Specifically, a Fatty Boombalatty

Guy: I learned something… What did I learn? I learned that my son is a fatty.

Chick-fil-A
Marietta, Georgia

Posted on March 19, 2026
Dads, Diet & weight, Family ties, Georgia, Offspring, Questions, Restaurants, Words

Do I Have to Rationalize for Everyone in This Family?

Fat kid: Mom, I wanna go on a diet.
Fat mom: You don’t need to go on a diet, you’re too young!
Fat kid: You aren’t too young.
Fat mom: Shush.

Meat Section at Publix
Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: Trevor Allen

Posted on February 23, 2026
Advice, Age and ageing, Comebacks, Compare and contrast, Diet & weight, Fat people, Florida, Moms, Should have used a condom, Stores, Wishes

This Is a Photo Of a Manatee, Sir

Townie to his friend: Yeah well, just because you don’t like your fat wife doesn’t mean I don’t!

Plaza Restaurant
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Alyssa

Posted on January 30, 2026
Beauty, Compare and contrast, Diet & weight, Feelings, Friends, Guys, Pennsylvania, Relationships, Restaurants

Whatever. Starving Children in Nigeria Don’t Even Have Earlobes.

Bartender: Geez, Hank, you’re looking great these days. Been working out?
Chubby Jewish guy: Yeah. I tell ya, I’ve been trying to lose the spare tire, but I lost it all in my earlobes instead. It’s a cruel world.

Suami’s India Garden Resturant
Cincinnati, Ohio

Overheard by: Jeebus McGee

Posted on November 19, 2025
Bartenders, Body parts, Default, Diet & weight, Fat people, Gripes, Jews, Ohio, Restaurants

Anyone Who’s Seen Se7en?

Student: Who doesn’t want to blow up a fat man before they die?

Ethics class, Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Posted on November 11, 2025
Colleges & Universities, Death & dying, Default, Diet & weight, Oregon, Questions, Students, Violence

It Felt Good to Be Different from the English

Artsy girl #1: Hey, remember that time in London when we both thought we had scabies, but we didn’t?
Artsy girl #2, sighing: That was one of the best days of my life!

Arcadia University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Hiding my laughter in the photo lab

Posted on July 16, 2025
Chicks, Diet & weight, Memory lane, Pennsylvania

And I Look Delicious

Mom, looking at pot belly hog: Look, this pig is so fat and lazy that it just lays there all day.
Chubby tween son: Yeah, just like me.
Mom, laughing nervously and glancing around: Come on, honey, don’t say that. You’re nothing like it.
Chubby tween son: Yes, I am, Mom. I’m serious. Don’t you see? It’s like looking in the mirror.

Donaldson Park Petting Zoo
Highland Park, New Jersey

Overheard by: beginning to see the resemblance