why can’t we be friends?

there’s been a bit of research, perhaps you’ve heard tell, on how having overweight friends can actually make oneself overweight. if i understand correctly, the idea is that seeing heavy people makes you tend to think it’s ok to put on a few pounds.

now there is a study saying thin friends make you fat.

participants had a ‘movie night’ with a researcher; either the researcher showed up as her lil’ ol’ self (barely breaking 100 lbs.), or she wore a fat suit. when she wore the fat suit, participants ate considerably less than she did. when she was thin, they ate less than the researcher but more than the fat suit groups.

the theory is people think “well, if she’s thin and can eat that much, so can i.”

so we can’t have fat friends, and now we can’t have thin friends.

good thing i’m anti-social.