Why aren't there any fat people in the matrix?

Genetic engineering. Grown people are grooooooown.

Why would the Machines create a crop of people that introduced risk factors (obesity causes so many potentially fatal health problems) into the equation? It would be their most sincere desire to delete such variables.

In this reality Colonel Sanders was promoted to lead the Machines before he invented his finger licking recipies, hence the whole fast food industry never existed.

Why would the Machines create a crop of people that introduced risk factors (obesity causes so many potentially fatal health problems) into the equation? It would be their most sincere desire to delete such variables.

An in-shape, athletic human generates more energy than a sedentary, out of shape, obese one.  It would be inefficient to have overweight people plugged in.

Correct but how many of those in-shape athletic humans are really in-shape or athletic? Obesity just like everything else inside the Matrix is just apart of the illusion. When it comes down to it Fat Albert is really a skinny bald shriveled up body laying inside a pod.

As to why all redpills seem to be buffed and not overweight well that may just come from the idea that all redpills are soldiers and are required to be in-shape. Speed and strength in the matrix may have nothing to do with the mussels but in the real world its all you have.

You don't see fat redpills because the real world food is so lousy that nobody overeats.

Illyria

What about that big black dude "how do you know someone was here?" was rather "big".

Bluepills: They live their life as normal, they believe they are eating/running etc, so the physical change to them will be directly connected to the code altering their weight in relation to this. Meanwhile we all know that their actual physical change in the real is not connected to this, because they are being feed intravenously.

So for bluepills, there IS people overweight, hell even for programs, unless you think the Oracle was a fit healthy athlete.

Redpills: Once you awaken from the Matrix, you will possibly see a new physical change, which should effect your RSI (theory?), therefore you should be less likely to see overweight redpills, if any.

In the movies, the RSI and the Real were the same actors, but the truth is... would people really gain that much weight? i.e Morpheus and others.

Genetic engineering. Grown people are grooooooown.

Why would the Machines create a crop of people that introduced risk factors (obesity causes so many potentially fatal health problems) into the equation? It would be their most sincere desire to delete such variables.

RON PAUL, anon. I herd yuo liek mudkips.

 I agree with the idea that people are vain enough to believe they look good, thus, in the matrix, they look good.

 There'd be a smattering of people with BDI though... well... V-BDI, really (V for virtual) so I guess a few fatties would exist. Harpoon tiem naow plz?

ShiXinFeng wrote:

Genetic engineering. Grown people are grooooooown.

Why would the Machines create a crop of people that introduced risk factors (obesity causes so many potentially fatal health problems) into the equation? It would be their most sincere desire to delete such variables.

RON PAUL, anon. I herd yuo liek mudkips.

 I agree with the idea that people are vain enough to believe they look good, thus, in the matrix, they look good.

 There'd be a smattering of people with BDI though... well... V-BDI, really (V for virtual) so I guess a few fatties would exist. Harpoon tiem naow plz?

In the real it takes alot of dev time to make content aka model shapes that wouldn't be commonly used. So I would imagine (I am guessing) that way back when the decision was to make more stylized body types for normal npcs.

Hence the overweight concept just wasn't a priority...

Oh wait you wanted an RP answer?.... hrmmmm

There are fat people in the matrix, you just have to wear the right roca.

/b/ much? jesus...

No no, RAPTOR jesus.

 Also, check out trinity's *CENSORED* in reloaded and revolutions and compare it to the first one.

 Evidence that there ARE people with fat body parts in the matrix (and what's amusing is that this is AFTER carrie-anne's *CENSORED* and thighs were digitally reduced.)

ZaneZavin wrote:

There are fat people in the matrix, you just have to wear the right roca.

PJ looks like a body type 4 ... in a commando gear! If he wore a ROCA, oh gawd, "it" would exceed the limits of the matrix.

GoDGiVeR wrote:

ZaneZavin wrote:

There are fat people in the matrix, you just have to wear the right roca.

PJ looks like a body type 4 ... in a commando gear! If he wore a ROCA, oh gawd, "it" would exceed the limits of the matrix.

>.>

Emm... Well im not fat but i have to say this....

If you look at me for 2 long you will die

=(

"Discuss"

Morpheus? Discussion closed.

An in-shape, athletic human generates more energy than a sedentary, out of shape, obese one.  It would be inefficient to have overweight people plugged in.

That cop that kicks the door in, in the first scene of the original Matrix, had enjoyed many a Baconator in his day.

Bastard. I was doing just fine not thinking about the scrumptious taste of bacon and charbroiled hamburger, smothered with melted cheese and all the trimmings.

Trust me, there are fat people in the Matrix. We just 'think' ourselves skinny.

Because fat people can't Hyperjump.

Do you think Vinia has Magenta hair in the real? Do you think that the Machines supply her with hair dye? Nah, your RSI is what your mind makes it, doesn't mean that you're gonna look exactly as you are in the real, Neo had much longer hair when he first jacked into the training construct than he did in the real. If you know it's a simulation and you know you can make yourself look better (in any way that you think would make you look better) thats what most people would do. If you don't know it's a simulation (bluepill) then your image will be whatever your mind thinks you should look like...

There are probably lots of larger bluepills out there, they just may not have been seen on film and the MxO peds... well they're walking aren't they... the large bluepills are probably driving the cars...

Do you think Vinia has Magenta hair in the real? Do you think that the Machines supply her with hair dye? Nah, your RSI is what your mind makes it, doesn't mean that you're gonna look exactly as you are in the real, Neo had much longer hair when he first jacked into the training construct than he did in the real. If you know it's a simulation and you know you can make yourself look better (in any way that you think would make you look better) thats what most people would do. If you don't know it's a simulation (bluepill) then your image will be whatever your mind thinks you should look like...

There are probably lots of larger bluepills out there, they just may not have been seen on film and the MxO peds... well they're walking aren't they... the large bluepills are probably driving the cars... " />

Vinia wrote:

Do you think Vinia has Magenta hair in the real? Do you think that the Machines supply her with hair dye? Nah, your RSI is what your mind makes it, doesn't mean that you're gonna look exactly as you are in the real, Neo had much longer hair when he first jacked into the training construct than he did in the real. If you know it's a simulation and you know you can make yourself look better (in any way that you think would make you look better) thats what most people would do. If you don't know it's a simulation (bluepill) then your image will be whatever your mind thinks you should look like...

There are probably lots of larger bluepills out there, they just may not have been seen on film and the MxO peds... well they're walking aren't they... the large bluepills are probably driving the cars... " />

I know I would look better with angel wings and devil horns, but dammit I just can't do it!

Sorry, I felt like playing devil's advocate.

That cop that kicks the door in, in the first scene of the original Matrix, had enjoyed many a Baconator in his day.

Good lord, I think I am having a coronary just looking at that thing

Mabey the teal pills are pills that alter your subconscious to think your looks different?

In the Matrix, you are represented by our RSI, the digital manifestation of what your mind thinks you look like.

Humanity as a species is to vain to allow their brains to think of themselves as fat.