# "Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat..."
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic
**Created:** [January 5, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554 "2010-01-05T08:40:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/1 "2010-01-05T08:40:05Z")
Time to implement the same policy on here, you fatties.
> **[Dating site for beautiful people expels 'fatties' after holiday weight gain -...](https://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/personal/01/04/dating.site.overweight/index.html)**
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> A dating site that markets itself as an elite community for beautiful people with a "strict ban on ugly people" has axed about 5,000 members for packing on the pounds during the holiday season.
> **(CNN)** – A dating site that markets itself as an elite community for beautiful people with a “strict ban on ugly people” has axed about 5,000 members for packing on the pounds during the holiday season.
> The international site [BeautifulPeople.com](http://BeautifulPeople.com) threw out members after they posted photos “revealing that they have let themselves go,” according to a company statement.
> “As a business, we mourn the loss of any member, but the fact remains that our members demand the high standard of beauty be upheld,” said Robert Hintze, founder of [BeautifulPeople.com](http://BeautifulPeople.com). “Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which [BeautifulPeople.com](http://BeautifulPeople.com) was founded.”
> The site describes itself as an “elite online club, where every member works the door” – that is, users can join only after enough members vote them “beautiful” during the 48 hours after their profile is uploaded.
> And apparently, enough beautiful people were angry that some members had enjoyed a bit too many treats during the holiday season.
> So [BeautifulPeople.com](http://BeautifulPeople.com) sent those flagged members e-mails, according to the company statement, telling them they could register again for the site when the extra pudge was gone.
> “We responded to complaints by moving the newly chubby members back to the rating stage. This is the same as having them re-apply,” Greg Hodge, managing director of [BeautifulPeople.com](http://BeautifulPeople.com), said in a statement.
> The company said it “expelled” 1,520 users from the U.S., 832 from the U.K., 533 from Canada, 510 from Poland, 425 from Germany, 402 from Italy, 323 from France, 220 from Denmark, 176 from Turkey and 88 people from Russia. In the e-mail, it gave users suggestions for boot camps and workout facilities to get themselves [back in shape](http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Weight_Loss).
> Some gave the site a shot again, hoping fellow users might not see them as the “fatties” others had.
> “Their re-applications were reviewed by existing members, and only a few hundred were voted back in. Over 5,000 were rejected,” Hodge added.
> Hodge admits, and has admitted from the time his company started, that his site may not be fair, but people want to date someone they are attracted to.
> “Is it elitist? Yes, it is, because our members want it to be,” Hodge said when the company started out in 2005. “Is it lookist? Yes, it is, because our members want it to be. Is it PC? No, it’s not, but it’s honest.”
> And on this site, beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder; only one in five applicants is normally accepted, a company statement said.
> Maintaining those standards is what the site is about, Hodge said, and that’s why people were expelled.
> “Every year we see that some of our members from Western cultures eat and drink to excess over the holidays, and clearly their looks suffer,” he said in a statement. “The U.S.A. has been grossly over-indulging since Thanksgiving. It’s no wonder that so many members have been expelled from the network. We hope they will be back after shedding the festive pounds.”
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### Author:  [@Sully93vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sully93vr4)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/2 "2010-01-05T08:42:11Z")
LOL, mods… DO WERK
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/3 "2010-01-05T08:58:08Z")
I say we also ban members with riced out pieces of shit from here too… its the same as uglys being kicked off that site.
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/4 "2010-01-05T09:27:23Z")
Those people who got voted out should start a new site called: [goodpersonalitypeople.com](http://goodpersonalitypeople.com)
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/5 "2010-01-05T11:49:18Z")
That’s funny.
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/6 "2010-01-05T12:16:50Z")
brb diet
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/7 "2010-01-05T12:22:48Z")
:rofl benny
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### Author:  [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/8 "2010-01-05T12:37:30Z")
Not relevant but…
What was that Ilya? I’m sorry I couldn’t hear you. Oh WAIT. That’s it. I forgot you are on my ignore list. I can’t explain how awesome it is to not hear “Jesus loves fat people too and he died so that we can ALL go to heaven and wash his dirty ass feet while he sits in big golden chair laughing at you.”
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### Author:  [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/9 "2010-01-05T12:56:34Z")
> [@4/21 - NYSpeed Volume 1 Release Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-21-nyspeed-volume-1-release-party/26881/168):
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> Not relevant but…
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> What was that Ilya? I’m sorry I couldn’t hear you. Oh WAIT. That’s it. I forgot you are on my ignore list. I can’t explain how awesome it is to not hear “Jesus loves fat people too and he died so that we can ALL go to heaven and wash his dirty ass feet while he sits in big golden chair laughing at you.”
his first comment was “thats funny” and the one directly above you was “:rofl benny”, both of them word for word :lol :lol :lol
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/10 "2010-01-05T12:57:24Z")
> [@4/21 - NYSpeed Volume 1 Release Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-21-nyspeed-volume-1-release-party/26881/168):
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> Not relevant but…
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> What was that Ilya? I’m sorry I couldn’t hear you. Oh WAIT. That’s it. I forgot you are on my ignore list. I can’t explain how awesome it is to not hear “Jesus loves fat people too and he died so that we can ALL go to heaven and wash his dirty ass feet while he sits in big golden chair laughing at you.”
Umm…okay. Cool? And then people say I’m the one who brings that stuff up. lol.
> [@wtf cro cop?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-cro-cop/28044/7):
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> his first comment was “thats funny” and the one directly above you was “:rofl benny”, both of them word for word :lol :lol :lol
Precisely. None of which have to do with anything you said 99FRC. But please, leave me on your ignore list. I couldn’t care less. :rofl
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### Author:  [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/11 "2010-01-05T13:01:22Z")
> [@wtf cro cop?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-cro-cop/28044/7):
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> his first comment was “thats funny” and the one directly above you was “:rofl benny”, both of them word for word :lol :lol :lol
Very insightful posts.
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### Author:  [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/12 "2010-01-05T13:02:40Z")
> [@GI/FS: built 96 gsx 6 bolt 450-500 hp](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gi-fs-built-96-gsx-6-bolt-450-500-hp/27661/21):
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> Very insightful posts.
Better than YOURS
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### Author:  [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/13 "2010-01-05T13:03:00Z")
> [@GI/FS: built 96 gsx 6 bolt 450-500 hp](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gi-fs-built-96-gsx-6-bolt-450-500-hp/27661/21):
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> Very insightful posts.
I didn’t know this was a super serious thread and we were supposed to have a debate. My apologies. The original story is funny, and what Benny said was funny.
Anyway, sorry for the OT crap JClark.
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### Author:  [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/14 "2010-01-05T13:05:01Z")
Yup. Still can’t hear you.
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### Author:  [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/15 "2010-01-05T13:05:49Z")
> I didn’t know this was a super serious thread and we were supposed to have a debate. My apologies. The original story is funny, and what Benny said was funny.
> Anyway, sorry JClark for the OT crap.
WELL NOW YOU CAN. READ IT AND WEEP.
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### Author:  [@Dread](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dread)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/16 "2010-01-05T13:07:42Z")
Who cares if they’re ugly on the outside? Its what inside that really matters:hug
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### Author:  [@Sully93vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sully93vr4)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/17 "2010-01-05T13:11:04Z")
^Liar… lol
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### Author:  [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/18 "2010-01-05T13:11:54Z")
> [@Ilya"](#):
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> Anyway, sorry for the OT crap JClark.
Dont be, this is way funnier than the dating site fatties thing.
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### Author:  [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/19 "2010-01-05T13:12:04Z")
> [@WTF FD's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-fds/28034/7):
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> Who cares if they’re ugly on the outside? Its what inside that really matters:hug
That’s only something ugly people say.
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### Author:  [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/letting-fatties-roam-the-site-is-a-direct-threat/249554/20 "2010-01-05T13:26:53Z")
> [@99FRC"](#):
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> Yup. Still can’t hear you.
Wow, what a complete di%$ move, even by Shift standards.
Coming into a thread, singling out a guy who you shouldn’t even be paying attention to (because he’s already on your ignore list) when he is just minding his own business, and then spewing random things to try to get him to react…
This is like the written equivalent of cracking a guy across the head with a beer bottle when he has his back turned to you… Just Wow…
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