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- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -14/+566As someone who was in his 20's 20 years ago: bullcrap.
Fast food portions were small because they were snacks, not actual meals.
But meals were huge and everything was cooked in animal fat. Our mothers would wake up at 5 in the morning to make a huge breakfast. Everything had meat in it. I ate sausages almost everyday when I was a kid.
The difference is that we moved. Simply because we had to.
Now you can do almost everything without leaving your house. No need to go to the bank anymore unless you need to withdraw cash. No need to go to libraries anymore unless it's a rare publication that can't be found on the internet. Kids don't play outside half as much as we used to, simply because we had nothing else to do. Pretty much the only games you could play at home were card games and stuff like scrabble and monopoly.
And the reason the plates were smaller is because everything was in serving plates in the middle of the dinning table. We didn't serve food directly into plates in those days. A typical meal usually involved about 4 dishes.
Then processed and pre-cooked food happened:
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Crap suddenly became acceptable. - timusca, on 05/14/2008, -5/+481Not me... I'm NTFS.
- Dumbledorito, on 05/14/2008, -28/+474Sunday, November 18, 2007, 6:48 p.m.
Seattle Airport Departure Lounge Burger King
"Medium," "Large" and "King Size"? What the ***** is that? How the ***** can "Medium" be the smallest? Do you even know what the word "Medium" means? This is why you're all so fat, you bunch of road sign-shooting Yankee pillocks.
- Yahtzee, of "Zero Punctuation" fame, after visiting Valve software. - JoJones, on 05/14/2008, -4/+375you never report the good news, like how I can double the size of my beer at the airport for only $1
- HarryBauzonia, on 05/14/2008, -4/+241I worked at McDonalds as a teenager.
The drink cup we called "large" is now called "small". - fitqueenb, on 05/14/2008, -33/+274And we wonder why the population is so FAT.
- edebolt, on 05/14/2008, -0/+175Portions were much larger back in the Flintstones days. How about those giant ribs at the drive in ?... Ahh the good ol days !
- NaziHatinChimp, on 05/14/2008, -10/+155CONSUME
OBEY - kru1e, on 05/14/2008, -7/+139Popcorn is ridiculous, I ordered a small at the theater and the I got a goddamn wheel barrel
- chanop, on 05/14/2008, -2/+123Cause when pizzas on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime
- emalen, on 05/14/2008, -4/+127Tears? Really?
- davidlow, on 05/14/2008, -2/+125Yeah, Soda goes up to 11 now.
In the future a Burger King soda will be available only in "King-size", "Super King" and "Emperor". - crichton101, on 05/14/2008, -5/+126It's like I want to bury you for being a prick, but then it's a pretty dead on statement, and so I am conflicted.
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -9/+118Only on Digg would anybody get that joke.
- gelato822, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1099 of them covered in pizza toppings, very satisfying!
- inactive, on 05/14/2008, -2/+101If so then there is still hope for Digg.
- zydeco, on 05/14/2008, -2/+100Don't forget the french fry containers. Remember when the little paper envelope was the only size you could get?
- dpcamp, on 05/14/2008, -1/+102did anyone else get tempted to click on the "5 Foods That Cause Anal Leakage" link at the end of the article?
- BuddyDoQ, on 05/14/2008, -16/+114First time I left the country, a visit to Tokyo, the tiny plate and drink sizes were the biggest culture shocks I had. I never could finish my plate here in america (a source of many turbulent encounters, and jabs at my so-called bird-like appetite), but it was really nice to see that our portions are simply GI-*****-GANTIC, and it's not just me. 9 times out of 10, a trip to out to eat means I'm getting lunch and a microwave dinner. In Tokyo, however, the proportions were perfect! That I could finish my meals honestly brought tears to my eyes.
- SlamShut, on 05/14/2008, -5/+98I can see what you're saying, and I was around at roughly the same age 20 years ago, but there's no denying that portion sizes have increased. The cup for the Large soda at McDonald's 20 years ago is now the cup for the Small soda. You used to order fries and get that little paper sack, the small size. Now they serve you that red cardboard silo of fries. The Quarter Pounder has always been the same size, but that used to be the big daddy sandwich for large appetites. Now they serve sandwiches with 2 QP patties on one sandwich.
I'll tell you one thing that has changed-- we used to be a lot more honest about what we were eating. Remember when cereal was allowed to have the word "Sugar" in it? Super Sugar Crisp, Sugar Smacks-- they've all been renamed to something sounding healthier. Now we hide the fact that we're eating giant sloppy portions of fatty food behind polite titles that don't embarass. Even Kentucky Fried Chicken won't say the word "fried" in their advertisements any more. Now it's the oh-so-hip abbreviated "KFC."
At least back then we were honest when we were eating unhealthy *****. - inactive, on 05/14/2008, -0/+82You're awesome.
- FireandFlame, on 05/14/2008, -4/+83Dugg for having below it, an article link to "5 foods that cause anal leakage" which has the first line Oleastra, a.k.a Olean, a.k.a “Unwashable and Indestructible Ass Grease”
- SkippyDoorknob, on 05/14/2008, -1/+75Homer-"Butter up that bacon boy."
Bart-"But dad, my heart hurts!"
Homer-"Do it...! Now bacon up that sausage." - SkippyDoorknob, on 05/14/2008, -3/+77I remember years ago when a 7-11 Big Gulp (32oz) was considered freakishly large and people looked at you with a sense of wonder if you had one. "Wow! Look at the size of that! Can you really drink all that! You'll be peeing all day!"
And now a medium size drink is basically that size and no one gives it a second thought. - neems25, on 05/14/2008, -1/+74"Is it me...or did it just get fatter in here?"- Selma Bouvier
- dunderballer, on 05/14/2008, -2/+83But how satisfying could a 3 inch diameter bagel be?
- sgtpppr, on 05/14/2008, -3/+74You can't film 30 hours of tentacle rape scenes on an overly full stomach. The japanese have known this for many years.
- franklymydear57, on 05/14/2008, -0/+70Totally true about the cup/plate/ size. I have my Grandmother's china and glassware and the sizes are significantly smaller. The wine glasses get refilled a lot faster!
- skav, on 05/14/2008, -3/+65Your grandma's a drunk. She drank 2 bottles of champagne at my retirement party.
- grimward, on 05/14/2008, -3/+64Yes, he's what we like to refer to as a "food emo" they cry about foodstuffs :P
- Cattywampus, on 05/14/2008, -0/+61Yes, but Fred Flinstone could burn off the calories "driving" home with his feet.
- dn11, on 05/14/2008, -1/+60solution: drink a cup of coffee instead of an overprice coffee flavored whip cream milk shake.
- Odopoddie, on 05/14/2008, -1/+56so a bagel and a grande mocha sugar-fest have the same number of calories?
- destro713, on 05/14/2008, -5/+56I was recently in Northern Europe for a couple weeks. When I got there I was thinking, wow, nobody here is fat! A couple weeks later I had realized, hey, there are indeed some fat people here. Then I returned to the States and looked at a few of the other people in the customs line and realized, no, those people I saw in Northern Europe were not fat.
- mphree, on 05/14/2008, -0/+47I want the "Genghis Khan" size.
- BesideYouInTime, on 05/14/2008, -0/+47I came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum.
- Cattywampus, on 05/14/2008, -1/+48Well, not everyone's mother woke up at 5 a.m. to cook a huge breakfast. Dinner was the big meal and there was lots of food, but not breakfast or lunch.
Restaurant portions were a lot smaller back then, not these humongous, supersized deals you see today.
Muffins were made in baking tins, and were the size of cupcakes. Today you see muffins in restaurants and delis that weigh a half pound and can have 800 calories or more.
You're right about the lack of physical activity. A lot of kids' play took place outside, and more neighborhoods actually had sidewalks that encouraged walking. Many communities today are designed for driving, and walking is either impossible or unsafe. - TheDreadDiggerD, on 05/14/2008, -2/+49The kids went outside!? What about all the broken glass and hot lava out there!?!?!?!?!!
- ghostfaceDX, on 05/14/2008, -10/+55Wow, thanks for taking the smallest portion of something 20 years ago, then comparing it to the largest portion of something today. Because people don't drink a cup of coffee with milk and sugar anymore. And I only eat ***** Noah's bagels.
- NaziHatinChimp, on 05/14/2008, -1/+43Yeah where the ***** is my bigger beers.
- BornWithRage, on 05/14/2008, -0/+40not only would slashdot get the joke, but they'd spend 3 levels of threads arguing about the differences.
- svejoh, on 05/14/2008, -0/+39You pilots get all the good stuff :-)
- Zera, on 05/14/2008, -6/+45No it wasn't... This article is full of half truths. Like the Coke Bottle. The extreme majority of soda sold in Bottles, were SIXTEEN OUNCE bottles, not 8.
Dinner plate sizes? C'mon, my parents recently bought a new set of plates, and they are about 5% SMALLER than the ones they had used since the 70's.
The burger example is stupid as well. Those HUGE calorie burgers they list are WAY the exception, it's pure marketing gimmick to the insecure with his manlyness douchebag who also buys the Supercharged Hemi, 4x4, 450 HP, Northland Edition Sport truck, and then uses it to drive to work. There is a tiny cross section of people who think excess is a good thing. These sandwiches are just a marketing gimmick, and don't account for even 1% of these chain's total sales.
Pizza Slices? Please, they are sliced larger for one reason, easier to eat, and easier to sell, when they are being sold by the individual slice. The method in which a pizza is cut is irrelevant to consumption, unless you think people are actually too stupid to realize that one piece is bigger than the other.
God I HATE *****. There are plenty good examples of how consumption has increased, but the author only found a few, and got lazy with the rest. - Nescirian, on 05/14/2008, -0/+36You grew old and bitter like the rest of us.
- cash0utcurse, on 05/14/2008, -2/+38It's called a "wheelbarrow."
- LeRenard, on 05/14/2008, -4/+40I thought it was pretty clear that the statement was from a Brit reffering to Americans as Yankees, which would include the southern portion of the nation, but way to go not reinforcing stereotypes or anything.
- isunktheship, on 05/14/2008, -4/+41it says 20 years ago but references sizes from 1955 and 1970, I was alive 20 years ago, not much has changed... I still remember quarter pounders and giant popcorn buckets 20, years is 1988, any dates before that are useless.
- dLICI0US, on 05/14/2008, -9/+48Don't blame the food, blame yourself for not exercising.
- rockandrollmark, on 05/14/2008, -3/+36Yeah. I had to read that one twice. I thought 'population' was 'partition'.
- chanop, on 05/14/2008, -1/+36I like getting the glass bottles of Coke just for nostalgia, even though you can finish it with 2 sips
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