Lots of walking, lots of physical labor, healthier food, less food.

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May 23, 2024
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Peter Venkman

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New York 1911. Everyone's well-dressed. Everyone's trim. What happened?

KCFan85

May 23, 9:38am

Frito-Lay happened.

Ted Lasso

May 23, 9:39am

Ha ha! Literally laughed out loud.

KCFan85

May 23, 9:39am

And yet the 1st clip shows a dude without a leg. I’ll take 2024, thank you very much

Odysseus

May 23, 9:40am

I'm gonna concede the point that having two legs is generally a good deal.

KCFan85

May 23, 11:20am

People are still slimmer in New York cause they walk everywhere.

TCuz

May 23, 9:42am

I'm not so sure, man. I was just there. And the clothes?

KCFan85

May 23, 9:43am

I’m sure you got to the truth of it at Times Square and the Statue of Liberty.

TCuz

May 23, 9:50am

All I know about NYC nowdays is everyone is smoking weed

Carnac

May 23, 9:51am

I know one person who lives in NYC, and she's quite fat.

Black Diamond Bay

May 23, 10:32am

The CBers I know of that live around NYC are very obese as well

Odysseus

May 23, 10:43am

Obesity has absolutely increased because of all the unhealthy diet choices.

coug10278

May 23, 9:42am

"Processed" is code for "lots of sugar." Cut out 50% of the sugar we consume as

ebv

May 23, 9:55am

I'm with ya. Processed foods are stone cold killas.

KCFan85

May 23, 10:52am

Soda

RC Vikings

May 23, 9:44am

Yeah, I rarely drink that stuff. Maybe on a long drive ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:43am

Same. Soda gives you fuzzy teeth, which I really dislike.

Black Diamond Bay

May 23, 10:50am

they could only afford one set of clothes and they could only afford to walk too. given that, we'd look the same today

byujag

May 23, 9:44am

Where'd you hear that about clothes? Interesting point.

KCFan85

May 23, 9:51am

not sure exactly, but I understand the common person had very few clothes. maybe 2-3 sets

byujag

May 23, 10:04am

Easy to dress nice when you pay slave wages to kids in factories?

byuTX

May 23, 9:44am

I'm gonna guess most of those guys weren't factory owners.

KCFan85

May 23, 9:54am

They all likely benefitted from it though but also it was a joke

byuTX

May 23, 9:59am

Oooooh. I missed the joke. There are just enough guys on here ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:45am

It wasn’t particularly funny. Mostly I get a chuckle out of what was acceptable then. Dress nicely but kids in mines ok

byuTX

May 23, 11:12am

Yeah, that's actually something worth thinking about. And no, ...

KCFan85

May 23, 11:22am

Nike rn

RealTaysomHill

May 23, 9:54am

But it's not /American/ child slave labor. So . . .

ebv

May 23, 9:55am

Oh that’s fine then

RealTaysomHill

May 23, 9:59am

Yeah, I'm guilty. Ha ha

KCFan85

May 23, 10:45am

Yet US Presidents were fatties McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft

Plato

May 23, 9:48am

TR was buff/muscular, not fat

byujag

May 23, 9:55am

He was 5'10 and 240 lbs. Obese. More obese later. Lots of obesity related

Plato

May 23, 10:09am

I love TR. "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" may be ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:38am

If he was 170 that bullet probably would have killed him

Odysseus

May 23, 11:32am

The majority of jobs are less labor intensive, our primary mode of

Corn Pop

May 23, 9:51am

I do think people had to be far more active. You're right to point out ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:31am

Junk food literally didn't exist. You had to be pretty wealthy to have a ton

mudpupper

May 23, 9:53am

I'm actually really curious about this. We put sugar in everything now. So ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:29am

Not just sugar but all sorts of chemicals, treated flour, etc.

mudpupper

May 23, 10:37am

Synthetic vitamins in "enriched" foods is not good for you.

Black Diamond Bay

May 23, 10:52am

I’m not too concerned about that stuff. The sheer calories now are over the

Jay Rick

May 23, 10:58am

When you start paying attention to sugar, you realize ...

KCFan85

May 23, 11:08am

Eliminating does require you to cook a lot more things from scratch.

Black Diamond Bay

May 23, 11:18am

Oh, yeah. It's labor intensive for sure. But the payoff on the health side ...

KCFan85

May 23, 11:26am

I cook most meals from scratch, but I try not to be too over the top about things. So I'm not willing to take it to an

Black Diamond Bay

May 23, 11:43am

Sysco Foods happened.

rivercitycoug

May 23, 10:03am

I actually looked them up.

KCFan85

May 23, 10:30am

Seed oils, vegetable oils, and too much sugar consumption happened

4mack

May 23, 10:03am

Yeah, sugar's in everything. Hadn't thought about the oils. No idea ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:33am

Seed oil and vegetable oil paranoia is a load of crap science. Now sugar and

kotacoug

May 23, 10:36am

There were just as many fat people back then. They were just all in the closet.

Ham

May 23, 10:04am

I googled Arbuckle. Geez, that trial.

KCFan85

May 23, 10:47am

Lots of walking, lots of physical labor, healthier food, less food.

Peter Venkman

May 23, 10:05am

Yeah, so much of what we do today is automated. And that's ...

KCFan85

May 23, 11:09am

Looks fake, pretty crazy how the world has changed

Dr T-bone

May 23, 10:23am

It's a little surreal, right? I kinda love it. And yet, ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:41am

We started eating more, eating worse quality food, and exercising less.

cheezedawg

May 23, 10:31am

Most of the bike in my neighborhood are motorized. Nope, I'm not ...

KCFan85

May 23, 11:11am

Cars and easier food access

CougarVeteran

May 23, 10:33am

I'd actually like to know more about food access, in part ...

KCFan85

May 23, 11:12am

Everyone died.

WaffleCheese

May 23, 10:41am

I have bad news, friend.

KCFan85

May 23, 11:18am

re: the clothes - modern Americans are crying over losing WFH bc all we want is

Jay Rick

May 23, 10:51am

Lots of people don't even dress up for funerals and weddings anymore. And ...

KCFan85

May 23, 10:59am

I’m with you. Eg, there’s a debate in my jurisdiction right now about zoom

Jay Rick

May 23, 11:01am

Agreed. Along those lines, I also think our courthouses ...

KCFan85

May 23, 11:15am

Most people then only had like maybe 3 sets of clothes

spinner

May 23, 10:57am

I'm actually interested in all those points.

KCFan85

May 23, 11:16am

Sorry I didn’t mean that as a knock you or your post

spinner

May 23, 11:25am

Nah, man. That's all right on point. And fascinating!

KCFan85

May 23, 11:30am

This. Clothes were also much more expensive back then in terms of purchasing

vegasnative

May 23, 9:37pm

Triple NYC's population, get rid of insane asylums, and shift life expectancy...

OPINIONS

May 23, 11:02am

Interesting thoughts. And NY is struggling to hang on to its middle class.

KCFan85

May 23, 11:18am

It would have been nice to own a hat store back then.

JamieTartt

May 23, 11:23am

Ha ha! I noticed that. They guys are all wearing the same hat! And ...

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