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I tell people that if they would be considered brave for being without a shirt at the beach, then they are an at risk population

rootusrootus 7y ago
That's probably a little too inclusive. You can be healthy and still have a body nobody really cares to see shirtless.
- falcor84 7y ago
  >a body nobody really cares to see shirtless As a European, I find this (apparently American) sentiment to be abhorrent. Our bodies shouldn't be treated as sculptures for the public to adore.
  - rootusrootus 7y ago
    Pretty sure this is a worldwide thing. Including Europeans.
    - LyndsySimon 7y ago
      It's certainly widespread, but it's not ubiquitous. I live smack in the center of the US, and visited Hawaii in ~2000. I remember being pleasantly surprised how little people cared about that sort of thing, and was far more comfortable on the beach there than anywhere else I've been. I was with a group of locals, not tourists, so I assume it's a cultural thing.
- Cthulhu_ 7y ago
  Healthy or in shape? The terms are conflated too often for my liking. Same with food, low-calorie or low-fat / sugar foods are often labeled healthy, but IMO that lacks nuance. They are factually low-calorie for example. Whether they're healthy is another matter entirely because that depends largely on your overall diet.
- blaser-waffle 7y ago
  I know a couple skinny chain smokers with alcohol problems. They go shirtless all the time -- southern VA, so that's how you do. No way they are healthy, and if they catch the COVID they're going to suffer; if they don't then I bet they're gonna get cancer by 55. I'm related to them and not hoping for those outcomes, but they ain't gonna change and we've just accepted it.
MarkusQ 7y ago
> I tell people that if they would be considered brave for being without a shirt at the beach, then they are an at risk population. Yet it affects males more than females. Hmmm. When you say "people" do you mean "male people"? Or when you say "beaches" do you mean "topless beaches"?
- dnate 7y ago
  Maybe he sees the female population at risk?

rootusrootus 7y ago

That's probably a little too inclusive. You can be healthy and still have a body nobody really cares to see shirtless.

falcor84 7y ago
>a body nobody really cares to see shirtless As a European, I find this (apparently American) sentiment to be abhorrent. Our bodies shouldn't be treated as sculptures for the public to adore.
- rootusrootus 7y ago
  Pretty sure this is a worldwide thing. Including Europeans.
  - LyndsySimon 7y ago
    It's certainly widespread, but it's not ubiquitous. I live smack in the center of the US, and visited Hawaii in ~2000. I remember being pleasantly surprised how little people cared about that sort of thing, and was far more comfortable on the beach there than anywhere else I've been. I was with a group of locals, not tourists, so I assume it's a cultural thing.
Cthulhu_ 7y ago
Healthy or in shape? The terms are conflated too often for my liking. Same with food, low-calorie or low-fat / sugar foods are often labeled healthy, but IMO that lacks nuance. They are factually low-calorie for example. Whether they're healthy is another matter entirely because that depends largely on your overall diet.
blaser-waffle 7y ago
I know a couple skinny chain smokers with alcohol problems. They go shirtless all the time -- southern VA, so that's how you do. No way they are healthy, and if they catch the COVID they're going to suffer; if they don't then I bet they're gonna get cancer by 55. I'm related to them and not hoping for those outcomes, but they ain't gonna change and we've just accepted it.

MarkusQ 7y ago

> I tell people that if they would be considered brave for being without a shirt at the beach, then they are an at risk population. Yet it affects males more than females. Hmmm. When you say "people" do you mean "male people"? Or when you say "beaches" do you mean "topless beaches"?

dnate 7y ago
Maybe he sees the female population at risk?