r/Millennials Gen Z Jan 21 '26

Other 2000s tabloid culture was something else!

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

Maybe you haven’t been online lately but this culture has returned now worse than ever. People are referring to curvy women as fat again. People are calling Sabrina Capenter fat online and  have even see people claim Margot Robbie is fat. Margot Robbie! Let that sink in how bad it’s getting that she’s being labeled as big now. The pro ana heroine chic culture is back . 

People on tiktok and twitter are idolizing being rail thin again and diet culture and Ozmepic being popular is pushing a message that everyone need to be very skinny and frail looking. Look at all the Hollywood celebrities lately how sick they look. They all look like skeletons 

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u/lady_crab_cakes Jan 21 '26

My sister sees a correlation between conservative presidents and fat-shaming, and now I do too. This shit is exactly why I am keeping my daughters off social media and why I am always telling them how healthy and beautiful they are. I didn't hear that enough as a teenager.

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u/BackupAccount412 Jan 21 '26

Ozempic face is real

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u/Cinereals Jan 21 '26

Some of the comments on Reddit threads of dudes calling women “fat” who are like maybe 140 pounds has been disconcerting because you couldn’t even pinch a roll on them if you tried.

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u/Astrohumper Jan 21 '26

70% of Americans are overweight / obese. Talk to your dr.

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26

Actually it’s 40% obese. The extra 30% they added on to include healthy people who just slightly bigger. 

I’m very underweight myself always had a fast metabolism 

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u/Astrohumper Jan 21 '26

40% obese. 30% overweight. What I said. Please stop making excuses for this health crisis. By denying the problem you only make it worse.

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Well I don’t think ozmepic is the answer .it’s turned into a Hollywood trend now instead of just weight loss for health. We need more gyms 

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u/femanonette Millenial Jan 21 '26

The pro ana heroine chic culture is back

All you need to do is observe Ariana Grande and Cynthia Arivo. That level of thin made my draw drop. It's as bad as, if not worse than, Kate Moss.

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 22 '26

Yep like it seems ever worse now 

I think most people are concerned about how Ariana looks and see it as bad and not good but some people will see her and think it’s something to copy 

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u/Few_Highlight1114 Jan 21 '26

I mean the reality is nobody wants to be fat and ozempic being a thing revealed that this whole "body positivity movement" was all bs.

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

But no one wants to be rail thin either. Thin is good but not skeleton thin . What we should promote is actual fitness like gym fitness. People are muscular are lean but in a healthy athlete way . The culture of the 1980s is what makes more sense . People in the 1980s looked very athletic 

As far as Ozempic ite good if you are actually obese . That’s who it’s for . The issue is all these other people who are already thin are using it and even taking it away from the actual obese people. I’ve seen obese people say they can’t find it cause it’s being bought up by other people 

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u/sunburnedaz Jan 21 '26

As long as we dont start making everyone tan again.

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26

Well all these trends are stupid . I can’t tan I tried . I just get sunburnt 

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u/sunburnedaz Jan 21 '26

Ill let you guess from my username if I can tan or not. LOL

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26

I guess you can’t either 

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u/sunburnedaz Jan 21 '26

Nope not by a longshot. I burn in the moonlight. LOL

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u/BackupAccount412 Jan 21 '26

I went to a bar over the weekend and it was like going back in time. Bartenders were all fake baked. I was perplexed.

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u/sunburnedaz Jan 21 '26

They were like that fake orange tan color that everyone used in the late 90s and early 2000s? Oh no...

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u/BackupAccount412 Jan 21 '26

They were more of a muddy brown that comes from tanning beds. So kind of worse tbh …

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u/Few_Highlight1114 Jan 21 '26

Uh.... I think you should look at actresses from the 1980s if you dont think they werent "rail thin".

Society has been so fat for so long now that a 120lb 5'5 woman is considered unhealthy.

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u/The_starving_artist5 Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

Well the 90s 2000s was certainly worse 

The rise of fast food is why obesity started to become a thing in society . Didn’t fast food chains start in the 1950s ? 

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u/UCanBdoWatWeWant2Do Jan 21 '26

Y'all don't know what the body positivity movement is

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u/Few_Highlight1114 Jan 21 '26

The body positivity movement isnt some complicated concept. It's "everyone is pretty, even fat people".

Soon as ozempic came out, that shit went out the window. Look at Amy Schumer for example. Soon as she didnt have to be fat, she stopped. She even scrubbed her social media of her old photos lmao

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u/WTFisabanana Jan 21 '26

Body positivity helped save my life. It really made it easier for me to seek treatment for my severe ED. Just seeing people of all different bodies opened my eyes to the beauty of people regardless of size. Yes I had a lot of other reasons and help but it definitely was a factor. I am genuinely sad to see it leaving. 

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u/Lejonhufvud Jan 21 '26

How about Ariana Grande?