Keira "Body Image"post

All of that and you can’t score ANY of them 😀

I hate to say it but I highly highly doubt that someone called her fat, she's like 110 pounds. Some people just make stuff up for social media clout.

You should come her more often and read the threads about runners and their bodies.

Don’t kid yourself you don’t have any numbers or in this case information to put together.

You simply made up a little story in your head and spewed it out online. Comical nonsense.

Keira's post doesn't say that anyone called her fat. She posted that someone called her big.

First of all, I completely disagree with any type of body shaming comments..but having said that, the bigger issue in my view is why the attention needs to constantly be brought to / focused on these people.

For any athlete out there, there are going to be mega-fans (fanatic die-hards) , average fans (interested in following the ongoing progress) , part-time fans (fans that happen to join/follow because of a specific event) and then the trolls. Doesn't matter if these are live fans at an event, or on some social media site. We obviously have seen this constantly on this site.

The 'good fans' probably make up 95% - 98%% of the fan base...yet the people that attention is given to is the small percentage of someone who say/type idiotic things. Which by focusing / commenting on them...you validate their existence and encourage others to join - whether they actually have any knowledge of the person or not. They get a reaction and they get attention.

I don't say this with any opinion to Keira's comment as I have not read the original post...I quite like Keira...but here we have a thread focused on this one persons dumb comment.

At some point, hopefully, these 'celebrities' will start to ignore ignorant comments made by people that have no relevance...and start to focus on the vast majority of their fan base...which are supportive/positive to them.

scram

I’m a woman around Keira’s age & yesterday on the street a homeless man covered in filth told me I should get botox. I wonder Where that sense of entitlement comes from when you’re covered head to toe in dirt?
unrelated but my mom was an English language learner & used ‘big’ to describe various shapes & sizes. When I’d tell her that calling me big sounded like an insult She’d say she meant ‘tall’ (I’m 5’8”) but then I’d also hear her describe an overweight person as ‘big’ so ‘big’ to me will always have a negative connotation even if it can mean different things to people

exactly. somebody who has a conversation like this with a stranger clearly lacks social skills. they are somewhere on the spectrum. It is not close to being your average person or typical exchange.

honestly, I am pleased that a person like this even gets out of the house to interact. Be kind to them. Perhaps gracefully nudge them in a better direction for conversation.

i don't have the perception that somebody who spends time with a distance running hobby is a nerd. this person clearly does.

Some but it is categorically untrue to say homeless people are mentally ill.

Stop making things up.

Yet YOU felt you had enough perception to label someone you don’t know on here a nerd.

You're tying yourself in knots coach.

Then why did you say and introduce the following?

”says the guy spending time on an outdated message board” - a message board for those who regard running as their hobby.

You are not doing well here at all.

Clearly you have never met the USATF. There is no way the USATF had the foresight to warn Keira in advance. They have no foresight or initiative.

Why would you care that a homeless person told you to get Botox? You realize that it is highly likely that he is mentally ill and/or drug addicted?

Help us understand.

You have come onto a message board on the World Wide Web to tell someone to scram, I don’t think that’s going to work buddy. Are you trying to cancel them? Create a safe space snowflake?

Obviously I don’t k or if Keira’s story is true. Nor do I care how it made her feel. But I will slide an anecdote in.

I was asked if I’d run a marathon- you all know how those conversations go. The person proceeded to ask if I’d want to be an elite marathoner. I generally give a different answer every time because the questions get repetitive and boring. I told them I wouldn’t because I’m not willing to be thin enough to compete at the elite level. This person understood that as me calling them fat and tried to have this big blown up argument. I can definitely see someone sensitive about their weight creating and manipulating a story.

But this is the latest in thing with social media culture. Someone upsets the person but let’s not stick up for oneself at the moment & instead vent about it on social media for comments or “to bring awareness.”
I would have no problem telling someone with that comment to either F off or Id proudly admit that I own the fing AR in the event and stare them down. What the hell is wrong with admitting that?