New Rule: The Fudge Report | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@frankbauerful]

Number 1 thing foreign tourists are amazed at in the US is portion sizes and free refills.

[@noddybebetrain4662]

on a recent trip to the US we had a&w rootbeer floats, mostly because of nostalgia. with the free rootbeer refill it was a total of 32oz (a liter) of soda and the equivalent of one and a half scoops of soft serve ice cream. i wanted to vomit afterwards. but after returning from the US, I have not had any more than 16oz (500ml) of soda in over 11 months. sadly the nostalgia was too much for one of my travel companions and he kept drinking floats and milkshakes, and now he has diabetes.

[@eriknephrongfr8847]

That’s two things.

[@annemclaughlin4917]

People in Europe do not understand that you can cut off some of the food and take it home and eat it later.

[@JamesBrown4ever1]

@@annemclaughlin4917People in America dont understand that Europeans are still healthier because of their diets.

[@Billylantigua]

frankbauerful 😂

[@nursemedic17]

Bill hit this right on the head. I used to weigh 335lbs, and now I'm 180lbs and still working towards my goal. I feel SO much better and am SO much healthier!

[@richstevenson4934]

Congratulations. Wonderful.

[@StephenKelly-ey6ne]

Great good for you.

[@Rodrat]

Nice! I dropped from 225 to 150 and it was the best decision of my life.

[@Melissa-dd7ys]

I am down 60lbs. I still have another 50 to go, but it's a work in progress. I actually am using Weight Watchers. As far as I can tell everyone still calls it that.

[@qiwang6395]

nice how you do it? fasting? or surgery?

[@joshuamacminn2757]

Watched this video just after it dropped. Since then I’ve lost close to 40lb (18 kilos). Thanks Bill, this was the kick in the ass I needed 👏

[@Missy-Missy1111]

Congrads👍

[@vanessaozolin19]

LMAO

[@mysticaltyger2009]

Congrats. Keep up those healthy habits!

[@vanessaozolin19]

A video can't make you healthy dumbass

[@joshuamacminn2757]

Help mel the advice in said video can fuckwit 🖕🏼

[@charlicatori]

“Can fat be beautiful? That’s in the eye of the beholder. But healthy? No-that’s science.” 3:30

[@gabrielvazquez1691]

@@MariyaMubashir it's the truth. We can think whatever we want but at some point our health will catch up with us and we will feel the effects if we don't take care. Biology is biology and ideology doesn't dictate high blood pressure effects.

[@RJ-hk1ni]

@@MariyaMubashir well that means you hate the truth then. Being fat is not healthy.

[@gabrielvazquez1691]

@@MariyaMubashir that's what he implied by "that's in the eye of the beholder"

[@RJ-hk1ni]

@@MariyaMubashir Did you watch the video? Beauty and health are not the same thing.

[@RJ-hk1ni]

@@MariyaMubashir I never said that wasn't true and neither did the video. That was the whole message of the video. We need more people to think like Bill. The fit-shamers and body able-ists are a daft bunch. Telling people that it is healthy to be fat is just mad.

[@KingCreek85142]

I watched this episode live in September. At that point, I weighed 246lbs. This hit me so hard (sometimes the truth hurts, and this segment hurt to my core) that today, 3 days short of 90 days since Bill said this, I weigh 178. Yes, I lost 68lbs in 90 days (well, 87 days). Not typical but Bill's truth here fueled me to be impeccable in diet/exercise since the moment this aired. I feel better, I'm healthier and I'm glad he delivered the hard truth. If we pick on Republicans for denying the undeniable science of climate change, it would be hypocritical to deny the science of how obesity is a root cause for many health issues.

[@user-uw1dk4fr5i]

You are awesome!

[@nathanracher2911]

Proud of you.

[@HarryJohnson69]

CONGRATS DUDE!!!

[@shessoheavy6130]

@@Jake-ps3kj And out comes the hardcore narcissist looking for his supply.

[@prettyprettypumpkin8450]

How'd u do it . EXACTLY how, taking notes !!

[@jliu2003]

I watched this after James Corden's post...i think Corden left out some important bits of this clip.

[@maplesyrup6137]

jliu2003 James said that Bill had some very good points but the execution of it was wrong

[@rohitkalra3988]

Must have eaten them up!

[@SasfootBigsquatch]

Yeah, if James wasn't actually fat I would have maybe given him more credit. He clearly was just insulted and painted Bill's point differently.

[@kukalakana]

Probably the bits he wasn't responding to.

[@WyattCayer]

Yeah, he was making excuses.

[@simonson111]

Europe has strict rules about what goes into food. America does not.

[@alphacentauri8083]

Maybe, but Europeans still smoke like chimneys. Disgusting.

[@kamuelalee]

Been to Europe food ain't that great...and to echo other post, Euros chain smoke like nobody's business.

[@cagedtigersteve]

​@@alphacentauri8083 Well Americans smoke like an erupting volcano.

[@SolarisKane]

The problem is sugar and vegetable oils, and few if any countries regulate those.

[@alphacentauri8083]

....and men wearing Capri pants, ABBA, and those teeth! All of it deleterious to ones health.

[@n0tk0sher]

I started watching this, and stopped right in the middle. I'm not morbidly obese, but I am on the heavy side. I exercise regularly, but I'm having a hard time giving up the chips, chocolate and soda. So I paused the video, dumped the Mt. Dew down the drain and got on the eliptical. I came back to the video with a yogurt and a bottle of water. This really is a serious problem for us, and I vow right now that I'm going to get healthier or die trying. The extra weight keeps me sluggish and a little depressed. So that changes right now. Thanks Bill.

[@Mysticaltyger]

Just watch out. The yogurt often has a lot of added sugar. A lot of foods that should be healthy are not. It's best to eat as few processed foods as possible.

[@rachelrollins9506]

How is your lifestyle going today?

[@n0tk0sher]

@@rachelrollins9506 Well my job requires me to walk around 20,000 steps per day 5 days a week. I limit myself to one soda a day, and the candy bars were replaced by fresh fruit and protein bars a long time ago. When I wrote that comment I was around 245 lbs and I'm only 5'10". I'm around 195 now, so I've lost approximately 50 lbs. The real challenge is staying limber because arthritis is a major problem for me. All in all doing much better with my lifestyle, thanks for the interest.

[@FrenchBulldogify]

@@n0tk0sherglad you are doing better

[@FoodNerds]

It’s very hard. I eat a lot of fruit it helps with the cravings. I manage my chocolate craving by having 1 Gheridelli square every 3-4 days. I have donuts once a year on national donut day. I have one waffle every year. I have a muffin once a week and it’s always pistachio. I drink 1-2 cokes a week. I have chips with guacamole every 2 weeks. But I eat cold cereal almost daily which I need to switch back to oatmeal. I make a fruit smoothie with about 1 serving of vanilla yogurt a cup of fruit and a half cup of milk or water daily. It’s usually strawberries 🍓 and blueberries 🫐 or bananas 🍌 mango 🥭 and passion fruit or cherry -blackberry. These are almost always frozen fruits and fresh. I eat about 16oz of the smoothie. I have developed enormous control. It took about 2 years.

[@garypickford2313]

"The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions. " - George Carlin

[@peachtree3789]

They go hand in hand, don't they?

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

I would expand that to say the life expectancy of the addicted: drugs, cigarettes, junk food, vaping...... (believe it or not, companies are legally putting in much higher levels of nicotine into these vaping products than are in cigarettes....)

[@LetMeThink007]

Gary Pickford sad but quite true

[@PhamNicolas99]

@O. B. Thank you. I didn't get it either

[@Shuizid]

@O. B. Since IQ average is defined as 100, while life expectancy never was above 100... ehm wait... in order to meet, the IQ would need to go down and the extectancy go up. Damn, sounds like the joke only works, if you don't use your IQ for it xD

[@teedee8536]

Should’ve done this segment when Chris Christie was on.

[@Pugetwitch]

LOL I thought about Chris Christie as soon as I seen dude from the old school circus. That's EXACTLY who I thought about 😂

[@imperatorm.e.l.5162]

Big oof

[@charleswoodruff9013]

And Killer Mike.

[@TheAndrejP]

@@Pugetwitch that was kind of the point though... Chris Christie is actually bigger than that circus guy.

[@Walter-jv5kr]

Chris Christie ate a lot of cookies, that why he looks like miss piggy.

[@colemoritz9248]

As a cook and seeing what people order I have to agree

[@jklappenbach]

Funny. As a cook, you have a huge say on what makes it into the menu. That includes portion sizes that are delivered. It's getting to be the average menu item costs 15 dollars, and offers 3 times the amount of calories necessary for a meal that's supposed to be 1/3 of a 2,000 calorie a day diet. Maybe reduce the cost of a restaurant meal by half, reduce the portion size by half, and do the world a favor? Or would that cut into your profits too much?

[@colemoritz9248]

If I was the head chef then that would be the case, as a line cook I just prep and make the food as the head chef and general manager want it and I do agree with you and on some things profit margins could be made better with smaller portions but the sad thing is you have to be competitive with major chains and people spend big money on big portions of stuff and you cut portions to small people will stop coming to your restaurant to get bigger portions and thinking they got a better deal for their money

[@fattymcbutterpants9700]

Julian Klappenbach yeah it’s always annoying how giant the portions are on orders

[@freighttrain1695]

As a cook I don't have say what goes on the menu, but if I owned any kind of restaurant I would never have a buffet. Buffet's and fast food are killing us. Not to mention most sit down places who fry and deep fry 90% or more of what they offer. Wish we could ban buffet's altogether.

[@RJ-hk1ni]

I have bartended and served for many years and I agree. It is weird to me that on a friday night people will get a table and order nachos and chicken tenders for dinner. Psst.. those are on the menu as a bar snack to be shared, not your dinner on a friday night when you go out. Order off the page that has meals on it, the one that also contains the names of vegetables lol.

[@iantetley3773]

This honestly helped me get off my ass and now I’ve lost 10 lbs in a month thank you for making me feel like shit and telling me to get it together I needed that and I’m not being sarcastic. Thank you bill. It’s been half a year now I’ve lost 30 lbs 70 more to go!

[@asphaltpilgrim]

Great job, hope it's going well. :)

[@luggagecombo12345]

Also high fructose corn syrup came to market in the 70s.

[@toddapplegate]

True. I am so glad that Bill has brought this PC issue up!!!!! My mother ultimately died because she was so overweight for so many years. I agree with everything Bill has said here. Thank you Bill Maher! I am tired of many, many things tied to our healthcare issues in the States, but avoidable illnesses caused by our gluttony and lack of self-control drive health care costs up. Hey America, how about we eat normal portions and drastically limit the cookies, ice cream, candy bars, chips, cheese, sugar drinks, etc.?

[@katherynemero9355]

@@toddapplegate I'll give you (and Bill) what you're saying. But I want to note that every food company out there is stacking the deck. They add sugar because they want to keep people addicted. It doesn't take long before your body is working against you and making you crave things you shouldn't eat. It's not exactly easy to beat the cravings. I know people on prescription drugs to stop the cravings, but it seems like a circle: they add the addictive contents, people eat them, they become addicted, they pay another group for a pill to get passed the first addiction. This issue isn't one dimensional. In order to change, you have to change everything.

[@tomschmitz5745]

i believe high fructose syrup and all of it's different names (corn syrup solids, etc) are actually BANNED in europe...

[@americanmonster4983]

Corn, Wheat and soy has the glucose effect, which can cause high blood sugar spikes and allergens due to the quick breakdown in our digestive systems. We are so use to the sugar(processed) that we are killing ourselves for a quick meal. However, the cost of eating healthy or just a nutrition change can be done on a budget; yes it is possible. My wife started keto (a high fat, very low carb, no sugar diet) a year ago her weight was over 300.lbs she lost 80.lbs in that time period without exercise and her blood sugar decreased considerably low(hypertension stage 2) As a result, her allergies are under control, nose bleeds have stopped, and energy levels have increased, all in all started going to the gym, which in my opinion is a healthy lifestyle change for the better with little to no Doctor visits or medications. So, do some research for the better and get fit; you can do it.

[@tomschmitz5745]

@@americanmonster4983 thank you for your reply.. although i must say i have read recent "reports/studies" that suggest KETO diets ate NOT good for anyone long term, that they are at bast a short time fix and even for that they are not for everyone? what to believe?...

[@CaliLuke]

He should have said something about corn subsidies and how there's sugar in everything because of it. That's a good place to start.

[@BlackEpyon]

Diet is a problem, but the lack of exercise is a killer.

[@annemariefrank]

Yeah, but most people know about the industry problem. Yet taking OWN responsibility is still lacking being adressed. Bill's segment was urgently needed.

[@someguy2135]

I agree, but those corn and soy subsidies also support factory farmed beef and dairy production. The government encourages bad diets by promoting cheese etc.

[@verfed]

Everyone needs to suck up to Iowa farmers so we don't hear anything about that.

[@SlickGamble]

He'd probably get sued. The sugar and food lobby is very powerful and have draconian control over what you say about that kind of stuff as a public figure.

[@johnnycto7576]

I was in Europe and was amazed at how fit everybody looked. Many of them eat real food and use bikes and walk to move around, imagine that!

[@fgsaramago]

Here in Portugal I'm always astonished at how fat American tourists are. Not to disparage or anything but my father is well in the fat category by Portuguese standards and he looks incredibly thin when compared

[@siracastori01]

Yes, we do, also thanks to fact that it doesn't cost a fortune to do so and there are allotted lanes so you don't risk being offed by a SUV. Bu we get sick too, and when we do, if poor, we don't have to decide between death and bankruptcy. That also plays a role...

[@todd-617]

BUT BUT BUT....S O C I A L I S M!!!!

[@joylynnfujimori6567]

mastersleib Hey DUMBASS, it’s corrupt corporations that sell us a lot of unhealthy processed crap & guess what? These corporate rich owners are REPUNKLICUNTS...every stinking one of them❗️

[@joylynnfujimori6567]

mastersleib It’s the RETHUGLIKKKONS SUPPORT THE ASSHOLES SELLING POISON TO THE PPL & ENRICH THEMSELVES BY SELLING OUT AMERICA ‼️💯

[@jcolesbiggestfann]

"Can fat be beautiful? Thats in the eye of the beholder. But healthy? No, that's science." i didn’t think facts could be controversial, but here we are. thank you bill

[@joehobo8868]

Grizzly Bears find Fat humans look much better than thin humans. The evidence is in the fact that when they are chasing campers they always pick the fat one to have sex with before eating him.

[@edithputhy4948]

how is such a trite and obvious statement the smartest thing you've ever heard?

[@jcolesbiggestfann]

@@edithputhy4948 I don’t know, idk what I was really thinking when I wrote that lmfao

[@thirdcoastfirebird]

@@jcolesbiggestfann It's still a true statement. Most of these Healthy At Any Weight people don't grasp reality that well. You seem to though.

[@jcolesbiggestfann]

@@thirdcoastfirebird yeah, agreed. I think it’s more common sense then smart. It’s just refreshing to hear someone that isn’t denying science.

[@UnstoppableFloridaMan]

James Corden took so much things out of context. The bit about Bill and alcohol made a powerful point about how unhealthy things should not be encouraged. Bill never claimed that excessive bullying towards fat people was necessary he just explained that society should not encourage unhealthy behavior and that is common sense honestly.

[@airbornebovine]

Biggest shock was that you guys put high fructose corn-syrup in bread. You know you don't have to do that right. Nobody else does.

[@bfg3890]

Don't really need baconaise either.

[@joshuarodriguezbanks6435]

And no one needs to add ranch to everything, but they do.

[@bfg3890]

@@joshuarodriguezbanks6435 Well lets not be silly

[@jaydavids6485]

Don't tell us. Tell the huge corn business!!

[@ForbiddenSlurp]

Big sugar lobbyists threw fats under the bus and low-fat diets became a big thing. Since fat carries a lot of the flavor it's generally replaced with sugar. American food is so garbage because whoever has the most money makes the rules.

[@zaidadlan]

To be honest, I'm overweight, and what bill said definitely open my eyes to take care of my health more seriously rather than making me feel annoyed and miserable, well said bill!

[@Anna-fw7lm]

We're at you side man!

[@zwagig1761]

Good for you, hope to see you better, it is going to be really difficult but it will be worth it

[@Hollywood2021]

Good luck!

[@warrior_of_da-Tetragrammaton]

It’s been a year after you posted… did you do it?

[@bercaferca4554]

Yeah being a fatass is no good, i hate rude fats

[@positronicfeed]

I am morbidly obese (working on it, early days so only 20lbs lost so far) and I approve this message.

[@hansmo7013]

Good luck to you sir! :)

[@WittyUsernamehere]

Keep going, you've got this!

[@ericxpenner]

Updates?? Hope you're doing well!

[@positronicfeed]

@@ericxpenner Thank you. Up to 40lbs now. Slow and steady.

[@luis__jrtx]

Good luck on your journey, if you haven't come across Dr. Berg's youtube channel I would highly recommend his wisdom. Best of luck!

[@mammamathews]

I have been trying to walk to pick up my son more because noticed how many people drive to get their kids when they live fairly close. We would do the environment and ourselves a favor and walk just a little more.

[@terryowen7105]

Keep walking, you may inspire other people to do that also. (Act like your having so much fun while they sit in line waiting to pick up their kids, lol)

[@swiinka]

This is a good point and obviously I support the idea of people driving less (especially when my bus gets stuck in traffic as soon as another school year begins), but here are things to consider: 1) if you're obese this is not even nearly enough exercise 2) when you are heavy, walking becomes very strenuous and puts your back and joints at risk. The latter is the main reason why fat people are recommended swimming and why pool aerobic exists - to take that weight off and help you move. So - by all means, get more active, but do it in a way that will not put you in bed.

[@wriches]

Good stuff. The best part of that is not the exercise of the walk itself, but the fact you are setting a good and healthy example to your son. Children tend to copy their parents throughout their life.

[@Amanning15007]

Honestly... Nearly all my weight gain started when I stopped walking. As a kid I waked EVERYWHERE. My mom nor my friends mom's never chauffeured us anywhere. You want to go to carnival, it's 3 towns over - walk, I'm not taking you. And that what we used to do. A big gang of kids walking three towns over to go to a church carnival. It kept me slim in my youth and I ate JUNK FOOD like you wouldn't believe it. The minute my friends and I started driving we ALL started gaining weight. Every last one of us. I'm trying to walk more. To move more and I already notice a difference.

[@tuffguydoe7937]

Good for you. There's so more time to interact with your child if you walk with your child to/from school and it's healthier for both of you.

[@jeffjeffries3469]

I remember the First Lady trying to get children to eat healthier and Fox News went crazy about it.

[@kftc1980]

Jeff Jeffries The diet in schools that she influenced is crap. Mostly carbs.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

That was an initiative Michelle Obama pushed . . . and Widdle Donnie Lard Butt cancelled.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

@@kftc1980 I don't remember that her program had the force of law. School districts make their own decisions and budget is king. So they buy crap to save money. I wonder who pockets the difference 🤔❓

[@nova77791]

This isnt political. Its cultural

[@PraetorianHiJynx]

But isn't this fat acceptance and body positivity movement a leftist thing? ;)

[@cocodog85]

carlton university's campus gym, in ottawa canada, did ban the weight scale. a client complained that seeing the scale was a "trigger" for her. it was removed to placate her...until the up roar from the other gym users and the public made management bring it back. anti fat shaming gone mad.

[@josealexi5141]

it triggered her?? didn't the gym have a safe-space?

[@AJR-zg2py]

At least the administration came to their senses and realized their mistake. Some institutions would double-down on their decision.

[@Anna-fw7lm]

If someone is triggered...should just grown up. Couple of hard slaps a day can help.

[@komfykoala6083]

It's okay guys it's Canada. What did you expect?

[@wellgeo223]

That's often just people seeing how much influence they have. I'm sure they get a sense of pride and satisfaction when they are able to impose change, however small and insignificant.

[@strike_true]

People get real mad when their “reality” actually meets real life. I don’t agree with Bill Maher on a good amount of issues, but we both agree here, cause it’s science. Facts don’t give a shit about your feelings.

[@Lone432345]

Bill is an Anti-Vaxxer.

[@MrJimheeren]

@@Lone432345 no he’s not

[@azuresky4984]

Facts also don’t change people’s feelings, either.

[@ec1480]

@@Lone432345 anti-flu vaccine, yeah, but not like Covid and shit

[@mysticaltyger2009]

@@Lone432345 No, he isn't. If he was, he wouldn't have got the Covid vax in the first place.

[@robertbaur3145]

and in other news America debates whether Chick Filet or popeyes has the better chicken sandwich

[@MarcNBrasil]

Popeyes. Duh

[@kekistanihelpdesk8508]

The left have resolved all world problems already so now they are telling us not to eat at chick filet.

[@gryphon9507]

Who cares all chicken is feed soy and modern soy is full of estrogen. You want to eat chicken? Build a coop and learn to raise them, fresh organic eggs in the mix and fertilizer for the garden. I realize not everyone can do this.

[@whiteyobanion1104]

Chick Filet I'm sure. Popeyes is disgusting.

[@kimberlys8422]

That is actually happening. Here I am feeling fat just eating a yogurt.

[@hammadali594]

Did anyone else come here after seeing James Corden's response?

[@BrettWB]

Nah, I was at this first a week ago. Came back to see how triggered PC people got.

[@seb1632astian]

yeah I did. Watching this now I solely agree with Bill. James for purposes of his message bundled at least 30% of Bill's good points into "Bill has his heart in the right place". Bill is raw and walking on the edge, and it sells!

[@lopezfan24]

Hammad Ali James is always desperate for attention. I’m getting sick of his shtick

[@pameladamaris9213]

James Corden was spot on.

[@TorontoTips]

Bill has always found fat jokes and fart jokes hilarious. Small minds and bigots love fat suits and weak jokes. Bill needs to follow his own advice, and check the science, instead of simply flapping his wind-hole, or he is going to continue to look as ignorant and uninformed as the flat-earthers and evangelicals he lives to hate. Being a Trump-hating blowhard bully who "just knows the answer" makes you a lot more like the ignorant blowhards with tiki torches and who "don't trust the government beaurocracy with 1/5 of the economy" than the ones with REAL solutions, like Bernie and Liz.

[@nicksmith6258]

James Corden really painted this bit as something much different than it actually was.

[@MaghoxFr]

Liberal buffoons lying? Naaaah

[@mikebrewer5569]

Ya, shaming an addict usually gets positive results. I'm not saying we don't have a weight problem in The US, but Maher is being an asshole on this one.

[@mikebrewer5569]

I didn't claim that obesity isn't a problem. I said this is a shitty method of addressing it.

[@robi6317]

he sure did, and he missed the comedy part about it mainly, the clip he showed wasnt edited fairly either. Bill also says we shouldnt taunt anyone. this is the most on the edge of uncool Maher has ever been in my eyes, but it needs to be said. its actually surprising more "not-with-my-taxes" republicans aren't bitching about medicare paying for poor diet resultant medical bills than they are.

[@esterzach]

While I agree that Bill Maher usually talks like an ashole, and goes too far for comedy purpose, he is also usually right. I get he is harsh, I get this is far more complicated issue, but americans do have a problem. A BIG problem. We have similar problem here in Europe. There are more fat people and fat kids that EVER before, but, man, what we call "fat " here, is almost a minor problem compared to what we see on tv or internet on the streets in USA. Not in movies ofcourse, but on TV. It is scary. It looks like almost everyone has weight problems. What both James and Bill failed to mention is the poverty in USA and the whole idea of companies making money no matter the consequences. From what I hear and read, there are areas where people can't find normal food. Or can't afford any. And while there are very poor countries in Europe, like mine, we rarely have this food problem. It's a vastly different culture here from what we see in USA or even Western Europe. And it does include food and health. Kids here learn about food and health at home first, than sinse kindergarden and the whole time during school. You almost can't find anyone here, male or female who can't cook on some basic level. It feels like Americans have problems with general knowledge and are very sensitive to any critisism. So they scream to the sky when someone is saying something harsh to them, but don't react when they are lied with sweet words. Interesting. Your medication costs huge amounts of money, normal food is insanely expensive, and there is sugar in everything, there are things in the food, that Europe considers poison, kids have diabetes, thousands of peope die every month from obesity, but let's not allow people like Bill Maher to hurt someones feelings. I don't know...

[@TaylorHarkness]

“A hundred years ago this guy was fat enough to be the fat man in the circus. Now, he’s a guy”. Best part. 3:10

[@archive881]

People on My 600 .lb. Life make this guy look malnourished!

[@JohnDoe-et8th]

Look at the youtube documentary on obesity in Houston. He's a THINNER guy there.

[@justthefacts7414]

I know. When I saw the circus fat people, it took me a bit to realize that in those days, that was huge. Imagine the shock if morbid obesity was a sideshow attraction.

[@unidentifiedguy8253]

That was disturbing to realize how glutinous and lazy humans have become. It takes 3 of the "fattest man" circus attractions to equal 1 Lizzo.

[@sallydavies9253]

So true even in 60s there was the huge fat guy everyone knew now its every other person in most places.

[@dakidfromhaiti]

Wait.. This is the bit people are mad at Bill about? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thibaldus3]

Outrage/Cancel culture doing what it does.

[@Floxxoror]

yes, 40000 deaths dont count, but the hurt feelings of that fat idiot counts.

[@gregc6107]

@@Floxxoror fat people should laugh more, it burns calories

[@tee-py3zx]

yes. it was insensitive. im not "cancelling" him or whatever, but fat people have to deal with bullying and discrimination all the time. and being fat might not be there fault; genetics and epigenetics both play a big roll, and healthy foods are a lot more expensive which makes it harder for low-income households to have a well-balanced diet. fat-shaming causes parents to worry about their babies' weights and starve them because of it. it causes pre-teen girls to starve themselves and develop eating disorders such as anorexia. health care professionals don't take fat people's symptoms seriously because of their weight, which causes people to literally die because of it. so yeah, what he said was offensive and ignorant and it was an uneducated response. he's rubbed me the wrong way numerous times, but nothing like this before. advocating for people to bully people more is wrong, period.

[@SoloSpartan]

Uh, huh.... VS. "Poor diet is the leading cause of mortality in the United States."

[@melissae5247]

Best line that he said during the whole thing- "Can fat be beautiful- that's in the eye of the beholder. But healthy- no. That's science"

[@RuthmarieHicks]

Actually...not exactly. Severe obesity is a problem. Being overweight depends on the diet that you have, the amount of exercise that you do and a variety of other parameters. Where did you get your M.D. or Ph.D. from? Because you certainly don't know much about science.

[@bruceleeroy8302]

He had an argument with the comedian Monique, a few years back. Bill basically said that being overweight is generally unhealthy (the most duh statement ever) and Monique pushed back with a ridiculous response. She said that is a "white thing" no joke. I think she meant as far as women and attraction because she's an overweight black woman and some black men are attracted to big women when many (not all, of course) white men prefer skinny and fit women.

[@leszaleonardo6688]

Almost everyday in the entire world, people with "proportioned body" were died first than fat peoples due to various factors, not just body shape. AND THAT'S SCIENCE!

[@BrettWB]

@@RuthmarieHicks Where did you get your graduate degree in health sciences? Science states rather unequivocally that being fat isn't good for you. Not sure how you missed that.

[@BrettWB]

@@leszaleonardo6688 Y'know those people who live to a 100+ years and they say what their secret to life is? Not one of them says being overweight/fat.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Bill’s delivery might’ve been a bit harsh for some, but his points ain’t wrong. I was up to 289lbs a few years ago, all because of bad food choices. After dropping 75 of those pounds (doc’s orders) it’s hard to even look at those old fat me pics 😖 Until you’re able to look in a full length mirror and fat shame yourself enough to say enough’s enough, it’ll be hard to find the motivation to change. But let’s face it. Nobody ever looked at anyone and screamed “OH MY GOSH, you look amazing!” 😱...After GAINING 80lbs.

[@JD-lt7uv]

Congrats!

[@AJVloggings]

Yeah but that's self criticism. Fat shaming others is just destructive criticism which can lead to low self esteem and a poor mental state. But I agree, being overweight is unhealthy

[@tdpros7944]

It isnt harsh people nowadays are just ❄️

[@tdpros7944]

But yeah congrats i was overweight too and i have lost lots of weight but still over the weight for my average height

[@AJVloggings]

@CraigAndNem maybe, maybe not. But people usually gain confidence once they get fit. But if you're gonna fat shame those people are gonna have low self esteem perhaps for their whole life. It isn't good for their mental health, period.

[@OneTimWhatley]

"75% of health care dollars are spent on health problems that are preventable in 75% of cases." That means roughly half of all health care dollars are spent on diseases that could be prevented. If we don't fix that in this country then we cannot fix health care. Paraphrasing Dr. Robert Lustig.

[@mikeballer08]

Love Dr. Robert Lustig. I learned so much from his lectures.

[@j.clements2093]

Then doctors would make much, much, less.

[@MrBrewman95]

Agreed. I went from 225 to 150. My family said I was too skinny. WTF?! I look healthy. Your standards are out of wack.

[@lking1540]

I went from 270 to 184, and my hair dresser said my hair was dying.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

That really depends on your body type, build, and activity levels. An arbitrary number like that will never be an indicator of whether you're healthy... and the only time it really tells you that you're unhealthy is when the number is so undeniably out of natural range that you don't need to know the number to see the problem. 150 might be high for the runt of the litter who capped out at 5'6", 225 might be dangerously unhealthy for a heavy, active build on someone who's 6'4". I don't know you, or your family, so I can't make comments on your situation, but I can say that it's generally ignorant to dismiss ideas based solely on some random numbers that need a lot of context to actually bring any significant meaning to the discussion.

[@Missy-Missy1111]

Congrats👍

[@alexcwagner]

My guess is that people close to you are simply biased against change in any direction, not necessarily against losing weight in particular. But, I've never met your family, so I may be wrong.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@JimboParadox I see you misunderstood entirely. I'll be more clear this time. Weight and body fat content are not the same thing, and often have no correlation. The factors that contribute to a person's weight are so numerous and varied that using their weight alone to judge a person's health is entirely irrational. Just to illustrate what I mean... compare a person who does nothing in their life except eat, sleep, and basic officework to a person of identical build who runs marathons for fun and works in a field of intense manual labor. The latter is going to weigh more almost every time, and the former will likely appear to weigh more to the ignorant eye. To reiterate my point... weight is a number that means absolutely nothing unless given extensive context. It says absolutely nothing about a person's lifestyle or health on its own, outside of fringe cases where their weight is so far beyond human norms that it's impossible for it to be healthy.

[@dstpartyprincess21]

Finally watched this and as a fat woman... Bill hasn’t told a single lie! Nothing he said was shaming... people gotta grow up

[@mikej8951]

You act as tho that's part of your identity tho. It's part of the body you inhabit right now. It really doesn't have to remain that way tho.

[@TheMystique29]

@@mikej8951 well I think you missed her point. She doesn't treat her obesity as her identity. She mentioned it in the context of the video to strengthen her point, that the arguments of Bill Maher were reasoned and that you didn't need to feel attacked as a obese person.

[@Janabarendse1981]

The lie is that Europeans aren’t obese..that’s not true, because it is a real problem here too. And fat shaming never really helped anybody just like fit shaming...or any kind of shaming. James has a point there in his video.

[@IamUncle]

Thank you

[@BeaverThe01.]

​@@Janabarendse1981 I'm from south east europe where we're not as influenced by what one might call "American" culture and rest assured, a much larger portion of people are slim rather than obese, after moving to Ireland I can see the difference, when McDonalds and/or KFC and the likes of that came to croatia, we knew instantly it's for two occasions, kids birthdays and when you're hammered, in Ireland where american cultural influence is much heavier due to proximity, marketing etc. people eat half their meals at fast food places for various reasons ranging from poverty to ignorance or just laziness, I'm not saying America is at fault, secondly, american meal portions are insane compared to Europe and most importantly, about the so called fat gene James told us about, now genes in DNA appear randomly and go on only if the carrier of the gee manages to spread it to his offspring, which considering evolution and the likelihood of your survival in 80% of the world was slim to nothing for 99% of the population if they were not physically fit only a couple of hundred years ago I highly doubt that there's a large chunk of naturally obese people waddling around at this day and age. I used to be overweight myself, was always fit until I stopped taking care of myself for xy reasons, most of it comes down to lifestyle and culture which again is a matter of personal choice or preference

[@KokomoGreenberg]

The movie WALL-E becoming real life more and more every day

[@spud2go]

There was a b-movie called 'Idiocracy' that came out in 2006 - that's where USA is now.

[@petersellers9944]

@@spud2go that was actually a documentary.

[@ShawnLH88]

Korey Green yep. So true. The earth will be hot and full of trash and plastic. It’s depressing that the earth will die someday

[@annemariefrank]

Exactly!

[@badendhappy2903]

@@spud2go Still waiting for the Gatorade irrigation.

[@rshiva08]

"Some amount of shame is good." Thank you Bill!

[@rainbowwarpig3536]

“TO ACHIEVE WHAT OTHERS DON’T, YOU MUST ENDURE WHAT OTHERS WON’T” -Gonzalez

[@MrTkzepeda]

Bill is telling us to say no to excess food. That’s hardly an act of endurance. It’s just a lack of indulgence.

[@naraposthumus8478]

@@MrTkzepeda tell someone with an eating disorder that it's not an endurance test. 🙄

[@naraposthumus8478]

@@MrTkzepeda I agree with Bill tho because you shouldn't over eat. Just until satisfied. And exercise is important.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

i find it ironic in a country that is 60% religious where one of the main sins to avoid is gluttony and yet half the country is morbidly obese or overweight to the danger.

[@xtc7636]

Mckenzie .Latham you seem like a dangerous thinker, shame on you! Lol

[@loganmcguire8317]

As a trim person, people call me "skinny" and tell me that it must be nice eating whatever I want. BS. I'm trim because I'm very strict about diet and eliminated soda, desserts, candy, chips, pasta, and most alcohol.

[@onikin]

Huh. I just keep skinny by not eating a lot of calories. Doesn't really matter what I eat, just that I don't eat a lot. Don't even have to think about it.

[@chaddon7685]

No. That's the problem with our HEALTH... But it's not the problem with our HEALTH CARE system. And both are plagued by the same thing: corporate greed.

[@Aussie_Damo]

Only because you eat yourself into a heart attack and need healthcare to get help. They can't jack up prices if there is no one to treat.

[@chaddon7685]

@@Aussie_Damo You're such a sophisticated thinker.

[@cynthiamontgomery1192]

@@Aussie_Damo There will always be someone to treat. As there are many factors that can go into having a heart attack.

[@charltonblake9967]

Blaming corporate greed for individual bad choices? Wow, might as well blame Obama.

[@chaddon7685]

@@charltonblake9967 It's not individual bad choices. Jesus people are so small-minded. Government subsidizes the growth for corporate farmers. Those farmers then lobby for ways to utilize that corn: hence the enormous growth of HFCS. It's about choices. People who can afford to buy healthy food, generally do. In most countries, people who can't afford high priced food have healthier cheap options than Americans. We have fast food. We have a culture centered around high work production with low pay in comparison to that production. So we have a majority of households with two working parents still not making ends meet and also not having the time to cook. In 1991, the American GOVERNMENT changed our food pyramid recommendations based SOLELY on pressure from these corporations. Not to mention slowly increasing portion sizes at more affordable restaurants (does it make sense that the more upscale restaurants that have enormous profit margins but cater to wealthy people never did this?), as well as the fact that it's not the total consumption that scientists point to, but the foods being consumed. America is oversaturated because our foods are oversaturated with processed bullshit. Why would the government make it legal to put "Natural Flavors" on a label with a threshold of about 1% natural? Why do they approve of chemical code words and other deceptive labeling practices? You truly and dangerously underestimate the power of the corporate lobby. We aren't citizens, we're consumers. Corporations FACTUALLY have more rights and more governmental pull than American citizens. I can fucking go on. But maybe you should do your own research because there is little worse than an uninformed judgemental ass hat that thinks they know something.

[@sellthatsaas]

As a previous overweight kid, being bullied in Junior High absolutely sucked. I hated every moment of it, but what it did was make me lose weight. I came back to school 75 pounds skinnier and ready to take on every bully that ever made fun of me, jokes on them because I always had the last laugh. That being said, I never ever bully another person for being fat. Because I know how badly it hurt, what bill is doing isn’t bullying. It’s just stating facts

[@MaximusEugenius]

As a person who is overweight, I totally agree with Bill Mayer. The truth hurts but it's the truth.

[@mak4374]

Yeah! I'll make sure I'll yell that to my kids next time I beat the crap out of them for being fat!

[@ericobut]

Mr Maher and Chapelle are both starting to stand up to the weird places that a segment of the world are taking us. Kudos.

[@BrettWB]

Nailed it!

[@boogerpresley1366]

It was inevitable ... the concept of respect for differences entered (and is still entering) into a place of rigid dogma. The only place I remain dogmatic is with neo-nazis. I think we should be able to kill these people without trial or charge. Why in the name of fuck would we ever allow FUCKING NAZISM to come back into existence again? Because of free speech? Nazism has a very VERY well documented history to support what the end game goal is there. Their goals are explicit. So it would go like this: _Are you nazi? And in being a nazi agree with what the ideology stands for, its purpose?_ _Yes_ _Are you willing to change/undergo whatever is needed to change that within you?_ _No_ ... execution style gunshot wound to the head. You gave them a choice - their choice revealed they were/are not interested in peace/collaboration/cooperation between all humans. Why in the fuck would we keep someone like this alive?

[@nikjones5952]

Bill Burr should also be mentioned in there.

[@patsrule213]

+Addison Ezekial They're taking us to war with Iran and we're an empire, yet the problem is SJW's who have no power? People need to realize that the government creates laws and college campuses don't.

[@TheKyrix82]

Starting?

[@cardiacresp]

He's gonna get so much shit for this segment, and the sad part is that's he's 100% right!

[@africaart]

3:28 For that statement, he can never run for president.

[@caleebpinkett6450]

And that’s what sad America hates what is TRUE.

[@SD-ko4tz]

I am fat and totally agree with him. Wel... not as fat as those shown, but still.

[@cardiacresp]

@@carterseanjohn it's not as systemic as you would think. People hide behind that as a way to not take personal responsibility for their actions.

[@cardiacresp]

@@carterseanjohn get back to me when you actually work with people as a healthcare provider and see them make up any excuse possible to excuse their shitty choices and not assume responsibility for their actions. You know how many smokers I get that say "oh, everyone tried to get me to quit but they couldn't do it"

[@thealfonsoaguirre]

The message needs to be delivered harshly because people don't want to listen. It's not about looks or feelings, it's about health.

[@caseysull]

Came here from the Corden clip too. He omitted so much, of course Bill is right. It isn’t about shame really, it’s about education.

[@MsBuchnerd]

But he is fat shaming in this Clip.

[@KazzProx]

@@MsBuchnerd He isn't suggesting bullying. He's suggesting that instead of this body positive bs agenda, we acknowledge that obesity is in FACT unhealthy and address it. Stop the coddling as it is to our collective detriment. Just as we highlight the health effects of smoking/alcoholism. Us liberals eat ourselves to prove our self-righteousness. This woke, group-think, outrage mentality has got to stop.

[@MsBuchnerd]

@@KazzProx But that's it, nobody is denying that being obese (and I'm not talking about like 10lbs overweight, but obese) is unhealthy. Of course it is. Yes, there are crazy overweight people out there, who claim to be happy with their weight and that they are healthy etc. Honestly, I don't buy it, but whatever. Fat shaming never stopped. Fat people are discriminated whereever they go. People point fingers at them, kids are bullied at school... When you are fat, it's the first and sometimes the only thing, people see in you. He's saying that we shamed people out of smoking, but smokers have never been shamed in the way overweight people have and obviously it's not working. If he's not suggesting bullying, then what exactly is he suggesting by "shaming"? If you wanna lose weight, you have to start loving yourself as a person, which is really hard, if people have been shaming you all your f****** life.

[@theresanakagawa5013]

What if you're poor and uneducated. Then you're skewed because the food industry knows that fats and sugar are addicting. Hence, politicans and the health industry knows this too. Keep Americans unhealthy is big business. Follow the money. Sad state of affairs.

[@olive3700]

Education? Do you think fat people don't know what causes that. They eat what they like and it's nobody else's business.

[@conner-manradio]

Don’t let the fat shaming part distract you from the actual fact that Americans really are unhealthy and we have no one to blame but ourselves.

[@sammi-joreviews1135]

Actually, it is the fact that healthcare for the masses has gone the way of the dinosaurs! If healthcare was more prevalent & didn't damn most of the country along with poverty, there wouldn't be as many unhealthy people. So few have access to doctors, esp good doctors along with affordable programs to help people return to good health, that this is the natural outcome. Lack of affordable healthcare and a livable income has a great deal to do with the failing health of Americans. Used to be that when a person went to work, they automatically had excellent health insurance. That has not been the case in a very long time. Few employers even OFFER health insurance anymore let alone good health insurance! And then there is the corporate greed that won't allow healthy alternatives, especially affordable healthy alternatives!

[@ayandas874]

@@sammi-joreviews1135 Nope. You people eat way too much. I am a relatively fat person, I definitely can finish my entire days fill with the gigantic burgers that you eat.

[@linaskittles97]

I have to wholeheartedly disagree. I live in the UK and on a two week visit to America, I had a very difficult time finding healthy foods that weren't packed with sugar. EVEN THE BREAD HAD SUGAR. Americans are set up to fail. And particularly because I was staying in New York, it was very difficult to find a grocery store with fresh vegetables that wasn't 20 minutes away by public transport or bus, considering that not all places have a Wholefoods. This is really not the case in most cities in the UK. Even the smallest of Tesco's (which is a big supermarket chain in the UK) will have a decent selection of fruits, veg and grains to make a proper meal. Fresh fruits and vegetables are pretty accessible in the UK. Packaged foods like bread and oatmeal aren't packed with sugar, and it is just a lot easier to eat healthier. Even though I am pretty health conscious, I know if I'd stayed longer in the US, I'd be gaining weight because healthy food is just not accessible. I really don't blame Americans at all!

[@sammi-joreviews1135]

@@ayandas874 Well, then you really know more than I do because I can't recall the last time I had a burger from McDonald's or any other fast food restaurant. Though, back in May I did share a Wendy's salad with my husband & our (adult) youngest daughter. I did add extra cherry tomatoes & green peppers from my garden, so it seems that you have larger portions than the 3 of us combined. Additionally, you do a disservice to yourself by attempting to lump all Americans into one category when that simply is not the case.

[@sammi-joreviews1135]

@@linaskittles97 Thank you so much for saying what you did! In the area where I live there is no such thing as public transit. It simply doesn't exist. And just for clarity, I LOVE WHOLEFOODs as a store; however, there is no way on earth I'd be able to afford to shop there on a regular basis. The Wholefoods closest to me, which is almost 2hrs away from where I live (and I'm legally blind even though I do I still retain some light perception, not much but I do have some), resides in one of the most wealthiest of cities in a nearby 100mi radius. The prices on everything there reflects it too. In as much as I love mochi ice cream, I can't buy more than 1 or 2 at a time when I'd prefer to buy maybe 6 to freeze for special occasions. And I absolutely adore Castelvetrano olives w/feta but again, you can't find them anywhere other than Wholefoods & they are so outrageously priced that I tend to buy only the smallest in a container w/bits of feta & a little olive oil drizzled over them. My husband & I enjoy a couple olives each while walking along the strip area & listening to local musicians who are usually set up on weekends. The few times a year we go, we place a cooler in the backseat of the car in case we can bring something home. I make our salad dressings & oils, which go perfectly with fresh baked bread. The only olives that can be found locally are so heavily soaked in brine that no amount of rinsing, soaking, & resoaking will make them edible in anything shy of a martini... and even so, the local olives available aren't even decent enough to grace the glass of a martini. Furthermore, the only way to get a decent martini using gin & vermouth is to make it at home or go almost an hour from where we live then pay a premium to get it. Personally, I don't want apples, caramel, or chocolate sauce in my martini. Call me old-fashioned, prudish, or a purist. I don't get one often so when I do, I'd surely take quality over quantity any day. The other olives available here are out of a can only with these, you end up tasting more metal than olive. It's tough to get fresh quality Bosc Pears, which I love poached. My husband shocked me last year when he came home with a bag of Japanese pears last year! They're often mistaken for apples since they don't have the teardrop pear shape; they're also thicker around the middle than traditional apples found here. The only reason he knew what they were when he saw them was bc I lived just outside DC when we began dating some 30yrs ago. My late dad & I used to frequent Chinatown & fresh farmer markets. It's difficult to find anywhere that serves authentic Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Greek, Indian, Italian, etc... cuisine. It's a chore to find anywhere that doesn't over-bread, over-sugar, not to mention deep fry food here. This & the sheer cost of eating out is why I opt to cook at home. Don't get me wrong though, it's been nice having our family & raising our children here. Crime rates are low to nonexistent & the taxes on our home is very low compared to many friends I have from other parts of the country. In fact, I've had all the windows open this past week since it finally cooled off. Despite my making a conscious effort to lock the doors when my husband's not home & overnight, I'm not really afraid of leaving the windows open & the doors unlocked when home alone. It is that kind of neighborhood & that kind of city that we live in along with great schools from elementary through middle, high school, & colleges. But, the major downside, which is the same problem all over the USA and that is the lack of & overly exorbitant cost of fresh foods, even those grown locally. The cost is merely out of reach for most here, including what remains of the middle & working class.

[@dmc8706]

Sugar is the worst. I weigh 290 lb and cut out sugar and drop to 240 pounds which is still too much but that was 50 lb just by getting rid of all the processed sugar in my diet

[@joshuagreenberg9904]

Way to go, David - changing your eating habits is REALLY hard.

[@sornord]

I cut out sugar entirely, all grain-based foods (with OCCASIONAL exception of a sandwich or burger on 100% whole wheat bread/buns, or whole wheat spaghetti.) Went from 240+ to 161-165 within a year. My doctors say I am at my ideal weight and praise my dietary choices. Pants from 38 waist to 32, shirts from XXL to M. I haven't weighed 165 since high school. Read Gary Taubes' books and articles!

[@ashman98]

Refined sugar is one of the world's worst inventions.

[@gamelord12]

@@sornord What are some of your go-to foods in a given week? I lost 10 pounds pretty easily, but the next 20 I'm aiming for are proving more difficult.

[@michaelrobertson6618]

This is true. Sugar is 10× more addictive than cocaine.

[@linesangus9069]

Honestly this is the best Bill Maher monologue in my opinion. Topical, true and comical.

[@iamjustsaying4787]

@John Nycto I was in Ireland thinking of ordering beef when I asked the sever if their beef was grass-fed. Her response was’ “Well isn’t that what cows eat?” Not in the States.

[@billmacnab7904]

I lost my best friend in 2010. He was morbidly obese. For years people would give him crap about his weight so I never did cause I figured he has heard it enough I guess. After he died I wondered and still am if I would have said something or made him walk around the block with me or have done something, would that have made a difference. I dream about him sometimes and its as if we are having a conversation and I tell him I love him and that im sorry. I wake crying. I'm crying right now typing this. Not saying fat shame someone but maybe say something and maybe show up on a Saturday and make that person walk a bit with you or something else. Peace everyone.

[@jillianleda6732]

Right my dad passed away too at 61 he was about 400 lbs he used to cry about his weight and I used to tell him don't listen to mean people now I feel awful I was so worried about him getting covid but he died from a heart attack

[@kellylappin5944]

You can’t change another person, only inspire and encourage.

[@sherriianiro747]

I agree, you don't know if it would have made a difference but it may have, but now that you know that now you have the chance to help someone else who would appreciate the encouragement and may strive to change.

[@steffenberr6760]

Bill is mostly correct. Note he said he wasn't advocating for bullying he is talking about being able to call out the problem. The idea that weight watchers dropped their title for WW is insane.

[@lauraschleifer4721]

No. He's advocating for bullying. Calling out the problem would be calling out the problem on the CORPORATE level.

[@steffenberr6760]

@@lauraschleifer4721 I disagree. People are ultimately responsible for their own choices and what they eat. Your not fat because hostess decided to cut the price of twinkies

[@thibaldus3]

@@lauraschleifer4721 Both are important. Personnal responsability is at least 50% of the problem. That's why the "healthy at any size" movement is lethal, removing people's ability to self critic.

[@2126Eliza]

There's also something people don't want to admit. Coddling feelings hasn't been any more effective than bullying. It's just as useless

[@KevinReijnders93]

@@steffenberr6760 No, but combine the drop in price of shit food with the high price of healthy food and with low income and kablamo, you have a world where people can only afford shit to survive. Which makes them unhealthy, which means they need to seek more medical help, which in America is stupidly expensive, etc etc.

[@DavidMatias79]

As someone who was fat most of my life, I think this is legit. I ate too much crap and didn't move enough. Had a bunch of heath issues. Was headed towards diabetes and finally got my act together. Changed my habits. Lost 100 lbs. Issues cleared up.

[@dandangalodangalus9082]

My older brother fat shamed me in HS (“dude, you’re getting f-ing FAT!”). I was mad for about 5 minutes. Then I took a long look in the mirror and decided he was right. I lost 45 pounds in 6 months and went from over 20% bodyfat to 10%. It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Fat shaming saved my (sex) life.

[@curtisforbes8650]

This is why Bill is still relevant. One of the few people willing to speak his mind.

[@mak4374]

No all, who speak everything, say something.

[@rogerlundstrom6926]

The problem is that what he has in his mind is ridiculous and harmful... You shouldnt' be afraid to speak your mind, but sometimes your own prejudices just don't matter, and are harmful, so.. actually THINKING before your speak is a vital thing to do.. He doesn't, he just makes up his mind and then speaks, which is not the same as thinking. Blessed be the one with nothing to say who refrains from using words to prove that fact.

[@MsPoliteRants]

By “Europe” I assume he means “all European nations EXCEPT the U.K. “ The UK is quickly catching up to us in obesity rates.

[@fgsaramago]

Here in Portugal American tourists are notoriously fat. British tourists aren't by any means. Sometimes statistics don't tell the whole story

[@MsPoliteRants]

Filipe Saramago they pretty much do, though. All your experience says is that fat Americans are more likely to travel than fat British. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@makelikeatree1696]

I have been in and out of the U.K. Frequently since 1976. Too true, the brits are catching up to we Americans in the fat ass olympics. I am guilty of being a fat ass American myself, so no holier than thou attitude.

[@jbb6131]

Griffly Art In the rest of Europe, for instance Spain or Italy, UK is known for its junk food. We eat so much better in the south of Europe than the UK

[@Auriflamme]

All of Europe is seeing increasing obesity rates. The Mediterranean diet is becoming a thing of the past, replaced by fast food and snacks. Ireland, where I'm from is close to Britain in terms of obesity. It is a problem of modern life, convenience food, working lunches, cheap fast food, people spending more time on their digital devices and less exercising. Only a few countries seem to be bucking the trend, mostly for cultural reasons or poverty.

[@namegoeshereorhere5020]

When I was a kid and my parents took me to the US for vacations the food portions didn't seem all that different than what we ate here(Canada). By the 80's when I started going on my own I started noticing significantly larger portions. In the early 90's I went to NYC with some friends and could not believe how large food portions were, I literally gained 11lbs in the 6 days I was there. Four of us went to a famous deli in Manhattan and ordered ONE sandwich and fries for the four of us and even then the two girls couldn't finish their quarter of the sandwich yet we watched everyone(even kids) around us just mow them down, even ordering supersized portions, it was mind boggling.

[@LeeHawkinsPhoto]

Namegoeshere Orhere it’s because our food in the US is terribly innutritious, thanks to “high tech” agriculture. Everyone who eats conventional food has terrible nutritional deficiencies and our bodies are starving despite overeating. I hate that the finger gets pointed at the people eating the food or serving the food rather than the people running corporations selling farmers on how to raise food and selling them chemicals. Look into recent research regarding the germs that live in your gut. Industrial agriculture has done studies to prove their chemicals and genetically engineered plants don’t harm animals or people, but they have done zero research on how it affects the germs we depend on to digest our food-and that is why we are really getting sick. We can eat all day and never be satisfied if we physically cannot get the nutrition our body needs from our food. All of the things they connect to obesity connect to malnutrition too-obesity isn’t the cause, it’s a symptom. Overeating isn’t a cause, it’s a symptom. The way our food is raised (especially staple crops like wheat, corn, and soy, and all the animals we feed those crops to) is the cause. Mainland Europeans don’t eat so much different from Americans...but they don’t eat as much and they aren’t as sick because they haven’t adopted so much of the industrial agriculture.

[@cftvdata]

I remember the first time I went to New York City, as a 16-year-old, and ordered the same Wendy's combo meal I would get periodically back at home in Calgary. I thought they had given me the wrong order at first - the "medium" fries and "medium" pop that came with the burger seemed to be almost saddlebag and trough-sized, respectively. The food portions on that trip was pretty mind-blowing... ordering a slice of pizza for $2 and getting like 1/6 of this XXL pie. The first time I went back to the US after turning 21, I learned that the liquor sales were basically the same! A 60oz jug of vodka for $9 at the pharmacy seemed totally insane to me, as someone used to having to go to the BCL (closed on Sundays!) where a 26 of Smirnoff cost 28 bucks.

[@convilcali]

Lie!!

[@philipcallado5693]

The average American meal should really be 2-3 meals.

[@AslansMane88]

"Shame is the first step of reform. It goads people into asking whether they can do better." 💎

[@CJusticeHappen21]

A challenge: eat healthy and exercise for two weeks. Then, see how you feel, and compare it to how you felt two weeks ago.

[@Hirnlego999]

Best to make it a longer lasting habit though. Losing and keeping the correct weight is a long term goal, don't diet to lose quickly, lose it slowly and once it's down keep it there

[@CJusticeHappen21]

@@Hirnlego999 The absolute best way to encourage any sort of long-term lifestyle change, including but not restricted to reaching any sort of personal fitness goal, is to do it with support. A friend or a group being involved is a game-changer, in my experience. This little challenge is just a way of reaching out to anyone who's not in a good place.

[@Hirnlego999]

@@CJusticeHappen21 I think that depends on the the personality type. For me doing it with others would not push me forward but rather slow down. Sometimes it's best to choose your own way, but of course if say the 80s fitness craze came back you'd see a lot of people joining in because it's the hip thing to do.

[@ms.demeanors]

It's all good in theory if u can afford healthy food. Which is an issue

[@Malt454]

@@ms.demeanors - Given all the other things that people can afford, if healthy food isn't one of them it might be a question of priorities.

[@bok7364]

Bill speaks the truth here, but let's be real here, folks. George Carlin said it first.

[@ameyagokhale5123]

They shared a lot of ideas.

[@MrTkzepeda]

Clearly it’s a message worth repeating.

[@julmye]

Carlin’s is wonderful. Ricky Gervais as a good biit about it too.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

it's actually gotten worse since Carlin's time...

[@marcusmelodious277]

In other words, this debate has been going on for at least 25 years.

[@prathit7541]

James Cordon got it completely wrong. Bill is right here.

[@danielwadford3699]

Corden needs to grow up. Fat shaming does work as former drill sergeant turned personal trainer John Burk once said. I was nearly 280 lbs at my heaviest and I have now started a trend of drinking nothing but water since May 1st 2020. I also walk for 20 minutes around my neighborhood pond and up my home road. I am just under 270 lbs right now but I will reach my goal sooner or later as long as I do not give up. Take control of your life and instill some self-discipline to see your body change.

[@stevefg3067]

Yes, I'm astonished at how Bill's point was misunderstood. I hope you guys keep safe.👍

[@DANGJOS]

@@danielwadford3699 Anecdotal evidence doesn't disprove James' point. Where are the studies that show fat shaming is actually effective at getting people to change their lives? The obesity epidemic is a problem, but fat shaming is not the solution. I think James Corden laid out his point well. He didn't misrepresent Bill's point per se, rather he pointed out where he disagreed.

[@Lone432345]

Fat Shaming, Especially someone who has depression. Which is a lot of them. Is not going stop someone from being fat. Its just going make them feel bad and go for the close ice cream certain.

[@danielwadford3699]

That was their choice as opposed to the fighters who will say "Enough, I'm done being fat" and actually make changes in their life such as eating right and exercising more often. Obesity is probably the only medical condition one can "run" from. Will it be easy? No, but it is worth it. The world will not change to appease the obese and lazy. In this day and age, there are countless ways to lose weight thanks to the internet. One has only two choices: Either admit that it is his/her own fault that he/she is lazy and does not want to lose weight or make some changes in his/her lifestyle to become healthier.

[@soulbrother3299]

Touchy subject but Bill speaking facts!!! I'm 6'6 ....344...overweight!!! I'm working on it!!! Health = life!

[@cisco8650]

God. I always get the " you're so thin" or "don't you eat?" to the point where it's aggravating.

[@someguy2135]

Me too. Next time it happens, I will think of this video and smile.

[@JamesSoult]

I did often when I lived in the USA. I moved to London two years ago. I have never heard it since.

[@Alice9NoBara]

Same here. People tip toe around fat people’s feelings and treat them like victims. But if you’re thin? They let you have it and don’t hold back.

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

I'm one of those chronically 12 pounds overweight people who can't seem to pull their head out of their ass long enough to get on a good diet and/or exercise routine, and I get called one of the "skinny guys" by all my fatso co-workers

[@kimberlys8422]

I thought it was funny when a 90 lb. nurse asked me "Have you always been this thin?" because I weighed 103.

[@whocares2087.1]

They eat to forget their miserable lives. That's half the US!

[@Hirnlego999]

Yes, it's part to deal with everyday stress

[@mckenzie.latham91]

It's kind of sick when you realize that millions of children and other people in Africa are dying becasue they have nothing to eat, while Americans living in the wealthiest first world nation on the planet are killing themselves by stuffing their faces 24/7

[@soonahero]

Mckenzie .Latham don’t worry once Africa industrialized they’ll get massively obese too

[@lynnellscott9079]

...and the other half makes fun of first half thinking no one sees their misery as well. Everyone has a cross to bear.

[@bugeye8749]

In other words, they’re fat cowards too lazy to face their problems head on

[@sennicgs]

Try this act next time you invite Christie on the show Bill

[@sonja4164]

It'll go over swimmingly I'm sure

[@Hirnlego999]

He has fat shamed even when fat people are visiting

[@ohyeah6729]

Ever notice how Republican politicians are predominantly of the jowly fat-ass variety?

[@2refinish]

Like Joe "wife-beater-deadbeat-dad" Walsh? He's an asshole, but I guess he's OK with Bill because he's svelt.

[@bhatkrishnakishor]

Brutal

[@darlajones7x7]

You go Bill. I generally don't share your political opinions, but you are right on about this. And people are glamorizing fat today. We don't do that with other addictions. Keep up the good work on this matter. And don't let people "shame" you away from the truth, which is what's called "fact shaming."

[@RoadRallyLife]

Haven't agreed with Bill in a long time, this was spot on.

[@nqobilengema2165]

When he doesn't speak politics his sane

[@jgp1294]

Nqobile, this IS politics...

[@nqobilengema2165]

@@jgp1294 being fat is politics? No it isn't. Please elaborate how?

[@Go4Noctis]

@@nqobilengema2165 He is shifting the blame on to the consumer. When the companies spend hundreds of millions in studying exactly how to sell to you from childhood its not really a fair match up. We should direct our ire towards corporations the way we did big tobacco.

[@nqobilengema2165]

@@Go4Noctis sounds like you the type that can't accept personal responsibility... Did mac d force you at gunpoint to go into their restaurant BUY their filthy food and then eat it?

[@Simsim3e]

I'm the thinnest person in my family and they all tell me that I'm too skinny like it's a serious issue. Why don't they do that with fat people? My weight is normal!

[@Trag-zj2yo]

For some people being too thin is a serious issue and a doctor is most qualified to evaluate someone.

[@hopoff9968]

Vanessa James Yea this whole BBW plus size models thicc loving culture has really not left any room for normal sized women...literally. Give it enough time and the standard is going to be so out of whack that normal is going to be the new anorexic😂

[@slimshine953]

@@hopoff9968 ~ We're practically there now!

[@janellevans878]

As a fat person, with small size day who was being thin shamed. I used the BMI to shut them up. She is healthy. I am not. But I didn't go the next step. What's your BMI to them. Because they were overweight, while I am morbidly obese. I have seen someone who's BMI was underweight, but she had to work at it.

[@SynergyCeleste]

If you want to look like a crack-head then fine!

[@emel1512]

Sooo will the US consider doing anything about corn subsidies and fructose syrup, think not anytime soon

[@bigwitt187]

@@stevenbrock528 In some cases it's no worse, but some processed foods are absolutely far worse for you. Check out processed meats and try again.

[@emel1512]

Call for Michelle Obama to regulate food in the USA and save Americans billions of Dollars on Health Expenses, also start an initiative for more bikes to be used where they can be used. Don't push sports to make professional athletes, push sports in schools to promote health, and honestly do so much more shit to fight obesity. The USA being the fastest country in the world surely isn't solely to blame on individuals but also on their opportunities to eat healthily and move more in their daily lives

[@DJB1017]

@@stevenbrock528 you're right, but it's far easier to produce, and it's mere existence led to an explosion of carb loaded processed foods. Processing foods doesn't necessarily make them bad for you, but the idea that your body converts excess sugar into fat is definitely based in science.

[@bobrolander4344]

Exactly. What Bill and all his _republican_ friends are missing: _Europe_ HAVE Medicare For All. LOL. They don't pay a dime for _prevention._ They don't pay a dime for going to an actual Diabetes Center, so if they get diagnosed, it doesn't get worse. Oh, and have I mentioned that the get INSULIN. Almost for free? If poor Americans weren't constantly getting crushed, they wouldn't need to use food as a drug. They do have subsidies on normal sugar, but not as much. And none on corn syrup. If anti cartel laws were enforced by UNCORRUPTED Democrats, then maybe the fast food mafia would lose it's grip on the entire food economy. Like they do in SOCIALIST Europe. Those evil, SOCIALIST European doctors also would NEVER get you addicted to OPIODS. If you really want the health, happyness & benefits that Europe has, then you will ONLY get it with someone like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.

[@joshuarodriguezbanks6435]

They won’t do it soon. Restaurants are trying some new things like real fried chicken, instead of frozen, and this “impossible” burger meat. But we basically have to wait to see how they turn out. Chipotle, a burrito place tried to change their menu up to make it a little more healthy. Turns out that take extra work and time, which you don’t have in the food & beverage industry because everything is on a timer. You have to get the food out fast and efficient. Main places cut corners or managers look the other way.

[@mattkraig]

I’m overweight (currently changing my lifestyle, 20 pounds down so far) and I agree with Bill! He is 100 correct throughout this monologue, unlike James Corden...

[@dudepool7530]

Right there with ya! Well, Im okay being fat honesty, but good on ya! I learned to love and accept who I am, through fat shaming lmao.

[@j.clements2093]

@@dudepool7530 So you’re okay with being unhealthy?

[@relativegifrelativegif8369]

Bill went crazy on this segment. I love it, this is a truth people need to hear

[@KleinpeterHank]

Here after James Cordons rant. Bill is actually right lmfao.

[@bianFU_XIA]

Bill's heart was in the right place. It's just that his delivery was a bit off: Bring back fat shaming? If that worked, obesity would be a non-issue at this point lol

[@SasfootBigsquatch]

James took the fat shaming part and repainted the point. I think he was insulted by Bill's delivery which can be very blunt and harsh. I don't like either of these guys so in the end it's just a BS late-night battle.

[@MikhailKalashnikovMiG]

Half right. Normalising obesity under the guise of “body positivity” is a cancer, but shaming overweight people isn’t the solution. Not shaming a fat person isn’t the same as promoting an unhealthy lifestyle. Bill’s magical solution to solving obesity is just flat out wrong

[@stephaniehb9921]

@@MikhailKalashnikovMiG you are definitely right. You shouldnt tell people that obesity is healthy however it is equally as bad to try and force them to lose weight by shaming/bullying them

[@2126Eliza]

Bill is usually right. That's why so many people hate him

[@Phoenixesper1]

Saw James corden's response to this, "I suck at watching my weight and maintaing a healthy diet." Then going on a victim fueled tirade againt thin people as though their thin just to spite fat people, proving bill Mahers point in spades.

[@alegnalowe3679]

You have to change mindset about food.is what you are thinking about eating going to be a benefit to youre body or harmfull?think of the consequemces of how you will feel later. If you want to study nutrition on youre own time.It will open youre eyes and help you eat better.

[@Outlier999]

His point was that contrary to what Maher thinks, there ARE fat people in Europe too.

[@claudiacarolinapaziuk]

He’s right no matter how much you hate it. I grew up obese from around age 11 and by the time I was 16 I was on the brink of type 2 diabetes. It has taken me years of learning about nutrition and what the human body needs to get my health under control, and now, from being 250+ pounds at 16 I’ve settled at my healthy weight of 143 pounds and have found a love of exercise because I can actually do it now! I know everyone is into self love and body acceptance, but when you’re not healthy, when you’re literally killing yourself with food, we have to acknowledge how wrong that mentality is.

[@wateranteater667]

This might be the realist and most tough love thing ever aired on TV in history and this is coming from someone who needs to lose at least 60 pounds and 80 to be at a healthy level I’ve never really liked Maher but I now respect the hell out of him

[@Alex-jg2bc]

Came here from the corden clip , bill has a point

[@terryowen7105]

But James Corbin has a better point, if being overweight weren't complicated, don't you think we would all be thin?

[@jacasforever]

@@terryowen7105 man I was 259 pounds and now I am 223, just run every day and don't drink soda and eat less shit and that's it

[@B88-h6n]

​@@terryowen7105 Complicated or weakness? Is he actually trying? Was the issue less complicated 50 years ago when average weight was way less than today or people had better-eating habits?

[@JoefromNJ1]

@@terryowen7105 it isnt complicated. snowflakes just complicate it. we werent an obese country before the 80's and 90's. i dont think it all of a sudden got "complicated' then. we just eat shit, like bill said.

[@markusrenken98]

he does indeed have a point... but it is not just the point you make... it's also how you make it...

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Sad truths by Bill Maher

[@BodyByBenSLC]

I worked as personal trainer for years and got burnt out, because I got tired of hearing excuses from adults. Students, parents, owners of companies, everyone had an excuse.

[@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234]

Yep. “I’m pregnant” “A bee stung me” “My thyroid” “My ancestors’ people lived off the rich coastal clam beds for thousands of years and it’s in my d.n.a.”

[@ashleywalters5949]

I went to Tokyo this year and while there for 2 weeks I saw 2 over weight people.... and one of the two was from the U.S.! Our country is literally going to eat itself to death!

[@alikcsg]

They walk literally everywhere, they can't get fat.

[@ashleywalters5949]

@@alikcsg you're right!! Even the oldest, most frail senior citizens walked everywhere. It was inspiring to see, wish we had that here.

[@RickyDemetro]

Has nothing to do with exercise. The more you walk the more you’ll want to eat

[@RickyDemetro]

@Seth Silverstein if you walk more, you will just eat more, and this will not help weight loss.

[@Aaronaa4]

Seth Silverstein He’s right, the main issue in the US is diet. People eat fast food. You should NEVER eat that shit. You’re body is what you put in it, if you fill it with soda, fries and white bread...you’ll feel like crap and be fat too. If you eat well, you can stay slim without exercising. But if you eat poorly, even with exercise you’ll be overweight

[@bdflatlander]

When my wife and I were traveling in Paris in 2010 I was impressed with how thin so many of the Parisian women were and not just young women in their 20’s. There were thin women who appeared to be in their 50’s, 60’s and even older. Quite a contrast to what you see in America.

[@alphacentauri8083]

Maybe, but Europeans still smoke like crazy. Disgusting.

[@2126Eliza]

I bet the men don't have grotesque beer bellies either

[@Itachipwnsnubcakes]

Depends on where you are when I was in Seattle I was amazed at how trim everybody was but I guess because Seattle is such on a mountain

[@StephenKelly-ey6ne]

@@alphacentauri8083 Bollox do you think smoking in america and elsewhere is going to go away in your lifetime no way we have just herd them into glass cages.

[@nettack]

@@alphacentauri8083 You regurgitate that on every thread where Europe is an example and I can tell you, you are full of shit. Yes, smokers aren't treated like 3rd grade citizens yet like in the US but there are already massive no smoking laws in effect for over a decade. No smoking in public buildings, no smoking in restaurants. Your choices are basically out in the open or at home. Smoking went way down and would have stayed there if you hadn't exported your fucking Juuls to out continent.

[@ereini0n]

These colours don't run because these colours CAN'T run.

[@hamishgaffaney5323]

Lol, that's a good one

[@ereini0n]

@@hamishgaffaney5323 it's from an older Bill Maher program! :))

[@cheryltariq]

@@jeffgemv Both spellings are right.....'colour' is used in most English speaking countries outside US.

[@terrythetuffkunt9215]

I represent all proper english speakers and I concur- colour is spelled correctly in ye ole English manner.

[@curbmassa]

They don't run because they can barely walk.

[@aycoded7840]

People have come to think that eating somewhat healthy is a diet nowadays.

[@Armosect]

I love how Bill Maher at times is the one public figure who has the balls to say what we are all thinking.

[@KevinR1138]

I dance between agreeing with him wholeheartedly and shaking my head at his fence jumping....But he is definitely a human, he isn’t perfect. Still, I have to say that on the occasions when I do agree with him he usually puts it in the most succinct no BS way possible.

[@TheABElia]

Key Words being; “at times”.

[@Armosect]

@@KevinR1138 well said.

[@JuanitaWaterman]

Nehemiah Nash Marianne Williamson does address this

[@sapphirestrm]

At times.. Bill Maher is just as bad as a Republican with his facile arguments and conclusions. I find it harmful in many ways. But then again we shouldn't confuse a comedian with an actual social commentator. He is super funny but often just incorrect.

[@jeffschweitzer9141]

I'm down to 236 lbs from 310 lbs. Bill is ABSOLUTELY right.

[@Donnah1979]

He isn't, though. Blaming patients for their needs, in stead of helping them is terrible!!! What about women giving birth? - Bringing new citizens into the world should be without billing! (especially with all the push back against abortions in the US!) People who have been involved in an accident.. Students with bullet wounds... Lots of exceptions from the "blame game", who are being billed into BANKRUPTCY!!! Bill has sold out, and is now a puppet for the greedy health insurance companies!!!

[@Stockman22]

@@Donnah1979 awe a victim. Hey brother/OP I've also lost 74 lbs since February (280-206) and I couldn't be happier. These victims will always be that...victims of their own delusions.

[@mak4374]

@@Stockman22, were you saying the same thing back when you were 280? All the time? For however many years you were as such? No? Were, that surgery changed more than your looks. Now, go get that plastic surgery to remove the extra skin, and complete your transformation to a total dick.

[@mansnothot1284]

Just look at bill maher the same way you look at a drill instructor. Do people like them hurt your feelings? Yes. Are they needed? Absolutely. Some people just can't handle their criticisms because deep down you know they are right. That's why you grab another burger to prove them wrong but that just proves their statement. A lot of people in the world scavenge food in dumpsites just to survive yet you americans cry about your feelings and how you should be free to satisfy your tastebuds which is ridiculous.

[@mak4374]

@@mansnothot1284, really? "Absolutely"? Let me ask you, do YOU have someone in your bedroom at 5 am yelling at you that you are a worthless piece of maggot? Do you believe that EVERYONE wants/needs their character to be broken down and rebuilt how the military would want them? Do you advocate the EVERYONE should conform to YOUR standards of looks and wellness? Or, a drill instructor's? "ABSOLUTELY"?!? Throwing a little, or even a lot, of truth in a fallacy, it still doesn't make it any less of a fallacy. If you want a drill instructor to keep you in shape, good for you. I don't. Are you one of those that bites their nails from stress, or hits their children, just to feel more power? I am not. I know I am not perfect, and I DON'T want to be - either "perfect", or YOUR idea of perfection. If you think that absolutism is the way to live, honey, you got a LOT bigger problems than my fat.

[@em9214]

That's the country we live in where James Gordon politically correct video goes viral and Bill's mahers common sense video hardly gets any views compared.

[@arthshukla762]

Copy-pasting this response I made somewhere else: Study after study has come out explaining how obesity can be caused by a complex set of factors (including poverty, access to education, and genetics). Time and time again, experts on the issue caution against fat-shaming overweight/obese individuals, as it increases the likelihood that one will continue to eat unhealthily. It also increases one's risk of anxiety, depression, and harmful behaviors outside of over-eating (starving oneself, self-harm, etc.). Maher's heart is in the right place, but his thoughts are against science. If you want to know my background, I say this as a man who was once medically overweight and is now a cross-country runner. Fat-shaming did not encourage me to lose weight (though it did inspire me to starve myself); the encouragement I received from teammates and friends did. Sources: (I understand that some of these sources are obviously biased. However, I couldn't find many facts in the arguments for fat-shaming beyond "obesity is unhealthy," which I obviously agree with.) labblog.uofmhealth.org/body-work/fat-shaming-wont-solve-obesity-science-might www.bbc.com/news/health-49714697 www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/science-fat-shaming

[@thechosenone1533]

@@arthshukla762 I don't think Maher really wanted to abuse fat people. He just didn't want people to just consider fat as normal and instead encourage fat people to loose weight

[@Whimsy3692]

@Veritas Gravy Bear That's 1/4 of what he could've gotten, since the James Corden video got 4 million... so... not really.

[@Low_violin]

So I watched this video first, then I read the comments then I watched James' response... I'm a fan of both and I've been fat for as long as I can remember, and I'm 100% with Bill on this, James did not provide the entire insight, he was just calling Bill a bully and saying exactly what Bill was saying it's wrong! If Bill made a video about smoking with the same level of bluntness and James was a smoker he wouldn't have done a "response" like that

[@augustus331]

Exactly.

[@brandielliott4208]

Fuck Bill Maher

[@Winterstick549]

And James is not that fat.

[@rcrmovies9054]

I visited US and was shocked by the amount of obesity, they do everything bigger

[@sammi-joreviews1135]

It's the result of healthy foods being so outrageously priced that couples, let alone families, can't afford to eat healthy. Our saving grace has come from planter pot gardening & having a strip by our backdoor in the side yard to grow a few vegetables, fruits, my herbs, etc... along w/a larger garden we had for years w/my MIL until her health & age took a downward turn. We are doing a shared garden w/a BIL this year so it's helped take up the slack & helps him & his wife too. I'm physically unable to can but I do freeze a lot; hwr, my last freezer died so I need a new one. This is the 1st yr I've frozen basil pesto. Hope it turns out well. I've frozen minced herbs in freezer trays then put them in baggies to use for the winter. I don't know what I'll do if I outlive DH. We live in a major rural sprawl area where public transit has yet to be discovered. I'm legally blind w/minimal light perception so driving is not an option for me. Cabs & Uber prices are far too expensive for me to afford. 😢 I'll go back to solely planter pot gardening if I have to tho. I can't survive w/o as many fresh veggies as I can get, esp my tomatoes. I love homemade breads too. It's more nutritious w/less additives & sugars not to mention kneading dough can be very therapeutic (as is gardening) albeit, I do fall back to using the stand mixer during flares. 😉

[@1958Shemp]

@@sammi-joreviews1135 You make some good points BUT just because crap-food is plentiful and available is not exactly justification for eating shit food and getting porky/unhealthy/etc.

[@sammi-joreviews1135]

@@1958Shemp It is NOT that 'crap-food' is plentiful. The point is that fresh, vegetables & fruits along with other foods that are healthy for you are overly expensive! It makes eating a full balanced diet so cost-prohibitive that most people from singles to couples to families, not to mention the elderly, CANNOT AFFORD HEALTHY. Yes. There is a difference! Even with our limited gardening, it is expensive to grow fresh food. It takes a lot of work that my husband & I may not be able to continue to do, let alone afford doing it. This isn't the same as not being able to afford the most safest of all cars/trucks in the country. You can buy a reasonably safe vehicle at a lower price; however, the cost of putting fresh foods on your plate every day is out of reach for far too many people in this country. And that's wrong.

[@zurzakne-etra7069]

I agree, there's no point in shaming obese people... What's heathy is regulating the food around them, and giving obese people incentives to be healthier, or paying them enough so they can actually afford food, and not some crap filled with oil... It's so irresponsible to talk about obesity and not talk about how it's mostly poor people who are obese...

[@LonelyCinderella123]

Eating more expensive options isn't that much more expensive when looking at the total because you're also suppose to eat LESS of it.

[@NewMessage]

Well, now I feel bad about this leftover KFC. I'm still eating it, mind you.. but I feel bad about it.

[@ytyt3922]

New Message everything in moderation! Eat a few carrots along with the chicken.

[@jilliansmith7123]

New Message: I so hear you! You've mastered the art of doublethink! Same as most of us. We feel real bad about that Big Mac, as we devour it. We can multi think with the best of 'em.

[@CaidicusProductions]

Shame! Shame! Shame! (Bell ringing)

[@bretts8070]

I'm a fattie and I approve this message. Do not glorify dangerously poor health situations.

[@kangaroo1888]

Well said

[@yerout7168]

Im very overweight too. And i agree with bill on this issue

[@annemariefrank]

I'm over ideal weight too, and I applaude this speech.

[@katenet4]

KI came on to also say yes, OW too, and alsottrying to buy for kids things they want to eat is the worst!

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Thanks for keeping it real

[@alanmazzucchelli9013]

The shelter in place order will make it worse because people are stocking up on food and are bored and stressed.

[@Khalil4Favorites]

Best time to work out and fast

[@theprtillierypodcast]

I wholeheartedly agree with Bill's monologue. 6 months ago I weighed 312 lbs and was constantly in bad health. I got bastric bypass and exercised my ass off plus ate better. I lost 100 lbs and I feel great. I dont take my health for granted anymore and im thankful for my second chance. I eat to live, I no longer live to eat!

[@melissaspier4840]

CONGRATULATIONS and keep up the GOOD work 💙👏🙋‍♀️

[@nichtswiezuvor]

so did you lose weight because of your bastric bypass and you ate better OR because you were bullied?

[@rationalmale6265]

Well done, friend. Well done.

[@1justinswift]

Way to go !!!

[@cordeliadrew1782]

I recently moved to America from the UK and the thing that shocked me the most was how much more expensive buying fresh produce was here. In the UK fruit and vegetables are subsidised to encourage healthy eating. In the US I could spend $1 on pizza or $20 buying ingredients for a salad...

[@carliene9389]

So true

[@missano3856]

You probably haven't learned what's seasonal and cheap in the US yet. I work in a grocery store and I highly doubt any first world country has cheaper food than the US.

[@cordeliadrew1782]

miss ano 40p for broccoli? £1 for lettuce? £2 for blueberries? For all stores? Yes please

[@missano3856]

@@cordeliadrew1782 Lots of times you can get blueberries for $1.50-$2.50 a pint, on a related note my brother lived in the UK for a while and said the strawberries there are much much better, in US they're kinda a cheap crappy utility berry.

[@007thday]

Bill is not religious but he sure can preach!🤣🤣🤣

[@brianmeek5236]

Many years ago my dad said the only pleasure anyone making less than 40K a year is eating

[@kitchentrout5867]

Sounds like something an elitist prick would say.

[@missano3856]

Well sex is cheap, but being fat kinda takes the fun out of it.

[@marcsalzman8082]

Jeez, that's a rather narrow worldview / people the Solution is in Mind, Body, & Spirit - we are not JUST bio-mechanical organisms.

[@ian12346]

There was a Family Guy joke recently, where the news man Tom Tucker said, “The big news tonight, the Dow/Jones is up 3 points! And to everyone making 40k a year or less, YOUR big news is that big UFC fight this Saturday night!” 🤣🤣. Savage

[@aim4daface]

@@ian12346 "Fish & chips. Fat guys think we're a diet food" 😂😂

[@Filtiarin]

Corden left out all the bad effects of being fat that bill stated to make his response valid. Score 1 for Bill.

[@eva-joycornell3402]

James said that Bill had a point and the obesity was a problem however he criticised his suggestion of bringing fat shaming back, which doesn't help the problem.

[@MikhailKalashnikovMiG]

Uh. No. James didn’t say anything about obesity being a good thing. He only criticised the false notion that fat shaming brings about a positive change. Fat shaming has been studied for decades. More often than not, fat shaming ends up causing an overweight person into further guilt eating

[@angelantayhua3096]

Jared Falk yes it’s not like some are based on genetics, some can’t afford to eat better, and it’s not like food deserts exist around the country or anything.

[@treyalstedder2121]

For real Corden was just personally offended so his opinion is less valid

[@natrelacoustix]

I've seen Americans grazing in family herd's. Never in my life have I seen two adults and two kids (both under 11 years of age) shovel so much crap into themselves. Yes they did look like the people from WALL-E the movie.

[@williamwilson6499]

natrelacoustix Herd’s what?

[@terryowen7105]

And leave the pizza crust on the plate so they can eat even more pizza at the Buffet. (I hate Buffets). That situation is a mental issue, they want to get their monies worth at that Buffet and also just pig out on someone else's dime.

[@michaeldriscoll8537]

I regret that I can only like this once. This should be read on a continuous loop until people get it.

[@0110-d6s]

Obesity is a problem and so is healthcare, solving obesity doesn't eliminate medical bankruptcy.

[@walterbushell7029]

But it would be a step in the right direction. Also we might be able to eliminate medical bankruptcy if almost everyone has metabolic syndrome.

[@0110-d6s]

@@walterbushell7029 how about we just don't get sick? Is that so hard?

[@mickeyrosa7226]

@@0110-d6s Wow, just wow. Just don't get sick? You know that's inevitable. Don't you know here in America, we have the highest in heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, lung disease and any other issues that pharmaceutical makes drugs for that we get bombarded with daily. Life will knock you on your ass when you least expect it.

[@0110-d6s]

@@mickeyrosa7226 I was being ironic dude, do you really think anybody is that stupid?

[@mickeyrosa7226]

@@0110-d6s Ironic or sarcastic? Because if you were being sarcastic, you should hint that because there a lot of people that make ridiculous comments as opinions. I didn't say you were stupid, though.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

I'm with Bill in spirit, but fat-shaming doesn't work. One of my best friends told me that when she was growing up, every time her mother criticized her weight, or a doctor said "you need to lose some weight", it sent her on an eating binge. What causes the eating binge? Shame, which reduces your self-esteem to zero. You want to encourage someone to lose weight? Don't shame them into doing it.

[@lockergr]

Of course shaming won't work for everyone, but it is overall effective. It hurts though, undoubtedly.

[@2126Eliza]

I don't think he means bully people. Just stop lying to people that it's healthy to be fat and honestly study the effects of obesity. It cannot be good for you

[@samuelcontreras2230]

Omg I so wanted to say this publicly

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

Then so do it

[@joshuascholar3220]

It's bullshit that rich people complain about. The poor are too fat. Yeah, THAT'S why they can't afford dentistry, medication or cancer treatment. SHUT UP.

[@Blunder03]

Joshua Scholar Tons of rich people are overweight, I’m not sure why you made this a poor vs rich thing.

[@2refinish]

@@goahead3995 Wow, what a shitty thing to say. People are poor for a whole host of reasons. Many poor people are overweight. But many are not. And many overweight people are quite wealthy (Donald Trump). Not sure what "health care" business you're in, but you don't sound especially sympathetic to the needs of poor people. Most wouldn't choose to be on Medicaid if they didn't have to.

[@eriknephrongfr8847]

G’head.

[@amythompson4813]

He is 1,000% right! People need to take control of their own health and lifestyles!

[@julianlewis1792]

Thanks, Bill, for this moment of clarity!