Heh, I just got called "skinny bitch" the other day.

I agree with Potgenie that it can depend on how a comment is made. I never much appreciated being called a "disgusting sack of bones" whilst suffering from an eating disorder (No worries though, I'm a healthy weight and it's all in the past now. I even have some of my own tummy-blubber!)
And, again, it's not like the article was done with pure hatred or anyhting.

For the record I think it is awful for people to be overweight, but I would never bother them about it. If that's how they want to live their life, then I believe I'd best stay out of it and accept it.
(Though it doesn't make them immne to a passing bitchy comment. I'm only human, and a bitchy one at that.)
The same goes for smoking and the likes.

Oh, and I take almost everything as a joke in life anyway (I tell you whether or not it turns out to be a bad thing, lol)

o_o
Didn't think it would get this heated...

I just find it offensive because I'm a vegetarian who gained weight. And I live in a family where I'm the smallest and I'm a size 14 at best.

Erm, I didn't mean to contribute to the "heat" as it were

I'm assuming that's an American size 14 (or Canadian, you guys could have another different size system for all I know!) and therefore have no idea at all of what size that is.

Well, I'm tubby and I find it funny.

Nina, they're basically the same.

Ironically, this article did manage to correct my wrong belief that going vegan is a sure-fire way of slimming down. So that's a good thing, huh?

That is one good thing, especially as it concerns you health.
The second good thing would be that I finally looked up a clothing size converter thingy, so know know my American size, whoop-de-doo!

No really, no I can be properly scared at how small a size 0 is

Hee, I found the converter not too long ago too! It's fun!

How small is a size 0?

One size bigger than a 00... and that's about as small as it gets.

00? *shudder*

I found in one place that size 0 is a UK size 2, though I'd never have thought that size existed. Another site I found said that a size 0 is a UK size 4, but that seriously can't be right. If it is, then I'm closer than I thought, which would be effing scary.

EDIT: Because I'm probably a masochist or something at heart, I did an image search for "size zero."

.... AAARRRGH!! My eyes! It buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurns!!! So horrible! So unsexy!

And their heads are way to big for their bodies. Now that, at least, I find hilarious.

UK Size 2??? How small is that!! The smallest UK size sold here is 6! :O

So I took a leaf out of your book and googled that too. Egaad! They're nothing but skin and bones!

Ah, high fashion.