Why would I think this is funny?

My coworker forwarded me a video today of an overweight woman who had set up a stripper pole in her living room so she could entertain her husband.  It's a 22 second video, the first 18 or so seconds of which involve the woman walking around the pole and being sexy for her husband.  At the end, she tries to get up on the pole, which then collapses, presumably because she's heavy and, you know, heavy people can't be sexy and they certainly can't get on a pole because we don't have metals on earth that can support a woman who weighs more than 200 lbs.  And, for good measure, she also breaks the coffee table when she falls on it - because, you know, fat people breaking furniture is hilarious.  Oh, wait, unless you ARE fat (or have been fat) and have actually broken furniture, in which case you know it is an extremely humiliating experience.

Whoever started sending this out even had the gall to name the file "bbw_wife_pole".  BBW = Big Beautiful Woman - a fat-positive term, yet in no way is this video fat-positive.

But you don't have to believe me: watch for yourself.

I was going to embed the video but the format isn't supported so I found it on the web.  To further increase my irritation, I see that listed under "related videos" are: "small hole big belly", "moped crushed by big kid", and "big chick snaps seat".

Okay, so annoying, offensive, and aggravating.  But back to the title of this post - why would I think this is funny?  I am fat - fat enough that I'm sure people could imagine me breaking a pole attached to my floor and ceiling.  Why would my coworker think I would find this funny?  If I was in a wheelchair, would she send me a video of someone in a wheelchair falling down the stairs?  (Not that I think she'd find that funny, but it's the best on-the-spot analogy I could come up with.)

People really need to be careful about sharing what they think is funny.  What one person finds funny, another could find extremely offensive and distressing.

Comments

[myritetodream]

Someone sent me this video at work as well. I had a similar reaction.

[goodbadandugly2]

How very odd. I haven't watched the video yet, but I think that I would feel the same way...