When I first watched the short clip above, my reaction was a mix of laughter and annoyance (with an emphasis on annoyance). For those who do not know, Lululemon Athletica is the very successful Canadian company that pioneered and made fashionable the ever so wonderful yoga pants fad that has swept the west over the past decade. Any man, like myself, who has an insatiable lust for a well-rounded feminine posterior has this company to thank for putting a $100 price tag on a pair of spandex, thereby making it accessible to the more decadent ideals of the western female mind. Which brings me to the laughter: not only is the Founder and CEO of Lululemon some dude named “Chip”, he also sees it fit (no pun intended) to call out overweight women for wearing tight clothes on national television, albeit with tact. Bravo good sir! Standing strong for the manosphere! And then the inevitable occurs…
Truth Is Forbidden
When asked why so many women have an issue with their Lululemon pants wearing thin, this CEO has the courage to speak the truth, and is immediately and universally chastised for it by the feminist hoard. This of course should not come as a surprise for readers of ROK, as we are all well aware of the hyper-feminist brainwashing that permeates the very fabric of Western culture. This news segment, however, struck a chord with me.
His answer to the question was delivered in a sincere, gentle, almost eloquent fashion. His answer is one based in physics (i.e., if you wear tight fitting athletic clothing and you happen to be overweight, inevitably you will wear out the fabric). End of story. If you have an issue with this, take it up with the Gods of Alchemy. Of course, physical reality be damned when it comes to the hyper sensitive expectations of feminized culture. How dare a man have the tenacity to suggest that women purchase clothing that fit them! And to be fair, Chip did not even go that far.
Hypersensitivity/Irrationality is The Rule
After reflecting on this video, I couldn’t help but visualize every single fat and/or morbidly obese girl I’ve ever seen carelessly making her way down the side walk in a pair of ATHLETIC yoga pants, seemingly oblivious to her effect on the world around her. I couldn’t help but see in my mind’s eye the overflowing rolls of fat, the over-stretched fabric barely clinging together as thunderous thighs of ignorance slowly tear it apart molecule by molecule.
What gets me most about this news segment, however, is just how universally accepted it is that this man should be reprehended for his suggestion that not every body type is right for yoga pants. On the surface, to any logically thinking adult, this would seem a no-brainer. If parts of your body are rubbing together due to your size, than this will deteriorate the fabric of clothing, especially if your clothing is made of a stretchy, spandex-like material. Makes sense right? Why is it then that the immediate reaction by the female interviewer, and the women they interview, is one of utter disgust? The answer: in the modern Western world, logic, common sense, and yes even physics are shunned and ignored if the truth that these avenues yield happens to even slightly offend the fragile female ego.
How Did We Get Here?
So who or what are we to blame for this irrational, emotional response that has, to the detriment of us all, become the norm? Western women. When every single thin girl under the Western sun tells her obese friend “you go girl” or that they “look hot in that sexy outfit,” they are reinforcing the ingrained dogma that no matter how unattractive a women appear, they must be told otherwise.
In reality, they are doing their overweight friend a disservice. By disingenuously flattering them, they are simply perpetuating her being okay with her weight problem,which down the road can and will lead to serious health issues, not to mention the inability to attract a quality mate. Beyond that, they are contributing to the continuing aesthetic decay of what was once a beautiful and virile western population. Combine this disingenuous female to female fawning with the unwritten law that the fragile egos of overweight women must be tip toed around, and you get this:
Another Man Bites The Dust
And this brings me back to my man Chip Wilson, no-bullshit CEO extraordinaire. Because of the enforced, ingrained social dogma that forces men to adhere to some blatantly illogical sensitivity standard, and to censor the truth should it be too “insulting”, his name and thus company will be tarnished by the liberal media. But fear not Chip, because intelligent males everywhere feel your pain, and we stand by you in your moment of tribulation. Though I will never purchase any of your overpriced yoga pants, I wholeheartedly support your right to rip off young, fit, bubble butt cuties everywhere.
Read More: Fat Shaming Week Was A Corpulent Success
Just like Chic a fil a there is no bad PR. Last time I checked their sales were up 14% while, Starbucks’ sales have been cooling down after their support of Gay Marriage.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2012/07/31/coffee-cools-down-especially-at-starbucks/
The 1% will not dictate the spending habits of the 99%. You reap what you sow bitch. Don’t like the politics of the CEO, don’t buy it but don’t tell me how to think and boycott.
I would contend that a lot of the support for gay marriage is based along the lines of “I’m indifferent, but I’ll say yes to shut them up” vs. “I actually support gay marriage.”
I’m ridiculously indifferent to the whole gay rights thing. It doesn’t affect me at all. If gays want to enter into a civil contract, let them.
Until rich man marries confederate and transfer all assets to confederate tax free because married people can do that. Then they divorce. Then confederate marries man’s son and transfer the money to son tax free, less commission because married people can do that.
Then government comes in and says we need to regulate marriage because scams and not getting tax dollars, and then says not just homosexual marriage but ALL marriage because equality.
Either that, or confederate just keeps the money and leave it to his own son. Thanks, generous rich dude!
Breach of contract
Remember ladies: Just because it comes in your size, it doesn’t mean you should wear it.
This dude needs to team up with Mike Jeffries and Chris Langton. Looks like the fat shaming is making it’s way to the open market.
“Remember ladies: Just because it comes in your size, it doesn’t mean you should wear it”
The reason why they make slutware and sexy clothing for oversized gastropods in many countries is because it is required by law under anti discrimination policies. Even in countries like Argentina have such a policy. In fact I know a clothing designer in Buenos Aires who wants to take advantage of the disappointing trend of argentine women fattening up.. But your assertion is still true; just because it is makade for fatties does not make it right for said fatso women to wear it.
I don´t know the statistics, but based on what I see in the streets (hardly scientific, I know) the fattening you speak of is not anywhere on sight in Argentina, at least between the sub-30 crowd (after, Mother Nature takes charge).
Must be a bitch to get a 68 Extra Fat and a 12 Dwarf.
Yes, in fact, an out of work bum and a legend _do_ look a lot alike …
If I owned a successful company like that and was already rich, I would be even more direct and tell fatties in no uncertain terms, that I don’t want their business and I don’t want to see their disgusting shit slits through my company’s product while I’m at the grocery store with my imaginary kid. I would be entertained by these lulzy media hit pieces about me. And not at all apologetic or remorseful. Fat bitches smell worse than barnyard animals.
The moment your profits started to decline because of a public relations incident, you would retract your statement. I think fatties are subhuman animals but that doesn’t change the fact that their money is just as green as ours.
He was saying that with the understanding that he was already rich and didn’t need anyone else’s money.
Indeed, the best use of money is the ability to say “fuck you” whenever you want in the public space to whatever protected group you want and not have to worry about your finances being destroyed; after all, you’ve already made your money.
Then again, everyone always wants more. You have to weigh the fun of building and managing financial empires against the fun of telling the truth to the public.
Exactly. Every man should strive for “fuck you money.” This can be achieved through high net worth or untouchable income or even low expenses.
“fuck you money: any amount of money allowing infinite perpetuation of wealth necessary to maintain a desired lifestyle without needing employment or assistance from anyone.”
When you are in executive positions playing the political game is a non-negotiable. Every decision he makes affects every employee he has as well as the shareholders that he is accountable to.
Playing the “political game” got us to this mess we’re in. We need principled leaders, not politicians to get us out of it.
Playing the political position is why this country is so messed up in the first place. People are so afraid to speak the truth these days, and instead pick the side of minorities and females to prevent some sort of uncalled for uproar about feminism or equal rights. People are so quick to call “racism” or “sexism” when the truth goes against what they want to hear. The political position needs to be abandoned completely and our country would be a better place.
His purpose is to maximize profits. Not to improve society as he sees fit. if you listened to his apology, he was largely apologetic to the people that are dependent on his actions for that very reason.
They white-knight for them for one reason and one reason alone. Money. Those groups control a lot of spending dollars. White males on the other hand? Not so much. Most white males are pussified sycophants that need to “check with the boss” before they make a fiancial decision. Every time I hear a man say that I want to punch his face in.
Profit is his focus. Not societal change. He would almost certainly agree with you that political correctness is not useful for the country but in the face of diminished profits he will change his public opinion.
Does it have to be that way? Can’t people take a stand, or is the public opinion of anyone in power completely worthless for fear of upsetting some hysteric interest group?
Im sure there are some industries where being forthright is not going to result in a profit decline. Those with limited or no real substitutes and/or highly inelastic demand such as energy providers. Something a lot of commenters are missing is the influence shareholders will have on a company. It doesn’t matter who is the founder is, he still works for them, as you saw with Men’s Warehouse recently. They don’t care about Red-Pill ideology. They care about profits and company image which includes not pissing off anyone that could potentially tarnish the brand.
Every man should strive for “fuck you money.”
Quote of the day right there
Maybe he needs a golden parachute?
If I were growing a bit long in the tooth in the CEO chair, I might be tempted to say a few surprisingly accurate yet astonishingly shocking things about my customer base as well …
Perhaps this is really a game of Pay Up To Shut Up.
Money is money. Why not profit off the lazy and the stupid?
It seems like a matter of pride. .
why not profit FROM being lazy and stupid?
He’s had his fill (hehe) of fatty money. Now, he’s looking to maintain his legacy as a patron of the arts (and hot chicks with tight asses). Such dedication brings a tear to my eye.
Talking about tears, Torn Lululemons = Easy Access.
The man’s a saint. Or maybe even a knight. Pope Frank and Queen Liz should get with the program.
Feminists have a monopoly on the “truth”, here’s how we can take it back. The Fifth Horseman (TFH) of ‘Misandry Bubble’ fame created the successful ‘URLs at Urinals’ guerrilla campaign. Here’s a variation:
— > Online Breadcrumbs to the Manosphere
Here’s how it works:
1. Mainstream media site posts an article that toes the feminist line.
2. Get notification of MSM post by using Google Alerts to track news articles with “feminism”, “man up”, “marriage”, “divorce”, or any of several trigger words and phrases.
3. Be one of the first to comment, preferably using a solid, previously prepared comment.
4. Drop a question of the type referred to in TFH’s “Time to Expose Misandry” post (e.g. “Do you know how paternity fraud affects families?”)
5. Suggest that the person google a pertinent phrase to learn more (e.g. “google misandry bubble to learn more” or “search google for paternity fraud” or “google the manosphere to learn more”).
6. 1% or more of a heavily-trafficked post will google the relevant phrase.
7. Rinse, repeat often. 8. Profit.
The advantages of this approach are as follows:
1. It cannot be stopped or co-opted by feminists or MSM lackeys
2. It uses the remaining power and reach of the MSM against feminists and manginas
3. It requires less effort than going to conferences, etc. to post flyers in urinals.
4. Response and feedback are almost instantaneous, no popcorn required
5. No links to manosphere sites are required so spam filters will not be triggered
6. It’s likely to be upvoted and given prominence by manospherians (and if feminists attack it, it will get more notice: “what are you afraid of?”).
Days of Broken Arrows has been waging asymmetric warfare against the whaletards using a similar method. It’s also somewhat similar to the method posted here for shaming feminists who cause men to lose their jobs. An useful supplement to this would be a Twitter Bat-signal from the ROK twitter feed.
shut the fuk up
That username is going to look even stupider in a couple of years.
shut the fuk up paolo!
Learn proper English if you’re going to verbally assault someone. It’s “Shut The FUCK Up”, Not “shut the fuk up.”
Your argument must be weak to have to reduce yourself to comment on somebody’s grammatical errors.
Tom Lehrer said it best: Don’t write on walls if you can’t spell.
although its kind of retarded, many people refuse to use ck in their chat because it stand for crip killer, so they say things like bakk or bk (bloodkiller/back). no idea if this is what it is, but also pretty ridiculous to correct cussing lmao
Please don’t insult barn animals by comparing them to hambeasts , keeping say a coop in a country house isn’t a bad idea these days.
White knight fit women will outrage publicly, then quietly enter the store to pick up a pair for themselves
Watch how quickly your shareholders would turf you from the CEO chair….
I work at on of these stores part time at school so I am gonna throw my opinion in. He didn’t make the statement because he really believes it addresses the issue that brought him to the interview. The statement is completely true, having larger thighs will wear out tight pants much faster. But I can say barley any fat women shopping there,the store markets to/attracts your typical middle to upper middle class young fit woman. The company has cheaped out into using thinner material and crappier stitching for the same price than when I first started working there.
I think he played this well actually, he turned a legitimate issue his actual customers had with the quality of the products into a social issue circus. People don’t stop buying a product because the CEO is distasteful, they are not as dedicated to their values as they tell people. They will stop buying what wastes their money. A small amount of people are seriously outraged, most if specifically ask have a negative view. The later will have the name in their head and be more likely to stop in the store. There was an slight increase in people coming in when this happened, some would be talking about how they heard about the CEO or ask us about it…then quickly get distracted wondering if they would look like the girl on the poster with those yoga pants.
“Do these pants make my ass look fat?”
“No bitch, your ASS makes your ass look fat”.
Go Chip!! He told the truth eloquently. But in America, people don’t want the truth. They want what feels good or makes them happy. He told a simple fact. Rather than accept it, women everywhere didn’t like their feeling being hurt. No he’s insensitive. Guess what ladies. The World is an insensitive and cruel place. Rather than say, hey maybe my fat ass shouldn’t be wearing these clothes until I get in shape. They choose to blame someone else and attack him for speaking the truth. Time to grow up and be adults ladies. The truth is meant to help you, not hurt you. If you can’t accept the truth, you will continue to live in a delusion.
Oh man, the backlash to this could be horrible. More Fatties joining my gym and wearing spandex to boot. As if it doesnt make my dick go limp enough already with all the fatties Im forced to look at there now, as well as over the hill female deformities..
LMFAO!!! Yes it could be terrifying!
Zara Fashion Line: Are Americans Too Fat to…
My mother, who’s in her late 50’s, wears a size small there. I feel bad for American men.
I’m not defending society’s stupid reaction to what he’s saying. His statement is absolutely spot on and everyone knows it. However, there’s certain kinds of shit that you just can’t say when you’re running a company as a CEO. 99.99% of CEOs understand this. There’s certain shit you just can’t say. It’s politics, but that’s jus tthe way the world works.
I disagree. When you start sugar coting the truth or altering it so its more acceptable, you’re on a slippery slope. Speak the truth and let the chips fall where they may – sure you don’t need to vomit everything that comes to your mind, but if the situation calls for an answer than speak the answer as truthfully and faithfully as you can.
I’m not disagreeing with what you’re saying, but in a position that he’s in, there’s certain shit you can’t say. Fortunately for him, this guy is the founder of LULU and will probably be given more leeway, but any other CEO wouldn’t be a CEO for much longer. If I was a major shareholder of LULU, I’d throw this guy out and I actually agree with what this guy said.
When so many products are sold via notions of exclusivity and aspiration, I see ‘no fat chicks’ as a marketable selling point.
Yeah, well the asinine stupidity of the things you’re not allowed say today correlate very closely to how much we suck as a nation and as a people.
Get ready for pain….it’s coming.
I agree.
Political correctness=censorship
YOU ARE MISS OGYNISTIS!!! JUST BECAUSE MY ASS RESEMBLES A TUB OF LARD DOESNT MEAN I SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO WEAR LULU LEMON YOGA PANTS TO SHOW OFF MY LARD ROLLS! evil penises
Pathetic.
You wrote “evil penises” in lowercase. Are you trying to tell us something?
I’m assuming that since you are proud of being disgusting & overweight that someone along the way helped perpetuate your belief that your disgusting fat rolls are in any way shape or form acceptable to society or
in any way attractive. They are not. Your family may feel obligated to lie to
you, because they’re your family, but if your “friends” tell you these lies,
they aren’t real friends, and if your family is lying to you, telling you that
you still look good, they aren’t doing you any kind of service other than to
help more people laugh at you behind your back when you walk by. I suggest you encourage your family to stop lying to you & find new friends that will be honest with you & tell you to get your fat ass on a treadmill, put down the greasy fast food, and eat a salad. I am a fairly thin & attractive female & I find it absolutely appalling that women these days would ever be proud of being overweight and undesirable. I used to be so skinny I was actually told to gain weight because I looked sickly. The only time I’ve ever been honestly overweight is after I had my child & do you know what I did? I did what any normal, sane, female that cares about her health and place in society would do –
I got my ass to the gym and started eating healthier than I already did &
lost the baby weight. Even to this day, when I am more than thin, I still can
always find another 5 or 10 pounds I am determined to lose, even if I really
don’t need to, because that is what a normal person does. I fully 110% support men not wanting anything to do with fatties & calling them out on it
because I feel the exact same way & I would hope that if I ever gained more weight than is acceptable to society, someone would care enough about me to be like ‘hey fat ass put down the junk food & get your ass to a gym.’ If a friend looks like a cow and asks me how she looks, I’m not going to lie and pretend like I think she looks ok just to spare her feelings, I’m going to tell her ‘you asked for my honesty so I am going to tell you that yes, that outfit and the last 12 you just tried on ALL make you look like a cow. If you want to look skinnier, maybe you should try eating a little healthier & working out more because the only way you’re going to ever truly rock that outfit is to lose about 30 lbs.’ And as far as this particular article is concerned, I completely agree with this CEO & wish more CEOs would speak out & tell the public that if you are dumb enough to be grossly overweight AND wear their products, then no they are not going to fit right, you are probably going to rip them trying to fit in them, and you
should shop for clothes that don’t make everyone else that is forced to cross paths with you want to vomit when they see you in skin tight, see through outfits, that expose your disgusting body, that (trust me) NO ONE wants to see, EVER. AT LEAST until you can get back down to an acceptable weight that doesn’t make the rest of the human race want to moo at you & throw grass at you when you walk by because they are convinced you are a cow.
you’re inability to detect sarcasm is astounding. You might be the dumbest person on the internet (and that is saying something). Good thing you are overly dedicated to your weight. You need your good looks; it’s the only thing you have to survive. I pity you when you get old. I hope you have enough saved for plastic surgery.
aww how precious – yet another scorned feminist or white knight offended by someone telling the truth, instead of what society wants you to regurgitate to fit the mold of everyone else out there as acceptable. I’m sorry but I refuse to condone the disgusting habits and lifestyles of ignorant idiots that think it is smart, healthy, or socially acceptable to be a disgusting cow. And I find absolute disgust in anyone that would actually be proud to be obese and vile. And you all wonder why our country, our western world, and culture that used to be a pillar of strength and envy across the globe has now become a laughing stock and a symbol of what the rest of the world is proud to say they are above.
I couldn’t care less about your crusade against women who are over a size 2. I just wanted to point out that was an obvious troll post and responding with a mini essay is stupid. I don’t think you understand this. It’s quite funny actually. Like I said before, stay overly dedicated to your weight/looks – you need it to survive.
Aha. So , what is it then? Do MEN only have a monopoly on spreading the fatty hate, or what? Either we get crucified and everyone is crying about fatties taking over the world, or we type out a bit of mutual inspirational gender fatty your embarrassing my country awareness day. But thats not good enough either is it? Because the real problem is, for you at least, its only fun if you get to say it from some imaginary, high ground, inherited by your birth right like some entitled, spoiled little shit. It’s the same people who cry about fat women, but then turn around and try to guilt trip their hot friends into sleeping with you, because you’re a “nice guy” who sits and pretends to listen and care about her, as he’s adjusting his boner in his dirty, mountain dew stained khakis. Sorry bra; It doesn’t work like that. I know your types like to cling on to the vindictive fantasy that women are going to give a shit later on, and regret not being married to you, but, women outnumber men in colleges and the work place by over a third with that number projecting to rise higher in the next decade. The young hot pool boy is ever more attainable, without the baggage of an exwife, balding, and dirty underwear laying on the floor. So spare me. The only thing that really counts is money, so I hate to shatter that supposed edge you think you have. I detest fatties as much as the next person, but your reaction to her post was just, dumb honestly, and over the top.
This is a great article: “Truth is forbidden” couldn’t be more. Somewhat unrelated, here’s an interesting article on the effect of that “flight from truth” written by a female no less! Anyone that has a son or sons should probably send them to an all boys school…
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/eliminating-feminist-teacher-bias-erases-boys-falling-grades-study-finds
Also, I must say to Chip, THANK YOU for making the yoga pants!!!! To all the chicks with great bodies, that wear yoga pants, THANK YOU! For giving a gift that keeps on giving. We as men love looking at your fine asses when you wear them. Especially when some of you wear them with no panties. Damn!!!! Now to all of those women (you know who you are) who have no damn business wearing yoga pants…….STOP!! I repeat……STOP! That is a VERY bad look. Please…..STOP! Wear something flattering for you. Yoga pants aren’t it. ………STOP! If you are fat, yoga pants do not look good on you. STOP IT!! That’s like a fat dude wearing a muscle shirt. It’s just wrong! STOP!
They were cool. Now that every girl wears them, not so much.
I do not care what this guy (CEO) says in the media, or about public reaction to his words.
But I cannot live without my Lululemon yoga pants (and tops)! Every time
I walk out of a class in my gym, I just feel the glances at
my ass. Nothing
gives me more motivation to continue exercising than these looks of
approval!
So, you have your head on straight, rather than up your voluminous arse. Good on ya. Work, work, work Rusalka. Work it all de time.
But let’s just skip that whole luring me to my death thang, shall we?
I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE
Strange that women who are supposedly under so much pressure to live up to society’s standards demonstrate complete obliviousness to their appearance and are shocked that anyone would notice. Seems in their mind clothes are a uniform that magically makes them disappear into the herd
And some of those girls look like they literally belong in a herd
Doesn’t he know you can’t state facts if they contradict the politically correct narrative?
It happens to girls too. Look at what happened to the “What’s your excuse?” mom. http://fox40.com/2013/10/15/whats-your-excuse-sacramento-mom-comes-under-fire-for-facebook-post/
That had less to do with obesity than feminist hatred of Asian women.
That is because the slender Asian women don’t waste their time on alpha’s they have no chance at landing and lock up the beta providers the white heifers try to settle with.
I was just watching a show from the 50’s or early 60’s. The slender, attractive, pleasant woman character who was shopping for clothes was getting size 12 clothes.
Seems to be another standard that has lowered over the years.
How fucking big is a size 12 these days? I don’t even want to know.
Sizes changed in the 1980’s because fat ass Americans couldn’t handle the reality of their expanding girths. There is no direct method for comparing before the changes but in general add 6 sizes for the pre-fatass sizing chart. That famous white dress Marilyn Monroe wore was considered size 8 then and is now a 2.
I say good.
I think mens underwear should change its sizes.
small can be huge now
medium can be girthy
large can be bulbous
XL can be vag tearer
no mans self esteem should be hindered by having small printed on his underwear!
Why can’t they make proper sizes with centimetres and (for you Yanks) inches? Because the truth is easier to hide this way?
Is it because that we’d be somewhat shocked when it turns out that Miss Muffet Who Eats Too Many Tuffets wears a size 120? Seriously, wouldn’t that be completely obvious to any man with functioning eyes and a sense of scale?
Also, I have to ask about negative sizes: does a petite missy who wears a size negative four have to worry about the size of her event horizon? Inquisitive armchair physicists want to know …
I experience a visceral disgust when I see obese people who expose too much, but moreso with women. I shake my head when I see a fit guy holding hands with some gargantuan whale of a woman; what is wrong with these men?! Some may say, “Well at least he’s getting his skin and you aren’t,” but truthfully, I’d rather be alone than lower my standards to below rock-bottom.
Very common seeing spandex with the low value hoodrat she-boon beasties.
Why do you think they do it? Secret gay?
Exactly. I used to always say that I’d rather be alone than with a woman I don’t wanna bone.
It is actually way more common to see a fit woman with a fat guy.
Also, statistically men are fatter than women.
thank you for being rational.
you are welcome. I really hate this website. I use it to show friends that middle-eastern men are not the worst 😉
Now kith
I think you may be missing the point Tareq. Even if it were true that “men are statistically fatter than women”, fat men generally do not subject the public to viewing them in yoga pants designed for thin/average people.
Beta detected
and, yet, your friends remain unconvinced, right?
“Also, statistically men are fatter than women.” Evidence?
Desperation and pity leads one down many dark roads…
I regret clicking on your link
I sometimes see women around town, pushing baby buggies, strollers. And, some of them are the ugliest women I have ever seen and I think to myself: who the hell had sex with that woman, to make a kid?
There are some guys out there with zero standards and who are creating a weaker and weaker gene pool. Just say no.
Wait…COMPLETELY INSANE IDEA HERE, BUT…maybe he values her personality!!!
Comedy night is on Fridays, although we have cheap shots of Jagermeister and cough syrup on Mondays …
She must have a shitload of personality! 😀
Just look at the portrayals of “21st Century” women on the covers of the last century’s science fiction magazines (yes, the geeks who read, wrote and illustrated those stories in the 1930-1960 period looked at a year like 2013 as some far-off future time). I challenge anyone to find an image of one of these 21st Century women as an obese, tattooed slattern with bulges of fat straining against the fabric of her overpriced yoga pants.
I have to hand it to Chip Wilson. I like outspoken guys who speak transgressive truths and express politically incorrect opinions. A couple years ago he made the news by putting “Who Is John Galt?” from Atlas Shrugged on his company’s tote bags. Frankly I’d like to see him to keep talking.
Awesome article. Awaiting impending shitstorm of Fatty McManjaws with glee, anticipation and popcorn
I think they’re so darn *exhausted* from trolling on the Secret Internet Fatty article that they’re taking a Haagen Daz break on their couch, catching up on Netflix Bachelorette episodes, (wearing yoga pants, of course) on their oh-so well-deserved break
Plus the Jezebel has called for a ban on posting here. Kinda nice actually. Its back the way it was. Can we all go hound them now? That might be kinda fun.
Does not the fact that these narcissistic cunts feel the impetus to spend ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS on a fucking pair of spandex yoga pants not speak volumes to their egos, shallowness, unadulterated and unabashed willingness to follow the herd?
It boggles the mind, but that’s what drives the gears of insane profits I guess.
Yep…it says exactly that…which is why I co-founded the womens business association. I have decided that men are WAY too hard to sell to and that I will also sell to women because women are WAY easier to sell to.
If men were a bit easier to sell to I would not have bothered.
Do you men realise that when someone sells something to you that you immediately go into “competition” mode and say “just try and MAKE ME buy what you are selling me.” By doing that you drive up the cost of sales.
On the other hand…all you have do to sell something to a woman is tell her how it makes her look great or bash men with the product and she will buy it…
Women buy all sorts of useless stuff at highly inflated margins. Women are FAR easier to sell to than men….and you men might want to take notice of this fact.
http://www.womens-business-association.com/
They used to be very high quality items. If you worked out on them 3-5 times a week washing them each time for years they still looked good. Most pants will start fading after a couple of months. They also used to be thick enough so that your underwear wouldn’t be revealed in certain yoga positions. Nowadays, the quality has declined significantly and they’re severely overpriced.
We’ll discover his real metal shortly; if he apologizes and doesn’t stand by his words, it will be just another newstory of a guy who said something true and then pretended to be sorry about it.
He has already apologized. This story broke on the 11th and he apologized on the 13th.
Disappointing, but we can’t honestly expect any different.
How can he apologize for basic physics (i.e., constant friction = erosion)?
He is 100% correct. But in our society you have to prevaricate if the reality is not politically correct.
Hahahaha
I think you mean mettle
I never knew that was the usage; RoK is self improvement for all aspects of life, hah.
Forbes hits the mark: ” Feminist fury predictably followed, along with one of those charmingly ineffectual Change.org petition,,,”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kylesmith/2013/11/21/lululemons-chip-wilson-should-keep-annoying-millions-of-potential-customers/
“Someone has to cater to that dwindling minority of skinny bitches.”
Quote of the day for my money!
Such affluence this society has that public outrage ensues over $100 exercise pants.
Hey man would you like to engage in a public debate on Marxism vs. Anarchism? I am ready for this. You guys kicked us out of the First International and now I come to make you pay the price.
No, seriously. That was a very clever observation. Feels like home.
That second picture was horrifying.
Ahhh! My eyes!
He’s just some pansy who wants to create more controversy through shaming fat people just because that’s what every pansy ass little Western American male is doing nowadays, and overpricing his cheap ass product. There’s some truth.
And haters go!
There’s nothing virtuous about being fat.
It is what it is.
I have edited your comment for correctness:
“He’s just . . . overpricing his cheap ass
product.”
Fat-ass obesity is just one reason (among many) why the Chinese are going to kill us all. Out of the entire population, how many Americans are going to be worth half-a-shit when we have to fight a capable, determined enemy? Yeah, it’s that bad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_China
Lululemon stock price dropping. I think I’m about to invest. I mean come on, this just means fewer fatties in yoga pants. This is like, the go-to xmas/bday present for a girlfriend, because its not really for her, its for you.
I’m pretty sure the reason that women hate “fat-shaming,” and tell fat women how unbelievably gorgeous they are, is quite simple:
If the fattie thinks she’s hot (or is at least told she is), she’ll have less incentive to become attractive. One less competitor for the attractive females.
They WANT them to stay fat. Nothing whatsoever to do with body-image bullshit or equalist bullshit. The answer is always in the Sexual Marketplace. Always.
I would like to remark, Sir, that your observation is absolutely brilliant.
I think they’ll deny it too. I remember when once I asked in a forum why do some (and i clearly said some) girls always have to have a “so-called fat friend” to make the rest of them look better. I asked this because of how i noticed the more heavyset girl in a group trail behind her two skinnier, better-looking friends. Of course, the resident feminist got all offended and said that is NOT why her friends have a big girl in the group. But it seems as if my question wasn’t talking about her, she shouldn’t have been offended.
Absolutely. I will not praise or shame an unattractive woman, but I am grateful for her very existence because she serves to make me look infinitely better by comparison.
Hmm good outlook, I mean I consider myself attractive and I’ve been told by attractive men that I’m attractive. But of course there’s always someone more attractive out there, can’t be helped most of the time so I have no qualms about it. It’s reality and those who don’t accept it have their heads in the clouds.
This has been pointed out before but needs to be repeated again and again: all this support for “fat acceptance” among women is just women cynically supporting their competitors taking themselves out of the market: the fatter other women get, the less competition there is.
Fat Chicks – is there anything they can’t ruin?
For Christ’s sake … Wilson was extremely polite and almost solicitously gentle in remarking that thigh flesh rubbing together will wear away material. This action is called FRICTION. Friction causes erosion and degradation. This is a fact that even a four-year old child discovers while playing with stuffed toys. If Wilson has indeed lowered the quality of his product, he should redress this flaw or lower the garment price. However, constant rubbing will abrade and wear out any material, whether it be nylon, silk, cotton, or leather. Obesity = constant friction = eventual degradation. A simple concept, no?
Astute observation.
This guy should be saluted for sure…but…he should use the attention wrought upon him to shine a spotlight on the fact that the media has jeopardized the well-being of honest working class people because he expressed a politically incorrect opinion, and why that is evil and un-American. Challenge the Cathedral.
The nose for drama in these women is surprising. I noticed this sort of thing in my shorts a long time ago. Since my thighs are fat, they rub together. Since they rub together, they produce friction that, over time, will cause my clothes to pill just below the crotch. Certain fabrics are more resistant than others, but most WILL pill at some point. That’s a fact. It’s not up for dispute. I’m a guy, and it happens to me. If I asked my clothes designer, he’d say it’s a biological fact.
Women’s instinct is to create drama over this.
Men’s instinct is to shrug and buy new shorts.
“Because of the enforced, ingrained social dogma that forces men to
adhere to some blatantly illogical sensitivity standard, and to censor
the truth should it be too “insulting””
Hmm. Sounds like the moderation policy of a certain forum associated with this website.
They already have these for fat women. They’re called ‘spanx’.
Nobody should be wearing yoga pants in public unless they are in yoga class. They’re up there with sweatpants as a sign of poor self-regard and lack of presentation. You’re in public – try wearing an outfit meant for that and not just what’s “comfortable.” You look like a slob.
I agree 1000%.The same can be said for damned flip flops also.
THIS IS AWESOME!!
Fewer customers for Lululemon Athletica = fewer cases of eye rape.
The women who genuinely look good in those pants will keep buying them,and the offenders will stop.
Chip Wilson’s business has caused a lot of visual pollution and he has to sacrifice his monetary profits to rectify this.Sure he will have to apologize,but hopefully his apology looks so insincere that human trash cans are permanently offended and won’t buy his or any competitor’s product
“When every single thin girl under the Western sun tells her obese friend “you go girl” or that they “look hot in that sexy outfit,” they are reinforcing the ingrained dogma that no matter how unattractive a women appear, they must be told otherwise.”
I have long said that it does not serve a child to be falsely praised. I applied that to my own former children. I refused to falsely praise them because it leads to exactly what we see today in western women. A psychosis that simply can not handle the truth.
It is not lack of truth. It is lacking willingness to change.
They PREFER to be this way, and are perfectly happy just killing the messenger. All of them.
The man is smart, wise, honest. The painful drama of speaking the truth is not easy, but people need to hear it. Hey- does anyone know what happened with Athol Kay’s “pro marriage” site? I hear it is under the microscope for breaking up marriages and encouraging men to leave women- one of my buddys wives used it on her husband and then took him for all she could- like usual. I hope its true that his site is getting taken down, that forum is being used against men.
In the Cult of Athol, it’s always the man’s fault. You see, it’s women who generate the page views.
In other words, Athol’s a sellout.
This is awesome. Hey- will anyone here join me in taking down a shitty freak website? Athol Kay’s site is under the microscope already for giving custom advice on splitting up, how to get the most out of the guy you’re divorcing. Its cover is that it is pro-marriage but it really encourages women to leave men. You don’t see this up front but it’s all that goes on in the messages between the mods and new people who come blindly to it. My buddys been taken by his whore wife and we’re working towards getting that MMSL forum taken down. Anyone with me?
I never blamed Levi for wearing out the inner thighs of my jeans. I blamed my fat fucking thighs and my fat fucking ass. This is a bunch of bullshit. I hate that we have to walk on egg shells to appease these overly sensitive, hypocritical women. Waaaaaaaaaaa, grow the fuck up!
“blatantly illogical sensitivity standard…”
This reminds me, in sexual harassment policy and law, there is something called “The reasonable woman standard.” Yet, so many women are hypersensitive and unreasonable how can there be a reasonable woman standard?
I really have no clue why his response was even an issue. Not all clothes are made for all shapes/ sizes. Why would you WANT your fat rolls squirting out everywhere (as they would in these kinds of clothes)? If you’re going to wear out the crotch/ thigh area of your pants buy cheap pants not ones that you pay $100 for. And, damn it, you KNOW you’re going to wear the things out if your thighs rub together and your clothes are tight. Cheese and rice, people. Common sense is not common apparently.
I have a great idea for the company! Not trying to make this a religious debate but this made me think of the 7 deadly sins. Their new pants for the rotund could be called yoga pant 2.7, the 2 is for gluttony and 7 for pride. I should have gone into marketing!
LOL, this isn’t about truth.
Don’t buy into the mainstream of account of what this is about, the amount of anger over this shows there is more to it; they are trying to yell about one thing loud enough that they don’t have to address what really bothers them.
This is a master class in the manipulation of the female psyche.
Think about it, this is a guy who sells to women one the cheapest clothing products you can make for a premium markup based on nothing but marketing, it is reasonable to think he knows what he is doing as an astute businessman.
A lo, since this story broke, lululemon has become the de facto uniform of the hot, thin chick. If you asked them they wouldn’t tell you why but we know and they know and the fat chicks know as well, thats the point. No just the yoga pants, the t-shirts and accessories are also flying off the shelves. Anything that says ‘lululemon’. Why? Never underestimate just how cruel and competitive women are to each other.
Lululemon: I’m wearing this because you can’t.
It’s no secret that fat chicks don’t look good in yoga pants, but let’s be honest, fat chicks don’t look good in anything. The best they can do is cover their form as much as possible.
I honestly think we should start reporting fat chicks who dress in tight or revealing outfits for indecency. Because of instances like Donglegate, we know women wont tolerate what they define as indecency. Why should we ?
And women keep paying top dollar to buy transparent lululemon yoga pants.
Pay attention to what women do, not what they say.
You nailed it. it doesn’t matter if you’re overweight or not, wear clothes that actually fit you. If you decide to wear clothes that are too tight because you want to feel sexy, then the consequence is that everyone will be able to see everything. That is your own damn fault.
lol:) I wear those yoga pants but I have the body type for it..It’s quite atrocious on an obese woman:S. I usually wear a long top with those pants cause I don’t like exposing myself too much(self conscious despite being thin) and yet the big women have no issues showing it all off…go figure hehe.
My only suggestion is that you get a dictionary and check the meaning of every word you used of three or more syllables.
Your sesquipedalian suggestion suffices to shock the senses with a sobriquet of sordidness that sullies those of our station …
if, you ask me……and i know, you did it seems like bad business cutting off some of the profit.
WHY? WHY DO WE EVEN CARE?
I apologize for the caps, but I hardly see how this actually affects us in any important way? I understand that, yes, it is unpleasant to see obese people wearing clothes that are far too tight for them (especially men), but that’s just how it is! I have to wake up every morning and see my neighbour’s fat-assed self watering his garden without a shirt on and it’s fucking disgusting! -but oh yeah, it’s a fucking free country and you know maybe he just likes to go out like that despite being awful to look at. Guys in general aren’t all that great to look at, but you don’t go around telling them to stay inside because you’d rather see a bunch of hot girls instead of their ugly faces all day. Same thing applies to fat girls.
Yes, I’d rather not have to see them squeeze into crazy-tight pants, but I figure that maybe there are some things about my body people don’t like looking at, but they just assumed that it was my business and they wouldn’t be a dick about it.
Please tell me why this is such an important issue! There are lot’s of fat people in this world! Why would you reject such a large population of people from buying your product?
“Why would you reject such a large population of people from buying your product?”
I agree with the general premise of your comment, but the answer to this question is: exclusivity.
I used to be an obese woman, but due to the health problems I was experiencing I lost weight. Before I lost weight though, my thighs would always rub together, creating friction in between my thighs, and sweat. So obviously, those pants often wore out overtime. It’s no surprise and I see absolutely nothing wrong with the CEO said. What I do see wrong, is fat shaming. You really shouldn’t despise someone or be offended if they’re fat.
>You really shouldn’t despise someone or be offended if they’re fat.
Yes you should, because 95% of the time their fatness is due to being a lazy slob.
any publicity is good for a company. this may cause a momentary decline in sales or company stock, but how many people now know the name lululemon that didn’t before? i’d never heard of it just always lumped all of those into one category of “yoga pants.” this is good for his company, not bad.
Does anyone remember stirrup pants? They were quite the rage in Canada 20 years ago. Simple to wear, but the downside was size 22 adipods wearing size 6 stirrup pants. That ought to have been a crime. Nice to see the guardian of women’s sports wear telling the truth. Cover yourself fatty.
“In reality, they are doing their overweight friend a disservice.”
I laughed out loud reading this. Last Dissident, you didn’t know that hot girls tell fat girls they are beautiful to keep them fat?
Fucking first world problems.
The minute I saw a girl in the bar wearing lulu lemon pants with uggs, I burned the one pair I owned.
OK but where’s the video in the thumbnail?
Any big girl should know that tight clothes are a big no-no.
Skirts might be ok. Many look good and it raises or maintains their confidence. Jeans look comical and weve already discussed spandex.
I won’t buy his pants, but I will buy his stock, and his clothes. Let’s support this guy’s company – it has a nice cause. We need more hot chicks in yoga pants!
What Chip said was absolutely fine. He didn’t insult larger women – he was just stating the facts that if your thighs touch and rub when you walk (and there is nothing wrong with that at all) then the material will thin out quicker. What has really pissed me off though is the comments some of you are putting on. This article is not an excuse for you to call obese women the equivalent of farm animals. If it wasn’t for equality that stopped people like you saying these things our society today would be like it was a 100 years ago which you may think you want but unless you have studied the lives of people in that age you most certainly don’t.
This is the truth though…
Except that fatties have been wearing his pants since the company’s inception and it’s only since they took the manufacturing to China that the quality went to crap.
Im a yankee and a gen x age female. I feel so badly that us and our parents fought hard for womens rights and now its been hijacked by people who want to use it to destroy society.
Ive considered proposing a law based on ‘Yoga Pant Abuse’.
You HAVE TO BE of a cetain physical fitness to wear that sh#t.
It also frustrates me im living out my 40s surrounded by women in disgusting tight outfits BUT MEN WEAR BAGGY CLOTHES nowadays. Wat happened to so called Equality? The militarization of society is what happened.
Argghh! And ho-bitch culture isnt exactly liberating for women but that’s the thing now. Its a mess.
My generation experienced the pinnacle of feminism which was the 80s. Men were still men but were were healthily respected as equals in many ways. At least in the northeast.
Not all strong women are feminists and many of us are tired of being harassed by booties when we arent lesbians! I wonder what gay women think of this. Interesting to ask.
Providence RI is the New England capital for this offense. Its frightening.
Good thing there’s absolutely no fat men with their disgusting bodies hanging out of their ill-fitting clothes. Dodged a bullet there, huh?
Walking around in Yaletown Vancouver. Lulumon everywhere and none of it is for exercise. Seen a lot chowing down on a croissant in their active wear! And we give large people a hard time for their bad habbits. Here’s a bad habbit, taking a photo of a woman’s ass and posting it onto a public website. I don’t care what size she is, that’s a cunt move.
i hate seeing fat women wearing yoga pants! Wear a burka or a circus tent!!!
Bro you need to chill. If you dont like thick thighs thats you, but alot of guys do and this is clearly also a problem for women who aren’t fat but just have thick thighs. Alof of guys like thick, bbw, plus size, fat whatever you want to call it. I personally fuck with the females with the extra meat on em since bones is for dogs. Call me chubby chases whatever but that chick in the picture is fine and she could get the dick. Let “fat” girls be bro.
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