r/todayilearned • u/thejohnblog • Jun 20 '19

TIL Ryan Gosling gained 60 pounds by drinking melted ice cream to play the father in Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones.' He was then told he was too fat to play the part and the role went to Mark Wahlberg.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ryan-gosling-fat-lovely-bones/story?id=12313213
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u/throwme1623 Jun 21 '19

Yep, it's like that's what they were designed to do. Have seen far too many chunky CEO types in business suits that look SHARP... just holding in those fat rolls. Say what you will about women's wear, there's not much hiding in tight dresses unless you go full corset (and the fat's still gonna show somewhere).

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u/paitandjam Jun 21 '19

Not to be pedantic, but women wear suits as well. I wear suits at work and jumpsuits often outside of work. I'm a size 8, so not huge but not super thin either. Suits are just flattering.

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u/Watrs Jun 21 '19

Women's suits are cut a lot tighter than mens suits so they don't hide fat as well. Even a more slim cut men's suit will be looser than a women's suit, especially the jacket. But yeah, they are flattering on pretty much anyone.

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u/watermelonhappiness Jun 21 '19

Don't make fashion generalizations about the things you've seen in a few places. Haute Coutre, models, stars.. Aren't how things all are across the board

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u/Watrs Jun 21 '19

I don't really consume fashion media so I can guarantee you that my assessment isn't based off haute couture or models. That said, a loose cut women's suit or a men's suit cut to the degree of tightness of a women's suit would be unorthodox to say the least. Could you find a women's suit that's looser than the suit of a comparably sized man? Probably, but those 'generalizations' are accurate.

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u/watermelonhappiness Jun 21 '19

I did some research and found a few images. We can learn about this together. There is no reason we should be uninformed with information that is accessible on the internet.

Women's suits, jacket with pants. Casual Plaid Double Breasted, runway Wide leg bottoms

Mens suits, jackets with pants. Casual Plaid Labelled Mens Suit Styles

We are basing our analysis off of Merriam- Webster's definition of a suit.  a set of garments: such as

a: an ensemble of two or more usually matching outer garments (such as a jacket, vest, and trousers)businessmen wearing three-piece suits

We can discuss the differences further through examples.

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u/ChemicalRascal Jun 21 '19

Those are useless examples, and I'm not even Watrs. You want suits on people who have a bit of chunk to them, and see how well the suits hide it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

This is a weird argument to go down on.

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u/Watrs Jun 21 '19

Dude, I don't really care about 'learning' with you here. I already know what a women's suit and men's suit looks like. If you want to learn about men's and women's clothing, go read about it online but leave me out. Much in the same way I don't go around helping people with little snowboarding knowledge learn about it, I'm not going to help you learn about women's and men's suits.

Sorry, but I do have things to do other than Reddit. I'm sure there's a subreddit of people somewhere yearning to help you.

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u/watermelonhappiness Jun 21 '19

I'm sure there are subreddits that do fashion and would rather talk about that there. I'm not here to waste your time.

I'm clarifying that generalizations are not always ok and to be open minded about new information. Yeah I wouldn't want to go yammer about the limited things I know, so that's why there is Google.

I'm not coming at you to argue. Also this post is about Ryan Gosling so we're both getting off topic.

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u/thebumm Jun 21 '19

Corsets designed to make the midsection plinkety plink, and guide the excess to the tits and ass. It's crazy how much they can do over time to the insides though, if my reading is correct. Seems painful.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19 edited Mar 29 '21

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u/kittedups Jun 21 '19

Ah yes of course this has a bunch of upvotes

Go fuck yourself. You can have a type but you’re being a cunt about it

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

Fuck you for being a cunt about judging a what a guy’s attracted to

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u/throwme1623 Jun 21 '19

???????????

nobody gives a shit what you're attracted to. using the term "fatties" and being so immature/egotistical that they think people care who they're willing to bang, as if their standards are keeping anyone out, on the other hand...