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u/sheisthebeesknees Mar 22 '23
Fatty Fatgirl is my fav
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u/Crxeagle420 Mar 22 '23
Love calories gotta be the funniest store name I’ve ever heard though.
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Mar 22 '23
I feel like Love Calories should have a bakery in it, like how targets have Starbucks in them.
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u/FiveLegGoat Mar 22 '23
There’s a store called Moose Knuckles at the Mall of America.
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u/Cultural_Dust Mar 22 '23
I feel like they could either sell some random baked good (ie bear claw or pretzel bites) or women's athleisure wear.
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u/Tyrus_McTrauma Mar 22 '23
Moose Knuckles is a brand, however. My wife has had one of their down-filled coats for years.
Is Love Calories a brand, or just the name of that boutique/chain?
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u/noods-danger-tits Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 23 '23
It's between that and BeeBeeFat for me, and I say this as a fat. Would shop at all these stores 😂
ETA: no but wait, you guys! I found this video on TikTok and the comments are LEGIT hilarious.
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u/ladywhoneverknewit Mar 22 '23
as a fellow fat I would absolutely wear a shirt that said "fatty fatgirl" on it. I might make one
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u/noods-danger-tits Mar 22 '23
This is how you make your millions! Pirating the logos of funny stores overseas.
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u/Volandovich Mar 23 '23
Lmao , millions but how , the margin is just 10-12% at max and which can only be hundreds that too in years.
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Mar 22 '23
Imagine getting your girlfriend a gift from Fatty Fatgirl
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u/nightfox5523 Mar 22 '23
Honestly any of the ones implying she's a cow would get me murdered faster than just implying she was fat
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u/wh1pcream Mar 22 '23
just implying she was fat
It's worse than that, the store name moo moo มูมู่ play on words in Thai literally mean pig.
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u/pleukrockz Mar 22 '23
But pig can be a cute pet name in Thai. Me and my wife called each other “fat pig” as a cute pet name.
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u/Forsaken_Scale_573 Mar 22 '23
If I’m being honest, fat cat just sounds more like a restaurant lol
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u/anzl Mar 22 '23
We have a restaurant named “Fat Cat” in Chicago
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u/St0rmborn Mar 22 '23
The Fat Black Pussycat is a comedy club in NYC. We also have another place called Fat Cat.
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u/quanta777 Mar 22 '23
Imagine these stores in US
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u/JaxxisR Mar 22 '23
US changed "Big & Tall" to "Casual Male."
These stores are right in your face with it.
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u/Austaras Mar 22 '23
When I was a "rather large gentleman" I used to strictly refer to it as "The Fat Guy Store" with all my friends and family. I took my kid brother with me shopping one day and when we got inside he exclaimed, " So this is 'The Fat Guy Store!' " so loud all my fellow tubbies turned their heads and shot him death glares as I hastily dragged him out of there.
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u/absynthe-green Mar 22 '23
This reminds me of when I used to work retail, I had a gentleman ask me where the "Fat Guy department?" was.
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u/Occasionally_lazy Mar 22 '23
Husky section’s in the back
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u/InoUareBUTwtAMi Mar 22 '23 •
My husky prefers to lay naked even in the snow so I feel like a husky clothing section is doomed to failure....but what do I know
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u/HappyJacks17 Mar 22 '23
Could’ve gotten eaten whew..
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u/Austaras Mar 22 '23
I just imagine the store exploding into 100 different variations of Cartman's voice after I left. "Hey, I'm not fat! I'm festively Plump!"
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u/donuthead_27 Mar 22 '23
My grandma did something similar once, I got my first internship and my mother took me to Lane Bryant for Professional Clothing that wasn’t a pantsuit or frumpy (many tears of frustration were shed in a Kohl’s changing room the day before).
Anyway. I get some actually cute and adorable clothes that are nice enough for an office. Grandma, who has never had a filter since I can remember, was visiting and was excited for a fashion show. My mom asks her mother if she’s ever heard of Lane Bryant. Grandma, off the cuff, goes “oh the fat lady store”
Grandma started watching what she said after that.
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u/redditstealth Mar 22 '23
Casual male sounds like Grindr.
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Mar 22 '23
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u/OuterSpaceHobo Mar 22 '23
Oh, is that why there is a hole in the dressing room wall?
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u/mattwinkler007 Mar 22 '23
I'm skinny as a rail, does that make me "Formal Male"?
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u/twodarray Mar 22 '23
Competitive Ranked Male
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u/edwinthowaway Mar 22 '23
And they changed it again to Destination XL.
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u/AFutureForTheForest Mar 22 '23
Which is more in line with what they sell. If you're just tall and not plus sized you're gonna have a hard time finding clothes there.
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u/Additional_Rough_588 Mar 22 '23
yup. I was never able to shop there because they assume you're both.
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u/Battery6512 Mar 22 '23
They actually hid it in the new name which full name is DXL Casual Male - DXL stands for Destination Extra Large
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u/MercerT7 Mar 23 '23
That is smart move and kinda attractive too like people gonna spent some time guessing the name / full form .
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Mar 22 '23
When did that happen??? Seems... silly to me, and I'm closing in on needing the "big" side of the business.
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u/Kohlossal Mar 22 '23
As a big and tall shopper, I’ve never seen this. Could be a subset of retailers.
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u/degeneratesumbitch Mar 22 '23
Girls walking in crying. Girls walking out crying. Girls eating a pretzel and crying.
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u/Cheapest_ Mar 22 '23
New brand idea: Girls Crying
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u/Drewlytics Mar 22 '23
Wait: Fat Girls Crying
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Mar 22 '23
If I’m not a girl can I still get in on those mall pretzels though? I can probably cry if thats a strict requirement
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u/GoodOldSlippinJimmy Mar 22 '23
Alright, do wanna hit Chunky Fat Chunkster for clothes first? Or should we swing by you Big 'Ol Fat Sow Here's Your Slop You Big Fat Fucking Hog for a bite to eat?
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u/TonsilStonesOnToast Mar 22 '23
People underestimate the power of sincerity in marketing. If it works for Heart Attack Grill, it'll work for "Fat Fuck Henry's Gut-Bucket Corral."
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u/Human-Abrocoma7544 Mar 22 '23
I believe they are called Wal Mart.
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u/Cattaphract Mar 22 '23
Fun Fact. Wal means whale in german. Americans have a lot of german heritage so not surprising
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Mar 22 '23
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u/Plusran Mar 22 '23 •
Honestly I would shop at big bitch. I would leave my house to go to a placed called big bitch.
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u/afinallullaby719 Mar 22 '23
Absolutely same. I would walk my fat ass right through the doors and slap my debit card with $48 on it down at Big Bitch. Get me a goddamn big bitch t-shirt.
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u/Stupid_Triangles Mar 22 '23
I would too just to call soemone and say "Im at Big Bitch right now, whats up?"
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u/Known_Ad6612 Mar 22 '23
And they be selling L/XL sized clothes
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u/Neuchacho Mar 22 '23
Asian sizes are fucking tiny too. Like, I wear a US Small/XS depending on the brand here, but need a M/L in brands that use Asia's sizing measurements.
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u/dksdragon43 Mar 22 '23
A lot of countries are like that. I'm from Canada which has similar sizing to the states. Went to Peru years back, bought some shirts at an outdoor vendor - couldn't try them on there. Got back to the hotel and realized a full inch of midrift was showing. Their larges are freaking tiny, length-wise.
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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Mar 22 '23
Lol, there's an American woman I follow who moved to Japan and her Japanese medical records call her obese there because she weighs like 150lbs, but she's also 5'10". So she's as skinny or nearly as skinny as normal Japanese women, but their whole system just can't account for women who are not small because of how small Asian women typically are. I find it hilarious.
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u/SeskaChaotica Mar 22 '23
I’m relatively small so I would go nuts in clothings stores in Korea and Singapore when I’d travel there for work. In the US and Canada I’m a 00-4/XXS to S, because sizes are made up numbers. But over there I’m just normal and not in the little petite section off to the side.
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u/NotLucasDavenport Mar 22 '23
I lived in Korea years ago and in my smaller town the bra sellers would basically throw product at me. They rarely sold it, I was in the market for bras…and the perfect ending to the story is that they were all still too small for me. Of course.
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u/Techygal9 Mar 22 '23
That’s because American clothing shifted while others stayed the same. I’m a U.S. S but some old clothes from my mom I’m a medium. The truth is I’m very midsized not small (although I am petite height wise).
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u/-CactusJuice Mar 22 '23
Wow this makes so much sense now, buying clothes in the US is annoying cause the sizes are never consistent lol I’m either a S or M depending on how the clothes fit. It’s gotten to the point where if I order online I’ll grab a S and a M, see which one fits better and return the other
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u/SquirrelAkl Mar 22 '23
I went to Thailand when I was in my 20s. I weighed 63kg (138lb) and had a pretty small waist. I bought one skirt. It was the biggest size they sold, and even then I grew out of it in about a week. It’s ridiculous there.
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u/MyPasswordIsMyCat Mar 22 '23
I'm not fat by American white girl standards, like 135 lbs/5'5", but when I went to Shanghai and tried to get a silk dress, the shop brought out an XXL and it was still too tight in the hips. I was like a cow to them.
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u/CrispyVibes Mar 22 '23
My friend went to Korea and went clothing shopping. She walked into some store and all they carried were XS and S of everything. When she asked for a larger size the store said they don't make anything larger because they don't want fat people wearing their clothes.
Had a similar experience in Thailand. Went to a higher end retailer that only sold one size of men's pants.
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u/NYanae555 Mar 22 '23
True. People think its all about "fat." Its not. Eurpean women have hips. Even I have hips. I'm 123 lbs and I have 38-39 inch hips. I have a wider skeleton than most east asians do.
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u/DylanHate Mar 22 '23
It's the hips. Even when I weight 105lb I still couldn't fit into those clothes. Like, there's no more weight to lose lol. It's just genetics.
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u/tibearius1123 Mar 22 '23
I’m 6’3 and 220, athletic build. I went shopping in Korea and had to buy xxxl and xxxxl.
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u/uchman365 Mar 22 '23
Remember when I travelled to China a few years ago, was walking along the shopping district in Shanghai and saw a t-shirt in a window display that looked good. I went inside to look but the XL sizes were tiny!
I stopped a middle aged woman that worked there to ask if they had larger sizes, she just looked me from head to toe and declared "too fat, too fat!" and walked off 🤣
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u/BlueMonkey-CoCo Mar 22 '23
I'm going to opening one for men "Chunk King".
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u/pm_me_your_squidhole Mar 22 '23
Lol, trying to a buy a shirt from Uniqlo in Japan was fun. Im American chubby and apparently Japanese “we didn’t know human beings can get so fat”.
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u/Iohet Mar 22 '23
Superdry (which is British, but tries to look Japanese?) is like that, too. An adult XL feels like a kids large
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u/JJDude Mar 22 '23
that is a great way to describe SuperDry, whose kanji logos has confused many Japanese and other Asians lol
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u/hache-moncour Mar 22 '23
I was surprised my european L was also an L in Uniqlo Japan, was expecting to need at least XL there.
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u/rtopps43 Mar 22 '23
When I was a kid boys plus size clothes were called husky. You’d walk into a store and some saleswoman would look at you and say “the husky clothes are over there sweetie” and you’d die from embarrassment
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u/Parallell_Infinity Mar 22 '23
hey babe..ready to get that vicotoria's secret moo moo u been wanting.
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u/ReplyInevitable1360 Mar 22 '23
That’s as straight talking as it gets!
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u/SummerBirdsong Mar 22 '23
If Moo Moo doesn't sell muumuus I'm gonna be disappointed.
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u/babyBear83 Mar 22 '23
I liked the Love Calories one. I’m American and this is hilarious. I’m honestly trying to see what’s in those stores though..they look like cute clothes.
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u/Botryoid2000 Mar 22 '23
As a fatty, I love it. I would totally shop at moo moo.
Maybe I'll start one in US for people like me, called Old Fat Cow.
I must have a weird sense of humor, because I think this is hilarious.
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u/kimbosliceofcake Mar 22 '23
I always questioned the name "Dress Barn". Who thought that would get people to walk in and buy your clothes?
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u/Mr_Badr Mar 22 '23
In 1962, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe started Dressbarn to help women in the workplace find designer clothing at a discount. The name was born from the initial item they were selling, dresses, and in the '60s the term “barn” noted value or discount. (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/business/dressbarn-closing.html#:~:text=In%201962%2C%20Elliot%20and%20Roslyn,barn%E2%80%9D%20noted%20value%20or%20discount)
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u/noods-danger-tits Mar 22 '23
I'm with you. Fuck me up with some FattyFatGirl merch
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u/Papplenoose Mar 22 '23
I'm not very big, or a woman, but I gotta say fattyfatgirl is an amazing brand name. Just has that ring to it!
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u/torcherred Mar 22 '23
I call the plus size store I shop at the "Fat Lady Store." I'm cool with it. I'd totally shop at Old Fat Cow. I'd know the clothes were for me.
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u/ccxxv Mar 22 '23
Nah you just understand that fat isn’t intrinsically a negative term.
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u/cgking13 Mar 22 '23
Giving us Mexicans a competition when it comes to being straight up about our insecurities
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u/RedditedYoshi Mar 23 '23
I don't know how anyone could live in Mexico without getting fat. One of my oldest, and fondest, food memories is my dad leaving me on a street corner in Ensenada while he renewed a license in an official building. He left me several quarters, and told me to get some fish tacos from the lady with the cart. Quarter a pop, hot, delicious, fresh. My God, I'll never forget that woman. XD
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u/bmorejaded Mar 22 '23
I have a big head and I ordered sunglasses from aliexpress where the listing said, "sunglasses for big fat face."
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u/Ok_Blueberry_7244 Mar 22 '23
100% I would shop at MooMoo and Love Calories. 😂
Edit: U.S. sizes are typically five sizes larger. For example, a U.S. size 4 would be a Japanese size 9. U.K. sizes are typically one size larger. For example, a U.K. size 8 would be a Japanese size 9.
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u/jammydodger79 Mar 22 '23
That Fat Thai shop?
Is missing a trick, rename it as Fat Thais and enjoy the pun while cornering the market
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u/AcidNewports Mar 22 '23
thats actually something I heard about China, they were very blunt about descriptions
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u/CannonFodder141 Mar 22 '23
It's more like, having learned English is a second language, they don't necessarily know the nuances and polite alternatives that go with the word "fat."
I can kind of relate. I studied a little Spanish in school. I know exactly one word for fat (Gordo) and I have no idea whether it's offensive, endearing, or something in between.
I lived in China for a while, and my students, who spoke excellent English, horrified my co-worker by repeatedly calling her fat. They had no idea they were being offensive.
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u/Its1207amcantsleep Mar 22 '23
Growing up in asia people are just more blunt when it comes to weight.
I think culturally it was just that way. You're fat, they'll tell you you're fat and need to lose weight (at the same time plying you with food--my aunts, grandmothers, and my mother *rolls eyes*). Its not the intent to be offensive, just facts and not knowing that weight comments are generally taboo in western culture.
Family parties may end up with comments of hey you lost weight, you look good but look how flat your boobs are.
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u/JJDude Mar 22 '23
yes, telling you your fat or out of shape is a way to show caring, because you will never say that to a stranger.
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u/Schmichael-22 Mar 22 '23
My work colleague, who is Korean, showed me a photo of his wife when we were talking about family. He said, without prompting, “She is very fat.”
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u/acelana Mar 22 '23
Believe it or not that’s considered polite. It’s rude to boast about your own family, so people will say negative things about them when speaking to non family members. It’s considered being humble as your family is an extension of who you are so by humbling them you’re humbling yourself
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u/itsadesertplant Mar 22 '23
Well now I’m even more nervous about meeting my Korean partner’s family for his sister’s upcoming wedding
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u/DeskJockeyMP Mar 22 '23
Don’t be nervous! I have no other information except the two preceding comments but it sounds like to break the ice you should show them a picture of your family and say “Look at these fat sacks of shit. Look at them. I am descended from dumpster people who eat and fuck shit.”
That should show them that you’re humble.
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u/annoying_know-it-all Mar 22 '23
They had no idea they were being offensive.
Because they are not. In Chinese, 胖 (fat) is not considered an offensive word. It's even used in greetings between friends or older generation to the younger one: 你怎么又胖了？ (How did you get fatter again?) It's meant to convey that the person has been doing well. Even when it's used to describe a person who's actually fat, it's used as-a-mater-of-factly.
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u/iDrGonzo Mar 22 '23
I bet they would be labeled small in a Walmart store.
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u/Frequent_Blueberry71 Mar 22 '23
I wear a Small 4/6 in the US... and have to get a L or XL when I buy Chinese or Japanese made clothes.
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u/lowkey-juan Mar 22 '23
It's not news that non english speakers won't find english words offensive.
Or realize how wrong it sounds...
In my country there used to be a store named "Sweet and Sexy". I guess business must have been good because they decided to branch out to kids clothing... "Sweet and Sexy Kids".
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u/fluffybunnies51 Mar 22 '23
As a fatty fat girl, I am both insulted, and desperate to go to Fatty Fat Girl and Fat Cat........
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u/jvLin Mar 22 '23
fat asian girls are like 130 pounds
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Mar 22 '23
Haha you joke but, I’m 5”8 and 135 lbs. I used to be around 120 in high school. My mom saw me and said that I should eat less. 😭
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u/6thgenbruh Mar 22 '23
I had a co-worker from Burma that said people in his country don't take "fat" as an insult. 🤷🏻♂️
He asked a female co-worker if she was pregnant, she was not, she cried.
I said "Bro, you don't do that 😂"
He was like " I didn't know! In my country, they would just say no, I'm fat if they were not pregnant. I didn't mean nothing by it"
I dunno 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Gojogab Mar 22 '23
When I visited remote Philippine island, a sweet lady poked me 5'10, 150 lbs, and said fat like a cow. It was a compliment I was told. Only rich people could be fat. Also, long, strong nose was said quite often. I have a normal nose by US standards. Filipino people, by the way, are the sweetest people I've ever met!!
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u/PsychologicalAerie82 Mar 22 '23
You have never met my mother, then.
(Seriously though, Filipinos tend to be very polite and soft-spoken. Unless they are at a party, in which case everyone is yelling the whole time while karaoke goes on in the background.)
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u/asteroid_b_612 Mar 22 '23
I remember when I lived in Korea like 25 years ago the plus size stores were only by US military bases and would have huge signs that said XXXXL in the windows.
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u/Mangekyou- Mar 22 '23
Fat Cat is kinda funny i cant deny, and with the way asian sizes work id probably be shopping there anyway lmao
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u/ogamanation Mar 22 '23
As a bigger girl that lived in Asia for 3+ years, I can confirm that you are treated like a freak show out there
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u/emilysosa4u Mar 22 '23
"Wow, what a cute outfit! Where'd you get it from?"