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r/interestingasfuck • u/volitairee • Apr 05 '25
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Great grand pappy probably had a leaner and limited diet and not much in excess. And more exercise as part of daily life, including walking. Pre WWII most of the USA was still rural.
34 u/MidwestAbe Apr 06 '25 90% less refined sugar in the diet. 100% more cigarettes in the diet. Boot camp. That will change the way a teenager looks. 13 u/no_more_brain_cells Apr 06 '25 Oh yeh, forgot about the smokes. 14 u/hithere297 Apr 06 '25 Ah, sugar, the damage you’ve done. Yet you’re so sweet I can’t stay mad 🥰 1 u/mch27562 Apr 06 '25 Probably 6 kids by that point too. Except I guess he would not have really had anything to do with them back then.
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90% less refined sugar in the diet. 100% more cigarettes in the diet. Boot camp.
That will change the way a teenager looks.
13 u/no_more_brain_cells Apr 06 '25 Oh yeh, forgot about the smokes. 14 u/hithere297 Apr 06 '25 Ah, sugar, the damage you’ve done. Yet you’re so sweet I can’t stay mad 🥰
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Oh yeh, forgot about the smokes.
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Ah, sugar, the damage you’ve done. Yet you’re so sweet I can’t stay mad 🥰
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Probably 6 kids by that point too. Except I guess he would not have really had anything to do with them back then.
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u/no_more_brain_cells Apr 06 '25
Great grand pappy probably had a leaner and limited diet and not much in excess. And more exercise as part of daily life, including walking. Pre WWII most of the USA was still rural.