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Anon watches an old concert video (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Y'all are fat as fuck. Period. But I think I know why... bear with me.

I've spent decades watching Americans get fatter and fatter and fatter. I've seen people tonight that were unthinkable in the 70s and 80s. From talking to friends and neighbors over the years I've gathered this, "Yeah. I'm/he/she/ is a little pudgy, but at least I'm not as fat as him/her!"

You see people worse off than you and breathe a sigh of relief. Well... I look at gravestones and think, "At least I'm not that bad off!"

Keep telling my how bad your joints hurt when you hit 30.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Know someone who cut out fast food for a month and lost 10 pounds like the flip of a switch.

Everyone is overweight. I get called a twig for being 150 5'9 when in reality it's normal or even a tad too much.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They aren't concerned you've lost too much weight, they are worried about their own self image and what it means that you can actually maintain a healthy weight.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup, people call me "skinny" and I'm right at the borderline between normal and overweight. I could lose 20 lbs and still be in the healthy range. In fact, I'm trying to cut about 10 lbs just to make sure I don't creep up into the overweight range.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

You have it completely right. Same thing happened to me, as soon as I was a single pound less than clinically overweight, I was being told by family I was dangerously skinny.

Some skewed perspectives for sure.