You're Skinny! And You're Fat!

Here's a silly/funny article on BuzzFeed called "17 Problems All Naturally Skinny People Will Understand". 


Question:
Does someone commenting on your body weight make you uncomfortable?
If I told you how you looked like a toothpick, or how you look like a potato, or how when you flex your biceps it makes your shoulders look fat - would it offend you?
What about if I told you to eat a damn burger? Or to put down the fork?

This article is a little silly/funny - but what really gets me is the comments section. It really reinforced some beliefs I have on how silly it is that we judge others, and ourselves, so harshly.

One commenter says that women shouldn't comment on another woman's appearance unless it's "positive and uplifting". I like that.
Other people comment about how men (and women) tell them they need "more meat on their bones". I find it just as inappropriate to comment on someone's thin frame as I do to comment on someone's large frame. Why should anyone comment on another person's weight? Unless someone has an eating disorder, it shouldn't matter. (And even if an eating disorder is the problem - commenting on the person's body does more damage than good because it's feeding into their body-obsession...)

I feel like a big part of my own problems from my past issues with weight was because other people felt the need to tell me how overweight I was. (Yes, at one point - I was overweight.) Then, when I lost weight - they felt the need to comment on how thin I had gotten (yes, I suffered from eating disorders).
This can really mess a young girl's mind up, because no matter what - people feel the need to comment. It happens to men, too - so I shouldn't generalize. And it happens when you start working out (whether it be positive or negative comments). When trying to build muscle, sometimes you have to gain overall mass first - and then cut it down to define the newly-built muscle. But having some idiot who doesn't know the process you're putting yourself through comment "wow, you're big" can impact even the most confident person.

Why do people find it okay to talk about someone's weight to them at all? I know we should all have a thicker skin and not be easily offended by what people say. And I know that words only have as much power as we give them. But, still... People need to stop being jerks.