Obese Joke Offensiveness

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Okay, listen up, smoothbrain! It's Explain Bear here. You, yes, YOU, probably have trouble tying your shoes. This 'joke' is a PUN. That means it uses a word or phrase with two meanings. The phrase 'have enough on their plate' usually means you're busy or have lots of problems to deal with, right? Like, 'Wow, she has a lot on her plate with work and family.' BUT! 'Fat people' also literally have 'enough on their plate' when they're eating, meaning a big pile of food! Get it? The joke pretends obese jokes are offensive because fat people *literally* have big plates of food (enough on their plate), making it hard for them to deal with more 'offensive' things, but it's a play on the idiom. It's not *actually* about offense, it's about the food. See? Simple, even for your tiny brain.

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