http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/japan/091109/fat-japan-youre-breaking-the-law
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Concerned about rising rates of both in a graying nation, Japanese lawmakers last year set a maximum waistline size for anyone age 40 and older: 85 centimeters (33.5 inches) for men and 90 centimeters (35.4 inches) for women.
Edit:
Misleading headline/article, not actually illegal.
Fat People Now Illegal In Japan
Fat People Now Illegal in Japan
What about sumo wrestlers and chefs?
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XD That's awesome and something that the US needs! Though in the US it'd be more like 40" max instead of 33.5".
I'm sure the sumo's get a special pass. >.>
I'm sure the sumo's get a special pass. >.>
Why are Japanese women allowed to be fatter than their men?
What if you're prego!? Wait... that might be under the 35.4cm limit. Hum.
If you live an unhealthy life style you gotta pay higher premiums. I see nothing wrong here.
Women typically have a higher fat % and bigger waist and stuff :P
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
Why are Japanese women allowed to be fatter than their men?
Women typically have a higher fat % and bigger waist and stuff :P
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
Why are Japanese women allowed to be fatter than their men?
Because fat girls need loving too.
Ragnarok.Anye said:
What if you're prego!? Wait... that might be under the 35.4cm limit. Hum.
Falcon punch.
You obviously haven't seen the British men and their beer bellies then.lol
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
You obviously haven't seen the British men and their beer bellies then.lol
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
You obviously haven't seen the British men and their beer bellies then.lol
But we don't have hips. And we win a couple of pounds on the boob section.
Sylph.Beelshamen said:
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
Why are Japanese women allowed to be fatter than their men?
But they gotta pay
Fairy.Tbest said:
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
You obviously haven't seen the British men and their beer bellies then.lol
Not a pretty sight I can tell ya!!!
Pandemonium.Bartimaeus said:
Lakshmi.Aaroca said:
Ragnarok.Anye said:
What if you're prego!? Wait... that might be under the 35.4cm limit. Hum.
wut?
Also I don't understand how this would effect the people that actually need to be larger, such as people that play sports, weight trainers, etc.
Though I guess it would be interesting to watch.
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
Fairy.Tbest said:
Gilgamesh.Shayala said:
You obviously haven't seen the British men and their beer bellies then.lol
I am a chubby chaser, and now I can cross off Japan as a list of places I want to visit ;_;
Fairy.Tbest said:
XD That's awesome and something that the US needs! Though in the US it'd be more like 40" max instead of 33.5".
I'm sure the sumo's get a special pass. >.>
I'm sure the sumo's get a special pass. >.>
Seriously? Government imposition on people's private lives? This is whats wrong with people these days, we want federal-mommies. Quit asking for your leaders to baby-sit you. If you are too stupid to stop cramming food into your mouth or to occasionally exercise (something more than getting out of your chair to use the rest room) that is your own problem, you pay the price, you pay for your insurance, you pay for your funeral.
Thomas Jefferson said, "A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything away from you." That's laws like this in a nut-shell.
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Ragnarok.Blindphleb said:
I am a chubby chaser, and now I can cross off Japan as a list of places I want to visit ;_;
Shouldn't have been on your list in the first place :P
Kujata.Hrolandus said:
Fairy.Tbest said:
XD That's awesome and something that the US needs! Though in the US it'd be more like 40" max instead of 33.5".
I'm sure the sumo's get a special pass. >.>
I'm sure the sumo's get a special pass. >.>
Seriously? Government imposition on people's private lives? This is whats wrong with people these days, we want federal-mommies. Quit asking for your leaders to baby-sit you. If you are too stupid to stop cramming food into your mouth or to occasionally exercise (something more than getting out of your chair to use the rest room) that is your own problem, you pay the price, you pay for your insurance, you pay for your funeral.
Thomas Jefferson said, "A government big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything away from you." That's laws like this in a nut-shell.
Yeah and your employer pays for a failure fatass slow employee that doesn't help very much in productivity.
Sylph.Beelshamen said:
Yeah and your employer pays for a failure fatass slow employee that doesn't help very much in productivity.
Again, why is the employer paying jack? Someone too ___ (insert your problem here) to do their job, fire them...
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Sylph.Beelshamen said:
Yeah and your employer pays for a failure fatass slow employee that doesn't help very much in productivity.
You fire him and get a new guy that isn't slow.
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Ragnarok.Blindphleb said:
I am a chubby chaser, and now I can cross off Japan as a list of places I want to visit ;_;
So it'll take you 2 sexy D2's to bring 'em home with you. ; ;
I'M KIDDING!! ILY BLIND <3
Does Japan have the same medical insurance system as the US? Or is it similar to our free health care in the UK?
Yeah, and the unemployment in the nation rises because some obesese fool that can't keep their hands from stuffing food down their throats. I ADORE THE JAPS. JPONRIES 4EVER. <3
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