As a guy who’s considered big in Canada, it’s no wonder that many people in Thailand think that I’m freakishly huge. This really hit home for me a few years ago when I was hanging out with my buddy Conan, who happens to be 7 feet tall (214 cm), and I actually had to look up to talk to him. I suddenly realized that I’d never had to look up at anyone in all the years I’ve lived here; it was pretty strange. So, yes, I’m big. But where’s the line between small, normal and big drawn? And who draws it? Clearly, the person who made the below ad needs to hang around with Conan and I for an evening.
As I was walking by a drug store a while ago, I noticed this picture on the window selling some type of slimming cream or diet food or God knows what else. To be honest, I was too busy going, “You gotta be kidding me!” to notice what they were actually trying to sell.
If that girl’s ass is XL, I’m in deep, deep trouble. Sir Mix-A-Lot would have had a heart attack, that poor big butt-loving bastard.
If that girl’s ass is XL, I’m in deep, deep trouble. Sir Mix-A-Lot would have had a heart attack, that poor big butt-loving bastard.
I usually reject and/or ignore the claims that certain images can have a negative influence on kids – considering the amount of gory movies I watched as a youngling and some of my early attempts at horror writing, I should be a serial killer. However, when I take a stroll through Paragon or Siam Square and see how many really, awfully, dangerously emaciated girls there are who think they look good… I have to wonder if the fuddy-duddy’s have a point.
damn.. I lost my taste for clothing shopping when I once watched muay thai and noticed, in the programme listing the weight classes, I outweighed their heavy weights. But I can cope with those body image issues when I, too, haven’t really had to look up as much.
when i first came to Thailand in 1978, the Thais were much thinner in average than today. Of course in 1978, there were no McD’s, Dunkin Donuts or Pizza places etc etc
XL is elastic in the west too.
Have you noticed the number of overweight, and I mean fat girls getting around saying they are only a size 12. They have changed the measurements so that overweight/obese people can continue to lie to themselves back home too.
Actually about 40-45 kg is probably the correct healthy weight, it is not to skinny – only to a westerner conditioned to think fat is healthy.
Eastern European girls are with the Thais on this one… and yes I like them too 🙂
But yes, calling that girl in the Ad XL really is stretching it… a lot.