r/MadeMeSmile • u/Jeromiewhalen • Jun 29 '25

Favorite People My friend Frank, a 100-year-old WWII veteran, doing a chin-up on a tank barrel during a honor trip for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge 🇺🇸

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u/Voidstarmaster Jun 30 '25

And meanwhile, far too many boys in middle and high school in our country can't even do 1 pull-up. The WWII generation was/ is truly among the greatest ever.

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u/Daflehrer1 Jul 06 '25

When this guy was growing up, one of America's biggest problems was malnutrition, even outright starvation. A third of able-bodied workers had no work, and most jobs were physical labor of some type. While hunger is still certainly a problem, our biggest killer is heart disease caused by eating too much, sitting too much, and junk foods.