Labels

People tend to label each other. And when they put the labels on, it's more often have negative connotation.

The first word that comes to my dacron-filled head is the word FAT. there are many synonyms for the word FAT like beefy, big, bovine, bulky, distended, dumpy, elephantine, heavy, inflated, jelly-belly, lard, large, obese, oversize, plump, porcine, portly, potbellied, swollen, whalelike and the list goes on. 
The same thing in Indonesian language which is GEMUK and the synonyms are gendut, gempal, gembrot, tambun, etc.  Not only these words are used to describe the state  of their physical size but if you think carefully, I believe there's another intention which is to add INSULT. Some of the synonyms even suggest that overweight people are comparable to animals when it comes to weight and/or size.

Source

 Let's look at the case of Afriyani who killed 9 people in a car accidents. If you read the news (I'm so sorry for not giving any link coz I'm too lazy, I believe you can google yourself) many reporters added the unnecessary body size description. According to my observation, the prevalence of describing body size (especially for the plus-sized subjects) shoots up concurrently when the subjects did criminal act. Many comments in the forum or facebook called Afriyani PEMBUNUH GENDUT (translation: fat murderer). The word Gendut or fat to me is to add up insult to her. I seldomly hear people shout "YOU THIN MURDERER". Do you get my point? 

in this case even the body size is linked to other negative characteristics that may or may not be true

Implication: the existence of fattist (def: discrimination on the basis of weight, esp prejudice against those considered to be overweight). Developed countries are trying to prevent fattism and incorporating these sensitive issues in their education. While developing countries, well... are still struggling with providing education, let alone spreading the correct contents.

The second word is that comes to my mind is the sexual orientation i.e homosexual, especially gay. I always wonder, in Indonesia why criminals (murderer particularly) who happens to be homosexual tends to get excessive media coverage e.g Ryan Jombang and Mujianto from Nganjuk. Why does sexual orientation create such a fuss. How come when there is Heterosexual killer or rapist don't get the same amount of media coverage? And there's no headline like HETEROSEXUAL KILLER CONFESSED KILLING 20 WOMEN. or HETEROSEXUAL KILLER IS STILL AT LARGE. 
In Indonesian the synonyms for gay are homoseksual, penyuka sesama jenis, etc. I find it weird with the usage of the term penyuka sesama jenis. The word jenis (translation: type, kind) is loosely applied here. What are you intending to say? I can say that a man likes a woman, they are penyuka sesama jenis (they are in love with the same species).

Even interspecies relationship is a celebrated thing

By labelling other people, we are allowing discrimination to happen which is incorrect on every level. I'll discuss discrimination in other post. 


XOXO


Teddy Bear

My Watching-Movies Pet Peeves

Although I'm not a movie-freak, I do enjoy occasionally watch movies.

Nevertheless, some people, whether they suffer from massive and severe brain injury (that I hoped they'd just prefer to undergo surgery just to have their brains lifted), or suffering from lack of conscience or maybe sanity, they just keep appearing to agonize other moviegoers. here are the few basic rules.

1. Each movie has ratings, not measure with the number of stars but the appropriateness of its content. Well,  blame it on both parents and the employee at the movie theaters, there will be some "little angels" watching movies for adults. I've seen children left in the movies where there are bloody and murder scenes. Thank God that they remain quiet, but I don't know whether their silence is indication of scare or others. Some movies need parental guidance, which more often taken lightly and the parents never bother to GUIDE their children. You won't know how these sexual, gore images,  and violence might affect them in the future, being exposed to such experience at a tender age. Another thing with having children in the theaters are they will  produce unnecessary remarks, e.g In the X-men movie when Wolverine was sniffing for the presence of their enemy, a child asked his mother "Is he having cold?" For heaven sake, Mommies and/or Daddies please bring your child to a propriate movie and GUIDE them.

Movie Alone the movie

2. I hate people who talk during the movies whether it's a phone call or unnecessary and/or stupid comments. Please don't go to watch in the movie theaters if you have the tendency to utter comments, I don't want to hear other thing than the narrator itself or the director's comment. And don't chit chat while watching. Which part of "Do Not Talk"-warning-showed-before-the-movie-begin do you not understand.

can I shove the whole pop corn and the box to your mouth?

 

please shut up B**************tch!!!!!

 

 

3. Some people have long legs or short enough to disturb other people who happen to sit in front of them. I beg thee to not kick or eve worse put your leg on the seat. Even when people have the U-shaped head like this 

just use your imagination

 

 

You're not allowed to kick or to put your feet on the seat (or someone's head)

not only they look ugly, they STINK! ps: are the Hobbit's feet modeled after your feet?

4. Coming late is a big NO-NO. please manage your time properly. I spend some money not to watch your figure, but to watch movie. I don't care whether you have a stick-figure or morbidly obese, please get the hell of my sight.

The next thing I want to happen to these ignorant people:

1st offence: Stern Verbal Warning

2nd Offence: Kicked Out!

With additional prize like:

Put their pictures in the "Hall of Fame"

Or you can redeem this voucher:

A Good kick to the head to knock some sense into you

Or

Spend some quality time in the endless pit, courtesy of the Spartaan!!!

XOXO

Teddy Bear