"why not?" concept, theory

Why Not?

"We were talking - about the space between us all
And the people - who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse of truth - then it's far too late - when they pass away
We were talking - about the love we could all share - when we find it
To try our best to hold it there - with our love
With our love - We could save the world - if they only knew
Try to realize it's all within yourself no-one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small, and life flows on
within and without you
We were talking - about the love that's gone so cold and the people,
Who gain the world and lose their soul - then you may find,
peace of mind, is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one, and life flows on within and without you" ~ Author: George Harrison; Lead vocal: George Harrison

Upon waking, the "daily rant" is a phenomenon that has become a great bane and misfortune for any individual with the good/bad luck to be in audible vicinity of said rant. It can become so deep at times that it can be almost emotionally painful to endure. Sometimes the way some singular, important truth appears can decide the degree to which any emotional behavior can manifest.

In one of my waking rants, an individual who was seeking some mental or spiritual relief started playing music. By chance, fate, destiny, or "predetermined response", this song was played.

Hearing the lyrics while in the process of pondering such deep thought about the theory of everything and therefore the solution to everything brought about an emotional response within myself. Upon taking a short break, I was able to see the great tragedy in the many ways that the truth is revealed to us all, but for some reason we must choose to maintain our own, personal, customized status quo. I think of the quote "your own private idaho" because even though wiki would tell you it's simply a movie title, it has also become a cliche' to explain this very phenomenon.

"And the time will come when you see we're all one, and life flows on within and without you" Dammit George! I was wondering how I could have ever pondered the possibility that within the construct of multiverse theory, we really could all be different versions of the same observer, with a finite, yet incredibly diverse set of circumstances provided. "Why not?" At the same time, I thought about how I have already previously written about how important an individual's mere existence is, because an alternate reality is almost infinitely different as a result of any individual's non-existence. Freakin George already thought of it, and by placing it within catchy lyrics he was able to attempt mass enlightenment through current media. Why not?

"With our love - We could save the world - if they only knew
Try to realize it's all within yourself no-one else can make you change" Dammit George! He could not have possibly been suggesting that "love could save the world" could he? Why not? I mean, if hate causes a plethora of negative posibility, and love causes a plethora of positive possibility, then isn't George freakin Harrison quite a smart-ass to suggest that love could possibly save the world! Sneaky hippy! lol If they only knew.... Good one George! I couldn't have said it better myself.

When contemplating the phenomenon of hate, I realize that it's simply one personalized status quo conflicting with a larger majority established status quo. One behavior that could have been tolerated hundreds of years ago is unacceptable now because the group status quo has changed, and therefore the individual customized status quo has a choice of adapting and adjusting or conflicting and fighting. When trying to address any societal issue, it must be vital then to identify, validate, and adjust a conflicting individual status quo. Get your number two pencil and don't go out of the lines while selecting your multiple choice rehab, lol. Why not?

"We were talking - about the love that's gone so cold and the people, who gain the world and lose their soul - then you may find,
peace of mind, is waiting there" I know George, those of us who are emotionally immature and spiritually ignorant will be trapped in a cold, hateful existence until we open ourselves up to the love that awaits us all, and the true enlightenment that really could solve every societal problem there ever was, is, or ever will be.

I was made aware of a phenomenon that was brought up recently in light of the Donna Simpson scandal. The current google search results number as of this moment 4.3 million...... I love the number 4 million, for some reason this is the 3rd time it has rushed towards me in observing numerological phenomenon occurring in parallel to writing about the obesity phenomenon.

"the people, who gain the world and lose their soul". In one show, Dr. Drew actually confronted the obsession with fame. One could argue the philosophical deal with the devil to be famous. I can also surmise the medical industry's acceptance of a death rate of 212 out of 105,000 weight loss surgeries. I know they like to say "0.2 %", so I'll put both out there out of fairness to the doctors who announce this stat to someone who is already stuck in the perception of an individual who has already had said hypothetically contemplated surgery.... Ok, bias pointed out, whew. lol In more simplistic terms, the deal with the devil works both ways for those attempting to correct an imperfection and give a few human sacrifices to the gods of good health. Why not?

Oh, that show! I was laughing and crying in two distinctly different potential universes simultaneously I'm sure! ;) In this reality I was just simply attempting to observe from the all seeing eye of the obesiverse. 2 experts on a show, neither of them trained in the education of obeseology. They came close though! Let's see, Dr. Drew is an expert in addiction. What a wonderful opportunity to address the paradox of attempting to cure an addiction without taking away the offending entheogen. Hmmmm. One can observe what does not exist simply by observing what does exist. Why not?

Dr. Mark Lamont Hill is a witty, intelligent and articulate associate professor of education and anthropology who also happens to be very entertaining. As a result, he appears on a few shows that I have watched from time to time. If anyone wants to get to the bottom of solving every known societal problem we are confronted with, it's this guy! As a result of his extensive training in anthropology, he is thoroughly embedded in the position of observer to humanity itself. It is quite understandable, with such extensive appearances in addition to his regular career, that he would not be so thoroughly trained in obeseology that he could not address just one specific issue. He made it a point to discuss the existence of fetishism, but without training in the sub-culture, he would not have the necessary information to help provide separation of the fetish from the preference.

It is my opinion, without such extensive training in anthropology, that size preference is not fetishism. My only defense of this argument is in the way that we find other physical preferences to be accepted, but size is often overlooked because of a given mass status quo of the simple human construct of "what is beautiful". When someone has a size preference, their personal status quo is conflicting with a given status quo of what we should perceive as beautiful. Dr. Hill would no doubt be fascinated with the way in which one physical preference is categorized or demonized simply because of a newly established definition of beautiful.

With the training in anthropology, Dr. Hill has been forced by his education to adapt his thinking in a way where events from 35,000 years ago are not so irrelevant today. Most people see that number, and in the same way we confuse millions with billions with trillions talking about the economy, the average human will not be able to recognize how significant it is that the paleolithic era extends from 10,000 years ago to 2.5 million years ago. Dr. Hill is not just thinking "big", he has to think "huge" when referencing relevant events in our human race's history. It is totally understandable that he would point out "growing" as a fetish without having the education in obeseology to point out how size preference is a completely different phenomenon.

He did point out a "bug" fetish, which has another parallel in the way that the rounded shapes of a woman's body combined with the creasing that takes place between those rounded areas gives an almost "segmented" body type appearance as in the shape of some bugs. Ok, too far off the point! :) If Dr. Hill did have more of an education to this particular sub-culture, maybe he could begin to see how this is, in a way, part of our current day anthropology in such a big and relevant way. By simply pointing out the difference between a growing fetish and an "as is" size preference, he could have helped Dr. Drew and Joy herself to see that NOT all guys who like "fat chicks" want to grow them like a prize pig or something. He might even have gotten more gigs and more appearances if he was more educated to this very phenomenon and thus became a more attractive guest on shows like this. Why not?

Another guest was Jessica Kirson. I have to assume that she is an expert in this area because she appears to be a different size from the other panel members. If we lived in a more tolerant politically correct culture, I could not point out her difference in size just as I would not have a reason to point out any difference in race of any panel members. I like to slip a little thinking exercise in whenever I can, and the parallel between race and size hate is real. When you start thinking from the perspective of why not, it causes you to imagine what currently doesn't exist, and how disappointing it is to live in a time when such intolerance even exists. Simplistically, if I point out that someone is black, there must be racist intent. If I point out someone is fat, it is an accepted manifestation of size discrimination, possibly brought about by size intolerance and size hate.

One could argue that Joy was being "size-ist" in bringing Ms. Kirson on her show because she is only relevant because she happens to be, by total coincidence, a little on the heavy side. Poor Jessica was so obviously uncomfortable to be put in that position. She even had to do a little cute joke about a sandwich. Even though she herself actively enjoys, as a comedian, the phenomenon of being "the fat one", she would understandably be uncomfortable when put in the position of defending herself against a public perception that "we're all like that". She too was given an opportunity though. Dr. Hill and Dr. Drew are educated experts, but comedy is like a study of humanity itself. It is an accepted talent and art, and it is a way in which enlightenment can actually be provided through humor.

"We were talking - about the space between us all and the people - who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion" Comedy is a mathematical art. People who practice this art by writing jokes must create a logical equation balancing something incredibly inappropriate with an irrelevant fact and breaking into the humor center of the human brain. The fact that humor exists at all is an incredible testament to our existence, in the way that the truth hurts, but the truth must be confronted to solve some deep, universal problem. Enlightenment can be painful, but comedy allows for the possibility that enlightenment can feel good. By some miracle we can take the most negative emotion and attempt to reverse it with the simple realization of how things are compared to how things could be, or will be. The humor center of the brain is the only way to break through and address some issues that need to eventually be addressed down the line. The comedian practices the art of taking something bad and assuring us by saying "we'll be laughing about this tomorrow".

By doing this, the comedian is actually at the forefront of humanity's attempt to make things better in the long run, or better down the line. This comedian was confronted by something that she too was uneducated about. An entire sub-culture exists and is "ripe for the picking" because I'm sure a plus size comedian already has a portfolio of jokes at hand in explaining how ridiculous fat hate is, and the fact that it exists despite our human desire and hope to stop hating. Her relevance to this particular event supersedes even my own realization that she actually is a cute bbw too. :) Really though, she knows that she is filling a slot, that with the passing fame of each popular comedian of size, there exists a new opportunity to find success in this already pre-existing position. I keep thinking back to her sandwich joke, realizing that she knows the degree of her own comic ability and she was able to take an otherwise inappropriate situation and benefit from her own physicality in the process. If she was more educated on the difference between a "feeder and feedee relationship" vs the known, obviously relevant existence of a size preference, she could probably have written five funny jokes about this story as she was on the way to the show itself. So, in a way, her lack of education to the size sub-culture, despite her physicality, provided her with a limit to her comic expression because of a lack of information. The more information she had, the funnier she would be in this situation, and the more she had the chance to provide further education in the process. By knowing of the difference between "feeder" and "fat admirer", she could have told pretty funny jokes based on the resident conflict that could exist there. Conflict, after all, is at the center of most comic premise. Why not?

"Never glimpse of truth - then it's far too late - when they pass away" Dammit George! This hippy philosophy isn't supposed to interfere with my ability to enjoy a catchy tune! This line sets up the emotional impact of the entire work. It is a tragedy when someone lives their whole life trapped within the permanent perspective of hate. While they attempt to deny the existence of another individual for some arbitrary reason, they are limiting their perspective because they cannot allow themselves to appreciate our mere existence and the universal truth that diversity has to exist for us to last longer than the dinosaurs. When someone exists strictly from the perspective of hate, they cannot truly accept, understand, or practice love for themselves or for all of humanity. George recognized the way in which hate coming from the individual creates an eventual societal loss in the love that the individual could have contributed. While the hate from one individual can seem insignificant, one must recognize the positive potential for the love that comes from just one individual.

In the way that I can link to two such extreme examples of "good and evil", I must also recognize the fact that our existence within the balance is affected drastically by immeasurable individual contributions. With this thought in mind, one can begin to see why within the obesiverse, I simply cannot limit my opinions and observations to obesity in and of itself. The problem of obesity is actually the sum of a much larger equation, the solution to which would change our mass status quo in a way that is simply unacceptable to important, influential individuals. In such a way a conspiracy nut may weave a tale of evil inspired by corruption and greed, I am forced to recognize all the players in this dog and pony show of obesity panic. Why not?

Someone who was not actually there at the show I have obviously spent so much time dissecting was the person at the center of this assumed atrocity of body growth."And to see you're really only very small, and life flows on within and without you" Others might enjoy the game of opposites that I love to point out as the observer in a reality governed by the balance. The absence of the person at the center of this spectacle is a very important thing to consider within itself. By bringing in the person at the center of the controversy, one might run the risk of spoiling the fun of speculation inspired by misinformation. The story itself is based in fiction because the ambition to get to 1000lbs is a fantasy being sold to those individuals who have an expansion fetish. Even though that singular claim is for their benefit, this woman happens to be an example of upper paleolithic beauty at the same time. She could have been the ultimate expert in providing the education necessary to keep the size acceptance people from getting all up in her ass. She could have provided education to a seemingly ignorant group of individuals. By use of the word ignorant I simply mean not educated to this specific phenomenon or sub-culture. Nobody knows Donna Simpson's motive better than herself, but she wasn't on the show. Why not? I keep talking about the balance and irony and coincidence as if they are part of a "God force" themselves, so it's only natural that when I look up Donna Simpson on wiki, I notice that a woman by the same name was in a musical group called "The Waifs". Maybe God does make himself visible all over the place! :)

This is getting quite a bit longer than I first imagined, but George was nudging me from the grave as the haunting melody of this song played. It's ironic that the song was being played to tune me out, so in a way, even an individual who couldn't stand to hear me rambling about this any more resorted to playing it. By doing so, I was provided another tidbit in the massive quantum study of humanity. I don't have time to get a degree in anthropology, or paleontology, but I have been trying to answer this nagging question since I discovered my own attraction to a female form that happens to be larger than my current societal standard of beauty. Just like all of the people I have shared this preference with, I spent a long time asking myself WHY instead of why not. Little did I know, that by studying the phenomenon of why not, I would start to grasp just a tiny sliver of the greater question of why. I have often said that obesity will be fixed as a result of fixing some other societal problem, because of the balance and the way in which everything is connected and has two sides. A hint at this two sided phenomenon is illustrated by the bible as good and evil, but the bible is just one tome of knowledge in an amazing collective of shared experience and possible enlightenment, waiting around for our brains to evolve to the point where we can finally see the forest for the trees.

Obesity is one sliding, moving component to the puzzle box of humanity. Isolating obesity within the context of something to fix instead of recognizing it as a side effect of the industrial revolution is fascinating. Seeing the individuals who suffer from this natural consequence held responsible and hated by society as a result is painful and inhumane. I have written before how even though I am attracted to a certain "type", I would be willing to reconcile with society and "turn straight", give up the fat chicks, if obesity could really be cured without so many people having to die or suffer in the process. The universal truth though is that fat has been with us for over 35,000 years, and as a race we have worked hard to develop technology that slowly makes us less and less active in an effort to save time instead of having to exert physical activity and wait on the slowness of any manual process.

I have such love for humanity that I could even begin to contemplate giving up my right to have a sexual preference at all (because it's fat and not a-ok gay). At the same time, I live in a society that is being fattened up, and is comprised of fat people as well as thin people. I'm being told that I should not find a certain physicality attractive because it is unhealthy, but I'm literally surrounded by fat people at the same time! Ahhh the balance! I could give up fat chicks if it meant improving the overall health of our society, but because of my compassion and love for said fat chicks, I see the "glass half empty" where 212 deaths out of 105,000 is still too much. While there is such uproar about what this woman is doing coming from all sides, it's ironic to see how much misinformation there is. Why not? After all, the truth isn't nearly as entertaining as the story. The mere intelligent discussion of any possible solution to our obesity is strangely absent. Maybe if the right sponsor comes along and pays the right price, they can be the designated messiah of obesity even though it will be later proved that their method is ineffective too. At least you tried though right? Why not?

Look closely at any of the stories that I link to about Mrs. Simpson. Look closely at the comments. Look at the comments. Look at the comments. Look at the comments. Look at the comments. Look at the comments. Look at the comments. Look at the comments. Notice the number of times "kill yourself" appears, and for the sake of this experiment, disregard context. I'm not a sociologist, I'm an obeseologist. I study the phenomenon of fat hate now, not by choice, but by circumstance. When asking yourself why there hasn't been any attempt on the part of the powers that be to end size discrimination, maybe you should be asking yourself why not?