http://cuppytumblr.disqus.com/enFri, 19 Apr 2013 07:41:52 -0000http://tamibaribeau.com/post/44283588725#comment-868144653<p>Hi Tami. I've stumbled onto your blog after reading an article you wrote on Medium about Candy Crush Saga. I was looking for some sensible criticisms of its business model and you seemed to nail it. But anyway, that's besides the point. This post about being a thinker rather than a doer resonates with me perfectly. I particularly like the part about wanting to go out food shopping but having to go online to check recipes first. When it's pointed out, it seems kind of ridiculous doesn't it? You seem to be more organised in your life than I am (early 20s unemployed graduate who obsessively reads about possible careers but never takes the next step) but it's comforting for me to see that someone who appears to have more of a sense of direction can still have those doubts and desires to always be starting something else. The way I see it is that nothing is wasted and your knowledge can always be useful. Thanks.</p>M, Scotland. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:41:52 -0000http://tamibaribeau.com/post/44283588725#comment-847477438<p>I'm not alone, we sound exactly alike. You just described how I feel and how I think. I want to create, but don't know what to create.</p>Age360Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:18:50 -0000http://tamibaribeau.com/post/39595178945#comment-758438769<p>where's your great overview of "clash of clans" game?</p>EugeneSun, 06 Jan 2013 23:00:14 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/13493200568#comment-499177841<p>I would like to point out some lyrics to you:<br>"I'm not your princess"<br>"So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time, as far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn"<br>"I'm sick and tired of your attitude"<br>"And I bet you thought you beat me if you could only see I've got a 'I heart ?' written on the back of my hand"<br>"In your life you'll do things greater than dating the boy on the football team"<br>"Someday I'll be living in a big old city and all you're ever gonna be is mean...And I can see you years from now in a bar talking over a football game with that same big loud opinion but nobody's listening"<br>"I'm just a girl trying to find a place in this world"<br>"There is nothing I'll do better than revenge"</p><p>Just because a girl feels she needs a man in her life and wants to find The One does not make her anti-feminist. Because she feels she needs to express emotions that almost every heartbroken girl feels does not make her anti-feminist. As for the virginity, it really the only thing - all a girl has - that she can give to someone and not get back. Clothes, pictures, gifts? Returnable. Happy memories which cause heartbreak can be replaced. The boy can be replaced. She never says "And that, fifteen year old girls, was the end of all happiness for Abigail and she lived miserably forever".</p><p>Just for the record, I'm black and I look up to Taylor. It's not a matter of race or background (Taylor may not have been poor but she was hardly "rich"), it is a question of talent. And Taylor has it.</p>Flynn RiderMon, 16 Apr 2012 16:20:12 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-492043004<p>Obesity causes unnecessary costs in healthcare, just like smoking. Hence, should be strongly discuouraged. Everyone is paying the price in some way or another. </p>EizmedMon, 09 Apr 2012 06:09:53 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-478100322<p>Well if making bizarrely pea-brained and logically-illiterate statements were a 'deadly thing', you would have croaked the moment you hit the reply button.  Last I checked, fatties can reproduce, can live long lives, and are common in different species.  Who knows if that addressed anything you were trying to say though, or if you yourself know what you wanted to say.</p>code redWed, 28 Mar 2012 01:06:02 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-478094317<p> ^This post should have showed up under the poster "/fit/" (wow, these usernames are revealing, huh?).  Thought I hit the correct reply button, but maybe not.</p>code redWed, 28 Mar 2012 00:54:35 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-478091925<p></p><p>And<br>you stop making phony intellectual excuses for your obsessive fear of<br>people whose bodies look different than yours. The poster provided<br>more than one backing argument for his case (for why a show<br>on TV which proclaims to be helpful is causing more harm, not his<br>weight), yet you tongue-wagging, childish shit stirrers failed to<br>address any others. Don't you think that ending your post with a<br>schoolyard insult pretty much negates the pseudo-sophisticated<br>concern-trolling preceding it?Is it so hard to understand shaming and degrading<br>people doesn't teach them much of anything about their health,<br>self-esteem etc?  It is mind-boggling that people<br>live in deathly fear of a physical shape that is not uncommon and CAN<br>happen to everyone--even if it was more rare back in the envied "good<br>old days" when we had barely enough food around, and<br>incidentally our lifespans were well below the average of today's<br>sickly fatties. Much like with those third-world countries today, apparently<br>similarly envied by "obese epidemic" pushing<br>health-crusaders.</p><p></p>code redWed, 28 Mar 2012 00:50:07 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-477992243<p> ^"Former fattie" (what a shock) who apparently now looks to starving Ethiopians as personal role models.  You've come a long way since the days of being beaten in the schoolyard, champ.  Keep up the progress and maybe your shoulder blade will actually pop out of your skin.</p>code redTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:38 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-477988570<p> I am impressed!  Reading insights so profound as "youz a whale", "faggotz r better than fattiez, and "fatties shuld git knocked out!!" has been an enlightening reminder of the real problem society faces with fatsos!  If they would only learn how unhealthy, but more importantly how UGLY fat is, which none of them do because government doesn't allow us to say it. And I think that's really because fatties didn't want to hear the truth, and so they persuaded the government to force fat love on us, and probably we'll all be forced BECOME fat, even though fat has been historically proven to be evil.<br>At least thanks to you concerned, classy people here, there's a chance that this ugly secret will get out!  YES. All good humans need to fear and loathe all those evil FATTIE PIGS because they are going to completely DOOM OUR WORLD!!!!!11!2234214623(:(:(</p>code redTue, 27 Mar 2012 21:52:18 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445761822<p>4. It promotes that idea that “simply dieting and exercising will help you lose weight and keep it off”. Neverminding the fact that dieting actually doesn’t fucking work for 90% of people who diet. </p><p>So what you're saying is that 90% of people who diet don't follow the laws of thermodynamics? Or that 90% of people who diet simply don't follow their diet or keep exercising? I can only imagine it's the former, because otherwise it wouldn't be their fault, right?</p><p>Fat shaming is one thing. This fat acceptance bullshit is another. Neither are doing anyone any good. This race is fucking doomed.</p>This shit is no longer funnyWed, 22 Feb 2012 07:23:50 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445751797<p>Despite homosexuals being unable to reproduce with each other, they are still prevalent in all mammals and many other species. However being fat is statistically the most deadly thing you can do as a human being.</p><p>In conclusion, mother nature loves faggots way more than fatties.</p>no homoWed, 22 Feb 2012 07:08:47 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445727858<p>&gt;hereditary<br>because half of our population has ALWAYS been too large to walk comfortably...</p>AnonWed, 22 Feb 2012 06:33:15 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445726784<p>I was nearing obese not so long ago, fuck that. Fuck fat acceptance. Fat people should be ashamed. It is NOT genetic, hence you will hardly find obese people in Ethiopia. Stop being a disgusting glutton with no self control.</p>Former FattieWed, 22 Feb 2012 06:31:40 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445630638<p>&gt;Fat stories general</p><p>&gt;ISHY DISHY GISHY DIDDILY DOO NEIGHBOURINO </p>Anonisl33junxdleredditWed, 22 Feb 2012 04:01:26 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445629250<p> Not to be pedantic or anything but I felt i should probably address some of the falicies/misconceptions in your blog/post.</p><p>You said diets don't work. I agree, your idea of diet doesn't work. However if you manage your calories (ie keeping a small deficit,500 or so)  and keep your diet clean then you will lose weight. You're belief that some people are some how incapable of losing weight, or that your genetics have a predisposition to be fat is absurd and it is clear you've been affected by wrong information.</p><p>Stop making excuses why you're a whale. </p>/fit/Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:59:27 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445622138<p> Fat people are disgusting.</p>IhatefatpeopleWed, 22 Feb 2012 03:48:13 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445621653<p>Despite the fact that this piece displays a startling lack of scientific knowledge and lots of made-up bollocks (dieting doesn't work), I think what irks me the most is the encouragement of people to be overweight via ignoring the obvious health hazards of living a life grossly overweight.</p><p>And Shinobi, come to think of it I'd love to see some idiot bitch get knocked the fuck out by people who keep themselves healthy.</p><p>P.S. Gordon Ramsey's actually an alright guy, the Hell's Kitchen shit is just an act</p>Rbly004Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:47:28 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445621565<p>Are you fucking retarded?</p>Y7anonWed, 22 Feb 2012 03:47:21 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/2620112444#comment-445616804<p>fatties gonna fat</p>yuggothWed, 22 Feb 2012 03:39:35 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/13493200568#comment-374743375<p>I understand your argument. But what if Taylor was African American, not conventionally pretty, overweight, came from a low income family, etc? Would that change your opinion of her? We can't help who or what we are born into and there is no doubt that she had privilege, but she has still worked incredibly hard to become successful while still being true to who she is and what she believes in. Several girls experience emotions over love and break-ups and just because she relieves these emotions through her music doesn't make her anti-feminist. Also, she has never commented on her virginity so I don't think that argument is valid. I think you are judging her simply from her "good girl" image. Even so, it is possible to be a good girl and to still be a feminist and a liberal. I only commented on Gaga because the article I read talked about her. I assume since she stands for marriage equality, she probably also stands for gender equality and is therefore feminist. I like Lady Gaga. I'm just saying that you don't have to be extremely different fromt the rest of society to be a good example of a successful, independent woman. You don't have to agree with me. I understand everyone has their own opinions about what feminism is and that not everyone is a Taylor Swift fan. But I hope you can at least understand where I am coming from in my argument.</p>MeganTue, 29 Nov 2011 02:59:20 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/4014467595#comment-355238382<p>Thanks for this article! I enjoyed it! I find the discussion of women athletes and their looks interesting. There's something to be said for being a good looking athlete, just like male athletes, but it shouldn't override their abilities. There's a good discussion of this over at TC Huddle. I found your article looking for more opinions on this.</p><p>This is a good article. Thanks! Here's the article if you're interested: <a href="http://www.tchuddle.com/2011/07/women-athletes-and-the-need-to-objectify/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.tchuddle.com/2011/07/women-athletes-and-the-need-to-objectify/">http://www.tchuddle.com/201...</a></p>Steph2411Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:17:12 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/11075729431#comment-327565024<p>Hi there, thanks for engaging. I hear what you're taking issue with and there are two parts of me saying that formula feeding is just as healthy as choice as breastfeeding. 1) As outlined in books like Joan Wolf's (I link to her in my original post), there's a lot of flawed science around breastfeeding studies, and while it's been proven that breastmilk fed babies do better in terms of GI issues, outside of that the science is not definite.  So I'm skeptical. (Again, highly recommend checking out her book or my article on The Daily that I link to for a more in-depth explanation)<br>2) I was referring to whole family health - not just babies'. <br>Thanks again, J</p>Jessica ValentiWed, 05 Oct 2011 19:25:25 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/11014523676#comment-326453205<p>Fantastic, Tami!</p>BrinstarTue, 04 Oct 2011 12:56:59 -0000http://tumblr.tamibaribeau.com/post/148612760#comment-314430542<p></p><p>Another, and even more important,<br>benefit is the potential improvement to health. 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