The Jabbamensch

    • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 days ago

      Have you ever seen those old political cartoons about the ‘upper’ classes, depicting them all as extremely (like actually round in shape) fat folks always eating at a table while others starve? The stereotypical caricature came from somewhere in reality, and my bet is that eating all you want has always been a staple of people in a pretty good position in life.

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        2 days ago

        This is also observed in Korea: in North Korean culture dear leader is always round, signalling abundance, while the opposite is true in the South, where food is actually abundant.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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        3 days ago

        I don’t know about that.

        Size tends too, and the stats on leaders and CEO heights kinda shows it.

        But a few of these people just look like gluttons. Maybe too much time in front of a screen or just too much of the wrong kinds of food. Probably both.

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      3 days ago

      And where are the 3 missing people? I mean together they weigh as much as 8 people but I don’t know anyone actually named their rolls.