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That's probably a little too inclusive. You can be healthy and still have a body nobody really cares to see shirtless.
by 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 agoPretty sure this is a worldwide thing. Including Europeans.
- LyndsySimon 7y agoIt'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 agoHealthy 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 agoI 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.