Random thought:
Well, the upside is a kid from Harry Potter was stabbed to death today.
Downside is - it wasn't the kid who plays Harry Potter.
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By Electric Six I think, "We're going to the gay bar, the gay bar, the GAY BAR" over and over for four agonizing minutes. I don't know why it has a snug place within my music folder. I think someone sent it to me a long time ago and I just never deleted it, and again, I don't know why.
Know what's strange aside from my sudden embracing of hypothetical homosexuality which involves me? The amazing emphasis that society puts on weight, and not necessarily healthy weight and healthy curves but exposed rib cages and a BMI so low that it's only achievable by practicing anorexia 362 days a year for twelve years straight.
Women in the 1950s looked so different:
They also lived completely different lifestyles (well, obviously).
They took in less calories and apparently lead more active sex lives:
Average calories consumed a day in 1953
Breakfast: One slice toast and butter and boiled egg 220 Lunch: Corned beef sandwich and butter 430 Snack: Slice Victoria sponge 175 Dinner: Two pork chops, boiled potatoes, swede, cabbage, tinned pears and custard 993 TOTAL: 993 Breakfast: Two slices toast, margarine and honey: 378 Snack: Crisps and chocolate bar: 400 Lunch: Slice toast and full fat cheese spread, chocolate biscuit: 250 Dinner: Home-made chicken curry, rice and naan bread and Snack: chocolate bar: 1150 TOTAL: 2,178 Three hours housework (150 cals an hour): 450 One hour walking to shops (280 cals an hour): 280 1 hour shopping (200 cals an hour): 200 1 hour cooking (162 cals an hour): 162 TOTAL: 1,092 Two hours housework (150 cals an hour): 300 30 minutes gardening (350 cals an hour): 175 30 minutes cooking (162 cals an hour): 81 TOTAL: 556
"Housewives in the 1950s enjoyed much more active sex lives than women of today, other research has found, because their time was not divided between career, childcare and socializing as it is now."
Summary:
Our grandmothers compared to us will have had infinitely more sex than we'll ever have, even if in the last twenty years they've only managed through the help of Viagra to get the romance going twice. Oh yeah, and they loved boiled eggs.
Boiled eggs and canned pork. Mmm.
Women's health and body weight back then were so different.
Especially in comparison to women in our current culture:
(Yeah, so why are exposed rib cages and size -13's viewed at as sexy again?)
I've played baseball for 15+ years and hockey for over 12. I've always been athletic and grew up in a very healthy environment raised by at least a self -conscious and active father who enjoyed doing a lot outdoor activities. I've never once been a pound overweight, and I still maintain a very healthy and active lifestyle but I've seen all kinds of people remark about the obese or slightly overweight at work or school, and it doesn't matter if you're fat or thin, average, African, or anything, but the one exception seems to be Sumo Wrestlers.
"What?"
Yeah I know that came completely out of left field and hit you square in the nose.
I just found it a little strange reflecting on it how everyone thinks if someone is even 2 lbs overweight they're deemed fat and disgusting by the standard of society, and yet everyone whether you be from the east or west continent embraces the lifestyle of the Sumo as perfectly healthy and acceptable. If you run into one of your high school friends who used to be a slim 100 lbs, who now is topping in the scales at 378 lbs (171 kgs) you think:
"Ew she let herself go!"
And yet, if you watch a commercial like this:
It's okay, not only is it okay, but you smile a bit also.
P.S - If you're wondering why I mentioned that gay bar song in the title bar it's because the same band that sings this song above sings that "Gay Bar" song. Once again, I assure you I'm straight. Actually I'll use this opportunity to get another dangerous-to-my-heterosexuality secret off my chest.
At my old job, someone came in and gave me this and his number one time:
P.P.S - I STILL MAINTAIN THE ASSURANCE I AM STRAIGHT.
And if you replaced all six of those Sumo's with that spokesman for Franks Red Hot:
Not only would it be deemed inappropriate, it'd probably be the fastest thing the FCC would ever ban a la offensive broadcasting. People unlucky enough to watch it would also most likely discover it IS indeed possible to simultaneously vomit and cry at the same time. I've forgot by now what I originally wanted to point out about this since there was supposed to be a social underlying moral conclusion. So, I guess instead, if you ever want to become overweight, take up Sumo Wrestling to avoid any public scrutiny.
Well, the upside is a kid from Harry Potter was stabbed to death today.
Downside is - it wasn't the kid who plays Harry Potter.
-
By Electric Six I think, "We're going to the gay bar, the gay bar, the GAY BAR" over and over for four agonizing minutes. I don't know why it has a snug place within my music folder. I think someone sent it to me a long time ago and I just never deleted it, and again, I don't know why.
Know what's strange aside from my sudden embracing of hypothetical homosexuality which involves me? The amazing emphasis that society puts on weight, and not necessarily healthy weight and healthy curves but exposed rib cages and a BMI so low that it's only achievable by practicing anorexia 362 days a year for twelve years straight.
Women in the 1950s looked so different:
They also lived completely different lifestyles (well, obviously).
They took in less calories and apparently lead more active sex lives:
Average calories consumed a day in 1953
Average calories consumed a day in 2003
Average calories burned a day in 1953
Average calories burned a day in 2003
"Housewives in the 1950s enjoyed much more active sex lives than women of today, other research has found, because their time was not divided between career, childcare and socializing as it is now."
Summary:
Our grandmothers compared to us will have had infinitely more sex than we'll ever have, even if in the last twenty years they've only managed through the help of Viagra to get the romance going twice. Oh yeah, and they loved boiled eggs.
Boiled eggs and canned pork. Mmm.
Women's health and body weight back then were so different.
Especially in comparison to women in our current culture:
(Yeah, so why are exposed rib cages and size -13's viewed at as sexy again?)
I've played baseball for 15+ years and hockey for over 12. I've always been athletic and grew up in a very healthy environment raised by at least a self -conscious and active father who enjoyed doing a lot outdoor activities. I've never once been a pound overweight, and I still maintain a very healthy and active lifestyle but I've seen all kinds of people remark about the obese or slightly overweight at work or school, and it doesn't matter if you're fat or thin, average, African, or anything, but the one exception seems to be Sumo Wrestlers.
"What?"
Yeah I know that came completely out of left field and hit you square in the nose.
I just found it a little strange reflecting on it how everyone thinks if someone is even 2 lbs overweight they're deemed fat and disgusting by the standard of society, and yet everyone whether you be from the east or west continent embraces the lifestyle of the Sumo as perfectly healthy and acceptable. If you run into one of your high school friends who used to be a slim 100 lbs, who now is topping in the scales at 378 lbs (171 kgs) you think:
"Ew she let herself go!"
And yet, if you watch a commercial like this:
It's okay, not only is it okay, but you smile a bit also.
P.S - If you're wondering why I mentioned that gay bar song in the title bar it's because the same band that sings this song above sings that "Gay Bar" song. Once again, I assure you I'm straight. Actually I'll use this opportunity to get another dangerous-to-my-heterosexuality secret off my chest.
At my old job, someone came in and gave me this and his number one time:
P.P.S - I STILL MAINTAIN THE ASSURANCE I AM STRAIGHT.
And if you replaced all six of those Sumo's with that spokesman for Franks Red Hot:
Not only would it be deemed inappropriate, it'd probably be the fastest thing the FCC would ever ban a la offensive broadcasting. People unlucky enough to watch it would also most likely discover it IS indeed possible to simultaneously vomit and cry at the same time. I've forgot by now what I originally wanted to point out about this since there was supposed to be a social underlying moral conclusion. So, I guess instead, if you ever want to become overweight, take up Sumo Wrestling to avoid any public scrutiny.
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