submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by VibeCoder@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I feel like every week there’s a new trend or term that skinny people are using to shame each other and call each other fat. And the threshold for who is and isn’t fat just keeps moving down. Makes me wanna gatekeep fatness, body dysmorphia be damned.

I genuinely don’t think there’s been this much a cultural shift towards an obsession with thinness since Heroin Chic.

Edit: I hear y’all loud and clear. Time to reset my algo

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[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 21 points 3 days ago

I'm making the assumption this is in response to stuff seen on social media: don't put any stock into social media trends, they're not real. The constant need to go viral and be relevant pushes people to come up with total bullshit and pretend like it's the hottest new thing despite all of ten people in existence being aware of it, and social media makes it easy to fall into echo chambers that reverberate that until it seems like a cultural hegemony.