Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Rubbing Salt in the Wound

I've heard a couple of news reports in just the last two or three days that attempt to explain why losers are losers. For instance, one report said short men don't get paid as much as tall men, and ugly people don't get the recognition of pretty people, and that fat women are discriminated against in the workplace. Then there was another study that found that people who treat other people nicely don't get as much respect as obnoxious people.
Whether these studies are accurate or not is not the thing that matters to me. What matters is why would people take the time to conduct studies just so they can rub it in to fat, ugly, short, and (apparently) nice people that they are losers. You know what, most of us losers already know it. We don't need reminders as to how our shortness, ugliness or fatness is really impacting us in virtually every aspect of life.
When the TV news programs air these reports, they simply serve as a reminder. They're like mirrors that force us to take another look at ourselves. And frankly, once I've combed my hair and made sure there's nothing stuck in my teeth, I don't want to look in the mirror any more that day.
It's like when you're a teenager, and every show you watch has an ad for acne medication. I always figured those commercials just reminded everyone else in the room that I had acne. Maybe if we just didn't talk about it, no one would pay much attention to it.
So here's a heads-up to you researchers: Fat people know they don't get the breaks that skinny and otherwise normal people do. And skinny people know they don't like to be around fat people. So forget your stupid research. You're not proving anything that everyone doesn't already know.
Go spend your time doing something constructive like studying the sex life of skunks, which, if you think about it, must be somewhat dicey. In fact, I think I'll go do a study on that. Of course, no one will have any respect for my study, because I'm fat.