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Thread: Why Aren't Italians Fat When Their Food Makes You Fat?

post 1683670483 05-30-2023, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
well I've actually been to Rome and it makes the cities in the USA look like a third world chit hole.
I have too, I spent almost a month traveling around Italy. The ancient sites are amazing, as well as the geography, but there's plenty of poverty and mess too. Moreso than anywhere else I've seen in Europe.
post 1683670523 05-30-2023, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted By coast2coastam⏩
I have too, I spent almost a month traveling around Italy. The ancient sites are amazing, as well as the geography, but there's plenty of poverty and mess too. Moreso than anywhere else I've seen in Europe.
There's more homeless in 1 block of downtown phoenix than the entire city of rome.
post 1683670643 05-30-2023, 01:23 PM
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"why aren't asians fat when they eat so much rice"

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post 1683670683 05-30-2023, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
There's more homeless in 1 block of downtown phoenix than the entire city of rome.
Idk man, maybe they do a better job hiding that stuff, but that shantytown was crazy. I've never seen anything like it in the US or elsewhere in Europe. Naples is cool, but it might as well be North Africa or something, the way everything looks, the way people drive, act, and so on.
post 1683671003 05-30-2023, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted By coast2coastam⏩
Idk man, maybe they do a better job hiding that stuff, but that shantytown was crazy. I've never seen anything like it in the US or elsewhere in Europe. Naples is cool, but it might as well be North Africa or something, the way everything looks, the way people drive, act, and so on.
statistical data doesn't align with anything you're saying.

The USA homicide rate is LITERALLY 10x higher than Italy. Italy's driving fatality rate is significantly lower, too. So I guess if your definition of "1st world behavior" is to murder each other and have a higher traffic fatality rate, then you're right.
post 1683671063 05-30-2023, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
statistical data doesn't align with anything you're saying.

The USA homicide rate is LITERALLY 10x higher than Italy. Italy's driving fatality rate is significantly lower, too. So I guess if your definition of "1st world behavior" is to murder each other and have a higher traffic fatality rate, then you're right.
I'm aware of the stats, I'm just saying what I've observed. Italy doesn't have something equivalent to Englewood in Chicago and that kind of thing.
post 1683671223 05-30-2023, 01:31 PM
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post 1683671373 05-30-2023, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted By coast2coastam⏩
I'm aware of the stats, I'm just saying what I've observed. Italy doesn't have something equivalent to Englewood in Chicago and that kind of thing.
Literally the ONLY bad thing about Rome compared to USA is the graffiti everywhere.... But I'll take their graffiti over the meth heads living on the sidewalk we have here.

the USA is a cultural dumpster fire of trash.
post 1683671793 05-30-2023, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
Literally the ONLY bad thing about Rome compared to USA is the graffiti everywhere.... But I'll take their graffiti over the meth heads living on the sidewalk we have here.

the USA is a cultural dumpster fire of trash.
Bro Italians are awful, no offence to any Italians, but they're loud, rude, and just generally a pain to deal with. Again, everywhere else I've been in Europe people have been really cool. I'm a pretty introverted guy, so it's not like I'm normally setting people off. Rome is awesome, the history is amazing, it's the birthplace of civilization along with Greece, but the modern day people, at least a sizeable chunk of them, suck. I was just in London for a couple of weeks and the people there were cooler than here, so I'm not saying this because I'm biased toward Americans or something.
post 1683671803 05-30-2023, 01:39 PM
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post 1683672453 05-30-2023, 01:49 PM
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lifestyle

antisocial eating is how people get fat. They live in a sort of shared culture.
post 1683673893 05-30-2023, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted By coast2coastam⏩
the way people drive
Italians don't have cars and walk everywhere brah
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post 1683675153 05-30-2023, 02:31 PM
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post 1683675263 05-30-2023, 02:33 PM
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I've seen it mentioned in the past, and out of curiosity looked it up with a quick internet search, Italy and neighboring Greece have some of the highest rates of obesity for kids in the world. Looks like Italys youth are moving away from their parents Mediterranean diet.
post 1683678423 05-30-2023, 03:11 PM
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Being fat isn't as socially acceptable in Europe. In general, Europeans care a lot about their appearance. Not just in terms of their bodies either. How the dress. They wouldn't go out looking like slobs, even if it was just to run a quick errand. Of course nice, stylish clothes go hand in hand with a decent body needed to pull off fashionable clothing.
post 1683678573 05-30-2023, 03:13 PM
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Portion control, same with asian countries
post 1683679033 05-30-2023, 03:19 PM
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They probably know what proper portions are, unlike Americans.
Some generally unhealthy food here and there isn’t bad when the portions are kept reasonable.
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