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The Fat Rules: Barbecue Hypocrisy and On the Border
from Fat Wins · #51
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3 minTim addresses Instagram followers accusing him of hypocrisy for criticizing barbecue then eating it, explaining the 'fat rules' that exempt fat people from consistency, and tells a story of trashing a Mexican restaurant called On the Border in high school before gorging on its food anyway.
- 0:40Tim posts a barbecue picture after ranting against barbecue weeks earlier, prompting Twitter accusations of hypocrisy.
- 0:57The fat rules: fat people can complain about food while eating it because fat always wins.
- 1:13Tim clarifies he didn't say all barbecue sucks, just most of what people eat, except places like Mabel's Smokehouse in Brooklyn.
- 1:34No such thing as hypocrisy when you're fat—it doesn't exist as a concept.
- 1:51Tim recalls shitting on On the Border, a Mexican restaurant near his high school in Hixville, Long Island, while a friend's parents brought it home.
- 2:16His friend's parents bring Mexican food and Tim immediately gorges himself, asks where it's from, and when told it's On the Border, everyone laughs at him.
- 2:36Fat people aren't required to abstain from food they've criticized—you have to eat, so hypocrisy accusations don't apply.
- 3:04This pattern repeats throughout Tim's life: he shits on a restaurant, then later returns to eat there because fat wins.
- 3:19Tim addresses Instagram critics calling him a hypocrite for not knowing the rules fat people live under.
On the BorderMabel's SmokehouseHoly Trinity High School