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human
ELI5: What is the deal with Asian people always squatting down to do stuff (eat popsicles, smoke cigarettes, etc.)?
gpt
Before the invention and wide distribution of the chair, everyone relaxed like that. A life time of sitting in chairs will make your hamstrings, and the muscles and connective tissue in your thighs, calves, and lower back less supple, to the point of making squatting uncomfortable or even painful. In parts of the world where chairs are less common, most people squat to relax or socialize. Chairs are bad for you. In Japan people traditionally sat on the floor at a low table to eat their meals; watch a traditional Japanese family sit down to dinner and see 80 year olds easily fold their legs under them and sit down.