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  1. caspito says:

    you didnt have to call him fatty

  2. a. says:

    but he is.

  3. weedivine says:

    and why is that important here?

  4. Lindstrom says:

    see his face, he is scared of the ball, FAIL the fack he hais kinda heavy just makes the fail seem more compleat

    • Anonymous says:

      And you incoherent grammar wins you an EPIC FAIL! At least TRY to not sound like a jackass. >.>

      Although I agree on slapping a “Fail” on the kid, he’s a fatty that is afraid of a BASKETBALL. Kid or not, he should grow some balls in place of his ovaries.

      • Anonymous says:

        And you should grow a brain in place of where your balls are.

        • Mark says:

          Think of that for a moment….THAT would be an EPIC fail. I mean…c’mon, a brain between your legs. You’d have a better shot at getting hit there than in the head. Not to mention it would only be protected by a thin layer of skin and it would be a pain in the ass to walk.

          The kid looks loke Engelberg from Bad News Bears with Billy Bob Thorton.

      • urfascer says:

        DUDE U ACT LIKE WOMEN R BAD….SO UR A FAT HATER AND A WOMAN HATER…..I GUESS ULL MARRY A SKINNY DUDE! :D

  5. weedivine says:

    I got the failure part as it pertains to his expression. I don’t understand why being fat is part of failure.

  6. Me says:

    Because fat people fail more

  7. weedivine says:

    I’d love to see proof of that. Seems like you just made that up.

  8. Lindstrom says:

    large people dont fail more, its just much of the general public like seeing people fial because it makes them feel good about the smaller fails they have made, the same thing happens when they see fat people fail, it makes them feel good about what shape they are in.

  9. weedivine says:

    ah- I can agree with that. People use fat as something they can tear down to feel better about themselves- much better than the simplification that fat is somehow actually bad or a failure.

  10. Jay says:

    It believe bing fat does not cause the fail or contributes to it, though it just makes things feels as though they make more sense.

  11. Jack says:

    Fat people = health fail

    or perhaps increased risk of heart fail?

  12. I know why I'm here says:

    Coming to a site called “The fail blog” to complain about insensitivity = fail.

  13. weedivine says:

    I think its funny how some things are not failures though, they are off limits, and others are fair game. Like being fat is failure, but being born poor or non-white probably is not something to be made fun of…? Or maybe they are? Where’s the line?

  14. anon says:

    fat people butthurt about people making fun of fat people = fail.

  15. Jack says:

    You have no choice about being poor or non-white, genius. And being non-white doesn’t affect your health, nor does being poor (although the consequent lack of choices when you’re poor causes definite health issues). If you choose to make decisions that promote fatness, it’s yo own damn fault. Not even remotely similar things.

    • Malfeasant says:

      Fail. Isn’t this what America is all about? Being poor is a choice, because if you make responsible choices, you can pull yourself out of poverty, not like in India where if you’re born poor, you are guaranteed to stay that way. And if you look at Michael Jackson, you have a choice about being non-white too :D

      • JM says:

        Very true, Malfeasant. If you live in America, or in any developed nation, you can pull yourself out of poverty if you try hard enough. Just do well in school at a young age, and you can at least get somewhere where you don’t have to be on welfare. It may be hard to make the right choices at such a young age if you don’t have good parents or good authority figures, but that just means you’ve got to shoulder more responsibility. It’ll make you stronger, so be grateful for that, and grateful you don’t live in Somalia or Ghana. Then you’d be poor with NO welfare, and where would you be then?

        And obesity being genetic?? A lower metabolism is genetic, but if you’re eating healthily, there’s no effing reason for you to be more than pleasantly plump! Kids especially have no excuse, as their metabolisms are faster. If you’re a rare case that manages to be obese even when you’re starving yourself, then I’m very sorry. But to everyone else: you can afford to eliminate a couple sodas a week! Who says you can’t control fatness? The way we Americans eat, I KNOW we can control it more than we do.

  16. weedivine says:

    being fat does not mean you are unhealthy, its a very common and dangerous myth. Also, recent studies have shown much obesity is genetic…. hmmmm. Its not a comparison, its trying to see why we stigmize fat.

    • taco says:

      FAIL

    • Anonymous says:

      oh shut the hell up and get a life-people are on this site to laugh their balls off at people misfortune, whether it’s a stupid fat kid who is scared of a basket ball or not, not however to have a conversation on how moral it is to take the piss out of someone who is fat (which i have no objection too, because in a way if you are fat the chances are you know you are and u know your gna get taken this piss out of and all you have to do is east less and healthier and do exercise-it’s not as if he is unable to act upon his looks). So yeah if you don’t find it funny go home. FAIL!!!!!!!

    • ha ha. fat people are born that way

    • quit whining says:

      Being born fat is one thing, but staying fat is your own fault.

    • bingo is my thing-o says:

      Sorry for the sensitivity fail, but being fat is a choice. How exactly is it that people today suddenly have genetic problems, or my favorite, “thyroid problems”? How did these evolutionary issues arise in just a few decades?

      The answer is: THEY DIDN’T.

      People simply move less and eat more, especially refined and processed food. It’s no one’s fault but your own. As a formerly obese person, I can tell you that until you realize this, you will be overweight. There is a VERY small percentage of people with a genetic or thyroid issue, you are almost certainly not one of them. Accept it and move past it.

    • realist says:

      firstly yes it does, being fat reguarly causes sever health problems dont be stupid. research into genetic causes of obesity has never been conclusive so stop making things up, and why we stigmaize fat? because it is lazy ugly and causes negative exzternalities for everyone !

    • lonewolf says:

      i hate smart pepole

  17. Costanza says:

    Oh, weedivine, you just don’t understand fail.

  18. marianna says:

    “Fat people = health fail

    or perhaps increased risk of heart fail?”

    LOL. i approve.

  19. larditard says:

    fat people r cool! YAY

  20. allthosemoments says:

    fat = fail.

  21. allthosemoments says:

    Just because being obese frequently has a genetic factor does not make it the same as being born poor or nonwhite. There is a genetic factor to drinking or smoking too but nobody feels like we should be gentle about the feelings of alcoholics or chain-smokers.

    Also, this whole argument is pointless for me because poor people = hilarious.

  22. Lazlo Toth says:

    Lindstrom and Jay fail English? That’s unpossible! BRAINFAIL

    Listen, guys, this kid’s gonna lose some points when puberty hits him, but your retardation is genetic and it’s never gonna go away. D:

  23. Lazlo Toth says:

    Ahem. Lose some POUNDS. I fail.

  24. Anonymous says:

    It’s a shop. Nobody is THAT FAT!

  25. Adam says:

    the kid being fat makes the FAIL bigger. cant you all see that? if he was a thinner kid, it would have just been a regular old fail.

  26. Aman says:

    This is purely based upon his fear of catching the ball even before it gets to him. Therefore he fails. Being non-white? The hell does that have to do with anything. This is purely a funny site for funny pictures. Being fat leads to health problems, and if that isn’t failure then I don’t know what is. Fat – Failure – Subway.

  27. Moses says:

    ROFLMAO
    xD
    HE’S LIKE A WHALE

  28. Anonymous says:

    Talking about the ethical complications of making fun of fat people for 27 comments.

    Fail.

  29. Scummy_Steve says:

    I agree with that guy!

    Besides it all comes down to the whole “being picked last part”

    He sucks at basketball and…

    HE’S FAT!

  30. rachel says:

    Actually, different races have different health risks. Therefore Jack’s medical knowledge = FAIL

    • plexiglass says:

      weight is in some part genetic BUT if a person eats healthy and excersises every once in a while….he/she will not be fat. No matter how fat momma is.

      • 42 says:

        not necessarily. i work my ass off and eat somewhat healthily and cant lose weight. but back to whats important, i have to agree the fatness enhances the fail,

        • epthorn says:

          What is “somewhat healthily”?

          You can lose weight, you’re just failing. Or, rather, conducting a FAIL.

          Basic rules of physiology: you cannot gain more weight on your body than what you eat. Therefore, you CAN resist gaining weight. You just aren’t!

        • JM says:

          Are you morbidly obese, 42, or are you only a few pounds above average? If you are only a few pounds above average, you’re fine and you don’t need to lose weight. But if you’re seriously fat, here’s some suggestions:

          No more soda (okay, if you really can’t bear that, go ahead and have one every other week or so)
          Take the stairs, not the elevator.
          Eat your vegetables first, so that if you get too full to finish, at least you’ve filled up on the healthy stuff.
          Don’t crash diet.
          Take small steps so that they’re easier to maintain.
          Have patience.

          These tips won’t make you drastically thinner, but a few shed pounds are better than 0 shed pounds. I won’t profess to be a health expert, but these things have always helped me.

  31. pauly says:

    yo weedivine first of all it was a joke and second how does fatness not contribute to health risks at all sure it may be genetic but also in this day and age he could very well be playing video games all day instead of biking or something but we dont know what he does its just a picture but being fat defintely contributes to health risks like diabetes heart attacks clots etc

  32. John says:

    Fact is you are what you eat, if you don’t put fat in it won’t be there!

  33. bla says:

    arguing on the internet about fatties = epic fail

  34. anonymous says:

    my fav fail ever

  35. Maturkus says:

    this whole thing isn’t so much about FAT=FAIL it’s more like FAT=FUNNY ^^
    you all fail

  36. peepee says:

    he’s reciting romeo Juliet to the ball

  37. Malfeasant says:

    I am fat, yet I have no problem laughing at fat people. I hope when I am old I will have no problem laughing at old people too. And if I should have the misfortune to become crippled, I will not stop laughing at cripples. Don’t take life too seriously, you never get out alive.

  38. What! says:

    That is ridiculous that the comment would be made about the size of the child. Horrible. Small minded people need to make themselves feel better by making other feel bad, but why would you do it to a child!?

    • Josh says:

      Once again I think his needs to be reiterated to you. Stop being so goddamn over-sensitive! why would you bother coming to a site that is dedicated to making fun of people just to bitch about it! You’re like a nun complaining that you were upset about meatspin!

  39. gruelin1 says:

    FAT FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  40. Anonymous says:

    When I saw his expression & I smiled a bit, but then I saw the text & I don’t find this funny. I found that one with the guys head on fire funny, but that is just mean.

  41. soddinnutter says:

    Ha ha ha ha.

  42. Anon Anon says:

    I hate to try to interject some logic into some of the comments but it’s not tearing down the kid for being fat. There is the common stereotype that fat kids are picked last in sports cause they are fat. The joke here is that yes he is fat, but that’s not why he gets picked last. It’s cause he’s afraid of the ball.

    Also depending on your definition fat one can be relatively healthy and still carry extra weight and no I’m not saying that this is always the case. But people can just as easily be skinny, or even normal looking, and be very unhealthy.

  43. WickedFrost says:

    Hmm
    All of you all are wasting your life arguing if fat = fail, which if offensive enough, can land you in court (possibly with the fat kid’s mom :D )
    Quit the bitching and get back to commenting.

  44. Julie says:

    I see NOTHING funny here ! People who laugh at this just don’t realise how it’s cruel. This kid, and all the other kids like him don’t deserve this. I like this website, but I hate when I see “FAIL” like this one.

    • Josh says:

      SO STOP LOOKING!!!!!!! YOU CANNOT, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY, NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU STRIVE TO ACHIEVE IT: INSULT A PHOTOGRAPH!!!!!! IT CANNOT BE DONE!!!!!!

      sorry for all the caps, very hilarious fail… go jog fattie

  45. Neb says:

    In my opinion, judging by the right side of his face, the ball had just hit him. So maybe he’s not afraid of catching a basketball, just naturally reacting to getting hit in the face with a basketball. None the less, paying attention and catching skills fail. As far as the fat thing goes atleast he’s playing sports, my fat ass never even considered sports. Video games ftw.

  46. Seddah says:

    If you’re offended by this, you’re on the wrong fucking site, lol

    Web-browsing fail.

  47. Jerry says:

    Patches O’ Hoolahan: If you can’t dodge a wrench, how can you dodge a dodgeball?

  48. Aubree says:

    I MUST SAY THAT I AM DISGUSTED THAT THERE ARE ADULT PEOPLE MAKING FUN OF A CHILD THAT SUFFERS FROM OBESITY MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY HIS PARENTS. LAUGH IT UP ASS HOLES! HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER AT NIGHT ABOUT THIS ONE!!!!!!

    • Josh says:

      ALRIGHT WOMAN! THE CAPS ARE ON! IT’S GO-TIME!
      I HAVE BUT ONE RULE TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY:
      1: ONE DOES NOT “SUFFER” FROM OBESITY IT IS NOT A DISEASE, IT IS NOT BEYOND HELP IT IS A LIFESTYLE CHOICE. IF YOU DO THINGS THAT LEAD TO OBESITY YOU WILL BECOME OBESE! IF YOU PERSIST YOU WILL GET WORSE!

      MY ADVICE: GO WASH THE SAND OUT OF YOUR VAGINA AND LEAVE THIS BLOG ALONE!

      phew

  49. Dee says:

    yeah,thats horrible

  50. a person says:

    oh this is mean!

  51. HAHA FATTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Alice says:

      You people are pathetic. How fat you get, no matter how much you exercise or eat healthy, it’s determined by your genes. Full stop. Thin people don’t eat as healthily as they think they do, and neither do they excerise as much as they should, and they stay thin. Loads of fat people (women especially) diet like HELL, excercise all the time and barely eat anything, and stay fat or only lose the tiniest bit of weight. I eat crap all day and do not exercise, I admit it, and I am NOT FAT. Nature wants a large gene pool because there are both advantages and disadvantages to being fat and thin.
      Fatism is the last ‘ism’ that’s allowed in society. There is NO obesity crissi either – the media like to make scare stories!
      I like the rest of stupid and funny mistakes on this site, but not this one. So it is not a ‘fail’ if I am offended by this.

  52. anyone who complains about the insensitivity of this picture is fat or a democrat. take your pick.

    • McDonalds says:

      It’s a fail because the kid is getting beaten in sports because he is overweight? Well, that is true sometimes but we all know there are a lot of fat kids out there that dominate their respective playgrounds and/or gyms. However, this kid is clearly fat AND no athletic whatsoever. So I guess that sucks for him (i.e. ball to the face).

  53. Rob says:

    Its a little funny lol

  54. Moonclaw says:

    no its not very funny, really they did not have to call him fatty, mabey hes good at basketball but just got caught off guard…

  55. Cody says:

    For all the people who laughed at this picture because he was fat and not the fact that he was scared of taking balls to the face I hope the become fat or stay fat and get to live through the misery of it. I was fat once too and it was hell… till I started working out and beat up the kids that made fun of me :D

    P.S. I am scared of taking balls to the face, but obviously some of you people enjoy it ;)

  56. Cody says:

    they*

  57. Moonclaw says:

    totally true……

  58. Paige says:

    A)its coming at him B)bouncing OFF of him
    those who chose B are correct!!!

  59. Psycho-Tic says:

    that was me in high school!! XD

  60. bd says:

    ball win

  61. fatty who missed the ball says:

    :(

  62. test says:

    test
    test

  63. Anonymous says:

    hahahahahahaha FATTY!!!!

  64. Anonymous says:

    fatty

  65. Anonymous says:

    haha cody takes big sweaty balls 2 the face!

  66. Pringez says:

    I remember when I played basketball.

    This brings back hilarious memories of losing teams getting all pissed.

    >:3

  67. wiss says:

    hey i know that kid he gos to my high school

  68. Mark says:

    CAN’T YOU GUYS SEE? HE WAS DOING AIR GUITAR SOLO!


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