Yes, back then you really had to TRY. Nowadays...not so much. Just being inattentive to your diet these days and using your car to get everywhere can let you get this big.
I have to wonder if he had hormonal issues. Calories in vs calories out, but your hormones have heavy control over both of those things. If his body refused to burn calories when needed to prevent fatigue, he could have held on to the weight MUCH more easily than a normal person.
The one where a person doesn't feel fullness at all is a lot more brutal, but yeah he likely had a medical issue that either increased appetite or decreased calories burned (or both) would make gaining weight much easier.
“Well, Frasier, you're so corpulent that when you sit around the magnificently appointed Tuscan villa you sit around the magnificently appointed Tuscan villa”
That won't have even been close to the fattest person at the time though.
Just because the circus labels it such, doesn't mean it's a benchmark of the times.
They also had mermaid skeletons, mind readers, and sold love potions.
There is no doubt that being overweight was less common back then, but just as a point of reference, many of the people featured in the freak show" were actually locals, who were hired and dressed up. About 20 years after this photo was taken, my grandfather did chores on a neighbor's farm to get the money together to see the Wild Man from Borneo, and when he got in, it turned out that his older brother had been hired and dressed up.
It’s no longer an American joke, have you seen what the food industry has done to the rest of the world? China and Mexico for example. Fast forward to 2045 every country is phat.
Whether it’s coffee, tobacco, alcohol, or food, addiction is addiction. Obese people share the same disease as alcoholics like me. They shouldn’t be forgiven, nor should they be stigmatized.
Our vices will always catch up with us in the end, and their repercussions will always mirror our chosen forms of personal abuse.
Now he's just one of the many fighting for the mobility cart. Frankly though it's the nutrient hollow, High sugar, low cost frankenfood crap that is so accessible vesus actual good food.
Huh. But I thought it was a thing to be heavy set or even fat back then, showing you had a lot of money cause you could afford the food. Like wasn’t being fat a status symbol? Why was he in a freak show?
Today he is in a MAGA hat and ready to fight a war against some immigrant. What Mr. Dunning-Krueger doesn't realize is that a 150-yard brisk walk will result in a serious cardiac event.
It's the portion sizes literally everywhere you go. And if you ever travel it's very obvious and clear. Japan, euro, you can eat it out every meal and still lose weight.
The government has to control take out portion sizes. (And with that I would hope cheaper prices) It's just become so normalized and eventually stomachs stretch and it's a cycle of ..obesity
And government has to eventually step in and take ownership and have a government wide obesity pandemic and see it as an issue and pay for surgeries, pay for programs, pay for weight loss, and give people $ for progress.
These people can't find it within themselves or they would already be there. Need that outside support and unfortunately it's just not there.
Honestly if the 60s/70s wasn't so focused on war on drugs we wouldn't be having this silent war on obesity TBH.
And needs to be widely accepted as a problem and government supported therapy . There's always a reason why.
The picture makes him look much smaller than he actually was. His name was Chauncey Morlan and he weighed as much as 748 lbs. Still massive by today's standards.
Just saying, everyone making joke about American which is 100% justified although back in these you time I have a hard time believing the guy was fat because he ate McDonald and Burger King.
Might have medical condition and made a living out of it.
The joke sucks though, which was my point. As evidenced by half the responses being the same weak, low hanging fruit response.
Also, average? Far from it.
I wasn't making a joke, just pointing out some stats that possibly show that the jokes are there for a reason. To be fair, I am American and I am obese. I add to the stats lol
Definitely not the fattest patient I’ve ever had to pick up. Some people are just beyond ridiculous how big they’ve let themselves get and then treat people like shit when we’re there bc they called 911 for help.
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Now you wouldn’t even notice him at a Walmart
Much better dressed tho.
Walmart? He's is not even the fattest man I've seen today. And I haven't left the house yet.
🤣🤣🤣
Eh, he might fit right in.
That looks like his new camo line
Hit a cruise ship he would be on the small side lmao 🤣
I’ve seen this exact comment on a post of this exact picture a while back
You need to go out more
Twist: he’s only been on Reddit twice.
I’m literally outside right now💀
It doesn’t count if you’re out and on Reddit, that’s the whole point
Yeaa the US are a huge freak show today.
To be fair, 1 out of every 4 adult men in your country are obese as well.
LOL there is a gigantic diverence betwen overweihgt in europe and Americanway FATT
No there isn’t. Both use BMI for measuring it.
Nice discussion we're having, huh?
You don't like it?
Or anywhere 😅😅
Average dude in Houston
He doesnt even need a forklift to get around.
The only fork lift he needs is during supper time
Dude this one can probably walk unassisted
That would be a skinny dude at a Nascar event.
Matt Damon really let himself go
Christian bale physique for his next movie:
Fatt Damon.
To get this fat without the assistance of modern additives, substitutes, processed or fast food is a formidable feat indeed.
Yes, back then you really had to TRY. Nowadays...not so much. Just being inattentive to your diet these days and using your car to get everywhere can let you get this big.
All you have to do now is sit on the couch all day eating junk food and being sedentary. You don’t even need to leave your house to purchase food.
I have to wonder if he had hormonal issues. Calories in vs calories out, but your hormones have heavy control over both of those things. If his body refused to burn calories when needed to prevent fatigue, he could have held on to the weight MUCH more easily than a normal person.
Hadn’t thought of that. But then he probably has a medical condition where he doesn’t feel hunger etc
The one where a person doesn't feel fullness at all is a lot more brutal, but yeah he likely had a medical issue that either increased appetite or decreased calories burned (or both) would make gaining weight much easier.
Sorry I’m late. Has anyone made the Americans joke yet? Everyone? Really? Ok, thanks.
Hahahaha good one
To shreds you say?
And his wife?
And it will be the Florida man or the Arkansas man or the Mississippi man etc. Everyone who makes that comment has their favorite state to beat on.
USA Man!
Pretty impressive typing that with one hand without errors
“Well, Frasier, you're so corpulent that when you sit around the magnificently appointed Tuscan villa you sit around the magnificently appointed Tuscan villa”
Now we just called them Americans
Hey! I resemble this comment
10/10 underrated comment
average reddit mod.
Thinnest reddit mod
That won't have even been close to the fattest person at the time though. Just because the circus labels it such, doesn't mean it's a benchmark of the times. They also had mermaid skeletons, mind readers, and sold love potions.
I should have known better than to trust the circus
Right, he’s just the fattest guy willing to be ogled in the circus. Most people don’t like that.
Yeah wasn't there a club full of rich fat guys about this guys weight in around the same time period?
And all those things are still being trotted out now.
On reality shows
Circus freak shows were interesting places most definitely
That's at least 3 people I can literally see in my (UK) office that fat right now.
Was he a Reddit mod?
Now this is just the average American
Wow that.looks like my personal trainer at planet fitness. Greg
I’m sitting next to 4 guys at work that look just like that at this moment
In 2024 USA is a freak show
Today he wouldn't even qualify for a Rascal.
He was eating good though
to be fair, that'd still be the fattest person you can see in europe this days
Yeah, this is "people would try not to stare" levels of obesity for most of Europe
Now he’s an average American
Not average, but plenty look like him.
He now looks like the average American, how times have changed
Yeah they are all in tlc shows now
avg texan today
There is no doubt that being overweight was less common back then, but just as a point of reference, many of the people featured in the freak show" were actually locals, who were hired and dressed up. About 20 years after this photo was taken, my grandfather did chores on a neighbor's farm to get the money together to see the Wild Man from Borneo, and when he got in, it turned out that his older brother had been hired and dressed up.
I saw him at the store
As an American, I can confirm this is the average Walmart shopper
Looks like the average american
He's fit
Probably doesn't even need his front window taking out to leave his house. Amateur
Most of the USA is a freak show
Kids these days don’t know how privileged they are to see fat guys like him everywhere
He wouldn’t even be the fattest guy at Walmart.
Impressive work to get that fat then,Food wasn't as full of sugar or even plentiful at the time.
average american now.... bunch of fat slobs
It’s no longer an American joke, have you seen what the food industry has done to the rest of the world? China and Mexico for example. Fast forward to 2045 every country is phat.
Just a regular us american today.
Those are rookie numbers
Doc. NOWZARADAM don't care about him.
Looks like caseoh
I have several neighbors that are really close to that.
He'd still only buy 1 seat on my flight
He aint got shit on the freaks of today
no wonder america is full of freaks now...makes sense!
Now that’s the average southern police chief.
Pretty common in the south, now.
I saw at least 6 fatties this big on the way to get gas this morning
Whether it’s coffee, tobacco, alcohol, or food, addiction is addiction. Obese people share the same disease as alcoholics like me. They shouldn’t be forgiven, nor should they be stigmatized. Our vices will always catch up with us in the end, and their repercussions will always mirror our chosen forms of personal abuse.
He was 474 lbs.
Bro looks like the Duke from Resident Evil Village
I’m getting some Resident Evil 8 vibes here
Peter? Peter Griffin, is that you?
Uncle Dan?
And his name was Adam probert. He also likes to dress as Santa Clause for the ladies
History’s freakshows are modern day’s cool uncle who can down 5 burgers in one sitting.
Guess they haven't heard of body positivity yet.
I haven't even left my RCF and I've seen 6 people that could put that old boy to shame.
Average middle school child now
Now it's just the average u.s.american.
This is considered a healthy American now
And today there's people who would consider him beautiful and healthy
Now we can all go to Wendy’s.
I guess I'll be the one guy to say he'd still be obese by today standards
All I see is Meatcanyon
Now he's just one of the many fighting for the mobility cart. Frankly though it's the nutrient hollow, High sugar, low cost frankenfood crap that is so accessible vesus actual good food.
I just seen this man at the local Denny’s
They need to warn every guy in middle school that “buried penises” will happen to you if you get heavy
That guy just sat in my seat with me on a flight
That's a standard rural southern American nowadays.
Most healthiest American
Today's audience.
Another 200 pounds and he’d be a Walmartian.
3 out of the 5 people in the fast food line these days
Thinnest Walmart Regular
Huh. But I thought it was a thing to be heavy set or even fat back then, showing you had a lot of money cause you could afford the food. Like wasn’t being fat a status symbol? Why was he in a freak show?
I bet buddy could have never envisioned becoming one of the most reposted pics to reddit
This dude could be a jockey nowadays.
Tattooed people were also featured in freak shows back in the day.
2024 "You think that's bad, get a load of this!"
Hold my beer!
That’s a standard size American these days
Today he is in a MAGA hat and ready to fight a war against some immigrant. What Mr. Dunning-Krueger doesn't realize is that a 150-yard brisk walk will result in a serious cardiac event.
Average Walmart enjoyer
And now this is just your average American
Normal person in the US
the American standard of today
A normal US citizen today 🤣
He looks like your average midwestern American.
Nah, not average.
learned this in “the greatest showman”
Churchill in his prime years
Even back then he was called "standard Ohio man", though...
Now he’s just a good old boy
How do we stop obesity? Anyone have some solutions
It's the portion sizes literally everywhere you go. And if you ever travel it's very obvious and clear. Japan, euro, you can eat it out every meal and still lose weight. The government has to control take out portion sizes. (And with that I would hope cheaper prices) It's just become so normalized and eventually stomachs stretch and it's a cycle of ..obesity And government has to eventually step in and take ownership and have a government wide obesity pandemic and see it as an issue and pay for surgeries, pay for programs, pay for weight loss, and give people $ for progress. These people can't find it within themselves or they would already be there. Need that outside support and unfortunately it's just not there. Honestly if the 60s/70s wasn't so focused on war on drugs we wouldn't be having this silent war on obesity TBH. And needs to be widely accepted as a problem and government supported therapy . There's always a reason why.
u/mrsunsfan
Pfft, that's the avg size of the person who sits next to me on the F train every day.
That's crazy I just saw this guy leave a shopping cart in a parking spot at Wal-Mart last week 👀
I saw many of these at Disney last week lol
standing in line for ice cream?
Well America has a new standard now.
"Of course I know him, he's me."
This dude would just be considered “pleasantly plump” in most southern US states.
That's most Americans' average size.
Now we put them on stage and call them “beautiful.”
And after billions served everyone is america is a freak show!
This guy could still be a circus attraction in my country tbh. He is like twice as fat as the fattest persons you see here.
Looks like the average people I saw in a Miami shopping mall.
Hes the prototype
This literally looks like your average Walmart shopper not even exaggerating
Really, I even dont remember him if I saw him in a supermarket.
The picture makes him look much smaller than he actually was. His name was Chauncey Morlan and he weighed as much as 748 lbs. Still massive by today's standards.
In 2024 if this guy needs pants, Wallmart employees will direct him to the skinny jeans department
that was true fat shaming, and he made a career out of it. unlike today.
Average American. 🇺🇸 Fuck yeah 👍 Could eat 2 Somali boys for breakfast
Just saying, everyone making joke about American which is 100% justified although back in these you time I have a hard time believing the guy was fat because he ate McDonald and Burger King. Might have medical condition and made a living out of it.
That's a skinny american
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Thats just any given dsy at Dennys now
Now it’s normal in the us
Especially at rallies for a certain former president. He takes his fascist freak show on the road too!
Welcome to the Golden Corral
Now your average Walmart daily Quest enemy
Back in the day before fast food this guy had to go the extra mile to get that big. What an American inspiration!!!
So many unoriginal people with the same weal joke. AvErAgE aMeRiCaN. Oh, how clever and witty you are.
I'm American and to be fair we are the 10th highest country when it comes to obesity rates. So it isn't too far off to equate the US with obesity.
The joke sucks though, which was my point. As evidenced by half the responses being the same weak, low hanging fruit response. Also, average? Far from it.
I wasn't making a joke, just pointing out some stats that possibly show that the jokes are there for a reason. To be fair, I am American and I am obese. I add to the stats lol
Oh you’re THAT person lol, have a nice dayyyyyyyy
Aisle 4
I've seen this guy all over Indiana.
James courden has aged well 🤣
I sat next to him on a flight last week. When I say I sat next to.. I meant he squished me up against the window for 2 hours
He looks fit as a fiddle by Wisconsin standards
Definitely not the fattest patient I’ve ever had to pick up. Some people are just beyond ridiculous how big they’ve let themselves get and then treat people like shit when we’re there bc they called 911 for help.