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[–] ByteWizard@lemm.ee 69 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"Chubby" meant a very different thing back then. That's the fattest girl you'd see out in public. That girl isn't even fat by today's standards.

They'd get out the harpoons if they saw the fat people today.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Women were prescribed speed more regularly, back then. Easy to be thin when you don't get hungry.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've been saying this for years, we need to go back to doctors prescribing women cigarettes and ritalin.

[–] ByteWizard@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

You think that's stopped today? They hand out Adderall like candy. Reduced access to amphetamines is not the reason people got fat.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Whale that's a rude joke!

[–] dipshit@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

This is an example of some of the shit you say that I don’t agree with, Rosanne. It’s like the pot calling the kettle black.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

...mock chicken in town...