I was a kid-tween during the ‘husky’ era and can tell you it never implied athleticism in the slightest.
It was a nice word for ‘chubby’, cos marketing.
I was a kid-tween during the ‘husky’ era and can tell you it never implied athleticism in the slightest.
It was a nice word for ‘chubby’, cos marketing.
"This is a fat kid store."

Husky boys roll out!
I feel like kids in the 80s and 90s were forced to do more physical activity leading to kids who overate looking more like football linemen. Now they do nothing physical and look more like Jabba the Hutt.
A lot of this is just the loss of proper third spaces where kids can get outside. Now if you and your friends are walking around the mall, you get security hassling you. Hell, even if you're just in a park or wandering your neighborhood, cops/rangers/randoms will give you shit if you don't have a specific reason to be there. Don't even think of trying to hang out at your school after hours, or using their fields/playgrounds to play on.
Yes, some of it IS cultural. But at least from my N=4 between my nieces and step nieces, kids really enjoy playing outside weather permitting. It's just that they don't have places to do that. Sure, you might have a park in your neighborhood - does it have sidewalk access? Sure, your kids might have bikes or scooters or skates - can they safely ride them without getting turned into a speed bump by a high-line truck or SUV?
"Athletic fat guys" rofl
I'm an unathletic fat in some places, oddly skinny in other places guy. nice calves tho.
Athletic + husky
I think a lot of those kids became bullies.
Nah, I ended up an engineering nerd. You'd be surprised.
Athletic + husky is the outcome of quitting team sports but keeping the diet XD
They call us "big and tall" now, duhh!
What about us short and fat ones?
Walmart
I'm not sure how I feel about being called Walmart. I guess I've been called worse.
Uhhh i saw tons of kids like this when i was a teenager and i'm pretty sure they still exist. And continue to be "husky" into adulthood.
https://youtu.be/EBb1bYakqMw?t=11m55s
"Even the hands?!"
If you haven't seen Detroiters, do yourself a favor, and go binge it.
Keep your wallet as fat as your kid
Oh yeah I sure was husky. Husky-sized Bugle Boys from Bradlees
Bradlee's... That brings back memories
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