I witnessed a bizarre and depressing dichotomy this weekend. I witnessed a strange and depressing dichotomy this weekend. On Saturday, I had kid watching duties so I took the little shit-spawns to a science museum.  One in the local area that emphasizes engineering.  Was a pretty cool place: lots to do, lots to see. Then I noticed it: almost every single person there was fit.  It was like one of those photos you see of the 80s.  Fit people everywhere.  Of the over one hundred parents there, I saw exactly one moon.  A half dozen people with the “dad-bod”, and the rest were all human sized.   It was literally 95% normal BMIs. Not just human sized, fit even.  Judging by their physiques, I witnessed yoga bunnies, some swole dudes, some cyclists, and LOTS of runners (You spend enough time on the trails, you can tell people’s workout routines by their gait.).  Not a single instance of spandex being worn by someone that probably shouldn’t.  And they were all parents too, not just young people that hadn’t settled into the slow slide of beetus.  Absolutely surreal, and genuinely refreshing.  I haven’t see this good a ratio of fit-to-fat outside of a rock climbing gym. Is there some kind of magic appeal to an engineering museum?  Maybe it was the “No food allowed” sign: You had to stop eating to come in. Something else I noticed was that at every table where they had projects to build, at least half the people there were the adults.  They were as engaged as the kids and they were being active, not just sitting in a chair, sweating profusely and waiting to leave. We spent the day there -- and this is where the depressing part comes in -- and went on our way.  I stopped by the local electronics box store (Needed computer storage.).  On the way into the store, we almost got sideswiped by a fat grandma driving a car with one hand on the wheel on and the other hand holding some shit she was too busy eating to drive properly.  As she masticated her fix, she gave me a glare for being in the way of her leaning, overworked vehicle.   Inside the store, the aisles of blinking TVs and thumping sound systems were swarmed with the obese and out of breath.  I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.  For those that live to sit in front of a screen, this store is their mecca.  It was the exact opposite of the place I had just been.  Grim, grueling and depressing.   But mostly fat. tl/dr; Went to a museum, nothing but normal people.  Went to an electronics store, nothing but whales.