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I think your first question is insanely unfair. Everyone has the right to complain about anything that makes them sad, hurt, angry, and/or uncomfortable. Looks count nowadays, sadly, and too skinny is a look.

I know that they get teased, because I had a cousin who was very thin like that. I even confronted her a couple of times, asking if she was anerexic or bolemic (I know I can't spell those xp ). But I will also say, she had more friends, boyfriends, and admirers than me, and seemed much happier in school than I did. I think that even though they are teased, they make friends more easily, because society overall is more accepting of too thin people than too fat people.

Society will always need a hiarchy. White over black, skinny over fat, male over female. Once one gets on the road to being solved, another intensifies. I think that men and women are becoming more equal, so race and weight are becoming more of a problem. It's pretty screwed up, but I think there will always be something.

Yes. I mentioned my cousin earlier. I asked her because she was severely underweight and losing, and I kept finding weird medicines in her room (like a half-full bottle of Pepto). Also she would refuse to eat meals sometimes. I was worried about her, and confronted her whenever I would find something like that, out of love.

As for some of the comments I've seen:

I believe anyone who is upset about their body (or has a [as I think of them] 'alternative body style' and loves it, and wants to share that with others) has every single right to go to any site and ask for help, or share their worries and sadness, or even just say "We're all so beautiful, I'm glad there's a place to go, where other people have these problems."
Being severely overweight, (5'2'', 360 pounds), I find more and more than I can relate to anyone with an eating disorder, wether they're overweight like me, or underweight. And I think that as someone with an eating disorder, I should embrace and have compassion for anyone else with one, as well. It's unfair to say that they shouldn't be allowed, or that it's rude for them to go on FA site. Perhaps they were going there in hopes of being understood, or finding a secret tip to gain weight. Whatever might have been said, you don't know what their motives for joining was.

And about what Chachamaru said, that's very true. I'm sure it's true for all skinny, attractive people with a thing for chubby/fat people, because it is intimidating to go ask someone you like out, especially if you feel like they're miles out of your league. That in itself, however innocent, is discrimination against skinny people. We assume that they're too full of themselves to give someone that's not socially sexy a chance :3

When you said (Dread Pirate) that about fat girls having it worse, I do have to agree, not because I don't think skinny girls can't have it bad, but because it's being proven more and more often now that fat people, fat women especially, are paid less, promoted less, and hired to new jobs less. So even if people are nice to us, we're still discriminated against based on looks.

Sorry, I was reading comments backwards xd Hope I didn't tread on any toes o.o

We have a couple of skinny girls in my guild x3 Well we used to>.> A lot of members went inactive gonk But I don't think we've ever had 'omg iyem phatttttttttttttt' from them :3 And if I remember correctly, when Mimisi's was still new, we actually had a girl trying to figure out how to gain x3 <3 Bless her surprised lol

I think the reason most people don't understand your sarcasm, is because most people have already seen it or at least thought about it. It's not the hardest of things to wrap one's mind around 3nodding I'm sure at least once in our lives, every single one of us has seen a skinny girl get picked on. (Saw a funny fight once, but I won't go in to that xd Let's just say the dumb girl was whoring around and messed around with a very mean, tough black girl o.o Funniest one-sided fight I ever saw xd heart )

I can't really say that I've ever confronted a skinny girl that I didn't know and asked them if they had an eating disorder, but I have confronted one of my friends about it years back. She was constantly going to the bathroom after meals and belittling herself, I actually remember her saying that the reason why her boyfriend broke up with her was because she was fat.(not even thinking that hey, maybe because he was cheating on her XP) She weighed at the time probably about 105lbs on a 5'4" frame. Yeah.

She indeed did have a problem, and though she still has issues with self-image, she's put on some healthy weight. I'm glad that she's not skin and bones anymore. ^^

I'd have to say it's hard for everyone to feel beautiful these days, fat and thin. It's really unfair, because the only way in that twisted game to become "perfect" is to perform the impossible, because the goal will change with every passing day. It sucks I tell you. confused

lol, yeah... I use italics too, but when my whole post is a big long sarcastic thing I don't feel like it.

I think I'll just stick to not making sarcastic threads that people will find offensive even though I'm on their side gonk

lol, I should do that.

Even in real life, apparently my obvious sarcasm is not so obvious to everyone else.

God, I really have a lot of things I want to say right now, but they're mainly extremely insults towards you ghosty. I'll just say that you're slowly getting more and more on my bad side with some of the things you say.

No, I read your posts, and your later comments, and sarcasm is a second language to me, I just feel like you're mistaking candor for ignorance.