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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

1970s: vegetables smegetables

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oddly it still seems like people were not as overweight back then.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The black coffee and nicotine are effective appetite suppressants

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Add on ADHD meds and you'll never want to eat!

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Where’s the problem?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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...

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

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

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 month ago

Who says Americans don’t use the metric system?

[–] Elting@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Butthole widening diet.

[–] courval@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

TIL psyop advertising has been around since the 70s..

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Basically a Four Loko diet.

[–] DEJED@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Getting heartburn just by reading this…

[–] xyguy@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Its the real life version of the Butterfield Diet

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