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Dr T-bone
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Looks fake, pretty crazy how the world has changed
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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 ...
KCFan85
May 23, 11:31am
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