Big Burger Special
by Troubledevourer
Sam had left the music festival about an hour ago and was barreling down the empty highway, going about 85. The headlights of his car illuminated most of the dark but straight pavement before him, trees hugging both sides of the road tightly, stars twinkling just above the tallest branches. He still had about an hour still before he got home, but time didn’t matter to him. The electronic music festival that Sam had left behind was one of the most mind-blowing and fun adventures he had ever gone on, and he was so happy that he could spend his 22nd birthday there. It took up a footbal
A Fat Future: Just some of my thoughts by alterctrler, literature
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A Fat Future: Just some of my thoughts
It's always seen in media that if everyone's fat, the world's over and we're all reduced to dumbos with red and blue and chicken in a cup. We see it in WALL-E, and a lot of other lesser known media. But would it really be a dystopia? Let's set the facts. If obesity grows unchecked in the modern world, no one will be obese in 30 years. Our current society still only fits the 5'9 180lb able-bodied person. You're considered disabled past the 400lb mark, and people are against normalizing this kind of weight because of two problems: food inequality and healthcare costs. So let's say the future is a post-scarcity one and the problems of obesity are solved, which means the costs of food and water are negligible at best. Let us ask ourselves, would we, and our families, friends, people we know, start to get heavier? The idea of an ideal body cosmetically has always been evolving. From strong buff men and chubby women to averagely toned or below average weight. This evolution of course is
Alice and Jim had been dating a while and all had gone to the usual plan, you know gone on verious dates, stayed nights together, put on the usual amount of relationship weight, saved money and finally had enough to get a place just for the two of them. The moving day had all gone according to plan with no major breakages.
As Jim placed the final empty box down he took a minute to survey his new flat mate and long time lover. Never a tall girl Alice stood at a fairly average 5ft3 almost laughable a Jim's 6ft2 but they made it work. He also noticed the now small and soft pouch that had developed around her middle, the recent round of dates l