NO. i've tossed about posting an "Ask HN" a handful of times asking "Why are font sizes enormous these days?" i am regularly distracted by sites with huge font

NO. i've tossed about posting an "Ask HN" a handful of times asking "Why are font sizes enormous these days?" i am regularly distracted by sites with huge font sizes, leading me to double check if i'm zoomed in. body texts generally average out to be around 20px, with many even larger. can someone explain what's going on here? i'm assuming it has something to do with supporting both mobile and desktop, but are that many people explicitly setting the pixel size and/or 150% font size?