An Analysis of Body Positive Propaganda

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  • @DespotofAntrim
    @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +147

    00:00 - Fashion ad (mild example with core messages)
    07:10 - Aggressive slay queen feminist body positive ad
    10:12 - Ice Cream ad
    13:42 - Adidas 'athlete' ad
    19:02 - Cosmopolitan pro-obesity cover
    23:41 - London tube anti--beauty campaign
    27:53 - The hidden ugly
    31:03 - Proctor and Gamble ads
    33:27 - The nightmare wonderland of body positivity

    • @aussiebaka4588
      @aussiebaka4588 Рік тому +9

      Top video as always!

    • @Microphunktv-jb3kj
      @Microphunktv-jb3kj Рік тому

      0:02 -
      10/10
      ;DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
      I wouldnt worry much about these body positive moments, they are promoting one thing with their words, but their actions will get these people killed faster....
      so less in the gene pool and less burden to societry and social security...
      the people who dislike this bodypositivity movement nonsense and the people who promote it are actually on the page and side...
      People can't' just think few steps ahead whats going on :D
      ... have you EVER seen obscenely fat people who are old? have you seen old fat people before? they all die before 50
      wasn tehre some influencer superfat so called "model" , who literally died from obesity recently.. some woman who claimed body positivity etc that she super healthy,y andl iterlaly died from heart attack.. rofl

    • @Ramdileo_sys
      @Ramdileo_sys Рік тому

      Don't worry.... Hypertension and Diabetes at very young age will teach them the AUTHENTIC REALITY ..+... It is a biological physics fact..+. remember ... this is worse than smoking ...

    • @houseofthesupermen377
      @houseofthesupermen377 11 місяців тому

      You do realize beauty is subjective, right? Not everyone has to find the same thing attractive. Also, weight isn't always the best decider of fitness. Sumo wrestlers are massive AF, but they still have healthy bodies because of their exercise. Just because you can't get off to every woman doesn't mean they aren't attractive. Now, there are definitely examples of "body positive" crusaders who go too far. Honestly, I'd say both sides of the argument suck, but you're not doing anyone any favors with this video. Now go touch some grass, stop being sexist, and leave these women alone. I mean, no one is forcing you to watch these ads.

    • @erkl8823
      @erkl8823 10 місяців тому +1

      I guess 00:00 doesn't work, has to be 0:01

  • @victorcode2075
    @victorcode2075 Рік тому +2337

    Body positivity was meant for people with disabilities/scars/deformities. I think we all support that, but not for people that just make bad lifestyle choices and want no accountability.

    • @nickmitsialis
      @nickmitsialis Рік тому +90

      ah yes...accountability. After 40+++ years AIDs still afflicts 'The Usual Suspects' but we can't talk about those compulsions and choices, though anti virals allow those afflicted to live a lot longer than before. Now we got the Monkey Pox--can't 'stigmatize' that illness now, either. And we can't mention when children have monkey pox (why do they got the pox around their rectums? Can't go there...)

    • @filthydisgustingape5354
      @filthydisgustingape5354 Рік тому +60

      @@bradjohnson4126 as said by Syndrome, in the Incredibles: "if everyone's a super, then no-one is

    • @fcold9402
      @fcold9402 Рік тому +41

      This, i thought it wa one of those....dare I say... "appropriated" terms and was originally for people with disabilites but then was taken over by people who are injuring themselves on purpose.

    • @fcold9402
      @fcold9402 Рік тому

      ​@@bradjohnson4126 I don't think the original use was for everyone thinking they were "beautiful" but to help people accept themselves the way they were and find positives in a body they cannot change. Of course Obese people CAN change but just don't want to and that is why it is so disgusting that they stole the term.

    • @MrSophire
      @MrSophire Рік тому +52

      @@bradjohnson4126 I think what the commenter was saying was that if you can't change the way you look, don't be ashamed of it. that we as normal looking people shouldn't gook nor make fun of these things and give them the dignity of not bring attention to their oddities.

  • @jacob9538
    @jacob9538 Рік тому +342

    "Sexually objectifying a woman is only okay if the woman isn't hot." - So true. It's incredible how ridiculous the world is right now and how easily some people are influenced to think these ways.

    • @Fanakapan222
      @Fanakapan222 11 місяців тому

      Women sexually objectify men on a far greater scale than blokes do women ! Ultimately most of them do realise that an out of shape millionaire is a better bet than a fit fella without a pot to piss in. But they are always prey for the naughty boy type.

    • @merovmerov7631
      @merovmerov7631 9 місяців тому

      It's just the same old american capitalism model about making money over trends. Back in the days it was christian & family values, now its body positivity and progressism, but in the end its just agressively pushing down your throat some form of lifestyle whether its liberal or conservative to sell you stuff. And no its not a cultural war, its just business, consuming shlt.

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents Місяць тому +4

      The whole thing is really upsetting and damaging for sexy women, who are being made to feel guilty for being good looking and looked at negatively by woke men, not just ugly women

    • @raygiordano1045
      @raygiordano1045 Місяць тому +3

      I reckon the whole 'philosophy' is just what Orwell called "double-think."

  • @leipzigergnom
    @leipzigergnom Рік тому +1059

    I hate the message of "everyone is perfect the way they are. There couldn't possibly be something wrong with you - you don't have a problem, everyone else is the problem."

    • @Ryuouken
      @Ryuouken Рік тому +96

      It also means that there would be absolutely zero reason to ever improve yourself in any way.
      Why bother learning something, why bother training to achieve a new skill - you're already perfect anyways.
      It's really tragic

    • @thefanwithoutaface8105
      @thefanwithoutaface8105 Рік тому +55

      Funny how that message never applies to Alcoholics or Drug addicts.

    • @leipzigergnom
      @leipzigergnom Рік тому +27

      @@thefanwithoutaface8105 Yep, and as with other addicts, you can't really help them until they realize that they need help

    • @pyropulseIXXI
      @pyropulseIXXI Рік тому +26

      It is a dumb message, especially for people like me that think I can always improve myself and always try to, in body, mind, and spirit

    • @leipzigergnom
      @leipzigergnom Рік тому +8

      @@pyropulseIXXI I'm glad to see that you guys agree

  • @nicholaslaport3354
    @nicholaslaport3354 Рік тому +228

    I have 335 days sober today from heroin, methamphetamine, and benzodiazepines; imagine if this message was sold to me before I started my recovery journey. . . . .
    "You're perfect the way you are Nick, even though you're underweight living in a rat-infested shithole injecting dope and meth into your arm every six hours, it isn't you that's broken, it's actually the world around you that's become corrupted and decadent, live your true life Nick, embrace your imperfections, don't change who you are on the inside for a hyper-critical populace that thinks healthy means 'drug-free'. . . . ." And so on like that.
    I despise a message that looks upon health with scorn. A message that views self-improvement as a vacuous pursuit. That is poison to my ears. Thank you for your videos Despot

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +62

      Congratulations on 335 days clean. You should be proud of that. You make an excellent point about how this ideology simply affirms self destructive behavior. The people pushing couldn't care less about the people they claim to represent, if they did, they'd tell them ro lose weight. Keep up the sobriety king!

    • @nicholaslaport3354
      @nicholaslaport3354 Рік тому +28

      @@DespotofAntrim thank you. I feel like we should have the same attitude towards obesity that we have towards drug addicts. Unfortunately, we're fighting a culture war demonstrated by the ads in your video. It makes me think about a Cosmo cover with a heroin chic model lying on a bed of garbage, a needle sticking out of her arm, with a headline reading "This is healthy". Honestly, the messaging is equivalent in a lot of ways.

    • @elvenkind6072
      @elvenkind6072 9 місяців тому +12

      Total respect to you man! I've just been in treatment for alcoholism, drinking a liter or so of vodka each day before I got in. I'm still on Methadone and I need the least potent benzo (oxazepam) just to avoid panic attacks, and I can't imagine what a trip you'd have to go through to get away from heroin and benzo. Meth is a different story, I think it's probably the most damaging drug in the world. I used it for a couple of months, some guy had in some way gotten lots of perfect, big crystals and sold it for almost nothing, and I simply lost my mind. So glad it was not commonly available anywhere else. "Normal" speed is bad enough.
      Keep doing the good work. Hope you still are going strong.

    • @mattking68
      @mattking68 9 місяців тому +9

      Former addict here. Nice ome Nicholas. Good luck on your journey mate.

    • @chairhead3696
      @chairhead3696 8 місяців тому +4

      Good work dude 🙌🙋‍♂️

  • @justinwillingale2086
    @justinwillingale2086 9 місяців тому +40

    Bring back body shaming is what got me into shape; as a 13-year-old from being overweight, I took responsibility and started jogging, and dieting, I became so much happier with my life.

    • @cernunnos_lives
      @cernunnos_lives 4 місяці тому +1

      The people who really want you to do better, want you to live a long and good life. Have standards for yourself and people you love. I want you to live longer than just 18 there. All this coming from a 50 year old Asian dude you never met. A perfect stranger. Take care of yourself. And you don't have to be hard unless it makes you happy. Look to your family first. Listen to what people who actually care about you first. If it makes sense to you then keep to a plan.

  • @swiftwlf
    @swiftwlf Рік тому +206

    I am over 50 and moderately overweight, thanks to this video, I am throwing away the potato chips, cupcakes, and frozen pizza in my kitchen and decided to discipline myself into exercising again. I don't want to look like those body-positive ladies.

    • @BassFlapper
      @BassFlapper Рік тому +7

      Is it working?

    • @Aleyck
      @Aleyck Рік тому +8

      At 50, being overweight like these gives a set of far more dangerous problems.

    • @jmacg610
      @jmacg610 Рік тому +7

      Good for you. 2 months on, how’s it going?

    • @nikola920
      @nikola920 Рік тому +6

      Good job!

    • @Microphunktv-jb3kj
      @Microphunktv-jb3kj Рік тому

      if ur american, that will not be enough... there's something sickening and fundamentally wrong with american food industry and food .
      You even have chinese import food... (sounds really trustworthy quality)...
      i know multiple people who came to america, didnt change diet wich they had in europe.. and gained like 15-20kg randomly...
      After living in US for 6months, went back to Europe, also didnt change his diet, and lost 15-20kg...
      American food is poison, not food as it seems.. so its note ntirely peoples fault that there's so many fat people in america..
      so many fatties... and americans dont even question, that something is wrong...
      fat people are also usually rteally dfumb people.. fat people nerfs b rain activity severely... thats why americans are also very dumb people on the planet...
      15.-year old level articulation of geopoilitics etc and dedbating skills... is considered in america some genius level shit...
      like that young guy Ben Shapiro, for americans his somekind of super smart and genius guy ...
      in europe, his some random dude ; ] , every 2nd person is like that in europe.. its like child level shit what comes out of his mouth, his not smart...
      well mabye he is, in american standards rofl..

  • @Nicole_Auriel
    @Nicole_Auriel Рік тому +875

    They want to have it both ways.
    Showing women in skimpy outfits is disempowering to women because it objectifies them
    BUT ALSO
    Showing women in skimpy outfits is empowering to women because of body and sex positively.
    You can’t have both of those things.

    • @temite80
      @temite80 Рік тому +55

      Normally that's called insanity.

    • @RenlangRen
      @RenlangRen Рік тому +43

      Oh come on, you know. It is good when they do it, but bad when you do it. Once you understand that it all makes sense.

    • @FallschrimjagerSS
      @FallschrimjagerSS Рік тому

      Legit obese men can get fucked and only they need to lose weight, obese women however are hot the way they are!

    • @mosshivenetwork117
      @mosshivenetwork117 Рік тому +8

      We are walking contradictions.

    • @billmiller4972
      @billmiller4972 Рік тому +13

      Doublethink for the win ...

  • @DanimationYT
    @DanimationYT Рік тому +74

    Let me just say as an obese bloke, nothing has motivated me to improve my lifestyle, health, fitness, and weight more than the body positivity movement and trends. Seeing this bullshit everywhere and watching people rightfully tear it apart always pushes me to keep trying. Who needs music to workout to when I can just watch videos like this that make me want to work twice as hard ahah.

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents Місяць тому +1

      Hope it's going well brother

  • @christa_bell
    @christa_bell Рік тому +551

    Apparently putting down thin/ muscular women and mocking women who exercise and try to better their health is absolutely fine. But the rules are different if you do the same to larger women.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +114

      And beautiful, thin women dressing sexy is to be attacked and criticized, while fat women who have not earned that privilege doing the same is to be celebrated.

    • @redadmiralofvalyria867
      @redadmiralofvalyria867 Рік тому +32

      @@DespotofAntrim Amen 🙏, like seriously, it's annoying, to my family, always said that women/people. Who ACTUALLY TRY to better themselves get respect, not those who blindly say "I'm fine", when in reality if your unhealthy, and CALL IT HEALTHY, than it's the opposite (practically toxic)

    • @nickmitsialis
      @nickmitsialis Рік тому +18

      @@DespotofAntrim And now we have all those 'fitness influencers' who film themselves in the gym complaining about being gawked at by 'pervs'.

    • @olgakuranova7986
      @olgakuranova7986 Рік тому +5

      It isn't fine either way. The body belongs to a person, it's as simple as being an owner. An owner can do to a possession anything. As in, absolutely anything. You telling them what to do is absolutely like going to an owner of the car and telling 'hey, you don't treat your car right, it could break '.
      Get away from others cars, you creep! Go get your own!

    • @jimmytecker
      @jimmytecker Рік тому +16

      @@olgakuranova7986 giving car advice is benevolent and well-intentioned in most occasions, so the metaphor falls apart

  • @delcarsdungeon
    @delcarsdungeon Рік тому +84

    There's a difference between learning to be comfortable in your own skin, and being in denial.

    • @One-Ring-To-Rule-Them-All
      @One-Ring-To-Rule-Them-All 5 місяців тому +1

      The denial is very puzzling indeed - I used to work at a skydiving company and I had to make sure nobody exceeded the weight limit. I saw at the fist glance the ones that were over the limit. I tried to quietly take them aside and explain the risks and hint to them that they are not within the limit. They always ALWAYS insisted they ARE within the limit until I had to put them on a scale and they ran away crying and being extremely rude... 🤷‍♀️

  • @glanni
    @glanni Рік тому +673

    I remember when it was mostly about not becoming anorexic, but then it escalated to this.

    • @neuralnetwork17
      @neuralnetwork17 Рік тому +47

      Holy crap, you're right. That must've been about 15 years ago, I think. I'd almost forgotten how this got started.

    • @CommDante
      @CommDante Рік тому +42

      Funny thing is people who lost a leg and make lego peg legs, or girl showing off her bionic Alita styled arms do way more to the original message meant than all this bs.
      And yes, I did say showing off... Because they look kewl af. I get the whole 'natural looking' for wedding pics/social stuff. But irl it just looks off, actual bionic limbs though... 😊

    • @illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon
      @illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon Рік тому +19

      It was honestly impressive how fast things got out of control...

    • @followthewhiterabbit884
      @followthewhiterabbit884 Рік тому +13

      I don't know why, but I thought it was about teenagers too. But something normal like not being 1,80 m tall or not having perfect skin with 15 or not having a solid D cup, because almost nobody has.

    • @CommDante
      @CommDante Рік тому

      @@followthewhiterabbit884
      'normal' like being 180 cm ... That's already eradicating 95% of males, let alone females.
      I'm above that stupid height 'need', but seeing friends, good people, go through that shit..., Was Bruce Lee 6"?

  • @DodgaOfficial
    @DodgaOfficial Рік тому +34

    What's hilarious is that the company knows exactly who's more attractive in the ads, they wouldn't have 3 hot girls next to one less attractive girl if they DIDNT know she was less attractive. It's like just having to tell you she's attractive means they know she's not.

  • @rudeboysandokhan442
    @rudeboysandokhan442 Рік тому +185

    Good gosh that ice cream advert! It's just saying "Eat our ice cream as much as you want! Who cares if you get fat? It'll make us money!"

    • @johnmartin298
      @johnmartin298 Рік тому +7

      Won’t lie… she was kinda fine though

    • @Thenogomogo-zo3un
      @Thenogomogo-zo3un 9 місяців тому

      @@johnmartin298 'fine?' I think the word you was looking for is FAT

    • @Maulbeere
      @Maulbeere Місяць тому

      The irony there is that fat woman isn't going to even get to that age. She's already got diabetes, and you know she never actually dances around because she gets out of breath just by standing up.

  • @Stolas1777
    @Stolas1777 Рік тому +38

    When the ice cream warthog runs down the hallway like Quasimodo I cried laughing like they really didn’t do her any favors with that one

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 11 місяців тому +7

      They weren't doing any favors for the floor, either. Or the Earth's crust.

    • @Thenogomogo-zo3un
      @Thenogomogo-zo3un 9 місяців тому

      The old lady was surprised that fatso was eating a whole bucket of ice cream by herself. Probably thought 'That would last me a month, or two, especially on my pension'

    • @trolleriffic
      @trolleriffic 4 місяці тому +1

      @@emilyadams3228 Imagine her poor neighbours. It would be like that scene in Jurassic Park where the T.rex's footsteps shake everything.

  • @TRUc972
    @TRUc972 Рік тому +239

    I despise these adverts and can’t understand how anyone, especially women, can’t see how stupid the message being pushed is

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +65

      A lot of people are too cowardly to speak out against this filth, and they should, this is akin to promoting smoking, they don't so much agree with it as they submit to it.

    • @DigitalApex
      @DigitalApex Рік тому +17

      @@DespotofAntrim Exactly, but I'd argue submitting and capitulating to it is effectively approving it. Akin to watching someone get beaten to death in public with no attempt to interject. This message objectively kills people as well, just over time.

    • @neuralnetwork17
      @neuralnetwork17 Рік тому +5

      Any message repeated often gains credibility. And some combination of being very young, being surrounded by peers who hold a certain belief, not being exposed to opposing viewpoints (or only caricatures of those viewpoints), and lacking scientific literacy, make it very likely that a certain belief is adopted.
      Advertisers will parrot anything if it increases sales, and will push any narrative if it drives up consumption in general. That's the world we live in I suppose.

    • @CommDante
      @CommDante Рік тому +17

      Since when I learned about WW2, propaganda and 'if you tell a lie big and often enough, people will believe it' as a kid, a red flag goes off with me whenever a certain thing is repeated multiple times... especially when it's in the same (npc) matter. And then I feel the need to look into it further.
      People nowadays lack critical thinking.

    • @valeriopastore7310
      @valeriopastore7310 Рік тому +10

      Women who either grew up into this condition or lived long enouugh with it as adults -those women have often stopped listening to themselves, to the pleas of their own bodies. They adapted to such condition, subconsciously refusing to accept to work hard to get rid of it. They are so used to the very idea that it's all a question of aesthetic, that these ads easily appease to it. They already retreated into their own world, they just want a pat on the back and interact only with models and people who reflect them. The marketing devils understood it perfectly and are making money making them think better of themselves.

  • @servine1212
    @servine1212 Рік тому +49

    Notice how this movement is exclusively for women.

    • @vamvam7690
      @vamvam7690 5 місяців тому +1

      So many of the most ridiculous BS ‘movements’ are mainly lead and supported by women unfortunately
      It’s very disappointing 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @John-rn1nm
    @John-rn1nm Рік тому +375

    Everything that was weird and gross is now stunning and brave
    -Peter Griffin

    • @FallschrimjagerSS
      @FallschrimjagerSS Рік тому +51

      Lmao it's insane family guy is the show that is now spewing truth

    • @megapistol64
      @megapistol64 Рік тому +26

      "men aren't fat, only fat women are fat" -Peter

    • @Colonel_RamRod
      @Colonel_RamRod 10 місяців тому

      It’s sad how on point that is 😂 💀

    • @joejoe2658
      @joejoe2658 9 місяців тому +1

      family guy hasnt been funny in decades - everyone

    • @Morbiscrazygirl4447u
      @Morbiscrazygirl4447u 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@joejoe2658 No one was even saying family guy was funny. - Me.

  • @deadseveredheads
    @deadseveredheads Рік тому +42

    In basic training we had a ‘big’ dude that could run faster than everyone else. It was surprising as hell. He came from farm work so we just assumed he had muscles under all that. He didn’t smoke either so his lungs were immaculate.

  • @thefanwithoutaface8105
    @thefanwithoutaface8105 Рік тому +325

    Even to this day I don't understand why anyone would want to be so fat. You can't run, going up stairs or getting out of a car is suddenly a massive challenge, walking for extended periods leaves you in buckets of sweat and gasping for air, you likely have multiple health problems, getting on a plane or even going to the bathroom is hard. What exactly is there to be Positive about?

    • @homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971
      @homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971 Рік тому +68

      It's because the obesity is a symptom of a much deeper underlying issue. If you ever watch any of these fat videos you notice a common trend among a lot of them is that the obese person typically is a narcissist, refuses to take any responsibility for their actions and often will mentally abuse the people around them who are just trying to help and manipulate them into being complicit in their disgusting lifestyle.
      If someone's serious about losing the weight they're gonna do it, I'd they just complain about how they're fat but don't do anything to improve it its just because they want the sympathy points.

    • @pyropulseIXXI
      @pyropulseIXXI Рік тому

      No one wants to be fat; only lazy people that are too lazy to prevent themselves and then say "I want to be fat" to avoid admitting that the reason they are fat is due to having no will power

    • @nickmitsialis
      @nickmitsialis Рік тому +12

      @@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971 Or they're lazy==that's my excuse.

    • @Sand_Dolphin
      @Sand_Dolphin Рік тому +26

      It hurts to work out.
      There is pleasure in eating what we want.
      So to be in shape someone has to face a marginally painful effort AND turn down the pleasure of eating what they want.
      People don't choose to be fat, they simple default to it because healthy isn't an easy path.

    • @skylanderlego4163
      @skylanderlego4163 Рік тому +16

      The thing there's to be positive about is the test for diabetes.

  • @s3.14dervision
    @s3.14dervision Рік тому +45

    Thank you for helping get me off my ass and working out. I put on more weight than I've ever had during the pandemic and then succumbed to my depression, anxiety and self-pity. After watching this I realized how sick I am of my own bullshit and I'm getting up and out of my own way.
    Update: since posting this I've lost 40lbs.!

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +17

      In the words of Abraham Lincoln:
      "Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality." Stay committed king.

    • @HateBear-real
      @HateBear-real 10 місяців тому +2

      The hardest thing is just getting up and starting.

    • @vamvam7690
      @vamvam7690 5 місяців тому +1

      @s3.14dervision really well done! I hope you’re still doing well 😊

    • @s3.14dervision
      @s3.14dervision 5 місяців тому

      @hannahframpton9235 yes, I still am! thank you for asking 🌹

    • @vamvam7690
      @vamvam7690 5 місяців тому

      @@s3.14dervision glad to hear it 😊
      Sounds like you’re working hard, should be proud of yourself man 👍

  • @shieldagainstthedarkness
    @shieldagainstthedarkness Рік тому +192

    This is a really good way to debunk this movement:
    Why don’t we have anorexic models on these ads? People should be happy with the way they look regardless of it being unhealthy right? Someone should fund ads with fat women and anorexic women and the same body positivity messages, that would wake people up to this.

    • @BloodSweatandFears
      @BloodSweatandFears Рік тому

      The ones pushing it are also pushing that if you are 400 pounds you can be completely healthy and it’s just genetic. It’s actual lies. Manipulative tactics on sad depressed overweight women. It’s awful.

    • @HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob
      @HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob Рік тому +16

      Great idea!

    • @kristenrasmussen4135
      @kristenrasmussen4135 Рік тому +10

      The idea is that not all larger bodies are unhealthy. The body positive movement is about supporting your healthiest natural appearance, which does, in fact, include larger bodies. People on both sides of the argument do sometimes take things to extremes, however. Severe obesity causes a lot of problems and shouldn't be encouraged.

    • @BaldianOfIbelin
      @BaldianOfIbelin Рік тому

      ​@@kristenrasmussen4135The number of people out there who can genuinely have a big body and actually be healthy and not overweight is so small that they had to win the genetic lottery (naturally excluding strongman sumo wrestlers among others since they train to have a lot of muscle mass below what seems like excess fat even if it is not) but those of the body positive movement suggest that it is super common or at least with the number of them who self-proclaim having this super rare physical condition that most likely never was. but those of the body positive movement suggest that it is super common or at least with the number of them who self-proclaim having this super rare physical condition that most likely never was. but those in the body positive movement suggest that it is super common or at least with the amount of them who self diagnose having this super rare physical condition that most likely It was never tried or tested by a competent doctor but was made by someone who has no idea about medicine but feels that way.

    • @Mobius118
      @Mobius118 11 місяців тому +7

      @kristenrasmussen4135
      “Healthy” and “larger bodies” are mutually exclusive, as obesity is inextricably linked with health problems.

  • @kingofthorns203
    @kingofthorns203 11 місяців тому +20

    Only anecdotal, I know, but I've struggled with my weight on both ends of the spectrum all my life. In my teens and early twenties I had a highly functioning eating disorder and was a beanpole; in my late twenties and early thirties I had a pretty serious issue with drugs and alcohol and ballooned to 230 pounds (this was complemented by Covid and the various lockdowns, ETC). I'm 35 now, sober almost a year, down almost 60 pounds, and trying my best every day to be productive and healthy. What I do know is that I feel my best when I exercise regularly and watch my portions and what I put in my body. Impulse control is a beautiful thing. It's not about what you give up, it's about everything you gain in turn.

    • @thegreatpotato6098
      @thegreatpotato6098 2 дні тому

      💯. Four years ago I almost died from DTs (you probably know but this is a severe and highly lethal level of alcohol withdrawal) and if I had seen this type of video back then, I would have rethought my plans on recovery and instead went for introducing myself to a “better way to drink while still functioning in life” and of course, failing horribly at exactly that all the while believing I’m “just not doing it right”.
      Congrats on your recovery, I wish you well and keep moving forward no matter how bad life may seem; as addiction is far worse than anything else in life

  • @stevenmcreynolds4970
    @stevenmcreynolds4970 Рік тому +224

    Our culture celebrates the ugly in every possible form. It seeks to destroy aspiration, goals, dreams and achievements under an ocean of convenience. From media to architecture to models, we glorify the basest impulses of humanity rather than the effort required to improve. Sad.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +60

      The powerful elites in our society certainly want that, though it is opposed by the vast majority of the population. We are being ruled by people who despise us.

    • @stevenmcreynolds4970
      @stevenmcreynolds4970 Рік тому +13

      @@DespotofAntrim Absolutely. A society of people who understand happiness isn’t a product to be bought is much harder to addict to the consumer life. Keep at it brother, appreciate the work you’re doing.

    • @Justmonika6969
      @Justmonika6969 Рік тому +18

      If you want to learn who rules over you, just think about who you are not supposed to criticize. Those are the people who currently hold power over you and the rest of society. Social justice types love to act like they have no power but watch how fast things change when they start complaining. The fact protected groups even exist should be setting off alarm bells.

    • @adamlee9461
      @adamlee9461 Рік тому +3

      well put

    • @one-eyepadidally8449
      @one-eyepadidally8449 Рік тому +4

      @@Justmonika6969
      Perfectly said.

  • @user-hp3fq5bf4t
    @user-hp3fq5bf4t Рік тому +6

    Also, most women have cellulite. I’m 44, 5’6” and weigh 140 and have cellulite since I was 20 & weighed 120. Honestly, I hate the body positivity bs, but the fact that men think healthy women must not have cellulite is a problem and a fantasy.

  • @Spellweaver5
    @Spellweaver5 Рік тому +167

    Not going to lie, that old woman might not be good-looking, but she likely has a much nicer personality.

    • @givmi_more_w9251
      @givmi_more_w9251 Рік тому +1

      If I'm looking like that when I'm eighty, I know I did something right. She might not be attractive in the classical sense, but she has what the jiggly chick lacks: dignity and self-respect.

    • @Jute511
      @Jute511 Рік тому +33

      She'll live longer too

    • @HateBear-real
      @HateBear-real 10 місяців тому +10

      She was probably a traditional woman that did a lot more for society and deserves better treatment, and she is probably still of more practical value despite being old.

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents Місяць тому +2

      She likely was a lot better looking than the fat woman at the fat woman's age. It's not a fair comparison

  • @xiiiz5703
    @xiiiz5703 Рік тому +30

    I also feel like body positivity should be more about: “It’s okay that you aren’t a super model.” Not everyone has to be perfect. I don’t want to have six-pack abs, and don’t have the time to maintain a muscular gigachad body. Nor do I have the leisure of planning out my meals for optimal nutrition and gains. I eat what I can afford, go for walks regularly, and I am healthy. Am I a model? No. And that is okay. It goes without saying that being fat is not okay but I have to say that or I might get lynched for having an opinion.

    • @xiiiz5703
      @xiiiz5703 Рік тому

      Hm, not sure what you mean by that@DatJNP

    • @QueenMonny
      @QueenMonny Рік тому +9

      ​@DatJNPthey actually have the most mature and reasonable perspective of everyone I've seen in this comment section.

    • @MosaidDeath
      @MosaidDeath Рік тому +4

      @DatJNPthis person is years more mature than you.

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@MosaidDeathYeah, saying "oof" shows that.

    • @sigma6656
      @sigma6656 2 місяці тому

      They conflate "overweight" with "morbidly obese"

  • @scottmalkinson6983
    @scottmalkinson6983 Рік тому +82

    This is becoming my favourite channel one video at a time.

  • @TheShadowguy64
    @TheShadowguy64 11 місяців тому +3

    Lydia, from TimCast, put it best:
    We have been so fat for so long that we forgot what skinny looks like.

  • @HannahKayW
    @HannahKayW Рік тому +69

    Dude you should check out some of the insane stuff going on in the fat acceptance movement if you think body positivity is weird. It's basically "healthcare is fatphobia, diet culture is genocide, not being attracted to fat women is fatphobia, obesity is not unhealthy, and losing weight is impossible and unhealthy." It's mind blowing.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +26

      I've heard about some of that nonsense, my understanding is that it's mostly slobs on tiktok.

    • @HannahKayW
      @HannahKayW Рік тому +9

      @@DespotofAntrim It's loudest on tiktok, but I've heard multiple stories of that movement effecting people irl and causing them to shun friends and family who try to lose weight, or persecute people with restrictive eating disorders and call them "fatphobic" it's kinda disturbing.

  • @martinez5566
    @martinez5566 2 місяці тому +2

    Never has the phrase, "To have your cake and eat it too" been more fitting.

  • @stanrix
    @stanrix Рік тому +107

    I honestly don’t know how they do it. I used to be overweight but not obese. Even being only 30 KG overweight makes life uncomfortable. Summer was unbearable.

    • @101bravohotel6
      @101bravohotel6 Рік тому +14

      seriously, i live in the north and i get laid off'ed in the winter so i gotta sit around for half a year, and man last summer was a wake up call now that im getting into my early 30s my metabolism is slowing down so now i have to work out to stay in shape. Last summer the first 60 days were awful and as it got hotter i literally was like " nope were fasting cause we gotta drop some weight", idk how tf they can live like this, who tf wants to hold their breath trying to tie a boot or mag some concrete, you can literally feel your body deteriorate when your overweight,the feeling is disgusting. to avoid what i fucked off last winter i made my own weight room in the garage this winter, cant run where i live cause its a ice ridden shit hole lol, but managed to keep the belly of this year. idk how tf they can live like that.

    • @stanrix
      @stanrix Рік тому +11

      @@101bravohotel6 lol. Oh man. The boot thing was horrible. Doesn’t take much of a belly to cut off your breathing 😂.
      I used to have to buy petroleum jelly for between my legs too.

    • @IncineraSean
      @IncineraSean Рік тому +6

      @@stanrix LMAO same here, you really notice it when you have to do that .

    • @sallyb1689
      @sallyb1689 Рік тому +8

      I had 15kg to lose of which 10 are gone…cannot tell you how much better I look and feel!

    • @SammEater
      @SammEater 8 місяців тому +1

      As someone that was always skinny, I have no idea how much you can eat to even get to that size. Shouldn't there be like a natural born instinct of feeling"full" that stops someone from 'over eating'?
      Do they lack that instinct?

  • @Ultimavega
    @Ultimavega 11 місяців тому +5

    I can't stop laughing...sorry, I know its bad, but at 31:49 that woman looks like godzilla coming out of the ocean and roar 🙊

  • @fionnaitsradag5152
    @fionnaitsradag5152 Рік тому +97

    I'm still boycotting P&G because of that Gillette ad.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +34

      I'll never buy Gillette again.

    • @AP-nj1mr
      @AP-nj1mr Рік тому +1

      Which ad? Is it on UA-cam?

    • @onethdasanayake3689
      @onethdasanayake3689 Рік тому +17

      @@AP-nj1mr The men-shaming ad, yes it is on UA-cam but it's unlisted by Gillette, meaning that you will have do some digging to find it

    • @anominous3895
      @anominous3895 8 місяців тому

      ​@@DespotofAntrimgame changa!

    • @ghostcrabman
      @ghostcrabman 2 місяці тому +1

      You get aftermarket blades for Gillette handles here in South Africa. I’ll also not buy the real thing again. Haven’t done in years.

  • @erkl8823
    @erkl8823 10 місяців тому +5

    "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" means some guys like blondes, some like brunettes, not..."nothing matters, there's no such thing as objectivity, eat until they remove your 🦶, as long as *you're* happy...giRL!!" ...

  • @homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971
    @homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971 Рік тому +173

    I dunno if they should call it a "movement". I'm sure lots of movement tires these people out quick.

    • @screwgoogle4993
      @screwgoogle4993 Рік тому +14

      More of a bowel movement than anything

    • @MegaDylan7
      @MegaDylan7 Рік тому +5

      LOL !

    • @sallyb1689
      @sallyb1689 Рік тому +7

      The only “movement” they ascribe to or able to achieve!!

    • @MegaDylan7
      @MegaDylan7 Рік тому +6

      @@sallyb1689 "Movement" ? The only move they make is to the fridge !!!!!!!

    • @EyeOfMagnus4E201
      @EyeOfMagnus4E201 11 місяців тому +2

      👍🤣🤣🤣

  • @cestmoi5687
    @cestmoi5687 Рік тому +129

    As a woman, I don't actually mind seeing a variety of healthy sizes (not everyone has to be a size 2) so we can see what clothes would actually look like on us. Fat people exist and spend money, so I think it's smart to show them what they'll look like in the clothes.
    But pushing obesity as healthy, glamorous, and beautiful is pure evil.

    • @HateBear-real
      @HateBear-real 10 місяців тому

      As a man, I don't value women's opinions when you got the political majority like a hundred years ago and did nothing but exacerbated PC and coddle culture for degenerates. Real women were against feminism from the beginning, but clearly moderns don't have any serious beliefs and are unwilling to actually draw sword on real world problems. You just want to coddle them instead. That's exactly how we got here.

    • @branden3785
      @branden3785 9 місяців тому +6

      Yay, you've found the rational middle ground. Welcome.

    • @Thenogomogo-zo3un
      @Thenogomogo-zo3un 9 місяців тому +2

      Well wearing tents and jersey leggings/tops gotta get boring after a while.
      Clothing designers, manufacturers can only do so much

  • @nope2826
    @nope2826 Рік тому +86

    It's like they want to normalize obesity so we don't focus on how utterly broken our food system is.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +43

      And so big pharma can have 10s of millions of new customers.

    • @HateBear-real
      @HateBear-real 10 місяців тому

      It's simple--obese people can't revolt, and they can be controlled more easily. Your brain gets in a fog when you're that messed up.

    • @daveyjones8969
      @daveyjones8969 6 місяців тому

      You don't need to be rich to not eat garbage. Most young people don't know how to cook for shit.

    • @sigma6656
      @sigma6656 2 місяці тому

      I don't really think our food system is all that broken. There's nothing disincentivizing me from buying a bag of onions, a bag of potatoes, a bag of rice, a bag of beans, and a bag of chicken breasts; then making inherently healthy meals with those ingredients. If you're going to buy processed trash, you just have to accept the fact that it's going to be filled with corn + soy byproducts and enough preservatives to pickle your liver.

  • @YanoshRagauld
    @YanoshRagauld Рік тому +7

    How wonderful it is to hear you dismantle and deconstruct the subtle smoke n mirrors involved in all this bulshit. I've subbed in and I'm really enjoying chugging through your content. Some great laughs too. Awesome work Amigo.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +3

      Thanks for the sub and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.

  • @cyrusmorris9599
    @cyrusmorris9599 Рік тому +117

    There is a big difference between “thic” and just flat out a fat body…

    • @jordhuga271
      @jordhuga271 Рік тому

      Now they are all Thictims instead of feeling shame being fat now they just blame you and proclaim victimhood.

    • @r.8902
      @r.8902 Рік тому +36

      for real. the "fat" aerie chick in the beginning is not even that fat. i'd call her thick, and she has a healthy body size, i would say. her and i have a very similar body type and i just naturally hold on to some fat like that. i always joke and tell people my body is designed for long mediaeval winters and hasn't caught up with the modern world yet lol

    • @ab-gail
      @ab-gail Рік тому

      @@r.8902 lol

    • @NoNonsense_01
      @NoNonsense_01 10 місяців тому +2

      Worry not. While he likes the comment of everyone who agreed with him. The guy in video would simply ignore your comment because it is uncomfortable.

    • @Touma134
      @Touma134 9 місяців тому +4

      That girl on the right in front of the beach body ready sign was a good example of that. I'd even say that's a healthy weight.

  • @Match25
    @Match25 Рік тому +19

    Translation: We are too lazy and love food too much, so make society find us attractive

  • @TheAyeAye1
    @TheAyeAye1 Рік тому +47

    It started as something good and perverted into something bad. Fashion models use to be so thin they looked sick. Making them so fat they look sick is not the answer.

    • @normie2716
      @normie2716 10 місяців тому +5

      Just like pretty much every "movement" of the last decade or so.

  • @RaineErasmusWalker
    @RaineErasmusWalker 3 місяці тому +2

    I love the Despot of Antrim 🙏🏻 grounded and factual, no obnoxious jump cuts and memes, just the good stuff❤

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks, I appreciate the comment. I also hate meme jump cuts that have no set up, they're essentially canned humour.

  • @DeaFX
    @DeaFX Рік тому +23

    It started as a backlash against an unhealthy body type but it went overboard and now it's promoting another instead

    • @cybertramon0012
      @cybertramon0012 Рік тому

      That seems to be a recurring problem these days. We start off with nasty views from the past that people create movements to correct. But somewhere along the line, these movements get fanatical about their views, pushing and pushing them until they're the only view you're allowed to have and become just as toxic and nasty as what they were meant to replace. And they despise any attempt to rein them in, because that runs the risk that they aren't in the right.
      Women's rights became Woman are better in every way; Representation became Race Swapping and shoehorned Diversity; Afrocentrism became Africans did everything meaningful. And of course, standing up to White Supremacists became Racism of it's own.

  • @OneGoldenCat
    @OneGoldenCat Рік тому +10

    Body positivity = more money for corporations.
    If an unattractive woman feels that she too can be attractive, she is more likely to spend more on clothes, jewelry and makeup.

    • @arostwocents
      @arostwocents Місяць тому +1

      Spot on. Fat women traditionally gave up on beauty. This stops them from doing that.
      Also women previously got fat after marriage. Now they are fat before and society needs to try and trick men fat women are sexy.

  • @RwandaBob
    @RwandaBob Рік тому +32

    the us is now classifying obesity as a “disease”
    this is ridiculous to me. both my parents are obese, and i was overweight until i was 17 and decided i was tired of it and wanted to get laid 😂
    but on a real note, just bc my parents are fat doesn’t mean i have to be. they taught me bad food habits that i’m still dealing with today 6 years later.
    i worked my ass off to lose those 60 lbs, and went from 225 lbs to 165. it’s one of the hardest things i’ve ever made myself do. but if i can do it, anyone can do it. and it pisses me off when people act like obesity is just some innate state you can be.
    the amount of obese people in my life that i’ve heard say “i don’t even eat that much” is insane. 2 days of not eating much over a 3 month span doesn’t mean you don’t eat that much. and for a lot that don’t, they eat less but super high calorie and processed food.

    • @sigma6656
      @sigma6656 2 місяці тому

      {just got done slurping down 300 grams of butter} "I don't even eat that much!

  • @Flayne009
    @Flayne009 Рік тому +3

    This is only the second video of yours I've watched and I must say your approach, writing, wit, intellectualism, and presentation are a breath of fresh air. A lot of people do this kind of content but most not even half as good as you. You've well earned yourself a fan and subscriber. Keep it up.

  • @plaintoast5477
    @plaintoast5477 Рік тому +102

    The way I see the body positivity movement:
    There is a vast range of healthy female bodies, however it is wrong to present actual obesity as a positive trait. Obesity is often caused by issues with mental health, and encouraging struggling people to "accept their body" (and furthermore possibly avoid treatment) is wrong.
    Another thing to note is that it goes both ways- being underweight is just as bad as being overweight, and it has been encouraged in the media for too long also.
    I want to see happy, healthy women in commercials. Not too thin or too fat, just... healthy.
    Edit: the activist in that first clip didn't look overweight to me, I would honestly say that (in my opinion, because beauty is subjective) she was the most attractive there.

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest Рік тому +2

      When has the media ever encouraged underweight women?

    • @jessicaruggenenti1731
      @jessicaruggenenti1731 Рік тому +1

      @@TheStraightestWhitest ALways? PLUS, to keep themselves that thin they snort massive doses of cocaine, they resort to Bulimia (aka vomiting the food they just ingested) and so on, so no, models from the past decades were ALWAYS unhealtly models.
      Haven't you a pair of eyes??!! Just fucking look at a runway FFS! Even Victoria's Secrets models ARE unhealtly and resort to unhealtly habit to look the way they look on the runway show!
      So does Hollywood actress and ESPECIALLY actors that play superheroes for example. You just can't say they have a healty body AND they reached it in a healty way.
      I swear people in America (particularluy certain males like you) simply do not fucking have eyes nor can do 2+2=4... jesus christ!
      Not convinced? Just look at a man like Henry Cavill and WHAT he HAD TO do for the "bathromm scene" in The Witcher show. Or what a Victoria's Secret model have to do in order to be deemed "presentable" before the show air. Normally people don't do that sort of shit.
      So again, you people in America really are capable of reasoning only for stereotypes -.-"""

    • @John-fk2ky
      @John-fk2ky Рік тому +3

      @dum dum That seems far more fixable a problem than obesity, especially since the people most likely suffering from it understand discipline and dedication to a goal. I don't think it's good, but that seems more of an industry problem than the social disaster that is obesity.

    • @one-eyepadidally8449
      @one-eyepadidally8449 Рік тому +11

      Being underweight isn’t just as bad as being overweight. I’ve been underweight my whole life of 47 years and have yet to suffer any health ailments or need medication or treatment because of it. I have a very fast metabolism. Overweight people, however, can only get away with it for so long until they have issues with blood pressure, diabetes, etc.. Being the anorexic type of underweight is as bad as being obese though. You are at risk of many terrible health problems with those extremes.

    • @ravenouself4181
      @ravenouself4181 Рік тому +13

      @@TheStraightestWhitest back in the 70'sand 80's, the models used in commercials had very rigerous diets which were very detrimental to their health. models of both genders.

  • @robw7676
    @robw7676 8 місяців тому +5

    The "beach body ready" taught us that it was OK to tell somebody (and by extension, others like her) that SHE can't appear on a poster in a bikini, but lots of other women can. Seems rather hypocritical to me.

  • @DocTraubo
    @DocTraubo Рік тому +52

    Of course you are absolutely right.
    First of all it's a catastrophe for health insurance obligated societies (for example in Germany). And it's the epitome of bigotry (and therefore stupidity) when compared to anti smoking campaigns getting more and more restrictive, excluding, even militant in some areas. Imagine a trend teaching kids 'hey, smoking tastes great, is cool and perfectly healthy' would come back from the 1950s.
    But, of course, you're in very hot water with that video: nearly all society menaces are allied these days in the west.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +17

      Good comparison. Pushing this nonsense is pure evil, plain and simple. Encouraging unhealthy lifestyles so big pharma will have customers lining up, as well as massively increased dependence on government medical welfare. Only a truly diseased mind could support this.

  • @_Bo_Stardust_
    @_Bo_Stardust_ Рік тому +7

    I believe this is a case of over progression. In the 2000s female models were dangerously thin, often called heroin-chic. They were anorexic and starving. Then we progressed to the 2010s of having models of average size, some a bit thicker, some a bit thinner, but still healthy. Now, we have progressed so far that now we have reached the new extreme of having extremely over weight, not chubby, over weight women being called beautiful despite showing signs of obesity and stress eating. Healthy bodies are beautiful, under or over weight bodies are sad. I'm an underweight woman, I should know.

    • @comedicsociopathy
      @comedicsociopathy 6 місяців тому +1

      As an overweight woman (hormone condition, it sucks), I absolutely agree. When will society stop with the extremes, it's annoying.

  • @kamilgesikiewicz8223
    @kamilgesikiewicz8223 Рік тому +19

    Why is that the BPM (Body Positivity Movement) applies only to women. Makes you wonder.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +8

      I came across local body positive campaigns by pathetic, low T men trying to get laid by impressing feminists, but they are always sloppy DIY jobs, not the sophisticated, professionalized propaganda that I discuss in the video.

  • @erkl8823
    @erkl8823 10 місяців тому +5

    Haven't been this excited about finding a new channel in a long time. Thanks brother.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks man. Welcome to the channel!

  • @laurisaarinen1126
    @laurisaarinen1126 Рік тому +18

    I would not call anyone in the first ad fat. The biggest girl there was still normal weight. That one had nothing wrong with the models honestly, just the tone of the ad. The other ones i can't defend.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +10

      The opening was a warm up example and a good summary of the central messages of body positivity.

  • @floydffrogfloydffrog7453
    @floydffrogfloydffrog7453 Рік тому +50

    "... lend weight to the argument" I see what you did there.

  • @proto-type3201
    @proto-type3201 Рік тому +12

    A good message would be "love your body,so don't let it down" or something like that. Sounds more realistic

  • @az-kalaak6215
    @az-kalaak6215 Рік тому +45

    hot take:
    Body positivity is a movement that will selfdestruct either with health problems or because people will never be "body positive enough". Just give it some time

    • @onethdasanayake3689
      @onethdasanayake3689 Рік тому +4

      That's a very Huxleyan way of looking at it and I like it

    • @BloodSweatandFears
      @BloodSweatandFears Рік тому +13

      It’s already happening as far as I’m aware 3 far acceptance activists have died before age 40 from obesity issues.

    • @laughingseagull000
      @laughingseagull000 Рік тому

      It’ll die when our society dies.

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@BloodSweatandFearsBlaire White posted a video about that, about a week ago. The stills of the obituaries are jarring. Died at 37, 38, 35... One of them was a guy who made TicToc videos every day where he ate as much as he possibly could, literally no joke to see how fat he could get, cos when he did that, his subscribers sent him money. No I'm not kidding, that was the actual reason. He died at THIRTY GODDAM THREE.
      Christ, Jim Morrison made it to 27, and he drank every day for ten years. He got a bit chubby by the end, but fuckin hell, he could still walk.

    • @BloodSweatandFears
      @BloodSweatandFears 11 місяців тому +1

      @@emilyadams3228 Jim did quite a bit of heroin, cocaine, weed and alcohol! That was a great video thanks, I love Blaire she’s hilarious. But yeah they are dying younger and younger, it’s really crazy.

  • @waffleempress5772
    @waffleempress5772 Рік тому +8

    I am a young woman who gains weight easily, and this is exactly what happened during the pandemic for various reasons, from being unable to leave the house to helping mom take care of grandma who, unfortunately, passed away in the hospital eventually, so lack of activity plus lots of stress. And I absolutely hate body positivity, at least the kind media is trying to push. Two of my grandparents, my mom's parents, had diabetes, and I had my own risks as a kid, and I still do. I want to lose weight to avoid serious health issues that will affect my life for the rest of my days. I am against bullying people for any reason, including their looks and weight, but I want none of this. I do not want positivity that can kill me if I don't do something about it.

    • @sigma6656
      @sigma6656 2 місяці тому

      I recommend adding a lot of beans to your diet and cutting soda. Soda is legitimately like a drug, after you go 2 weeks without it you'll find it really unappealing.

  • @jimbob7773
    @jimbob7773 Рік тому +14

    This analysis is top notch, you absolutely nailed it mate. Definitely subed 👍

  • @cyryc
    @cyryc Рік тому +3

    I'd hate to be the person living in the apt under the woman in the ice cream ad

  • @RookieTravelDiaries
    @RookieTravelDiaries Рік тому +7

    I wonder where all the male plus-sized models are at 🤔🤔

  • @kainestolkyn
    @kainestolkyn 7 місяців тому +2

    Still shocked at how few subs you have. You deserve more. Fantastic analysis.

  • @ashyroy9454
    @ashyroy9454 Рік тому +22

    What I don't understand is what did etiquette do to them? Like what's wrong with good manners nowadays? Okay, you're all brave and stunning, why not be brave, stunning and, I don't know, elegant? Polite?

  • @tumulovermelho93
    @tumulovermelho93 Рік тому +10

    You earned a subscriber. I binged a few of your videos and definitely would like more, you're ACTUALLY funny and don't sugarcoat your opinions.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +5

      Thanks for watching. I'll be doing Disney remakes next, I target I have long wanted to attack.

  • @racheljames7
    @racheljames7 Рік тому +5

    You're so eloquent, informative and entertaining at the same time. More people need to see this.

  • @sianjones7167
    @sianjones7167 Рік тому +5

    You deserve way more subscribers. So much work/thought in your vids.

  • @n0odles86
    @n0odles86 Рік тому +30

    I got mah belly stretch marks through 3 pregnancies 😭😂
    (I take no offense, btw. I was absolutely horrified when during my first pregnancy and the stretch marks came up. Got new ones with each pregnancy. My children are all teens now so my stomach is just silvery with some sag. Don't worry, I don't think it's beautiful, and I've never shown it to anyone besides my husband/doctor lol)

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +19

      You did it the right way! In any case those stretch marks are nothing compared to what people who balloon up get.

    • @josephsalmonte4995
      @josephsalmonte4995 Рік тому +12

      It's beautiful to your husband. That counts for something

    • @tex_lysium7912
      @tex_lysium7912 Рік тому +10

      Now that’s proper GOOD body positivity, good on you❤

    • @AdaTheWatcher
      @AdaTheWatcher Рік тому +2

      @@DespotofAntrim I personally have some stretch marks because I was almost obese as a child.
      Being overweight is no joke and I still struggle with the aftermath sometimes when I look in the mirror. But hey it beats being overweight.

    • @ultraboombean
      @ultraboombean Рік тому +4

      @@AdaTheWatcher it is pretty common for girls to get stretch marks just from puberty too. The body changes are so fast it is crazy. Got em on my thighs.

  • @daniellewillis2767
    @daniellewillis2767 7 місяців тому +2

    Notice in the first ad the body positivity lady has the prettiest face of all of them, but they rarely if EVER show her mildly plus size body. If anything this kind of ad will piss off the super duper size segment of the body positivity movement because a mere size 12-14 plus size model is not nearly huge enough...

  • @TG-ge1oh
    @TG-ge1oh Рік тому +9

    Late to the party, but here's my two cents. As someone whose weight (obesity, though not excessive), has led to arthritis, high cholesterol, borderline diabetes, the last thing people like us need to hear is that we are perfect the way we are. Being happy to be I'll doesn't save one's life. If you don't wish to remain healthy, it just leads to a lot of pain and sorrow in later life, something body positivity propaganda seems to ignore. Looking at this all, it just seems to me that people are wishfully thinking they can escape health issues through gaslighting themselves.

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 11 місяців тому

      Unhealthy people are dependent. Healthy people are not.
      Mystery Solved.

  • @kalt7990
    @kalt7990 Рік тому +11

    I love how it's the companies that made shit tons off of supermodels of the past trying to tell me I'm bad for liking the way they looked.

  • @FeuerNite
    @FeuerNite Рік тому +3

    Skinny people and gym bodies also have cellulite and stretch marks. Unfortunately, and you can’t completely disappear cellulite by working out or massage, you can reduce it to 70% max.

  • @leipzigergnom
    @leipzigergnom Рік тому +15

    Man, you really nailed it once again!

  • @erkl8823
    @erkl8823 10 місяців тому +2

    0:01 good LORD, how are those even the same SPECIES???

  • @alistairjames490
    @alistairjames490 Рік тому +19

    Thank God for these women! They inspire me to stay in shape lol

  • @erkl8823
    @erkl8823 10 місяців тому +2

    "war elephant" , "chin-o-saurus" , .... I'm here for it. You. Are. The Man!!

  • @livingdeath6666
    @livingdeath6666 Рік тому +5

    Omg that ice cream commercial is horrifying

    • @jneilson7568
      @jneilson7568 Рік тому +1

      Tbf the editing to avoid realistic jiggle is quite impressive.😂

  • @marcstopczynski7774
    @marcstopczynski7774 9 місяців тому +1

    Mate, your analysis is so interesting. I’ve never looked at adverts the way you do and it’s really made me change perspective and question the real propaganda that’s shoved in our faces every day. Great work 👍

  • @ciaralean4203
    @ciaralean4203 Рік тому +27

    Fuck! I was going to skip training today😳 thanks mate you convinced me otherwise 🥊👍

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +7

      Not gonna lie, I started running again while making this video.

    • @darrenwalley91
      @darrenwalley91 Рік тому +2

      I'm back weight training & walking the dog tomorrow. 🤔

  • @Johannes9126
    @Johannes9126 Рік тому +4

    "This is healthy!"
    Covid 19: "No."

  • @SusieQ3
    @SusieQ3 Рік тому +101

    Yeah, so I was going to eat breakfast, but I think I'll just go for a run instead. Not an athlete, just a mom that wants to live long enough to have grandkids 🤷🏻‍♀️ plus those skin conditions really took the desire to eat right out of me, so thanks for that.

    • @PaladinHD
      @PaladinHD Рік тому +21

      Life advice andy but you should eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. Don't get hungry just count calories with an app.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +22

      I started running again while making this video, just 30 minutes a few times a week, but I can't make the 'too busy' excuse. It has to be done.

    • @miriamjohnson3962
      @miriamjohnson3962 Рік тому +5

      Here's the thing, yes there will always be people that are unable to do everything to perfectly fit the model of health and fitness, but people should be doing what they can. It is generally recognized that as a mother you have less time for yourself to do things like that, but things can be done.
      Like eating three solid meals a day. Not eating enough can actually lead to weight gain at times, because when you do eat, your body stores it all, expecting it won't have any other food for awhile.
      I think the main thing they are poking at the movement for, is when they try to portray women over, say 200 pounds as being clearly as fit as the model they stand next to with abs showing. It just isn't true.

    • @Sand_Dolphin
      @Sand_Dolphin Рік тому

      There is one more excellent video in the same style as this one that motivated me and my friends to diet and work out more.
      Positively bodied by short fat otaku, that video is an excellent take down of these concepts as well.

    • @Sand_Dolphin
      @Sand_Dolphin Рік тому +1

      @@DespotofAntrim throw in a few push ups too brother. Just a little bit + consistency makes a world of difference.
      Also, great video!

  • @FieldMarshalTalionOswaldC
    @FieldMarshalTalionOswaldC Рік тому +4

    I am so happy that I'm from Finland. Here feminisim and body positive ways aren't that common and to this day we have survived, though it is only matter of time until something happens and we will fall to the hands of this if we don't get help, together we can win against stuff like this.

    • @zachplaysallday-zpad5731
      @zachplaysallday-zpad5731 Рік тому

      Didn’t Finland become an utter laughingstock due to that trans skater that fell during a performance and gave rise to the “stunning and brave” meme?

    • @FieldMarshalTalionOswaldC
      @FieldMarshalTalionOswaldC Рік тому +1

      @@zachplaysallday-zpad5731 I am not sure, but at least we made a meme out of a Trans person

    • @robertwood2539
      @robertwood2539 28 днів тому

      I live in Finland, a place where if your child is in danger of obesity there are many offers of assistance ranging from schools, nutritionists and medical.
      That's directed to both the parents and the kids.
      No fannying about from the Finnish, it is unhealthy and they try hard to get that message over to their children and the parents.
      Based.

  • @berobero686
    @berobero686 Рік тому +14

    It's interesting how it moved from "body diversity everybody beautiful in their own way" trend, to old tall hourglass but fat/obese and everybody else is ugly

    • @doge7906
      @doge7906 Рік тому

      No originally body positivety was meant for disformed people who couldn't do something something about their to supporting lazy narcissistic people who think that every one is wrong and that they are beautiful

  • @shaunobrien6425
    @shaunobrien6425 9 місяців тому +2

    Someone needs to sue them for promoting a life style that will lead to a reduced lifespan, heart disease is the leading cause of death, they are glorifying a condition that leads to it.

  • @cholohd32
    @cholohd32 Рік тому +30

    So i lost 74 kgs in the last 2 years doing Keto-ish & Omad-ish. No sports just cutting the carbs, so the body switches from carb burning to fat burning. My blood pressure & colestero meds has been cut in half twice now & my doctor suggested that we are really close to completely cut them if i loose another 10-15 kgs. Also got rid of most of the side effects from the meds too (like i had "water in my legs"). Beginning fasting was oddly "easy" too. I mean you dont start a marathon by attempting one on day one of cause. All i did first was skip breakfast & start eating 1 hour later, then 2 hours , then 3 etc. This was also when i dicovered that its the carbs that makes your constantly hungry. Once you switch to eating meat/fats you will discover that its way more filling. Anyways, being obese should not be celebrated in any way. My doctor has been warning me for 22 years on how unhealthy it is & that id die if i didnt do something about it. Dying dosnt make me pretty.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +13

      Congratulations on your weight loss. It's a hard thing to do and you've clearly put in a lot of effort. Keep it up!

    • @I_always_have_been_Daniel49
      @I_always_have_been_Daniel49 Рік тому +1

      I lost 3kg by eating two times a day. That’s all. No exercise, anything.

    • @QueenMonny
      @QueenMonny Рік тому

      I can't cut carbs. Do you know why? I'll die. Taking insulin without carbohydrates is VERY bad.

  • @StrunDoNhor
    @StrunDoNhor Рік тому +2

    All that bravado and fake self-confidence in the ads.
    You wanna know what _really_ builds confidence like nothing else? Proving to yourself that you can change. Putting in tremendous effort -- sometimes backbreaking effort -- and seeing the results. Shedding so much weight that you shrink down to the same size range _as the people in the ads._ That shit both takes a lot of backbone and builds a lot of backbone.

  • @adamgoldbein3105
    @adamgoldbein3105 Рік тому +25

    Body positivity is like downplaying the health risks of smoking. Remember those old commercials when some cigarettes were branded as the "doctor's choice"?

    • @Thomasmemoryscentral
      @Thomasmemoryscentral Рік тому +7

      Even The Flintstones were used to advertise Winston cigarettes, targeting the kids is scary

  • @jenniferrhoades8956
    @jenniferrhoades8956 Рік тому +3

    Just roll the seven deadly sins up in an entire package of this new "positivity"--gluttony, lust, sloth, pride, greed, wrath, and envy. You don't need to reflect on yourself because it's everybody else's fault if they don't think you're perfect, Pumpkin! You go girl--down this road that leads to misery, isolation, insanity, and, ultimately, death. We'll cater to all your delusions as long as you buy our stuff!!!

  • @davidnedved3781
    @davidnedved3781 Рік тому +8

    I heard that regular exercise is really good for your mental health.
    Maybe that's why these people think obesity is okay.

  • @MontyScott1
    @MontyScott1 Рік тому +13

    Body positivity was meant for people with disabilities or people who don’t have THE perfect body i.e love handles or such things. It was never to promote morbid obesity, downright insufferable behavior and the desire that the world needs to change. I have a dear friend who is a wonderful mother with a great husband but both are really really overweight. They love each other dearly but they both acknowledge that fact that they need to loose weight! That’s the right way of thinking. My brother is overweight combined with a mild diabetes. He knows that and it would be fatal prancing around and celebrating the fact that he is sick. I mean the media is not loving overweight men at this point , do they? My wife and I have three kids and we really pay attention to sugar and sweet stuff because kids nowadays habe become so overweight. Nobody is celebrating that either so why should we celebrate fat girls ? It’s not healthy being fat. I don’t mean mildly overweight but really really fat

  • @Rujewitblood
    @Rujewitblood Рік тому +21

    The error is believing that who you are is equal to your body, when it is not. When you see a man with no legs, you don't say 'there's half a man over there', you say 'there's a (whole) man, with half of his body missing. Who you are in essence that is changeless (life) is perfect, but all the things that are added on and change constantly (personality, body/appearance) are not perfect, and need your attention and maintenance.
    When you derive your identity from your body, you take offence when your body is criticized, but this is like a woman taking offence, because someone pointed out that her car needs to be taken to the mechanic.
    Regardless of what happens to your body, who you are never changes, just like how regardless of how you redesign the bottle, the water inside it never changes.
    It would be insane for water to imagine that the external form of the bottle is who it is, and to take offence, or be flattered, when someone criticizes or compliments that form.
    If a woman doesn't want to look after her home, and is delusional about its state, she has that right, but she will have to deal with the rats and cockroaches that start to live there, just like how the obese who don't want to maintain their body and are delusional about its state will have to deal with the many health risks and inconveniences that come as a result.

    • @DespotofAntrim
      @DespotofAntrim  Рік тому +6

      Excellent comment and analogy. Notice how the body positive movement use the term 'body type' as if this is just the mould you were caste in. You're not absurdly obese because you eat too much, drive to the store when it's a 5 minute walk and never take the stairs at work, no, it's because that's just your 'body type'.

  • @elvenkind6072
    @elvenkind6072 9 місяців тому +4

    2:00 I think that's an example of voluptuous beauty and she's the most pretty of the whole selection. I think she look healthy and normal. The skinny ones don't look good at all and certainly not attractive. Edit: Iskra Lawrence is her name, really a beautiful woman, she's curvy, but not fat. Healthy, but not skinny. I think she's probably just as likely to live long as anyone else, since she obviously exercise, but also enjoy life, eating what she want, instead of living miserable in some torture-diet program.

  • @tilemacro
    @tilemacro Рік тому +9

    What I see in the video.
    07:14 Beautiful women telling fat women not to try to improve, they are fine as they are = eliminating the competition. 🤣🤣
    10:12 A company selling ice cream telling fat women they are fine as they are, eat more ice cream = Selling more ice cream. 😂😂

  • @ShengDanLaoRen
    @ShengDanLaoRen 10 місяців тому +1

    I can't believe a company promoting fitness and health made an ad like that 😮 It goes against everything they stand for.

  • @blaqshiep4920
    @blaqshiep4920 Рік тому +13

    The lack of awareness and hypocrisy knows no bounds with some. These same people shame your carbon footprint, yet cant make the connection these people consume 2-3x more than most and more x of impoverished nations they claim to have sympathy for...

    • @Saltedroastedcaramel
      @Saltedroastedcaramel Рік тому +4

      Also want free healthcare but at the same time want to be big enough to point where it's hard and dangerous for doctors to take care of them. Then there's ignoring actual diseases caused by obesity

    • @jayymack1993
      @jayymack1993 8 місяців тому

      THIS!! It's first-world entitlement!

  • @bkatbamna
    @bkatbamna Рік тому +2

    At 0:40, that poster should read: "For The Woman Who Never Quits....Eating".

  • @CEAsfg
    @CEAsfg Рік тому +5

    I know body positivity is a complete sham when I’m constantly reminded how we’ve never seen fat, overweight, obese men in fashion magazines or men’s health magazines.
    Also the hypocrisy of calling a fat woman “plus size” but a fat man is still “fat”

    • @jneilson7568
      @jneilson7568 Рік тому +1

      That's because they need to appeal to gay dudes, I guess. Though Sam Smith is sneaking in there 😳

  • @johnwiks2597
    @johnwiks2597 Рік тому +4

    This "your enough as you are" message, is great for alcoholics and drug addicts.
    Self-indulgence and hedonistic pleasure seeking is destructive in practice, and by design. It only serves to keep the practitioners complacent and docile while the power seekers make them slaves.

  • @jacob9538
    @jacob9538 Рік тому +4

    11:30 My favorite part is when she lumbers down the hallway like a charging rhinoceros.

  • @olgakuranova7986
    @olgakuranova7986 Рік тому +3

    The sad part about body positivity is that it came from understandable statement of "it's my body, so I can do whatever I want with it" to demanding love for your body from other people. From others body being not your business to others insecureties being your problem. And the second version just doesn't work.

  • @williamdixon-gk2sk
    @williamdixon-gk2sk 7 місяців тому +3

    The Summer I turned 35 I got hit by a A car and Dove into Alcoholism, & got Fat. Aside from looks, you also FEEL bad, SMELL bad, work is harder, sex is harder, putting on SHOES is harder! You Can't Tell me there are ANY 'Pros' in being Fat ( outside of birth control). I quit drinking, and bought a new bike. Weight Loss is like a 6/10 on the difficulty scale, it's a VERY attainable Goal. ( I was hit while Cycling, hence, the New Bike)