If you were nicknamed "the half-ton man" and couldn't even get out of bed, feed, or clean yourself, because you weighed over 1200 pounds, and depended on your family to feed you, why wouldn't the family simply cut back on the amount of food they gave you, so that you would be forced to lose weight by virtue of a restricted caloric intake-- even if you have no willpower, your family members would seem like they could have it for you-- if for no other reason than that they no longer wanted to feed and clean your fatbutt. I don't get this one at all:
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