Chunky Dunking for the Swim

@noni1959 (10113)
United States
June 11, 2023 7:26pm CST
Have you ever gone chunky dunking? You know that old meme, "we don't skinny dip, we chunky dunk?" It's a real thing and not just something witty someone made up recently. My photo is something I found on the web but doesn't have an author. According to chunky dunk got org, the first formal fat swim was at a NAAFA convention in 1969. There's a swim team called the Padded Lillies. Yes, being overweight is not healthy but does not give others the right to shame the obese person nor does it mean a robust person cannot enjoy swimming in something other than a full suit. With that said, please do not comment how the obese person should eat. Most of us know how to eat healthy. The ChunkDunks began in Portland, Oregon in rented public pools where all bodies are respected. There is one in Pugent Sound, WA where I'll be later this summer. I hope to go and enjoy with no worries of a snoot spouting off their mouths. Some people bully others using disparaging humor which is belittling and not funny (Oh, my eyes! You glow in the dark, your so pale!) If you get upset, they claim one has no sense of humor. Sorry bub. Humor isn't funny when it hurts others. That's a different post another time. Here's a bit about ChunkyDunk. Would you do it?
https://chunkydunk.org/
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@Deepizzaguy (104192)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Jun 23
I would not mind swimming since I am overweight and swimming is good exercise.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
12 Jun 23
It's great exercise and I love the water. I hope you get to swim a lot.
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@Deepizzaguy (104192)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Jun 23
@noni1959 I would like to swim in a pool once again.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
28 Jun 23
@Deepizzaguy Me too. It's been a while for me.
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@jstory07 (139996)
• Roseburg, Oregon
12 Jun 23
No one should shame another person because of their weight .
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
12 Jun 23
Bullying the others is rude, wrong and discriminating. People should be free to enjoy doing what they like to do without being exposed to body shaming.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
28 Jun 23
@noni1959 - We have some ladies who have not a lot to do and love to gossip about the neighbors. Thanks god those are not numerous and all the others avoid them.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
28 Jun 23
There are so many that judge and assume. There are some that will look in other's carts and make rude comments.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
28 Jun 23
@LadyDuck America can have some nosy people and some that get offended over nothing. We get a lot of women that have been given the name "Karen" over how they get into other's business and cause scenes. I wish they used a different name but they are so awful.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
13 Jun 23
Some friends and I used to skinny dip when we were in our twenties on January 1st in one of the lakes in our part of Missouri.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
28 Jun 23
@noni1959 My dad used to tell stories about him and his friends doing all kinds of things like that when they were teenagers. (But that was an older generation, too. Dad was born in 1909.) We had a creek running through our farm but, as far as I know, none of us skinny dipped in it.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
28 Jun 23
@noni1959 Dad's parents owned a farm but they were killed in farming accidents. Dad, his oldest brother and their oldest sister all dropped out of school to get jobs so they could raise their three younger siblings. Dad was in third grade when that happened.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
28 Jun 23
@noni1959 Wow! Really similar... That's just so strange.
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@rakski (126031)
• Philippines
12 Jun 23
there should be no body shaming.
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@rakski (126031)
• Philippines
5 Jul 23
@noni1959 that is so true
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
28 Jun 23
There shouldn't be but many do it.
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@JudyEv (342176)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jun 23
I probably wouldn't but I have no objections about others doing it. And yes, if comments hurt others, then they're not funny.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
28 Jun 23
Many who make rude comments try to claim they didn't mean harm and the other has no sense of humor. I believe most grew up in homes that made fun of them and others too so it's learned behavior.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
29 Jun 23
@JudyEv I try to be quiet and walk away from those types but once in a while I'll say something like they have no idea what humor is.
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@JudyEv (342176)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jun 23
@noni1959 I've heard that excuse from people too.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Jun 23
I love swimming..it is my favorite. Of course I would do it. Have fun when you go then Loretta.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
28 Jun 23
I hope to some day but will be a while. My life changes almost daily right now.
@Fleura (30541)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 23
Would I do it... well I don't know that I would go to a swim session specifically for anyone of a certain body shape. I go swimming quite often and I see people of all shapes and sizes there.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
28 Jun 23
At the pool I was going to, all shapes and ages went. There were those that stared and the occasional comment. The idea of this other is to all be without worry of shaming.
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28 Jun 23
I feel those who are fat they can swim even better. According to Archimedes principle greater is the weight higher is the chance of more displacement of water.
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@noni1959 (10113)
• United States
22 Aug 23
fat floats more too. Some think will sink but not from what I have read or been a part of. I can't swim to the bottom as my own bottom brings me back up.
23 Aug 23
@noni1959 thanks Loretta then you are an expert swimmer
23 Aug 23
@noni1959 another thing is in India there are restrictions on types of swimming suits one has to wear. I know in USA and Europe there are no restrictions and one does not need to wear anything for swimming
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