Young Girl called 'fat' by Wii fit.

[The Count of Monte Cristo]

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2008/05/19...rts-call-for-parental-warning-and-even-a-ban/

Who could possibly have envisaged Nintendo’s Wii Fit as being the next software title to have ‘nanny state’ experts up in arms and calling for reclassification and even a ban, but, thanks to the fact that a certain Wii Fit balance board had the audacity to call a young girl ‘fat’ that’s exactly what’s happened.

According to the Daily Mail (duly credited), the offending Wii Fit balance board, based somewhere in the South East of England, horrified the family of a 10 year old girl who’s billed as being ‘solidly built’ (purportedly her father’s words, not ours) when it called her ‘fat’.

“She is a perfectly healthy, 4ft 9in tall 10-year-old who swims, dances and weighs only six stone,” (6 stone = 38.1kg, incidentally) said the father, who did not want to be named for fear of embarrassing the girl further, states the Daily Mail who also reports that obesity experts are now calling for Nintendo’s Wii Fit to be banned as far as young children are concerned.

Nintendo have responded by issuing a press statement reading: ‘Nintendo would like to apologise to any customers offended by the in-game terminology used to classify a player’s current BMI status, as part of the BMI measurement system integrated into Wii Fit. [The] Wii Fit is still capable of measuring the BMI for people aged between two and 20 but the resulting figures may not be entirely accurate for younger age groups due to varying levels of development.’

Personally I also have a problem with the Wii Fit as, thanks to having only one TV in the house, my wife persistently working out with her Wii Fit is preventing me from doing an especially lucrative drug deal in GTA IV which is, let’s face it, completely out of order.

Perhaps I’ll also write to the Daily Mail though I suspect that my story will be axed in favour of a breaking news item where a father breaks down as he details how two (unnamed) insects had the audacity to have a quick shag in front of his daughter (21, slim, blond and not unattractive) occasioning grave offence and a long overdue chat about the ‘birds and the bees’.

What is the world coming to?

I find this funny. How over reactive this father is, and stupid. BMI is a real world measurement not some made up thing by Nintendo.
Your takes?

 

[Panzerfluch]

Every god of every religion is now laughing at their own 'creations'

...I think I just died a little

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Is six stone good or bad?

 

[Panzerfluch]

Is six stone good or bad?

Well, a rock is pretty heavy.. but a stone...
nah

 

[The Count of Monte Cristo]

(6 stone = 38.1kg, incidentally 83.8 lbs
But weight isn't everything.
Her BMI is probably high because of her height 4ft 9in

wtf? BMI of 18.02.
Those numbers must be wrong

 

[Lavi]

Hilarious.

 

[Emma Lou]

6 stone is 84 lbs

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

elaborate please.

 

[Panzerfluch]

They say the camera adds ten pounds...
They say the shirt makes me look fat...

then they tell me the Wii makes me weigh approximately the weight of six stones...

...it's the sign of the apocalypse I'm telling you

 

[Lavi]

The BMI scale calls me underweight. I'm about 1.75m (rough estimate) and weigh about 120lbs.

 

[Panzerfluch]

Once...

...just once

God... let there be truth is thy words! let me be right... prophetically correct! JUST ONCE!!!!

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

you have 25 posts...you'll get one soon.

 

[Ser Yorick]

They say the camera adds ten pounds...
They say the shirt makes me look fat...

then they tell me the Wii makes me weigh approximately the weight of six stones...

...it's the sign of the apocalypse I'm telling you

Um... "stone" is an actual weight measurement in that part of the world... If you bought Wii Fit and played it here in North America, I am pretty sure it would either say Kilograms or Pounds.

 

[Panzerfluch]

you have 25 posts...you'll get one soon.

...thats was witty
that was pretty damn witty

(touche' mr. comic book tiger that I used to read in my spare time in 8th grade... touche')





HOBBES! I remember now


@Dancing yoda:

I'm a crappy satirist, please regard my comments as obsolete and pointless

 

[The Count of Monte Cristo]

6 stone is 84 lbs

Yeah we know.


She is Underweight if anything

 

[Dalloph]

you have 25 posts...you'll get one soon.

quantity does not count for quality...

I want to be called fat by nintendo.:CCry1:

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

...thats was witty
that was pretty damn witty

(touche' mr. comic book tiger that I used to read in my spare time in 8th grade... touche')





HOBBES! I remember now


@Dancing yoda:

I'm a crappy satirist, please regard my comments as obsolete and pointless

good emo...now take the knife out of your mouth.

 

[Panzerfluch]

quantity does not count for quality...

I want to be called fat by nintendo.:CCry1:

Well, the clones seemed to be quantity & quality... can't I be both too?:CCry2:

 

[Lavi]

Let's go and try to clone you, then. It'll cost quite a bit of blood...

 

[Dalloph]

Well, the clones seemed to be quantity & quality... can't I be both too?:CCry2:

...no