Read an article in TIME today about obesity … apparently 2/3 of all Americans are overweight. *sigh* We’ve all been desensitized to fatness … you walk out on the street, and you don’t even think people are fat anymore. And because America’s a society where everybody is supposed to be made to feel good about themselves, nobody’s willing to tell other people that they’re fat.

On my flight from Atlanta to Charleston yesterday, I sat next to a really fat man, except I didn’t really realize he was fat until after i sat down. Walking up to my row, he looked like a normal American, and only after I sat down next to him in my seat did I realize that he took up the entirety of his seat, and he overflowed … into my seat. It was disgusting. Also, did you know that there are seat belt extenders on airplanes? Why have we come to this???? Airlines have limits on the weight of luggage, both checked and carry-on, so by that same token, shouldn’t they have limits on the weight of a single passenger on one ticket? Those over the limit will have to purchase two tickets. I mean, they limit luggage weight for safety reasons …