T-Shirt Size Distribution at a Computer Science Conference - Neatorama

Twitter user @kapravel tweeted this photo showing a vastly different T-shirt size distribution at a computer science conference for the Linux operating system.

We see similar shift in the sales of various T-shirt sizes on the NeatoShop, and a friend of mine whose job is in retail distribution confirmed that some chain stores in the midwest had simply stopped ordering "Small" shirts (not even for children's shirts)

What T-shirt size do you wear?

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Here in Florida children are only allowed to be held back one year. It is part of the "no child left behind act". Reason being that they will be much larger than the other children, may get teased and/or frustrated and drop out early.

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Another factor- I'm struck by how many kids are held back one or two years. Some of those 6th graders may be 14 years old and adult-sized. Being held back was rare when I was a kid, but now it seems half my kids' classmates will graduate high school at 19 or 20.

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I've noticed a similar trend. Indeed, the CDC noted that childhood obesity has doubled in children in the past 30 years. More than one third of children are obese as of 2010 - and the rate keeps on increasing.

Sadly, these kids will grow up to face a host of health problems, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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At my sons middle school orientation (6th - 8th grades) a few weeks back they were selling school t-shirts. The sizes were S, M, L, XL, XXL. Adult sizing. Many 6th graders (other grades too but this shocked me) needed XXXL shirts that had to be special ordered. Just the same there were several XS being ordered. It made me sad that so many very young children were so large.

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That's what you get for exercising ursusblue! You get statistically lumped with the rest of us fatties (your BMI is probably also way off)

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Sherlock Holmes would LOVE this post.

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The JFK assassination has an obvious, partial solution. It involves not Lee Harvey Oswald, but the mob and the John Birch Society -- who are connected through Clint Murchison, J. Edgar Hoover, and the CIA. For the details see my webpage at:
http://home.roadrunner.com/~markwrede/NonFic/PerennialMystery.html

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In 1963, no one lining the parade route was using a 'video camera'. They used 8mm and possibly 16mm film camera to shoot movies. The video camera wouldn't come into common usage outside a studio setting for another 15 years.

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For all I know, he might be an internet crank, but I find Fischer's 1997 theory about the rongorongo script quite plausible and compelling.

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I call BS on the Marfa lights. It's a fascinating phenomena, and I wouldn't blame Texas for building a viewing area. But Fata Morgana inversion layer mirages (a superior mirage type) are easily replicated and fairly easily tested, and even though there are some reports of lights that wouldn't follow that kind of phenomena, there are no credible photos or videos of non-compliant visages.

Anyway, the SPS from UTexas did a lot of work on this a couple years back, and some of it is published here:

http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v77/i8/p697_s1?isAuthorized=no

It explains well why they can't be seen close-up. Personally, I'd love to see them if I were in the area...meteorological phenomena are awesome!

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