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This reminds me of a twitter thread I read a few years ago making this prediction: https://www.tinygnomes.com/qwiki.cgi?mode=previewSynd&uuid=BCXKLB9VJN4XU8EU4

by zachmu 2y ago

This reminds me of a twitter thread I read a few years ago making this prediction: https://www.tinygnomes.com/qwiki.cgi?mode=previewSynd&uuid=BCXKLB9VJN4XU8EU4VQ2PSX6K4QT https://www.tinygnomes.com/qwiki.cgi?mode=previewSynd&uuid=B... We had already known from autopsies that neural density in certain brain regions is much higher among autists.

willsmith72 2y ago
> There are 1st grade girls in 2021 that have asses that didn’t used to show up until 16 This is certainly... something
- watersb 2y ago
  It's either horrid or a broken machine translation to English.
  - tluyben2 2y ago
    Not related (at least as far as I can see), but I read a lot of startup materials translated from Portugal Portuguese to English and often was quite confused about what it said, indeed sentences like the gp here. Then I learned Portugal Portuguese proper and found out its sayings and humor that doesn't translate. Mostly because it's not funny (to me, which makes it hard to translate) but also because there is nothing useful to translate it to in English (sometimes there is in Scottish and Irish but often not in England or US english).
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - Paul-Craft 2y ago
    I don't think it's machine translation. The preceding sentence is this: > The best illustration of “spillover” is the incredible increase in the size of the ass and thighs in girls. This is not due to squatting or implants, because you see it at very young ages.
  - asne11 2y ago
    Why can't this be a simple observation?
    - HelloMcFly 2y ago
      Absent any supporting data it's just a weird personal observation and comes off a bit creepy. I'm not saying the author is a creep, it's just a very peculiar way to make a point that could be made much less oddly. Do 1st graders need to have assess commented on and compared to 16 year olds (another group whose asses most of us do not observe with intention)? Why not just make a comment about weight generally?
      - sandworm101 2y ago
        Because body development is a science. Alterations to development patterns are sometimes linked to exposure to chemicals and such. For instance, back in the 90s some male kids grew breast tissues after exposure to then-common synthetic fragrances. It may be creepy, but someone has to notice these things as the proverbial canary in the coalmine.
        HelloMcFly 2y ago
        > It may be creepy, but someone has to notice these things as the proverbial canary in the coalmine. I do not disagree, but there is a way to notice it and comment on it that has far less probability of being considered "creepy" by someone reading. The author is of course free to do as they please, doesn't make their point any more right or wrong.
  - relaxing 2y ago
    It’s horrid.
- hattmall 2y ago
  I think it's just selection bias for women with fat asses. Baby got back came out in 1992, and remained popular for quite sometime. It puts the people most influenced by it right around the age on having first graders. And of course it didn't stand alone, lots of music and popular culture focused much more heavily on ass at that point. Previously almost all focus had been on being skinny with "alert" breasts.
- b112 2y ago
  I think it's just being fatter, even as a youth. Females store fat on ass and hips first, males on the gut first. Not only, but primarily first. Once these regions get to a point, fat accumulates all over. Kids are indeed fatter in the West, just as adults are.
moffkalast 2y ago
Ah so when someone calls you dense, they are in fact giving you a compliment.
- nemo44x 2y ago
  I think they're referencing the skull, not the brain tissue.
  - moffkalast 2y ago
    Wouldn't higher skull density correlate negatively with skull thickness, leaving more room for a larger brain?
nix0n 2y ago
Dr Courchesne shows up in both articles, so it's no coincidence.
johny115 2y ago
After reading the whole thing, I am bit worried about all the logical leaps and this just being a weird mashup of ideas that don't make much sense. That being said, as a person that is mildly on ASD spectrum I was bit intrigued by the hypothesis of higher lactate orinted energy production in autistics. It would match two of my lifelong problems, having strong exhaustion (food coma) after eating high carbs and having similar reaction to even short (5min) high-intensity workouts. I had to adapt by avoiding large doses of carbs and focusing more on resistance training with large pauses inbetween. I am baffled how some of my friends can eat a mountain of white rice or workout hard for hour and be completely fine after.

by zachmu 2y ago

willsmith72 2y ago

> There are 1st grade girls in 2021 that have asses that didn’t used to show up until 16 This is certainly... something

watersb 2y ago
It's either horrid or a broken machine translation to English.
- tluyben2 2y ago
  Not related (at least as far as I can see), but I read a lot of startup materials translated from Portugal Portuguese to English and often was quite confused about what it said, indeed sentences like the gp here. Then I learned Portugal Portuguese proper and found out its sayings and humor that doesn't translate. Mostly because it's not funny (to me, which makes it hard to translate) but also because there is nothing useful to translate it to in English (sometimes there is in Scottish and Irish but often not in England or US english).
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
- Paul-Craft 2y ago
  I don't think it's machine translation. The preceding sentence is this: > The best illustration of “spillover” is the incredible increase in the size of the ass and thighs in girls. This is not due to squatting or implants, because you see it at very young ages.
- asne11 2y ago
  Why can't this be a simple observation?
  - HelloMcFly 2y ago
    Absent any supporting data it's just a weird personal observation and comes off a bit creepy. I'm not saying the author is a creep, it's just a very peculiar way to make a point that could be made much less oddly. Do 1st graders need to have assess commented on and compared to 16 year olds (another group whose asses most of us do not observe with intention)? Why not just make a comment about weight generally?
    - sandworm101 2y ago
      Because body development is a science. Alterations to development patterns are sometimes linked to exposure to chemicals and such. For instance, back in the 90s some male kids grew breast tissues after exposure to then-common synthetic fragrances. It may be creepy, but someone has to notice these things as the proverbial canary in the coalmine.
      - HelloMcFly 2y ago
        > It may be creepy, but someone has to notice these things as the proverbial canary in the coalmine. I do not disagree, but there is a way to notice it and comment on it that has far less probability of being considered "creepy" by someone reading. The author is of course free to do as they please, doesn't make their point any more right or wrong.
- relaxing 2y ago
  It’s horrid.
hattmall 2y ago
I think it's just selection bias for women with fat asses. Baby got back came out in 1992, and remained popular for quite sometime. It puts the people most influenced by it right around the age on having first graders. And of course it didn't stand alone, lots of music and popular culture focused much more heavily on ass at that point. Previously almost all focus had been on being skinny with "alert" breasts.
b112 2y ago
I think it's just being fatter, even as a youth. Females store fat on ass and hips first, males on the gut first. Not only, but primarily first. Once these regions get to a point, fat accumulates all over. Kids are indeed fatter in the West, just as adults are.

moffkalast 2y ago

Ah so when someone calls you dense, they are in fact giving you a compliment.

nemo44x 2y ago
I think they're referencing the skull, not the brain tissue.
- moffkalast 2y ago
  Wouldn't higher skull density correlate negatively with skull thickness, leaving more room for a larger brain?

nix0n 2y ago

Dr Courchesne shows up in both articles, so it's no coincidence.

johny115 2y ago

After reading the whole thing, I am bit worried about all the logical leaps and this just being a weird mashup of ideas that don't make much sense. That being said, as a person that is mildly on ASD spectrum I was bit intrigued by the hypothesis of higher lactate orinted energy production in autistics. It would match two of my lifelong problems, having strong exhaustion (food coma) after eating high carbs and having similar reaction to even short (5min) high-intensity workouts. I had to adapt by avoiding large doses of carbs and focusing more on resistance training with large pauses inbetween. I am baffled how some of my friends can eat a mountain of white rice or workout hard for hour and be completely fine after.