes, it could be very important to know their age.
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I think she's referring to the constant updates like "Going to the shops now to buy my food." Or "Watching Alice in Wonderland in bed with the hubby" or even "So excited for Saturday night, can't wait to see my girlies <3"
I'm so glad I don't spend time on facebook anymore.
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It personally doesn't bother me for someone to ask me. And unlike what someone wrote, I'm not super young and I'm not super thin. (28 in a few days, 133lbs...LOOK, I TOLD THE WHOLE WORLD!)
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I all the sudden feel like I'm in Wreck It Ralph.
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apparently incredibly rude.
one day when i was like 7, i was figuring out my weigth, after that i went with my family (we were in a reunion) and i asked my mother, she told me "dont you ever dare ask that to a woman again"
up to this day i have never asked a woman her weigth ever again.
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Most people do actually. For some reason people seem to get offended at the site of someone overweight, and are compelled to remind the individual about their problems in one form or another. Probably stems from the same aggressive social interactions between different races that weve evolved from.
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Most people are scared. They're scared of getting fat. They're scared of getting older. They're scared to admit that one day they'll be just like that. That's what freaks them out. Being "different" nowadays means not being one of those skinny, "white-shiny-30 000$-teeth-always-flashing" people who are filled with false confidence. I'd rather be ME (and fat, if that's me) than be someone they wan't me to be. =)
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According to the little i know of social standards, very rude.
Personally i see no issue in hiding anyone's weight for that matter, and whenever i have asked before, i state i'm just doing it out of curiosity and i rather be straight and get a straight answer, as well as the fact that if i'm really curious, i can always figure out the weight myself.
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You must have a strong bias against overweight individuals. Ive actually found its the smaller women who are more offended then the larger ones. Of course, im sure if you shouted out to a person from a moving vehicle something along the lines of, "FUCK! How much do you weight you fat cow?!", would offend even the most level headed individual which would skew your results.
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Not. It is a social tabu among many close-minded individuals whom will not hesitate and go ad-hominem on you if you manage to do something even remotely similar to it. The being with the non-flawed logic should see it as normal and informative as should you. You should use the question to asses what kind of person she is.
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Not. It is a social [taboo].
self-contradicted in 6 words. Rudeness is knowingly violating a social taboo. Perhaps it shouldn't be considered rude, perhaps it shouldn't be a social taboo, but it is on both counts... at least where I'm from. It's all culture-dependent, so if you or OP is asking in a culture that has no weight-taboo, then of course it's not rude.
Probably would have ignored this, and let you just have your bad argument, but your overuse of big words and 'down-with-the-establishment' attitude irritated me. And now this'll probably turn into a thing. C'est la vie
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You can be rude without knowing you are violating a social taboo, a minor nit-pick, but no more then your own. The question was what does each individual find to be rude, so while the norm for their cultural background might make it a taboo, each individual might have varying degrees.
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yes, there's other forms of rudeness, but I didn't really want to get into that as it's not relevant to the current discussion. Even if the individual you're talking to isn't offended by it, if you don't know them, but know that in their culture it is considered rude, and you knowingly do it (whatever "it" is), I'd say you're being rude. For instance: you stand on the sidewalk asking each woman that passes by what their weight is. Some women might not care, and not be offended by the question, but I'd argue that you're being rude to everyone you ask.
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Question says it all.
I am not talking about someone who is clearly overweight, I mean in a situation where you are genuinely wondering and you have a neutral relationship with them, just met them
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