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Joey Chestnut is inhuman I think. Personally, I don't think I could eat 66 hot dogs in a month!
Around this time every year, there's often a debate as to whether hot dog eating contests are athletically demanding to win, and my answer is absolutely! Just look at all the winners in the past 5 or 6 years... ok, so there's only 2 different winners in that period of time: Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut. Both of them are ripped and really in shape it appears, unlike what you would expect a champion of an eating contest to look like. Anyone else have any comments on this?
Personally, I think eating competitions are a waste of time and resources. I don't enjoy watching people stuff their faces, and I just don't see the sport in eating competitions. I suppose there is some kind of shock and entertainment in seeing just how much people can eat, but it's not something I prefer to watch.
How many animals had to die so these people could gorge themselves?
(And people, please don't smite me just because I have an opinion!)
^^^^ I would not think of smiting you for your opinon.
While I am prolly not as passionate about it as you are - I think it is a waste of food that could be used elsewhere and I don't think it is a sport at all.
Post by strumntheguitar on Jul 5, 2007 9:07:23 GMT -5
I definitely see where you both are coming from, as I'm sure all the food that is consumed during one competition could probably feed the population of a third world village for a year... Never really thought of it like that, I guess.
(and oleander, I think I'll exalt you for having an opinion just to make up for any other possible smiters in the future )
(and oleander, I think I'll exalt you for having an opinion just to make up for any other possible smiters in the future )
Thanks! You're too sweet!
Yesterday I had the King of the Hill marathon on in the background and the episode where Bill becomes a hotdog eating competitor came on. Hank kept trying to get him to practice and win because he wanted the USA to win everything. Then I wake up this morning and turn on the news and there is that story! I had to laugh!! ;D
Post by oleander124 on Jul 5, 2007 10:20:27 GMT -5
knoxville said:
Ummmm, I thought that is what the karma system was for. Exalt if you like the opinion and smite if you don't?
I didn't think it was for that...although I realize there is no control over exalting/smiting. I only smite when someone is being rude or blatantly offensive, never over opinion.
Ummmm, I thought that is what the karma system was for. Exalt if you like the opinion and smite if you don't?
I didn't think it was for that...although I realize there is no control over exalting/smiting. I only smite when someone is being rude or blatantly offensive, never over opinion.
^^^I am like you Brook - and here lately - I just don't smite at all because I am tired of being accused of it all the time. I will just exalt those that I pity and exalt those that I agree with
Post by strumntheguitar on Jul 5, 2007 10:27:12 GMT -5
Yeah, I really don't smite anyone. If I disagree with someone or think they're being a d-bag I usually just say so. I feel it gets the point across a bit better than just subtracting from a number.
I understand, and it really doesn't make any difference to me. But if people exalt for opinions then it should not be a shock if people also smite for opinions. IMHO!!!! ;D
Yeah, I really don't smite anyone. If I disagree with someone or think they're being a d-bag I usually just say so. I feel it gets the point across a bit better than just subtracting from a number.
I don't even bother with that anymore - I just ignore them - not gonna feed the trolls if I can help it
Post by oleander124 on Jul 5, 2007 10:36:45 GMT -5
knoxville said:
I understand, and it really doesn't make any difference to me. But if people exalt for opinions then it should not be a shock if people also smite for opinions. IMHO!!!! ;D
Yeah....I struggled with that side of it, too.
Oh well...there is nothing to do about it, anyway. I have my own personal rules and that's all I can do.
Post by randallpinkfloyd on Jul 5, 2007 15:12:45 GMT -5
karma oleander
strum is right, that is gross! you actually...VOICE your opinion, yuck! save smiting for the rude d-bags and the posts that are just wrong ("your music taste straight SUCKS and this and that band have NO talent at ALL!!!" = SMITE or, "i love leaving my camp site a complete wreck of trash i think its funny!" = SMITE... or, "im a racist and im better than another human in every way possible!" = SMITE or... "YOU ARE A SINNER, AND I AM MORE RIGHTEOUS AND HOLIER THAN YOU, AND YOU SHALL BE CONDEMNED TO THE FLAMES FOR ALL OF ETERNITY!" = SMITE)
Anyone thought about how this 'competitive eating' helps America's image around the world? CNN and other networks show this and I doubt that many foreign viewers are impressed. I'm thinking that it reinforces a heck of a lot of streotypes about Americans.
Post by strumntheguitar on Jul 5, 2007 16:56:26 GMT -5
ccrgmac said:
Anyone thought about how this 'competitive eating' helps America's image around the world? CNN and other networks show this and I doubt that many foreign viewers are impressed. I'm thinking that it reinforces a heck of a lot of streotypes about Americans.
It would make me nauseous except I'm still retching from the Scooter Libby commutation...
My response to the writer of that article would be "Change the channel." That's what I do everytime I happen to come across a Nascar event, which I'm not fond of.
I agree with you in the fact that it may portray a negatively stereotypical image of Americans, but I doubt anybody thought Japan was a bunch of hot dog munching machines while Kobayashi won nearly every contest he was in for 5 years straight. My personal opinion on the matter is that people often look extra hard for anything that could portray a negative image of America. They rarely realize they don't need to look that hard to find something.
Everyone has their talents and passions, and I say let them fulfill their passions to the fullest if they want so long as it doesn't inflict harm on anyone else. I'm not going to say I "admire" Chestnut or Kobayashi, but I do give them props for having the talent and skill - despite what the writer of that article says, of having the ability to devour the immense amount of food in such rapid times.
Aww, come on guys! Lighten up! It's all in fun. I personally think it's hilarious. My BF calls me a vortex when it comes to eating and in 12 minutes, I could do 2 hot dogs, maybe 3, tops! I'm impressed, well, because eating is fun.
I have to agree with Mikearoo about the water. Are those dogs grilled or is that the wiener water they came from?
Would it be better if they were veggie dogs? No animals uselessly murdered and I think that might even be more impressive, since any pretend meat I've ever had was .
Post by blazinhazen on Jul 6, 2007 13:56:39 GMT -5
mikede said:
Only thing i think is gross about it is that they dip the bun in water . . . . bleh
what?! that's the only way i'll eat 'em. i love an animal intestine stuffed with lips and a$$holes (as my father puts it) wrapped in a soggy, gooey bun!!!
*i think anyone able to eat a hotdog bun dipped in water without puking instantly deserves an award. (imho, smite me if you'd like)
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You're too sweet! 
I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to...
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