I am that whale. I’m overweight. I gross myself out when I look at my body in a mirror. I hate stepping on a scale.

I’m the guy who has to have a special office chair because regular chairs will break under my load.

The last time I flew, I was stuffed into economy, near the back of the plane. I didn’t complain. I just took my seat.

Getting into the seat was a struggle. My hips barely fit. The belt was a tight fit, but it did fit.

I felt sorry for the young lady who was forced to sit next to me. I believe there was a pleasant conversation, but I am large enough that even that “normal” sized person was forced to actually touch the stranger beside her.

Regardless, I was disgusted.

I gained wait after that flight during the panic. With exercise and a change in diet, I did start to come down in weight.

But I seem to have gained most of it back. According to my lady, I look and feel healthier, in that my size has reduced. But it doesn’t help the mental angst that I have from being fat.

When I read Miguel’s post about the woman demanding airlines be “more inclusive of plus size travel”, it hurt.

So I walked away. I know that he was not addressing me. Nevertheless, as more than one person has said, friendly fire isn’t.

So how do I differentiate myself from that person?

Simple, that article is about an entitled near human that wants special snowflake treatment. She isn’t interested in getting health. She isn’t interested in losing weight.

It hurts to walk. I left my right ACL at Bear Mountain, NY more than 30 years ago. It hurts if I have to walk any distance. I tried the treadmill for about a year, I had to stop because the doctor gave me a choice, keep walking/running on the treadmill, or we can schedule your knee replacement.

So I got an exercise bike.

I get on that bike 5 days a week. Sick or not, tired or not. My goal is 45 minutes per ride. I was up to 30 minutes when the old bike broke. I’m back up to 20–25 minutes and working towards getting healthier.

I’m out in the shop doing things. 4+ hours in the shop standing is a type of exercise. When I come in the door, my ass is dragging. There are three steps from the garage to the family room. I use my arms for extra stability because my legs wobble.

There are another two steps into the kitchen. It is a struggle to get up those steps.

Today, I was so tired when I came in for dinner that I forgot to take off my apron. I went back to the garage to put it away. I didn’t ask the kid to do it. And yes, those steps were just as painful and just as hard the second time.

So when I read about entitled fat people, I need to remember that my goal is to get health. I will continue to work on it.

Just before my sentence to the Gulag, my timeline started to be somewhat populated by hardcore Lefty accounts. Right after I was “restricted” that is pretty much what I get now. Even posts from people I follow are few and far between and almost none of the old content I was getting.

So, I am truly in a Gulag now, complete with re-education content. If this is a way for the Twitter Internal Resistance to Elon to change the way I or others think, I am here to announce that not only failed but only managed to make me even more convinced I am in the right path.

And in other news, this one needs to lay off the beer-battered fish sandwiches with 4 sides of onion rings and eat some more sushi.

This video is shocking

At first, I thought she died. Then in the comments of where I saw this video, someone posted a chip from hee Instagram where she is alive.

Then, I thought she must be a quadriplegic. I can’t confirm that, but some sort of cervical spine trauma probably happened.

A human neck is not supposed to bend that way.

This is why you don’t get into fights.

You don’t know if you’re going to end up on a bench being turned into a Million Dollar Baby.

It’s not worth you dignity to end up driving a wheelchair with your tongue.

Them: “Your AR-15 is useless against the military.”

The military:

If it’s a skills game, I like my chances.

Earth’s Population is close to 8 billion.

She wants 7 billion erased.

Thanos, the greatest villain in fantasy only wanted 4 billion gone.

When they say they want you dead, take them seriously.

SHOT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Metro Council members are showing Metro Nashville Public Schools support in its decision not to allow teachers or staff to carry guns on campus.

This comes after Governor Bill Lee signed a bill into law which gives districts the “ok” to allow teachers and staff to carry if they so choose.
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See the full statement on the issue from MNPS below:

We have a strong relationship with the Metro Nashville Police Department and agree that it is safest for only approved active-duty law enforcement officers to carry weapons on campus. This has been our consistent practice at MNPS, and we have no intention of changing it.

Metro Council shows support to Nashville public schools not allowing school staff to carry (fox17.com)

CHASER

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Metro Nashville Police Department may not have enough money to pay officers who respond to school emergencies.

Chief John Drake says they do not have ‘permanent funding’ for Rapid Response Teams and he’s working to secure the necessary funding. Chief Drake said these teams have already made schools safe, and are an added layer of protection to School Resource Officers (SROs)
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“My vision for SROs has always been to be more of a social worker, to try to work with kids, try to find out if something is going on at home and if we can help them as well,” Chief Drake explained. “Then having that person in school at that moment when something could happen is a tremendous asset”

Chief Drake defends SROs amid funding issue for MNPD’s Rapid Response Team (wsmv.com)

I would laugh at the idiocy, but this means schools will be back to be unprotected.

And about that Rapid Response Team, I guess 90% of their budget will go to teleportation units so they arrive almost instantly the moment a shooter is detected in a school. What do you mean that does not exist? So, it is going to take them real amounts of time to get from wherever they are based to a school in trouble? /end sarcasm.

If the message is “Don’t hurt the feelings on an entitled human whale” I am sorry to inform it did not work.

And if anybody is kind enough to post this in X while tagging me, I would appreciate it.