https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/07/469571114/the-forgotten-history-of-fat-men-s-clubs

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"If a person's body is their temple, then being the size of a cathedral told others that you were someone of significance."

🀣🀣🀣🀣

I’m on my way to a cathedral πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚

Membership was short lived. 🀣

Interestingly min weight requirement was 200lbs. Many dudes not exactly fat could make it in.

Yikes, I am 210 lbs but tall so back in the day people were shorter. So that makes sense.

the original "embrace your body / body positivity / be confident in your own skin " group

πŸ˜‚ apparently people travelled from afar to attend.

State media trying to glorify obesity because healthy food has had its price inflated out of reach

πŸ™„

We still have that it’s called reddit

Oh is there a sub for this?

/r/all

That’s kinda cool low key πŸ˜‚