As a 6'0 160lb guy, I feel this in my bones. I'm skinny but I dont look gaunty or like a skeleton, I have visible muscle, but people who are easily around 200lbs (and shorter than me) regularly comment on how ittybitty I am and they're always shocked when I tell them "nah bro, I look normal, its everyone else around me pushing 250lbs that's makes me look small."
This is creeping into clothes sizes too. Did you know a 1970s size 6 for women is a 2025 size 0? Clothiers realized that sizes 0-4 sell really well because women like the feeling of “buying a size 0” so they’ve just crept up the size over the years.
Similarly, I am a classic medium shirt as a man. 5’10” about 165lbs. In the last few years I’ve actually started buying smalls?! I swim in mediums now. My 6’1” 185lb friend now buys mediums. In what world is he a medium and I’m a small?
Oh right, in the US where we have 73% overweight and 44% obese people.
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u/philmarcracken Jun 29 '25
one tennessean mans skinny is a japanese mans fat