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1977 weight loss advice (lemmy.world)
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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

And then people wonder why gen-x is fucked up.

Edit: to clarify why gen-x:

Mom, mom?! Shaddup kid I'm on a wine diet...

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gen Xers would've been at most 12 y/o when this was printed, Boomers would've been their most likely target demographic, being at most 32 y/o at the time.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

See my edit :-)

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Fair, I was going to try to say something about how there could be indirect effects but couldn't get the wording right

[–] Theatomictruth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

This comes from a book published in 1962 so more like Silent gen or maybe Boomers