Yeah, people in the Western world have been getting taller (and fatter) over the past century or so, mostly as a result of improved diet — or a fuller diet, so to speak — and as a result, the widthwise expansion is seen as A Very Bad Thing by the Perpetual Scolds who bedevil our society.
I don’t know whether this growth is a good thing or a bad thing — I mean, the skeletal look is deemed attractive by the fashion designers and homosexuals [some overlap] and by the very rich, who despite looking like they’re starving, are of course in no danger thereof.
However, in doing some research for a future post, I came across this pic of Range Rovers, as introduced and what they look like today:
…and it triggered an immediate flashback to my earlier post on bloat, in which I took aim at pretty much everything.
Am I the only one who thinks that the Range Rover on the left is almost dainty — a word which could never be applied to any Range Rover of any generation — and subsequently more attractive?
I know, I know: the modern Rover is drenched with wondrous technology and (mostly government-mandated) safety devices compared to its predecessor — and I leave it to you to decide how desirable / necessary those additions are — but seriously?
Have we humans — or, to be more specific, the target demographic for Range Rovers — got so much fatter that we now need a double-wide to accommodate our Lizzo-like asses?
