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Finnair now weighing passengers at the gate (www.upi.com)

submitted 7 months ago by naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] wesker 52 points 7 months ago

Americans will call this a hate crime.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Excuse me sir but you're above the weight limit ... you may either pay an adjusted fee ... or we amputate two limbs

American rubbing his chin: .....mmmmmm ... I don't know .... hmmmm?

[-] goferking0 11 points 7 months ago

How much extra do they charge for the amputations?

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I mean Finland has universal healthcare right? Probably cheaper to go for the amputations, if so.

[-] B0rax@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago

Only costs you an arm and a leg.

[-] goferking0 4 points 7 months ago

Or I was thinking about if it was in America

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Free and instant weight loss, can't complain.

[-] CanadaPlus 1 points 7 months ago

What, a FREE AMPUTATION!?!? That'd be seven digits normally!

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

six digits if you have shitty health insurance ... five digits if we get a really good vet ... four digits if we do it right here

[-] ftothe3@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

The article says it's voluntary

[-] CanadaPlus 2 points 7 months ago

It's tricky, right? It's hard as hell not to eat when you're hungry, but if you're objectively bigger and harder to move it's a lot to ask of everyone else to pay the difference.

I don't really buy that it's hate just to point out that a bariatric person is different, and in a usually-bad way. On the other hand, there's a ~100% chance some of the people that used to be on r/fatpeoplehate are now very fat.

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Rent free, baby😎

[-] wesker 2 points 7 months ago

It'd be uncivilized to charge rent, when their insulin costs so much.

[-] Cylusthevirus@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Murica bad.

[-] wesker 3 points 7 months ago

No, America fat. Highest average daily caloric intake in the world, only second to Ireland. Nearly 12% of the population has diabetes. Heart disease runs rampant. It's a problem, and the denial is such a disservice, as well as the push for "size acceptance" and accomodation. The general normalization of obesity in America is astonishing.