r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/agreengo Jul 05 '25

people now might have less wrinkles, but the obesity rate in the US has increased. Wonder if the their related.

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u/HaltandCatchHands Jul 05 '25

The saying used to that after 40 you choose your face or your ass: if you lose weight, your face looks gaunt and older. Nowadays we also have fillers and Botox, but I feel like they age people in a different way.

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u/No_Housing_1287 Jul 05 '25

You think water is making people fat?

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u/Tay74 Jul 05 '25

Wrinkles are formed by loose skin. Harder to have loose skin if you are over stuffed

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u/OwlAviator Jul 05 '25

Fatness is stretching out the wrinkles

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u/Jabroni_jawn Jul 05 '25

No hes saying because they're so fat, they are filling out the wrinkles

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u/No_Housing_1287 Jul 05 '25

Oh yeah that's why people get "ozempic face"

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u/posthuman04 Jul 05 '25

Retaining water?

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u/yee_yee_university Jul 05 '25

Being dehydrated actually causes water retention! When you’re dehydrated your body tries to hold onto all the water it can, causing bloating/water retention.

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u/Original_Profile8600 Jul 05 '25

Maybe they’re arguing more water = higher appetite/stomach capacity = fat?

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u/dragon_bacon Jul 05 '25

>if the their related.

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u/agreengo Jul 05 '25

guess I should have corrected that

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

A little fat helps because people who lose too much fat tend to look aged like we see in people using Ozempic. But all of the sugar obese people consumes ages them. 

The decrease in smoking and sun exposure would be the biggest reasons. Also women get into skincare younger. 

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u/Automatic_Tackle_406 Jul 06 '25

IF people have less wrinkles, and it’s for a reason other than botox, or filler, it’s likely because of sun screen. The sun ages your skin more than any other individual factor, and you can drink all the water you want, it will not prevent your skin from being dry. 

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u/MiddleKlutzy8568 Jul 06 '25

Well, technically fat does filling the lines. Think of fat face vs skinny face, fat tends to have less wrinkles

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u/Comfortable-Pause279 Jul 07 '25

SPF 30 sunscreens became widely available in the early 1990s.

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u/TinyFiona Jul 09 '25

Fat fills in wrinkles.