@nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 month agoDalai Lama told cameraman, 'you're fat, you need to go on a diet'www.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down113
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkDalai Lama told cameraman, 'you're fat, you need to go on a diet'www.telegraph.co.uk@nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 month agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareVampire [any]linkfedilinkEnglish26•1 month agoPretending not to notice that fat people are fat is unique to Western culture. Nobody in Africa would see a problem with this. I bet Asia is the same.
minus-square@CanadaPluslink13•1 month agoI don’t know about unique, but you’re right, it’s not universal. In some cultures it’s not seen as a bad thing, either, because there’s recent memory of famine being a regular thing.
Pretending not to notice that fat people are fat is unique to Western culture.
Nobody in Africa would see a problem with this. I bet Asia is the same.
I don’t know about unique, but you’re right, it’s not universal. In some cultures it’s not seen as a bad thing, either, because there’s recent memory of famine being a regular thing.