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The ones staying inside all day playing Cyberpunk and not moving from the couch all day? Surprise. We've turned ourselves into actual couch potatoes. Wall-E was
by fjabre 6y ago
The ones staying inside all day playing Cyberpunk and not moving from the couch all day? Surprise. We've turned ourselves into actual couch potatoes. Wall-E was prophetic in this regard.
I would love to see this on a chart next to video game and netflix original series releases.
- adkadskhj 6y agoWall-E was made when obesity was already insanely out of control. It was a commentary on society, not a prediction.
- gameswithgo 6y agophysical activity was controlled for
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- paxys 6y ago"The youth of today is lazy and stay indoors all day unlike our generation" – evergreen complaint documented going back at least 2000 years. Aristotle was ranting about "millennials" in 4 BC. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-people-have-always-complained-about-young-adults https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-peo...
- draw_down 6y agoSure, nothing has ever changed. Anyone who says anything has changed is just Aristotle
- vadansky 6y ago"evergreen" but context matters. If these were issues that were raised during the decline of civilizations then it's still valid. I mean, look at Greece now.
- selimthegrim 6y agoAre they unusually obese?
- whatshisface 6y agoWell, the thing about evergreens is that they keep getting taller...
- watwut 6y agoThe fact is, generations differ in both behavior and physical properties.