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thisisthinprivilege:

Thin privilege is being able to play a video game and have your character look like you. Either the default characters have thin bodies, or the RPG you’re playing — despite having hundreds of character customisation options (height, musculature, bust size, even eyebrows) — still only allows you to play a thin person.

Apparently only thin people can be heroes.

I’ve seen a few online flash games with fat people as the default character, but when that is the case, the title is always something like “Fat Guy Adventure” and “fat” is the character’s only defining characteristic.  The goal of the game is usually something offensive like trying to collect donuts.

1. dualynx reblogged this from sandstormbydarude and added:

   fat neckbeard reporting in i really dont see why the fuck this matters even slightly holy fuck if you want to play as...

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   I play Star Wars: The Old Republic and they have different body options. Granted, the choices are pretty limited in...

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    Even if every single other race had the option to adjust body weight to one that would be considered fat, they’re still...

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    Yes. People are more concerned about the social attractiveness of the females, but I’ve heard complaints about the...

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    Jesus Christ I would actually play belfs if they had bigger body types.

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