Why people were skinny in the 70's
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Harry Dresden
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every girl was slim?....were did the author of this live?...in slimsville?....
1srelluc
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Because fatties (young women) didn't look good in halter tops. 
Harry Dresden
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here is someone who can fill out those halter tops....
Seymour Flops
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Yes, and the bell bottoms made our hips look slimmer.
Yarddog
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and its true we all climed trees back in the 70's. I remember climbing trees damn it. Didnt have much else to do besides sliding down the side of the hill on cardboard. Climbing trees was preferable. If you got up there high enough you could spot other kids who had climbed trees as well. And there was always that story of the kid.. who knew the kid who climbed the 60 tall tree... smoked pot and then fell.
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These things began to change long before the 1970's. By the mid 1950's most had tv's. The result was that the streets were empty of kids playing outside after supper. We were all watching television. Sweet soda and candy bars were wreaking havoc on dental health as early as the 1940's. Salty/fat snacks were everywhere as well. Soda pop dispensers were everywhere, and cheap as well. I recall 5 cent bottled soft drinks. On a hot summer days, we would guzzle several. That said we were still much more active than kids today.
Seymour Flops
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Obviously, not every girl.
But in those days, slim to medium girls were the rule and fat girls were the exception. Boys also.
At least seventy percent of girls these days are either outright fat, or have a fatty body feature, such as hips or butt.
Boys are no better.
OhPleaseJustQuit
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Yes.
When I was a kid, chips and candy and pop were rare luxuries. Mostly, we had to earn the money for whatever candy and pop we wanted. Even Kool-Aid was a luxury. Potato chips were on our table for Independence day barbecues and summer birthday parties, and for the crushed up topping on tuna casserole.
Dinner at grandma's was a treat because she usually had dessert.
I look at my fourth grade class photo, and there are two students out of 25 or 30 who were "heavy", and definitely not obese.
And yes, playing baseball and kickball, and riding our bikes was a constant when the weather allowed it.
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JackOfNoTrades
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Yes, we were active and outside more in the 70's We ate (mostly) real/whole food.
Several things happened in the 1980's.
As The Fixx said, "one thing leads to another".
Several things happened in the 1980's.
- Introduction of console video games to the masses.
- Cable television
- More processed food options.
- The kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh. Despite it being the early 80's, it was all over the news. Made parents start to be afraid of letting their children out of their site.
As The Fixx said, "one thing leads to another".
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Woodznutz
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I think I'm getting aroused.
Is that available in a pinup?
Darkwind
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Dood! Meds. NOW!I think I'm getting aroused.
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I should probably take a "downer".Dood! Meds. NOW!
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