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[pettythief.livejournal.com]

Wow, a time when people thought it was good to be fat!

[chr1st1an.livejournal.com]

Malnutrition in children used to a huge problem. People, especially poor ones would try this kind of stuff in a probably vain attempt to keep their sickly underfed kids alive.

[pettythief.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know. I just find it interesting how language changes. Being as fat as a pig is now an insult, whereas in the past it was desirable.

But then look at Bollywood - in a country which faces problems with starvation, being overweight is a status symbol.

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

what

This is terrifying.

[spyderfyngers.livejournal.com]

One dreads to think what was in it.

[chase820.livejournal.com]

My mother had to take this when she was a kid! She said it was full of leaves and sticks and horrible things. She can't drink root beer to this day because the taste vaguely reminds her of the tonic.

[minniemousegirl.livejournal.com]

WOW REALLY? I always wondered what those old fashioned tonics tasted like...

[chase820.livejournal.com]

Apparently, a mixture of root beer and compost. **shivers**

[frankymole.livejournal.com]

But it's tasteless! In the days before the vast amount of food and drink regulation we have now (not to mention mediciine), it was probably coloured water...

[salenelle.livejournal.com]

oh, good lord... I see where this is coming from. In my Sicilian family, a fat baby was a healthy baby. It stemmed from poverty; if the skinny underweight babies did not survive illnesses, and the well-fed plump healthy babies survived infant-hood, then fat = healthy back in the day.

This is one scary ad...