Public pool assault on the eyes I cruised by the pool on my bike this afternoon--not intentionally, just happened to roll down that path--and, because I'm a dude, my first reaction was, hey, as long as I'm here, might as well check out the... holy shit, my eyes! Dear god, out of maybe 30 adults in beach area next to where all the kids were swimming, exactly all of them were obese. Nearly all of them were in bikinis, and 100% of them were squishing out in every gross way you can imagine. Twenty years ago, I would have seen one chubby in a 1-piece under a huge t-shirt to hide her shame amongst a dozen hot women, but today, there was zero shame. Just fat bellies and cottage cheese thighs for as far as my sad eyes could see.  Half of the children were also fat, & basically lounging around, while the fitter kids ran & played.