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[Nadaka]

http://news.yahoo.com/officials-serbias-nato-ambassador-leaps-death-093459101.html

"Serbia's ambassador to NATO was chatting and joking with colleagues in a multistory parking garage at Brussels Airport when he suddenly strolled to a barrier, climbed over and flung himself to the ground below, a diplomat said."

Yea.

So, either someone MK Ultra mind controlled this dude to death, or the other ambassadors tossed him off the parking garage.

[Aklyon]

Has Serbia done something stupid recently?

[Urist Imiknorris]

I guess his jokes just weren't funny.

[Flying Dice]

I now have the mental image of a bunch of ambassadors grabbing the Serbian ambassador and doing a run-up to the edge of the parking garage before tossing him off.

[i2amroy]

inb4 someone asks what I mean by healthy, I mean not twig-like as how Western culture perceives beauty in this day and age. Fuck you Industrial Revolution and fuck you Great Depression for making society look down on the curvy, the big-boned, the voluptuous and the stocky! I can't even find pants in my size outside of the Big and Tall section at Marshalls because of you two assholes!

You realize that during times of hardship like the great depression that the idea of beauty moves closer towards that "curvaceous" idea right? It's the fact that we aren't in the great depression that we look at skinny as being more beautiful (and in fact if you look at media you will notice that during this most recent depression there was actually an increase in the average size/weight of movie stars and other "beautiful" figures).

[Descan]

So uh...

Why has "athletic" never been the "This is Sexy^tm" majority?

[Aklyon]

Because lazy people.

[Loud Whispers]

inb4 someone asks what I mean by healthy, I mean not twig-like as how Western culture perceives beauty in this day and age. Fuck you Industrial Revolution and fuck you Great Depression for making society look down on the curvy, the big-boned, the voluptuous and the stocky! I can't even find pants in my size outside of the Big and Tall section at Marshalls because of you two assholes!

You realize that during times of hardship like the great depression that the idea of beauty moves closer towards that "curvaceous" idea right? It's the fact that we aren't in the great depression that we look at skinny as being more beautiful (and in fact if you look at media you will notice that during this most recent depression there was actually an increase in the average size/weight of movie stars and other "beautiful" figures).

People want what they don't have. In the land of the constantly setting sun people prize tans, in the land of the rising sun people apply make up that pales their skin.
Funny eh?

So uh...

Why has "athletic" never been the "This is Sexy^tm" majority?

After the dark ages the majority of people gave up on athleticism :<
Though it has experienced a revival in modern society...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Though perhaps not in a way a gymnotribai would have thought beneficial.

[Loud Whispers]

inb4 someone asks what I mean by healthy, I mean not twig-like as how Western culture perceives beauty in this day and age. Fuck you Industrial Revolution and fuck you Great Depression for making society look down on the curvy, the big-boned, the voluptuous and the stocky! I can't even find pants in my size outside of the Big and Tall section at Marshalls because of you two assholes!

You realize that during times of hardship like the great depression that the idea of beauty moves closer towards that "curvaceous" idea right? It's the fact that we aren't in the great depression that we look at skinny as being more beautiful (and in fact if you look at media you will notice that during this most recent depression there was actually an increase in the average size/weight of movie stars and other "beautiful" figures).

People want what they don't have. In the land of the constantly setting sun people prize tans, in the land of the rising sun people apply make up that pales their skin.
Funny eh?

So uh...

Why has "athletic" never been the "This is Sexy^tm" majority?

After the dark ages the majority of people gave up on athleticism :<
Though it has experienced a revival in modern society...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Though perhaps not in a way a gymnotribai would have thought beneficial.

[i2amroy]

So uh...

Why has "athletic" never been the "This is Sexy^tm" majority?

Back in more ancient times only the rich could afford to sit around not working as well as get enough to eat that they were able to become curvaceous/fat/large/big-boned/whatever-adjective-you-want-to-use. As such "large person" became associated with "fabulously wealthy", a thing that has stuck in our minds up to this day. It was only with the spread of having enough food for most people and better nutrition, as well as the fact that due to large amounts of food it is now much more likely to go from "large" to "obese" that being skinnier has become viewed as more "beautiful". That's also the reason why in times of hardship (such as the Great Depression), the image of beautiful shifts back towards the larger side.

[Loud Whispers]

Also of note is that what society views as beautiful greatly differs from what people biologically view as smexy.

[misko27]

Also of note is that what society views as beautiful greatly differs from what people biologically view as smexy.

This man is wise. One can be attracted to things years out-of-fashion.
 

Has Serbia done something stupid recently?

I think it may be because being serbian ambassoder to NATO is a depressing ass job.
 
 

[dei]

inb4 someone asks what I mean by healthy, I mean not twig-like as how Western culture perceives beauty in this day and age. Fuck you Industrial Revolution and fuck you Great Depression for making society look down on the curvy, the big-boned, the voluptuous and the stocky! I can't even find pants in my size outside of the Big and Tall section at Marshalls because of you two assholes!

You realize that during times of hardship like the great depression that the idea of beauty moves closer towards that "curvaceous" idea right? It's the fact that we aren't in the great depression that we look at skinny as being more beautiful (and in fact if you look at media you will notice that during this most recent depression there was actually an increase in the average size/weight of movie stars and other "beautiful" figures).

History was my worst subject in school so no I didn't realize that.

[Reelya]

inb4 someone asks what I mean by healthy, I mean not twig-like as how Western culture perceives beauty in this day and age. Fuck you Industrial Revolution and fuck you Great Depression for making society look down on the curvy, the big-boned, the voluptuous and the stocky! I can't even find pants in my size outside of the Big and Tall section at Marshalls because of you two assholes!

You realize that during times of hardship like the great depression that the idea of beauty moves closer towards that "curvaceous" idea right? It's the fact that we aren't in the great depression that we look at skinny as being more beautiful (and in fact if you look at media you will notice that during this most recent depression there was actually an increase in the average size/weight of movie stars and other "beautiful" figures).

People want what they don't have. In the land of the constantly setting sun people prize tans, in the land of the rising sun people apply make up that pales their skin.
Funny eh?

Not really, pale skin has been a sign of beauty in both European and Japanese culture for 100's of years. Japan's climate is mostly temperate, not tropical.

The average Japanese is a lot fairer in skin than plenty of "Europeans" (since Japan is at a fairly northern latitude). Not everyone in Europe is a Nord, and not everyone in Asia has a complexion like Filipinos or Malaysians.

One interesting aspect is that in many places where light skin is a sought-after thing, a common thing is that a deep tan indicates that you work outdoors - e.g. you're a peasant or a labourer, rather than an office worker, so it's not just vanity, it's women (or men) not wanting to be stereotyped as a "poor person".

A tan being popular may be involved in the shift to a more affluent life-style, along with the "beach culture", wilderness adventure, and sports. A tan now indicates a life of leisure, not of hard labour.