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Somebody posted this on the other site, thought I'd link to

The age of average by Alex Murrell https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I gotta take issue with:

to properly accommodate the average American family’s collective weight of 78,000 lbs.

Hyperbole? The rest of the quote was sane. I think someone accidentally tacked a 0 on there.

[–] 10001110101@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Marketers were trying to capture the normally anti-consumerist young hippy market by appealing to their value of self-expression.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

We got rid of lead paint.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Idk... the bottom is easier on the eyes personally. I get what you're saying though... little real variety and they all try to just be a slightly different tone....

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