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eridani

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7. 150 years ago, being pale and plump made a social statement

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Sat May 16, 2015, 05:36 PM

May 2015

"I sit around in the shade and drink mint juleps, unlike you worthless scum out in the hot sun chopping cotton and picking potato bugs."

Today, being lean and tan says "I swim and play tennis in the summer. I ski in the winter and have a personal trainer, unlike you pale sedentary cubicle rats."

Note that while the extent of weight gain in our society has harmful effects, sun worship promotes skin cancer. Therefore, modern upper class esthetics has fuckall to do with health and everything to do with class status markers.

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Move to a poorer neighborhood and get fatter [View all] eridani May 2015 OP

WTF! longship May 2015 #1

Very few people starve to death in the US 1939 May 2015 #2

Again, WTF? longship May 2015 #3

Poor folks are heavier than the well off. AngryAmish May 2015 #5

Sometimes you can reach a conclusion intuitively 1939 May 2015 #10

I don't think that would stand up to peer review either. nt longship May 2015 #11

Hey 1939 May 2015 #12

Food that would promote weight loss and good health is expensive MiniMe May 2015 #4

Plus 1939 May 2015 #6

150 years ago, being pale and plump made a social statement eridani May 2015 #7

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #8

Food deserts and food swamps nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #9

Stress has to play a role here. It seems pretty obvious to me riderinthestorm May 2015 #13