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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Stamets to c/memes

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Really should be a legal requirement for a normal BMI to appear in media, then they wouldn’t be able load up on steroids

[–] andros_rex 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

BMI is not a measure of health. It is a statistical tool.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

To further illustrate your point, most of the men pictured are likely 'obese' by BMI standards

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, welcome to the conversation

We aren’t talking about the health of these moviestars on roids, we are talking about the effects they have on viewers’ self image

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But that would also eliminate all obese people from the media. Which is like 30%+ of the population.

[–] Sunfoil 4 points 10 months ago

That would be a side benefit of an otherwise bad idea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

And the massively underweight that women are supposed to aspire to

Whichever way you skew it, unrealistic bodies shouldn’t be there