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In reply to the discussion: 70 lbs. down. Now I can rant about obnoxious fitness fanatics. [View all]GaYellowDawg
(4,446 posts)I sympathized with a great deal of it. There are a lot of us for whom exercise/fitness is miserable and painful. We don't need pep talks or sermons. We just want to be left alone to make our own decisions.
My reply to you wasn't laced with much emotion at all. It pretty much laid out the ways in which you acted as a "snooty fanatic." Much more observational than emotional. I've been on DU long enough to have a very good feel for you and your attitudes; you are not exactly a shrinking violet. If you took offense at the "obnoxious fitness fanatics" - well, there's an old saying down South: a kicked dog squeals.
Alert away. There's worse posted and tolerated on DU every minute. I'm confident that most jurors who read the thread would agree with the last statement and snort at your "check"; after all, I'm not the one who jumped on the poster with a snide little taunt.
And the "funny" comment? Please. If you thought it was funny, you'd chuckle and move on. Contemptuous laughter does not work as a rhetorical device when it is so obviously contrived.