The reality is probably that kernel developers don’t get any younger nowadays. And believe me, when you get older, have children and less free time, your waistline suffers a bit. Or even a bit more than a bit.
A lot of people laugh at this, but it’s painfully true.
Hell, I do Brazilian Jiu-jitsu three times a week, and lift/run on the other days. At a certain point for many, you just can’t outrun a bad diet, and maintaining anything other than a dad bod requires all that exercise AND a strict diet. Good fucking luck doing all of that with a screaming baby at home!
I never thought I’d be fat, especially since back when I was 18 I could smash a meal at McDonald’s and exercise right after, while keeping a six pack. Now, it requires double the exercise to not have tits…
I was in the same situation. I started to walk and longboard every day and track my calories without exception.
Eventually, you can see changes and it becomes easier over time, but oh boy I never shame anyone for their body size, because it’s hella hard, and if you’re coping with other problems like depression or addiction, it’s gotta feel damn near impossible.
You don’t need a lot, or even any exercise, to prevent overweight. Diet is everything. The amount of extra calories you can eat for a run is easily outweighed by the extra hunger.
Man I used to think there was no relation between what I ate and my wardrobe size, but eventually it really does catch up with you, especially if your day job is sedentary.
Linux is growing
This is good for Linux.
Is Linux growing up or out?
Earths Linux biomass is reaching sustainable levels, good.
Oh my god, Linux makes you fat.
Maybe they got super jacked?
Since I like geeky boys, they can come over and get jacked anytime
I’m listening…
(James May voice)
Hello.
Or getting old makes you fat
They did a bad job of getting more young people interested in Linux? Because you’re implying it’s the same people who attended both symposiums.
Nice weve all been lifting.
Damn shrinkflation the T shirts just keep getting smaller
Lifting burgers and cupcakes
It’s all the bloat in those distros that is transferred to the waistline, back in the day we used WindowMaker. Not all that fancy Gnome and KDE stuff.
The one advantage of being significantly ill this year is that I can finally fit into large shirts and medium pants after years of XXL and XL of the former and latter.
I mean the rest sucks, but that’s pretty nice.
I wish you well for whatever remains of recovering from the illness, it sounds like you’ve had a rough time.
I don’t want to go into it, but yes, it’s been rough. I’m hoping surgery on Thursday will fix it.
not me! woohoo. same XL then as now.
of course, back then when i was younger i favored oversized shirts. now they just fit.
Yea, you could only really buy band tshirts in XL back then as big and baggy was the style. Now it’s my actual size.
I’ve technically gone down from XL. Seems L often fit me better now. But I’ve not changed.
Seems like sizes have shifted higher. Only evidence I have for this are souvenir t-shirts from 20 years ago that say XL. Which are roughly same size as L shirts I’ve bought recently.
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Yes, statistics generally teaches to not worry excessively about outliers.
So your suggestion is that there has been a marked and measurable increase in the average height of Linux users? That’s what you’re going with?
yes.
according to BMI bodybuilders are morbidly obese lol
You have to be ~a top 1% individual for BMI to not work for you and that’s literally just what an outlier is lmaooo.
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I’m 6’4" 210. Considered overweight per BMI chart. I do not have dad bod.
Fit people with the obese designation as you say being a fluke is true. Because you have to be massive to hit that. I’d need to put on another 35 lbs to reach it. Which I’m not interested in. I just want to be healthy. Not swole.
So I agree with your point on obese range. The common criticism comes from there being many more people like me who hit the overweight range. But I don’t know anyone in my fitness pals group who cares after laughing it off the first time.
Fun fact: "6′4″ is well above average for a man, in the 98.9th percentile. ie only 1.1% of men are 6′4″ or taller in the US. " from a quick google search :p
But yeah I totally get your point. I’m a fitness guy myself but I just feel like people are too quick to dismiss BMI when for a dead easy and simple method it’s generally useful. I’d also hope that anybody who would be making decisions about BMI (went through med/PA or at least nursing school) would be able to think critically about the individual they’re evaluating too but that might be wishful thinking lol
A better estimation is waist to height ratio. If your waist is more than 50% of your height, you have an issue. It tracks a lot better with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks than BMI.
Good tip!
Tall people are often calculated as being obese as well. BMI has me at 30.8 because I am 6’2" and weight 240lbs. I have a 34" waist however and constantly moving.
The larger shirts never give as much length as width so I always look for the tall ones.
I’m xxl but I’m also built like a forklift. When I was younger I could throw rolls of vinyl flooring over my shoulder. I wish I took better care of my knees though.
I’m xxl but I’m also built like a plastic bag filled with mashed potatoes. When I was younger I was last in the pacer test.
I read “foreskin” first pass.
“Dude was built like a foreskin. Loose, and wrinkly.”
Ha! All you Linux nerds are fat.
I mean I’m fat too but you guys also.
Feel bad for all my tall bros. Hard to find a shirt that fits, always gotta be to short or too tight, gotta go larger.
The struggle is real :( pants are the same way… either super wide and short or long and not wide.
To be fair, I’m still a large in my old shirts but an xlt in new shirts. Not always us getting bigger, but the cuts getting smaller
Bro, you just stretched out your shirts
Sorry to break it to you but vanity sizing has made clothes bigger
“Mr. Chambers! Don’t get on that ship! That OS, it’s…it’s a COOKBOOK!”
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To serve kernel is a cookbook! 🍿
So, why are penguins shrinking shirt sizes?
from twinks to hell yeah
