i feel like a lot of the time fatphobia tends to manifest as a similar phenomenon to the “temporarily embarrassed millionaire” thing especially among older people. sooo many people who have gained weight with age see themselves as temporarily embarrassed thin people. like 60+ y/o people who have not been thin since their 30s but they still keep going on diets. it sucks to see cause it reads like such a clear expression of self-hatred to me, like they’re punishing themselves for their bodies developing in ways that they probably in reality had very little control over. fatphobia is such brain poison dude