nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml • 7 months agoDalai Lama told cameraman, 'you're fat, you need to go on a diet'external-linkmessage-square9 fedilinkarrow-up126
arrow-up126external-linkDalai Lama told cameraman, 'you're fat, you need to go on a diet'nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml • 7 months agomessage-square9 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareVampire [any]hexbear19·7 months agoPretending not to notice that fat people are fat is unique to Western culture. Nobody in Africa would see a problem with this. I bet Asia is the same. link
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orghexbear7·7 months agoI don't know about unique, but you're right, it's not universal. In some cultures it's not seen as a bad thing, either, because there's recent memory of famine being a regular thing. linkfedilink
Pretending not to notice that fat people are fat is unique to Western culture.
Nobody in Africa would see a problem with this. I bet Asia is the same.
I don't know about unique, but you're right, it's not universal. In some cultures it's not seen as a bad thing, either, because there's recent memory of famine being a regular thing.