rant · moment 2 of 17
Two Types of Fat Guy
from 164 - Life In The Big City · #164
3 min
Tim riffs on plus-size men's fashion options and describes the two archetypes of fat guy he's known: a tailored, successful lawyer versus a shabby fat uncle who fell asleep in a limo on the way to a strip club.
- There are only two types of fat guy in the minds of clothing designers: insanely successful like DJ Khaled, or quasi-homeless living with his brother.
- Tim knew a 450-pound lawyer who always looked great in tailored suits and custom pinstripes.
- He also knew his friend's uncle, a fat mess who crashed a high school party, got in a strip club limo talking about losing weight and goals.
- By the time they got to the strip club, the uncle was asleep; a dancer had to wake him up.
- Tim's friend looked at him and said 'that's sad,' which is why Tim is trying to rein it in and not become that guy who passes out at strip clubs.
- Fat women are doing great with options like Liz and Lane Bryant and representation in popular culture.