Originally Posted by
manbeartruck
The real problem here is that you're assuming that people are 'just letting themselves' go.
There is a hell of a lot more to it than "letting fellow members of society gorge themselves with food" - in today's world, the cheaper products are often the most unhealthy ones, so where being festively plumb was once a sign that you could afford more food than you actually needed, today its on a large scale a sign of people not being able to afford the RIGHT nutrition. There is a reason that the groups that are by and large the poorest, at least in the US, are also the ones that are mostly overweight and prone to diabetes and heart disease. Look it up..
Also, you can't assume that people have the same life or schedule as you. You might be able to hit the gym once in a while, but if you're working a full time minimum wage job which often is accompanied by a second job, you're not really in a position to take some leisure time and hit the treadmill.
Of course, there are also people who are just unable to watch the shit they eat.
Anyway, at the end of the day, you can't be sure what's going on in other people's life, and you shouldn't make assumptions that subtract from your respect for fellow human beings.