Fat Kid Sucessfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming

Ok - so check out this video. It is from the onion; it is a made up news story, and I did have a little chuckle at it.

But at the same time, I found it kind of disturbing. But before I ruin the punchline for you why not have a look at it yourself. This will cost you about a minute, and the video is definitely not safe for work.


Fat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming With Shirt On

All finished?

So this is a real kid - maybe 12-13 years old? And he's overweight for real, and these adults really poked fun at him, and the kid looked like he was going to cry a couple of times, didn't he?

I'm all for teaching kids humility and not covering them in bubble rap so that they never feel the chill of the cruel, cold world outside the womb. But should adults really be ridiculing children for comedic effect?

Check out the fake promo during the last 10 seconds of the clip though. HA!