Stereotypes and statistical effects

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1446290]

Comments

[andrewducker]

Note - not very fat, just about half a stone over my comfort level. Also, not very depressed, just exhausted at the moment and very much looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow (on my birthday!)

[red-phil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm definately overweight, probably edging on fat.
I can still see my feet without my gut getting in the way.

as always, SHock Horror, an internet poll doesn't allow for all subtle variations of answer!!!

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

You are in no way fat! Maybe unfit, I wouldn't know about that, but I would class them as seperate things.

[chuma.livejournal.com]

I concur.

[andrewducker]

In the meantime trousers that used to fit me are a very tight fit, and bits of me take a moment to stop wobbling when I reach the bottom step...

[cybik.livejournal.com]

I'd have ticked roleplayer, but I haven't played for years..

Also: happy birthday for tomorrow :D

[red-phil.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I swithered about that.

On one hand I am still mentaly a role player.
On the other hand, I haven't actually played in about 4-5 years.


Oh and happy Birthday Andy. (it probably started on the 20th)

[endless-psych.livejournal.com]

See I plumped for "I am depressed" but that might be just a side effect of far, far too much drinking cos it's festival time...

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

I fit the stereotype apart from being depressed.

My life is so awesome right now I could never have believed it could be this good 20 years or even 10 years ago.

I'm an incredibly lucky guy.

[andrewducker]

I'm somewhat surprised that so many people haven't ticked "introvert" - particularly people that seem introverted to me.

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

I noticed that. Extroverted bunch your flist is ;P

I do very badly in social situations where I don't know anyone. Thinking about it, I don't tend to do well even in social situation where I _do_ know a few folk. I tend to find a quiet corner to retreat to or wander off to find a bookshelf to browse (ah! books!).

Things have improved since my peers have started sprogging. Having children means I almost always have _something_ in common and childrearing anecdotes to swap. being married to a doctor (both) also appears to give me certain amount of kudos by proxy. People tell me the strangest shit they ought to be taking to their GPs... Awkward.

[natural20.livejournal.com]

Hmm, the "social contact via the Internet" question is tricky. I mean, I spend a lot of time online, but almost everyone I talk to are people I met first in real life, so that's more a function of having to work during the day than anything else. Fat I can't argue, in any way shape or form. :)

[aliiis.livejournal.com]

I don't really know whether I'm fat, but I'm pretty sure I'm fatter than you, Andy! (Of course I haven't seen you in a while, so you might have ballooned, but I doubt it. :))

In fact, for both 'fat' and 'introvert' it's pretty much 50/50 whether I'd say yes or no on any given day. Maybe you should include 'decisive' in a future poll. Also, does boxing count as a sport? If I don't ever box anyone or plan to do so, just practice on bags and pad work etc? How about non-competitive cycling?

[andrewducker]

Sounds like you do sporty/exercisey things, so I'd say yes to that. Seeing as I "occasionally go for a walk" you have me beat :->

And I feel fat when I get to the stage where I stop at the bottom of some stairs and bits of me keep moving - that's my general indicator to lose weight.

[aliiis.livejournal.com]

That approach doesn't work so well for ladies - we're supposed to have wobbly bits! ;) I guess what I mean when I say I don't know is, I know what size I am, I know it hasn't changed much in the past four or five years, but I genuinely don't know what other people think, like if some stranger noticed me in the street would they think 'look at that fat woman' or 'look at that average sized woman' (and then 'she has such great shoes/hair/etc', I am sure.)
I'd guess there's probably a weak-ish correlation between whether I feel fat and feel depressed at any given time, but the depression is generally seasonal and does change, while as I say, the objective value of fatness doesn't, much. Women</em.

[aliiis.livejournal.com]

We can't even close tags properly. Oh, and also, I have two friends whose birthdays are today, and one on Saturday, so it does seem to be one of those times of year.

[andrewducker]

:->

You could get a test to see what your body fat percentage was, as that's probably the only objective standard. That's easily measurable nowadays:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage
http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

or if you know someone with electrionic scales that measures body fat then borrow theirs :->

[aliiis.livejournal.com]

Huh, interesting! I might see if my medical centre can do that. Eww, though - that second one just looks so sore, pinch pinch pinch. (Way to have a picture of a comic book woman as well in the little illustration, bet that'll make everyone feel great about their body image. Her legs are longer than the bloke's!)

[sageautumn.livejournal.com]

I almost clicked "player of board games"... ...I play cards, Apples to Apples and an occasional game of Scattergories.

But I play LOTS of cards.

[xquiq.livejournal.com]

At some times I could click all of those things (except a roleplayer) and at other times none, so I've filled it in for where I am now.

[missedith01.livejournal.com]

Reviewing my answers, I am not sure I like being described as "fat, in a relationship". The feminist in me protests. :-)