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PhatPots

01-23-2005, 01:42 AM

Wow, I liked it. You Americans (I'm Canadian) are Fat! And notice I am spelling Fat with an F. That movie made me think about what I eat and it opened my eyes about how fat society is getting in general. I would encourage anyone who enjoys fast food to go and see it. It will make you think. I thought it was well done and will inspire you to drop some weight if you are obese.
Poker players are known for being on the chunky side. Long hours sitting at the poker table after hitting that casino buffet. Not a winning combination. The winners of the WSOP are getting fatter every year.

Cheers,
Pots

jakethebake

01-23-2005, 01:43 AM

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Wow, I liked it. You Americans (I'm Canadian) are Fat! And notice I am spelling Fat with an F. That movie made me think about what I eat and it opened my eyes about how fat society is getting in general. I would encourage anyone who enjoys fast food to go and see it. It will make you think. I thought it was well done and will inspire you to drop some weight if you are obese.
Poker players are known for being on the chunky side. Long hours sitting at the poker table after hitting that casino buffet. Not a winning combination. The winners of the WSOP are getting fatter every year.

Cheers,
Pots

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Last month called. It wants its thread back. Oh yea, and we need a new rule against using "cheers". It's gay.

Richard Tanner

01-23-2005, 01:45 AM

The only thing SuperSizeMe tought me was that you should use your brain. If you really think deep fried potatoes and beef by the pound is healthy, then by all means get fat and die, we need less of those genes.

Cody

ilya

01-23-2005, 01:48 AM

Eh, that dude's just a Schlosser wannabe. Except less smart and a whole lot more smug. Also he's a ham. Mmmmmm, haaam.

jstnrgrs

01-23-2005, 02:13 AM

I saw that movie last week. I thought it was great. I have decided to give up fast food entirely (for a while anyway). I don't know if that will make me any healther, but it can't hurt.

Also if you are not from America, I would caution you against simply watching it to laugh at how fat Americans are (as fun as that may be). I have heard that the obesity epidemic that has hit America it not far behind in other countries.

ilya

01-23-2005, 02:20 AM

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Also if you are not from America, I would caution you against simply watching it to laugh at how fat Americans are (as fun as that may be). I have heard that the obesity epidemic that has hit America it not far behind in other countries.

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It's true that people are also getting fatter in places like China and Europe, but America still leads by an, err, healthy margin.

daryn

01-23-2005, 02:24 AM

industrial revolution

ClaytonN

01-23-2005, 02:27 AM

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Wow, I liked it. You Americans (I'm Canadian) are Fat!

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And you're Canadian. Hahaha!

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And notice I am spelling Fat with an F. That movie made me think about what I eat and it opened my eyes about how fat society is getting in general. I would encourage anyone who enjoys fast food to go and see it. It will make you think.

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What many who watch this movie fail to recognize is that the guy in "Super Size Me" did little exercise and overall lived a very unhealthy lifestyle. Food was just one of the determinants. I recommend you watch Stossel's piece on the movie, aired on ABC News, in which he's met and talked to people who ate McDonald's for 30 days and actually lost weight and cholesterol. What they happened to do was exercise and only eat 3 meals a day.

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I thought it was well done and will inspire you to drop some weight if you are obese.

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To blame McDonald's for turning people into fatasses is to blame Marleboro for giving you lung cancer. The whole movie reeks of "I have no responsibility for my own actions".

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Poker players are known for being on the chunky side.

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And Canadians are known for being stupid. Which comment is more prejudiced?

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The winners of the WSOP are getting fatter every year.

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For the main event? In that case you mean 2 years, because Varkonyi, Mortensen, and Ferguson were all not fat.

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Cheers

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*slap*

ilya

01-23-2005, 02:28 AM

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industrial revolution

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err, this started in Europe...

ilya

01-23-2005, 02:29 AM

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funny how the British aren't all that fat.

jakethebake

01-23-2005, 02:30 AM

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Wow, I liked it. You Americans (I'm Canadian) are Fat!

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And you're Canadian. Hahaha!

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Beautiful!

realwtf

01-23-2005, 02:32 AM

Austrailians are fattest.

Freakin

01-23-2005, 02:33 AM

I like how they showed his dietician recommending him to eat about 2-3k calories per day to maintain his weight, and he regularly was eating 5k+... and you wonder why he gained weight?

Freakin

jstnrgrs

01-23-2005, 02:36 AM

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The whole movie reeks of "I have no responsibility for my own actions".

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I dissagree. I think that the point of the movie is that it is unhealthy to eat fast food. In my case the movie inspired me to stop eating fast food, not to sue McDonald's for my obesity. As far as exercise goes, he made it very clear that he was not exercising (in order to simulate the conditions of many Americans). (If you watch the comentary, you learn that he actually didn't hold his activity as low as he wanted to. He ended up walking about 3.5 mile per day.)

daryn

01-23-2005, 02:38 AM

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err, this started in Europe...

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sure, started there, but then that dude.. what was his name? sam slater? i am trying to remember from 7th grade. he came over here and boom, US surged ahead of europe.

ilya

01-23-2005, 02:44 AM

daryn

01-23-2005, 02:48 AM

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industrial revolution

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err, this started in Europe...

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sure, started there, but then that dude.. what was his name? sam slater? i am trying to remember from 7th grade. he came over here and boom, US surged ahead of europe.

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and now we're fatter than they are...good for us...

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just trying to explain it, and then back myself up. hey, if you are fat, eat less and exercise more.

ilya

01-23-2005, 02:57 AM

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err, this started in Europe...

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sure, started there, but then that dude.. what was his name? sam slater? i am trying to remember from 7th grade. he came over here and boom, US surged ahead of europe.

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and now we're fatter than they are...good for us...

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just trying to explain it, and then back myself up. hey, if you are fat, eat less and exercise more.

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heh, naww, i'm not fat...i'm ignorant though! i had to google "sam slater" /images/graemlins/blush.gif
ah well, i was learning about Lenin in 7th grade

astroglide

01-23-2005, 03:23 AM

if you eat that many calories worth of anything each day you will gain as much weight. it's quite possible to eat at mcdonald's every day and lose weight too.

Lazymeatball

01-23-2005, 03:39 AM

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err, this started in Europe...

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sure, started there, but then that dude.. what was his name? sam slater? i am trying to remember from 7th grade. he came over here and boom, US surged ahead of europe.

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Worst 8th Grade field trip ever. and that Sam Slater, what an ass. Didn't he steal a bunch of secret mill running plans and illgeally smuggle them out of Britain to America. And then we were told to worship him like he was some hero. I hate US public schools history curriculum.

pokerjo22

01-23-2005, 04:54 AM

The British are the fattest nation in Europe.

Homer

01-23-2005, 10:00 AM

Highly overrated. If it wasn't a 'documentary', not so many people would be giving it rave reviews.

Tosh

01-23-2005, 10:23 AM

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Its true, we are basically USA #2. Also no offence to anyone but the idea of being obese really makes me feel sick, I don't know how someone can do that to themselves.

TimTimSalabim

01-23-2005, 02:25 PM

McDonald's just lost their second CEO within a year. Last year, the guy dropped dead of a heart attack at 60. So they replaced him with a guy who was 44 and bragged about eating at McDonalds every day. He just died of colon cancer.

ilya

01-23-2005, 02:38 PM

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no wonder we're allies

PhatPots

01-23-2005, 04:09 PM

Cmon! Every Meal at McDonalds has way more calories than u need. A big Mac combo has like 2000. That is all some people need in a day. Instead of eating breakfast and dinner, just have a Big Mac combo for lunch and thats it. Once in a blue moon is alright, but wow soooo many calories.

Cheers,
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PhatPots

01-23-2005, 04:13 PM

I don't think it is overrated. There hasn't been any other documentaries like this (to my knowledge anyways). When I first heard about it the movie, I thought it was a really dumb idea. But after seeing it, the movie isn't just about fast food and a McDonald's diet, it is about the health of society and how the American lifestyle needs to change.

Cheers,
Pots

Dynasty

04-15-2005, 04:07 AM

I just saw a commercial on fx. The guy who starred in Supersize Me is going to do a show called 30 Days where he (or others) do weird stuff for thirty days.

Eihli

04-15-2005, 04:22 AM

hey fuckhead you know a recent study shoed average europeans fatter than aveerage americans. don't [censored] hold me to this factual or antying i just saw a post on oot about it but look it up or some [censored]

bernie

04-15-2005, 04:41 AM

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What many who watch this movie fail to recognize is that the guy in "Super Size Me" did little exercise and overall lived a very unhealthy lifestyle.

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Did you fail to see the part where he was doing a lifestyle of the typical american who eats there regularly? I think it was near the beginning.

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True.

Same goes for Problem gamblers at cardrooms and casinos.

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InchoateHand

04-15-2005, 09:01 AM

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Wow, I liked it. You Americans (I'm Canadian) are Fat! And notice I am spelling Fat with an F. That movie made me think about what I eat and it opened my eyes about how fat society is getting in general. I would encourage anyone who enjoys fast food to go and see it. It will make you think. I thought it was well done and will inspire you to drop some weight if you are obese.
Poker players are known for being on the chunky side. Long hours sitting at the poker table after hitting that casino buffet. Not a winning combination. The winners of the WSOP are getting fatter every year.

Cheers,
Pots

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Last month called. It wants its thread back. Oh yea, and we need a new rule against using "cheers". It's gay.

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We also need a rule against Canadians starting threads.

InchoateHand

04-15-2005, 09:02 AM

I know they shot down the cat hunting, but does anyone think there's a chance they might legalize hunting Canadians?

drewjustdrew

04-15-2005, 11:11 AM

InchoateHand

04-15-2005, 11:14 AM

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It's gayballs!

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Drew

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No it's just gay. "Best," is gayballs!

kerssens

04-15-2005, 11:16 AM

I find it disturbing that you could stereotype Americans and poker players like they are subhuman fat people.

Jazza

04-15-2005, 01:26 PM

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Austrailians are fattest.

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I heard on the news here (australia) that US is #1 fatest and australia #2

but i've heard a few people now say that australia is #1, what's your source?

Daliman

04-15-2005, 01:45 PM

I thought the movie was very well done and informative, but also misleading to a large extent.

If Mr. Spurlock were to eat every single meal at the finest restaurant in France, and gorge himself like he did for this film, I GUARANTEE he would be worse off than he was with McDonald's.

The obesity epidemic has MUCH more to do with the TV/Computer culture and business world than fast food restaurants, and that is a fact.

Anything to excess is bad

banditbdl

04-15-2005, 02:07 PM

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Cmon! Every Meal at McDonalds has way more calories than u need. A big Mac combo has like 2000. That is all some people need in a day. Instead of eating breakfast and dinner, just have a Big Mac combo for lunch and thats it.

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That's the point you dolt, weight gain is determined by the amount of calories you eat minus the amount you burn off. It is possible to eat at McDonald's everyday and lose weight, if you ran 10 miles a day and had a Big Mac combo as your only meal you would lose a shitload of weight. You would feel a hell of a lot worse than if you were eating a more balanced diet but that isn't the point astro was trying to make. I don't need a movie to tell me that there are a lot of calories involved when your meal consists of cheese, meat, and fried everything.

banditbdl

04-15-2005, 02:16 PM

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If Mr. Spurlock were to eat every single meal at the finest restaurant in France, and gorge himself like he did for this film, I GUARANTEE he would be worse off than he was with McDonald's.

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This would be ridiculous imagine this every meal...

Waiter: "Would you like a bottle of wine sir?"
Supersizeme guy: "Yes"
Waiter: "How about an appetizer?"
Supersizeme guy: "Yes, please"
Waiter: "What will you be having for dinner?"
Supersizeme guy: "How about the special."
Waiter: "Care for some desert sir?"
Supersizeme guy: "Yes I'll have the chocolate mousse."

3 meals a day of that for 90 days and he would freaking explode. Even when you factor it a smaller portion size than we are getting over here its still gonna just pile on. If you accepted every food offer they made you at a restaurant 3 times a day for 30 days its gonna be Porker City no matter where you are eating.

Chiron

04-15-2005, 04:53 PM

Personally, I thought the movie was kind of dumb. Sure, the point of it was good and well-intentioned, but the execution was too manipulative. It was reminiscent of a Michael Moore movie in that sense... I mean, what kind of person gets a super sized meal and ACTUALLY FINISHES the 64oz soda? That alone is enough to cause his health to go.

If you really need to be told why fast food is bad, go read Fast Food Nation.

i wanna be me

04-15-2005, 05:25 PM

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It's gayballs!

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if that's not gayballs (whatever the hell that means) - I don't know what is.

opa!
wanna

drewjustdrew

04-15-2005, 08:54 PM

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It's gayballs!

Best,
Drew

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if that's not gayballs (whatever the hell that means) - I don't know what is.

opa!
wanna

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figure it out

ciao,
Drew

Sponger15SB

04-15-2005, 09:01 PM

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if you eat that many calories worth of anything each day you will gain as much weight. it's quite possible to eat at mcdonald's every day and lose weight too.

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Exactly. If people would start exercizing instead of being incredibly anal about eating foods and going on diets, they would be probably better off.

JGalt

04-16-2005, 12:18 AM

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I know they shot down the cat hunting, but does anyone think there's a chance they might legalize hunting Canadians?

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sad

OtisTheMarsupial

04-16-2005, 03:02 AM

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Masupials are phattest.

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FYP

OtisTheMarsupial

04-16-2005, 03:11 AM

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If you accepted every food offer they made you at a restaurant 3 times a day for 30 days its gonna be Porker City no matter where you are eating.

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There is a fundamental difference between McD's and your average French restaurant. McD's heavily markets to small children and is a mega, worldwide corporation. Average French restaurant has an ad in the phone book and one ego-maniac chef in the back.

Your analogy is flawed.

Dantes

04-16-2005, 03:57 AM

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Wow, I liked it. You Americans (I'm Canadian) are Fat! And notice I am spelling Fat with an F. That movie made me think about what I eat and it opened my eyes about how fat society is getting in general. I would encourage anyone who enjoys fast food to go and see it. It will make you think. I thought it was well done and will inspire you to drop some weight if you are obese.
Poker players are known for being on the chunky side. Long hours sitting at the poker table after hitting that casino buffet. Not a winning combination. The winners of the WSOP are getting fatter every year.

Cheers,
Pots

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Last month called. It wants its thread back. Oh yea, and we need a new rule against using "cheers". It's gay.

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We also need a rule against Canadians posting here.

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fyp

banditbdl

04-16-2005, 07:34 PM

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There is a fundamental difference between McD's and your average French restaurant. McD's heavily markets to small children and is a mega, worldwide corporation. Average French restaurant has an ad in the phone book and one ego-maniac chef in the back.

Your analogy is flawed.

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I'm not talking about McD's marketing commercials wise. I'm talking about how employees at any restaurant act towards their customers by continually offering them more food. Part of the premise of Supersize Me was that he would take the Supersize option and eat it whenever the employees offered it to him. Well, if he accepted every time he was offered more food then he would get huge pretty fast no matter what restaurant he was eating at. Mickey D's mass media marketing policies are a separate issue.

You're missing the point.