We’ve gotta bring back frutiger aero.

Because it takes 8+ hours.

Most actors and singers aren’t successful just because they have talent, it’s because they have the right connections in Hollywood.

Laughs in chronic illness.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Two things can be true at the same time. Fluoride has provided significant benefits to dental health, while it’s effects on the human body are not fully studied.

Modern medicine has numerous gaps when it comes to the chronic illness community, and medical gaslighting is the default experience when people attempt to report symptoms.

I don’t think I want Trump removed.

If JD Vance becomes president, it will give conservatives more credibility towards the party because Vance would be even more competent in enacting fascist politicies.

It is toxic if you cooked in a copper pot because of its acidity, which a lot of people had.

The major flaw in this argument is that the size increase of clothing is compared between 1995 and 2021.

If you look at the distributions comparing women’s sizes between the ages of 15 and under, 20-30 years, and 30+ years old, you’ll notice that women naturally gain weight as they age.

At the same time, the market share of fast fashion has grown by over $100 billion in this time span. Currently, women in the 30+ cohort have the most purchasing power. This means that older women are able to buy more clothes, and older women tend to weigh more.

Clothing sizes for women are not standardized like they are for men. You don’t get to walk in and pick a 33x34 and leave. Women have to try a spread of 3-5 sizes, because every company has its own size, and women’s waistlines can vary up to 5"+ because frequently bloat due to periods. Add in the fact that women’s waist lines naturally slowly go up as they age, and you get the impossible task of knowing exactly what your size is when everything is conspiring to make is as difficult as possible.

The first comment assumes that women are choosing smaller sizes out of vanity, when in reality it’s because it’s impossible to know what your size is due to non-standard sizing and the fact that you need to estimate how your fit will be when you’re not bloating, and your size on an average day creeps up as you age.

Companies are quietly taking advantage of this because a woman will not suspect much if she wore a size 8 in her 20s and wore a size 10 in her 30s, when the reality is that her size 10 is actually a size 12 by former standards.

You didn’t read the article and directly went to blaming women for being fat and vain when it’s always been about maximizing profits at the expense of women’s comfort.

The same phenomenon exists in the bra industry, where women are binned into a narrow distribution of ill-fitting sizes. Bras are a medical necessity for many women and poorly fitted ones often contribute to back pain, sores, inflammation, aggravates HS, and more. Yet scummy companies like Victoria’s secret have pushed as many customers into 36C as they can to cut manuf costs.

Left end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare

Middle of the bell curve: haha she’s stupid because Homer is from ancient Greece

Right end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare

(The Illiad as a modern translated work can have multiple editions from an author)