#1 2012-06-21 18:13:49
Of course it's all the fault of Americans.
“Increasing population fatness could have the same implications for world food energy demands as an extra half a billion people living on the earth,” the study concluded
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#2 2012-06-21 19:12:08
As a Canuck, and especially as a Vancouverite, I'm always amazed by how many hilariously out-of-shape people one sees in the States. I would imagine that there are more mu-mus sold per year in any individual state than in the entirety of Canada. A voyage down the I-5 is as good as a trip to Barnum & Bailey's - Christians, up to their eyeballs in fat - sanctimonious obesity - their temple the fast food emporium on the horizon. As for this study, it's a bit disengenuous for a variety of reasons, the main one being that no matter how fat Americans get, they're still vastly outnumbered by the Chinese, who, in the coming century, will be pouring west like a wave of locusts to feed off tasty and corpulent American asses.
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#3 2012-06-21 19:24:47
I'm sure most people haven't noticed that freak shows no longer feature fat people as one of their major attractions. The fat lady used to be the star of the freak show. As for the Chinese, they seem to prefer fetii over adult long pig.
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#4 2012-06-21 21:08:54
fnord wrote:
I'm sure most people haven't noticed that freak shows no longer feature fat people as one of their major attractions.
That makes perfect sense. After all, you can't sell a fat-show to a bunch of fat-asses.
fnord wrote:
As for the Chinese, they seem to prefer fetii over adult long pig.
Au contraire. The Chinese are the most prolific cannibals known, and not just for survival - for reasons gastronomic and medicinal as well. I'm telling you Americans, there's an undercurrent that you may not be aware of, but that is exemplified by the subtext of the article that began this thread - you fatties are starting to look pretty damned tasty to the rest of the world. If you don't go on a collective diet you'll end up inside a moo shoo pancake.
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#5 2012-06-21 21:51:44
It's always a shock to me when I fly out of San Francisco and land in other cities around the country. Suddenly, everyone is at least 30 to 50 percent larger than I, and I'm not a small guy. I'm 6'1" and weigh 198 pounds. If these folks are eating that much, then it's pretty clear to me that's superfluous food that's not actually going to someone who needs it, except that much of that "food" is little more than crap anyway.
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#6 2012-06-21 23:42:52
WilberCuntLicker wrote:
fnord wrote:
I'm sure most people haven't noticed that freak shows no longer feature fat people as one of their major attractions.
That makes perfect sense. After all, you can't sell a fat-show to a bunch of fat-asses.
fnord wrote:
As for the Chinese, they seem to prefer fetii over adult long pig.
Au contraire. The Chinese are the most prolific cannibals known, and not just for survival - for reasons gastronomic and medicinal as well. I'm telling you Americans, there's an undercurrent that you may not be aware of, but that is exemplified by the subtext of the article that began this thread - you fatties are starting to look pretty damned tasty to the rest of the world. If you don't go on a collective diet you'll end up inside a moo shoo pancake.
Are you joking? Americans raised on cheap whiskey, cigarettes, McDonalds' fine products and microwave popcorn will taste like shit! Do yourself a favor: get yourself and your kids back onto those 7-11 burritos, it's the best way to live a long life.
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#7 2012-06-22 08:42:35
Americans are fat? Spend some time in England.....or Italy....or Greece. We have no monopoly on land manatees. In fact, if someone were to do an unbiased study, I bet the Med countries would win hands down. The main difference is the US has Walmart for them to congregate around, creating a perception of density density.
What really weirds me out is the number of fat asses in Africa. Shouldn't they all be rake thin from famine and being chased by lions?
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#8 2012-06-22 10:37:34
XregnaR wrote:
Americans are fat? Spend some time in England.....or Italy....or Greece. We have no monopoly on land manatees.
Visit the Minnesota State Fair anytime you want to see prize winning herds of gargantuan wildebeests.
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#9 2012-06-22 11:25:38
choad wrote:
XregnaR wrote:
Americans are fat? Spend some time in England.....or Italy....or Greece. We have no monopoly on land manatees.
Visit the Minnesota State Fair anytime you want to see prize winning herds of gargantuan wildebeests.
Actually the worst concentrations I have ever seen were in Chattanooga TN shortly before the school year ended. Followed closely by any high street I visit in the UK.
Chattanooga was so bad that my kids were starting to get freaked out. Between the undulating waddle and that horrible fucking accent, it was too much for their fragile young minds to bear. I think they were all there, as with most public school systems, because they didn't have shit to do once they had completed their government mandated standardized testing.
But the aquarium is pretty nice on a quiet day.
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