This deserves its own thread: Look what shape people were in in the early 80's.
 

How far we've fallen.

http://www.usfestivals.com/Davespics/danwhelan.htm


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I don't think Hot Pockets had been invented yet....

amazing, today those people would be called buff and bodybuilders and fatties would lable them as people too into themselves

That link is gay.

If you want to show what shape people were in before, at least use chicks as an example. All i saw was man chests everywhere...

These people are the one that got fat in the last 20 years :)

But I'd say today most people this old are fatter for sure...

I like the shorts and the "communication" station.

The internet does wonders for ones physique.

The reason?

Back then if you wanted to do something you went outside, rode a bike, played sports, etc. and there weren't fast food joints on every street corner. Today no one hardly leaves the house, they are addicted to their video games, the internet, and reality TV. Their addictions are so overpowering they want fast food instead of wasting valuable time cooking good food.

The downside of technology... It makes people lazy. :2 cents:

this is fucking retarded. seriously, put on your dunce cap and get in the fucking corner. one random collection of people who are OUTSIDE, doing PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, does not constitute a representation of the overall health of the population for any type of comparison.

I could go out and take 50 photos right now at a concert or beach, or party and everyone would be thin or in good shape. i can point out plenty of fatties in those pictures.

if there were actual number sin here (which i'm sure would support your point) then ok, but one set of photos taken 20-30 years ago does not amount to shit...

you'll find if you go out and find the people who are out doing shit now a days, there's not much difference. just the difference in the number of lazy fucks who never leave the house.

Humans in the year 2700

http://calorielab.com/news/wp-images...ion-figure.jpg

So you don't think people are getting fatter? Check out the proof in the link below from the CDC and watch the animated map from 1985 to 2007.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/

Notice most of them are frolicking outdoors, not sitting on their asses in front of a computer chatting.

:2 cents: :2 cents:

Pictures dont lie. I used to be healthy and active too.

None of you would throw away your gadgets to be a part of that now. A crowd like that today would all be flipping phones open every two seconds wondering when the act on stage would be uploaded to a grainy crappy vid on youtube collecting comments.

I was thinking back to the day, and I have to admit, I am having a problem remembering any of my friends that were fat. Seems that was the exception rather than the rule.

http://a1der-babe.com/bikeweek_2004_featured_104.jpg

http://a1der-babe.com/bikeweek_2004_featured_105.jpg

I aint gay but baddog was a handsome man woof

Mostly the fault of the TV. But computers in the last 8 to 10 years.

Colorado with the least fat people in 2009? Is that the poorest state in the US?

Not even close.

This thread is funny!

people had less time back then as well, studies show we have much less busy time now & a lot more free time than ever yet the *i'm so busy* excuse is often used. i don't have time to exercise, i have to take this call while i'm driving, etc. et al.

Interesting observation

That's true. I've found myself over 5 hours of free time a day and wonder where it has all gone. I started to then track my habits and group my time together in "blocks" to eliminate the time wasters in my life. Very good observation.

80' Rocks

[QUOTE=baddog;15489475]I was thinking back to the day, and I have to admit, I am having a problem remembering any of my friends that were fat. Seems that was the exception rather than the rule.

your are right on with that... i know iwas pretty lean then..

http://www.shemp.com/rob28c.jpg

My oh my...look at that stud ;)

People are definitely getting fatter, I didn't suggest thats untrue at all. look back at what i wrote. i'm just saying those pictures aren't worth shit when trying to make this argument. i can open up facebook and start flipping through my photo albums and albums of my friends, and you know what, not many out of shape people in there. because we do shit. hike, swim, snowboard, ski, i live in an area where the majority of the people are active. 50 random pictures don't account for anything.

i agree that technology has probably been the biggest factor in the world getting fatter. Shitty foods coming in second...

I think I spotted my hippy parents in there...

Damn, Father Time is a MUTHAFUCKA. :Oh crap

Nor did I imply that we would... I was merely pointing out a fact.

We should look at pictures of burning man and watch all the fat slobs falling all over each other....

I get the pictures, but to the proper event of today, you won't see a ton of fat people running around, just the random one or two, just like those pictures, while most seem to be some what in shape.

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I remember that site.. Bears On Bikes... i think those guys did a b/b scene together...

I was at that first US Festival... Grateful Dead started it all off - "lay back and spread because its time for breakfast in bed with the Grateful Dead!"

And the reason everyone was skinny then was because the LSD was much better at keeping the pounds off.:winkwink:

Thank you fast food and the internet=(

It's High Fructose Corn Syrup and the other shit people put in their bodies now. A bit (or a lot) over weight? Cut out all High Fructose Corn Syrup from your diet for 30 days and change nothing else. Watch how much weight you lose.

2000s...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/57/19...a89db88710.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/...938a6be1_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3407/...dce4e66b71.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/13...0795615d32.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/...b564b80e_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/...558512b8_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/...96e6d676_o.jpg

Girl power!

this thread delivers...

I sit at my computer the vast majority of the day and my BMI is in the lower end of the healthy range. I eat as much as anyone else, but I like a very limited variety of foods..... foods that just so happen to rarely contain high fructose corn syrup.

[QUOTE=the Shemp;15490382]I bet you had to beat the chicks off you back then :thumbsup I had that style of jeans too

Baddog and Shemp pretty much shut this thread down with those late 70's early 80's pics.


They were young and good looking in a time where women were fucking a lot more freely than they are today.

Respect due.

I don't know about shemp, but around here, we all tried to stay virgins. It was the cool thing to do.

Damn, didn't know that they already had color film in the 1930s :winkwink:

If you knew anything about motorcycles you would know it would have to be at least 1970. :2 cents:

Just like in Wall-E.

ready meals, microwaves and processed food. peoples calorie intake has doubled,
and exercise has halved. People don't eat set meals anymore they 'graze' on food all day.

Hormones in the meat and poultry?????????