So imagine this but with a 40% obesity rate.
where did we go wrong
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NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 month ago
tal@lemmy.today 1 month ago
www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00404-9
Dozens of new obesity drugs are coming: these are the ones to watch
Next-generation obesity drugs will work differently from Ozempic and Wegovy — aiming to deliver greater weight loss with fewer side effects.
The 1950s can still happen!
Dasus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Weight loss drugs don’t immunise you against food though.
And usually the people who are on drugs for weight loss a rent exactly close to the figure represented.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
Obesity in the 50’s was more like 10-15%, today it’s closer to 35%, but 40 is close enough.
Interestingly, the spike started in the mid-1980’s, timed too closely to the low-fat craze to not make me suspicious, especially since that adds up metabolically.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah, many products had (and still have) reduced fat but added sugar. Sugar belongs in desserts in my opinion. Eating fat doesn’t make you fat.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
You’re just not going to the right clubs.
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
clearly
arin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve seen some burning man attendees wear shit like this
athairmor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It seems like futuristic utopia fashion predictions always feature less clothing. Whether something like this or sci-fi like Star Trek TNG.
Maybe, they’re prescient shades of the coming global warming or people’s imaginations are just unavoidably horny.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Horny, nerdy, sci-fi writers.
Based on TV shows in the future everyone on the planet will wear the same jump suit and boots uniform or the woman will wander around in silk robes. The show Buck Rogers said everyone will wear spandex, especially the female officers.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Unless Zapp is in charge, then no female officers.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What I picture as future style now is baggy clothes and layers and maybe LED masks, and I can’t wait. I want a big flowing cyberpunk trench coat
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Nah, since fashion has been cyclical, pretty soon we’re going to bring back those big frumpy denim dresses with a long sleeve white shirt under them that got weirdly popular in the early 90’s, and then bell bottoms are coming back for a third time.
athairmor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hey, I won’t shame your kinks. Enjoy your MC Hammer 1980s future.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
What future style?
You can get those clothing right now!
Just search Etsy or make your own
choochooMF@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You, I like the way you think friend.
tal@lemmy.today 1 month ago
cyberpunk tench coat
I don’t know what makes a trench coat cyberpunk, but if it’s being reminicent of *Blade Runner, where Deckard wore a trench coat:
www.amazon.com/blade-runner-coat/s?k=blade+runner…
1-48 of 173 results for “blade runner coat”
It looks like there are also clothing companies that will tailor Blade Runner replica coats:
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 month ago
Well the first problem is we let the abrahamic religions control the media.
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Processed food killed that immediately.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Huh. So, on another timeline, without WWII getting in the way, society just goes straight to Burning Man. I like it.
kautau@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nowadays burning man is just like the tech bros corporate retreat, so if it’s today’s burning man we just skipped some steps toward technofuedalism
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 month ago
Its actually surprisingly on par considering the clothing at the time. The bikini came about in the late 40's and the miniskirt was around by the late fifties although the term had not been coined.
EfreetSK@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sort of correct? At least the lady is pretty spot on, summer dress, short skirt. The hair is a bit extravagant but we did have more pompous hair styles in the 50s and 60s. The only thing that seems out of place is the bow but not by a lot
The guy is ridiculous of course. Well at least the outfit. Because looking at today’s rapers with their crazy tattoos …
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 1 month ago
Rappers. It’s rappers. Two P’s. Please. Rap per.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 month ago
Its not remotely correct if you compare it to 1950 instead of 2025. In fact that outfit is closer to a 20s flapper outfit than anything, but then the flappers had short hair, not super-updos
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 month ago
The man’s look reminds me of European court dress from previous centuries, but…less of it.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 month ago
We should start dressing like that by the 2050’s.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 1 month ago
We will just be wearing fluids, a shit tone of sunscreen.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Why was a cane ever considered essential accessory? Was it related to needing a weapon?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s a device that can be made fancy and beautiful that serves as a weapon when needed, and is an assistive device for the disabled. We’re talking 1914, so it’s not the most disabled the men of the western world have been, but four years later will be.
And even without the war, you’re in a time where there’s no joint replacement, and there’s a lot of people with injuries from industrial accidents and people who’ve had diseases of industrialization. You have the beginnings of recreational sport (a good way to get injured if you don’t know how to prevent it) and not much other exercise except walking places. The newfangled “safety bicycle” is still a death trap by modern standards but compared to a pennyfarthing without pneumatic wheels it earns its name. Also there’s no antibiotics so you’ve got a lot more people sporting a single leg than in modern times, especially if you’re in America where veterans of the Civil war are still around at the time.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Class symbol with the added perks of beating the poors and mobility aid.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I think navigating an urban landscape a century ago was just generally more challenging than it is now.
Having a stick to fend off rats, dogs, or livestock would be essential.
Also muddy streets, gutters etcetera, are easier to navigate with a walking stick.
Finally just carrying a cool stick around with you while you conduct your affairs doesn’t seem terrible. I find myself kinda wishing it was still a thing.
Gaja0@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Why isn’t a cane considered an essential accessory? We could all use personal lightsabers at all times.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I think I know why we stopped using canes. Also from the depth of my madness I just remembered that Dudley in had a cane in the Harry Potter books.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 month ago
At some point in the 19th century and maybe towards the early 20th century a cane was a common accessory for well-to-do individuals even if they never needed it.
And sword canes weren’t uncommon! So it was cool.
AlexLost@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Weapon, balance wet cobblestone streets, ease on your legs from a long day waiting on the trolley. Pick upreach device. Also, another thing for people to sell, i.e. hat, pocket watch, bracelet, necklace, etc… that’s mostly what “fashion” and “fads” are, a new gimmick to sell and distract people from the horror of everyday life.
Seriously though, a walking stick while hiking is a game changer. I’m not talking ski poles, those are mostly useless outside light balance stuff. I do so much with my walking staff and have never had a fall or trip while on the trail. A third leg can be a godsend sometimes, especially in muddy swampy sections. Creek crossings are a breeze.
AlexLost@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They were off by a few decades. The 80’s didn’t want to let this guy down
HairyHarry@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Spot on the predicted climate change.
TomMasz@piefed.social 1 month ago
Egad, a woman smoking? Such depravity does not bode well for 1950.
ReiRose@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But no tattoos or body paint on the women that would be too much!
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Smoking indoors! Such depravity is not acceptable in 2025!
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I went downtown and saw people who looked like that
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 month ago
One thing I fucking love about this is the man’s hat. Like it fits so well with his speedo/loincloth thing it is perfect. The artist probably had a lot of fun with that.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The future is so disappointing.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 month ago
jimmy90@lemmy.world 1 month ago
With the genital hugging pseudo gym outfits a lot of people wear, it’s not far off
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
Kinda fire. Is this suitable for the office?
Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I admire their child like optimism.
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Personally I feel his hat is unnecessarily large and the ensemble doesn’t completely balance as a consequence.
Aimeeloulm@feddit.uk 1 month ago
To be honest I don’t like the hat as it feels out of place, it doesn’t match the outfit at all or even the gentlemen in question, but maybe is just me and could be the fashion fad or craze of the 1950’s the artist was going for 🫤
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cruise wear
Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
She’s kinda cute. I’d make an effort to talk to her at pride
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
🎶 was it somewhere along this trip to Miami 🎶
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
predicing fashion is so much easier these days, unless people just start going nude i’m 95% confident generic pants and a tshirt will remain the most popular way to dress basically forever
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
1914 artist: will carrying canes ever go out of style? No, of course not, that’s insane. It’s pants that are a fad.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 month ago
Don't forget the great hat! I wouldn't want to be seen without one.
ReiRose@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Or the time consuming up-do