Annoying comments you hear all the time

[mentalfloss]

Or "i'm gonna die anyways, who cares what i eat?

 

OMG my morbidly obese sister in law that smokes says that.  Also my step-mother in law - "cancer is just luck of the draw".

 

I just...can't even....

[mentalfloss]

My big pet peeve, which I actually heard today, is when coworkers can smell something ive just microwaved and say "Ew! What stinks?" or "Something smells like s#!t!" right before im about to eat it.

 

Cant stand it!

What the hell is wrong with people how rude!!!

[I-Jo]

I can understand that- sometimes when I re-heat my food- it doesn't smell that great.  Tastes awesome but coming out of a kitchen full of other foods- and more other microwaved foods?

 

yeah doesn't always smell that good.

 

Whatever. 

 

"Oh you're too young to worry about your weight, you look great!"  - healthy eating and exercise is important whether you're fat skinny short tall.

this one bothers me a lot.  It happens in many forms- you look great why are you watching what you eat- why do you work out so much you have lost enough weight (dude- I wasn't trying to lose weight- I am sculpting- you ass)

 

I have had people tell me to stop loosing weight/not lose more- or- man you really slimmed down- I'm like- what was a fat before?  where was this wretchedly obese person people keep telling me about!!! I never saw her?   where was she? did she follow me around like a ninja?  SHE'S definitely got to be the one who has been farting after eating all that broccoli!!!  That makes so much sense now!

 

ugh. 

 

I know most people don't mean anything by it- they half the time are just trying to give you a compliment- but the reality is... sometimes when you actually listen to the words themselves- they don't say what you think they are saying!!!

[MariahSnow]

My coworker, who has recently gained like 30lbs in the last year, and I were talking about weight. His wife also just had a baby and is struggling with the baby weight. He said to me, "I could lose it if I wanted to" Like, he doesn't mind having a gut. And also, losing is SO much harder than gaining. I kind of want him to try and see how far it gets him.

[WizardTrip]

So, I'm a fast eater....always have been, and have heard every kind of comment over the years:

 

"Did you taste it?"

 

"Did you chew any of it?"

 

"Wow...you inhaled that!"

 

"Woh...you must have been hungry!"

 

and on and on...

[guest439437484421]

So, I'm a fast eater....always have been, and have heard every kind of comment over the years:

 

"Did you taste it?"

 

"Did you chew any of it?"

 

"Wow...you inhaled that!"

 

"Woh...you must have been hungry!"

 

and on and on...

 

yeah, my grilfriend gives me a pretty hard time because i have a tendency to inhale my food.  it's just how i've always eaten, i don't like it to take me half an hour to eat one plate of food, especially since i'm still going to be hungry enough for that second plate.

[MariahSnow]

"Wow you are really tall!"

 

I'm 6'8".  I get this ALL.THE.DAMN.TIME.  

 

Add in the other favorite:

"Do you play basketball?"

   

I really love it when I'm in the middle of lifting with ear phones in and they stop me mid set to tell me this.

 

I'm 5'11 and female, so I get the "wow you're tall" comment a lot. Sometimes I throw back, "really? I hadn't noticed"

 

One night, a new friend who happens to be black said, "wow, you're tall. Did you play basketball in school?" And I joked, "no, did you?" We had a good laugh about it and I think it made him think twice about stereotyping someone based on a physical attribute.

[goodbyeharrison]

OMG I could talk on this ALL DAY.

 

My husband doesn't drink, for many reasons, not least of which he just doesn't like alcohol, and people always say "come on man you have to enjoy yourself!!"  UM HELLO he enjoys a coke more than he enjoys a beer, GTFO.

 

Also, my friend's little sister recently started working out and eating healthy, she is 16, and all I could think was man, wish I was that smart when I was you're all.  ALL OUR FRIENDS (overweight btw) said "Oh you're too young to worry about your weight, you look great!"  - healthy eating and exercise is important whether you're fat skinny short tall.

 

ALSO, my little sister is naturally very skinny, and doesn't have a very big appetite.  She's perfectly healthy; she just doesn't scoff her food and doesn't eat big meals (jealous lol).  Everyone tells her she needs to put on weight and eat a hamburger.  It's gotten to the point where she can't join gatherings where eating is involved because it makes her self-conscious.  These people have given her reverse anorexia or something.

 

 

me- i dont go to the bar, i quit drinking over a year ago.

guy- how lame, do you do anything fun?

me- actually i was an alcoholic 

him- oh....

 

 

shut him up real quick

[spatzcat]

I am a Vegetarian and the most common comment I get is "So what do you eat?" People act as if meat is the only food source in the world. Its getting to the point where the next time someone asks that I am going to say "Souls, I eat souls."

 

Another one is "Why are you Vegetarian? You are so skinny already" or this one"That is why you are so thin, you have to eat meat to get muscle." then the go on talking about protein in which they have no clue what they are saying.

 

It always makes me laugh when overweight unhealthy people try to give me nutrition advice.

 

but what do you eat anyway? just kidding. lol.

[ModernSpartacus]

(i just wanna say, it's so easy to eat  over a 1000 calories, now try burning 1000 calories off...not so easy! just step away from the cheese stick)

AMEN.

[guest439437484421]

i dont' get the alcohol one.  it seems that everyone's response would indicate that alcohol is the only way to have fun?  as adults, are we incapable of having fun unless we inject some sort of substance into our body?  i don't get it.

[I-Jo]

my best friend was like that- she just couldn't loosen up without it unless she was with one or two.  Drove me nuts because she was stupid uptight in a group and it got so bad I stopped inviting her to certain events because I could't have her drinking- and she was so uncomfortable sober.  (and she's a goofy character- we had many great moments completely sober- lots of fun so it wasn't like she was stuffy all the time)

 

It was the stupidest thing ever I thought. 

[Irish Oisin]

I gave up alcohol over 3 years ago and I get this a lot

 

"What do you mean you don't drink?!"

-"I just don't anymore, I stopped enjoying it"

"Were you an alcoholic?"

-"No, I just didn't want to drink anymore"

"So what do you do for fun?!!"

-"Oh you know, ballroom dancing, crime fighting, bear wrestling, whale whispering. That kinda thing"

"You're weird.

 

or if I'm in another country

 

"What do you mean you don't drink, you're IRISH!!!!"

-"Well, I was an alcoholic"

"Oh my god, really?"

-"No, but my addiction to fighting bears was the real problem"

[Zorch]

Or "i'm gonna die anyways, who cares what i eat?

 

I got that a "You're going to die anyways, have some fun and eat the (XXX)" at a dinner with some co-workers after work last week.  Apparently the beer I got with my grilled chicken salad was not sufficient, and I was expected to partake in the breaded, deep-fried greasy appetizers.

 

It's not the dying I'm worried about, it's the havoc the deep-fried (insert food here) plays with my digestive system for the next day or two.  Apparently feeling healthy and free of digestive issues is uncool?

[ArmoredGallant]

Most of these comments are just more proof that far too many people would rather drag others down to their level than try to climb up to theirs.

[mentalfloss]

Hahaha 

 

I gave up alcohol over 3 years ago and I get this a lot

 

"What do you mean you don't drink?!"

-"I just don't anymore, I stopped enjoying it"

"Were you an alcoholic?"

-"No, I just didn't want to drink anymore"

"So what do you do for fun?!!"

-"Oh you know, ballroom dancing, crime fighting, bear wrestling, whale whispering. That kinda thing"

"You're weird.

 

or if I'm in another country

 

"What do you mean you don't drink, you're IRISH!!!!"

-"Well, I was an alcoholic"

"Oh my god, really?"

-"No, but my addiction to fighting bears was the real problem"

hahahahahahahahahahaha

[mentalfloss]

I'm sad but also kinda glad we're all in the same boat :)

[Nomad Jay]

So, I'm a fast eater....always have been, and have heard every kind of comment over the years:

 

"Did you taste it?"

 

"Did you chew any of it?"

 

"Wow...you inhaled that!"

 

"Woh...you must have been hungry!"

 

and on and on...

 

Someone once asked me if I had been in prison at one point, based on how fast I eat.

[BlackMetallic]

Most of these comments are just more proof that people would rather drag others down to their level than try to climb up to theirs.

 

I hate to agree (as I hope to see the best in people), but it is true.  Most folks don't like it when you change yourself for the better.  Maybe it is they don't like where they are, or maybe it is the changing of a routine.  I try to take it as a sign I'm doing something right!

[ArmoredGallant]

I hate to agree (as I hope to see the best in people), but it is true.  Most folks don't like it when you change yourself for the better.  Maybe it is they don't like where they are, or maybe it is the changing of a routine.  I try to take it as a sign I'm doing something right!

 

I try to see the best (or at least the better) in people as well, but there are some things that apply to many people: they'd rather everyone be bad at the thing they are instead of improving themselves. I hear it all the time, especially in the health world; "That guy has bigger muscles than me, he must be on steroids!", "That woman is skinnier than me, she must be bulimic!", or just flat out making fun of people who try to eat healthy and/or exercise while they finish eating their second big mac.

 

Some people are really great, they push themselves to become betteter. Others, and often the ones with the loudest voices, are not.

[MariahSnow]

Someone once asked me if I had been in prison at one point, based on how fast I eat.

 

I have been trying to imagine how that conversation went. It seems really awkward to ask someone that.

 

What did you say? "Yes, because I ate a baby."

[I-Jo]

Completely not fitness related

 

"ooohhhh you ride??

 

or 

 

"is that your motorcycle?

 

standing helmet in hand or just gearing up to get on the bike.

 

<facepalm>

 

I like to tell people I"m just really clumsie if they ask if I ride when I walk in with a full face helmet and a leather armored jacket. 

[Kunai]

(i just wanna say, it's so easy to eat  over a 1000 calories, now try burning 1000 calories off...not so easy! just step away from the cheese stick)

Not realising this honestly made me depressed enough to give up on weight loss at one point in my life. And now understanding it 4 years later is whats gonna make it actually work.

[JasontheKiwi]

Or "i'm gonna die anyways, who cares what i eat?

 

Haha I reckon, I've had that a few times. Or "You only live once, might as well enjoy it". Makes me want to bang their head against the wall

 

A few times when I've suggested to people that they eat a bit more protein and not just apples all day they say "What has got protein in it?" - REALLY? 

 

And one time someone was telling me about the four food groups: Protein, Fats, Carbs and Vegetables. I had a giggle

[JasontheKiwi]

I gave up alcohol over 3 years ago and I get this a lot

 

"What do you mean you don't drink?!"

-"I just don't anymore, I stopped enjoying it"

"Were you an alcoholic?"

-"No, I just didn't want to drink anymore"

"So what do you do for fun?!!"

-"Oh you know, ballroom dancing, crime fighting, bear wrestling, whale whispering. That kinda thing"

"You're weird.

 

or if I'm in another country

 

"What do you mean you don't drink, you're IRISH!!!!"

-"Well, I was an alcoholic"

"Oh my god, really?"

-"No, but my addiction to fighting bears was the real problem"

Yeah I get this. I gave up drinking a few years ago mainly because alcohol and I tend to get along too well. But my dad, who knows I don't drink and why, still says "You want a beer" almost every time I go around and often jokes about going to the pub to get on the piss (nz slang). My in-laws do the same thing, "Can I get you a drink, a beer maybe?"

"No thanks, I don't drink"

"Oh ok" they say... most visits. It's weird. Maybe I'm talking too quietly or their ears are painted on!