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Makes me wonder if ICE agents are so shunned irl as in media. Also, if they are so vicious, who risks calling them that? Also, is obesity really that bad in the US? The tourists and people who moved to my country from the US sure carry a bit (or a bit more) extra in most cases, but it can't be that bad, can it?
It is that bad. The Americans who move to or visit Europe need funds and incentive to do that, which does not overlap with the poorest (and fattest) Americans.
If you go visit the US and travel away from the wealthy parts of the country, or if you go to a local tourist attraction that might appeal to a wide variety of locals, you'll get to see more typical people.
The average is just a bit large (more large than in most places, but not crazily so), but you'll also meet quite a few land whales.
Two things that shocked me when I visited the us many years ago:
There are so many obese people. I genuinely never seen some fatter than the folks I've seen in the USA. I'm sure they exist, but in 40 years living here in France I have never seen people as fat as some of the Americans I have seen in the few weeks I was there.
There are a crazy amount of amputees.
yes its that common. certain "restaurant' chains will have mostly overweight people in it 100% of the time.
There's plenty of videos of people mocking them in airports. Hell they get heckled in the streets, too. They're generally only assaulting people during one of their hit and run abductions.