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Makes you proud to be human

To be fair we also killed off a bunch of other crazy ass monsters from the paleolithic, it was kinda our thing back then.

Corpsesarefun wrote:Makes you proud to be human

To be fair we also killed off a bunch of other crazy ass monsters from the paleolithic, it was kinda our thing back then.

We figured out how to put rocks on sticks.

I'm going with "pushing gak off cliffs" and "setting fire to gak while it's sleeping" as being our best two weapons against said monstrous megafauna rather than pointed sticks.

The pointed sticks probably helped though.

hotsauceman1 wrote:Now if only they will ban pesticides.

Why would we want to do that?

AustonT wrote:

Corpsesarefun wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

Huffy wrote:

KingCracker wrote:Holy fething hell really? REALLY?!?! We need the state governments to tell us what to eat and drink now? Im about to go postal and go off the damn grid. Everyone these days seems to be a bunch of friggin pussies

People complain because they have no self-control that the government needs to do things about it....so I choose to blame the fattie...I mean big-boned who complain that they can't control their intake

I blame people who want to tell me what to do and not let me live my life, like they know more than me. I usually find they are educated to the level of the ancient extinct sloths, yet want to tell me what to do.

Don't mess with extinct sloths bro



Size of an elephant on four legs, double that height on two legs with skin that was effectively bulletproof.

Is that...like a real thing?

Oh yea, they have a skelton at the Houston Museum of natural history. With its claws it would have given a Trex pause. Its a big sombitch that looks like a giant bear, except meaner.


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Corpsesarefun wrote:Makes you proud to be human

To be fair we also killed off a bunch of other crazy ass monsters from the paleolithic, it was kinda our thing back then.

Ah sweet memories of youth...

dogma wrote:

Corpsesarefun wrote:
Size of an elephant on four legs, double that height on two legs with skin that was effectively bulletproof.

And yet most think we killed it off.

Man, the most dangerous game.

Personally I think "the most dangerous game" is either mounted tennis while using a live grenade as the ball and riding enraged bears, or SCP-682, depending on what definition of game you want to use.

OK...so back on topic. Here's a fun fact 32oz of Pepsi has 400 calories. 32oz of Sam Adams has 427 Calories. Mayor Bloomberg is after our Quarts!

Meh. All you weirdos on the coasts do what you want. I'm gonna bury my head in the sand and assume it will never happen here.

So, New York is a nanny state for telling people to order the same quantity of soda in a different sized glass but the state refusing to acknowledge the right of gay people to marry, either in a civic building or in a consenting church, is.... what is that now? It's not nanny is it, it's outright prejudicial and anyone crying about soda and backing that denial of personal freedom is a hypocrite.

Frazzled wrote:
Oh yea, they have a skelton at the Houston Museum of natural history.

Science!?! In Texas!?!

AustonT wrote:Mayor Bloomberg is after our Quartz!

That bastard, my crystals will be touched by no other man!

NYC can do what it wants.

The people on the other hand merely have to travel 10-20 miles out of the way to escape NYC's "oppressive" restrictions by going to Long Island.

Long Island- home of freedom and the Warstore, which I live 20 minutes away from.

KingCracker wrote:Holy fething hell really? REALLY?!?! We need the state governments to tell us what to eat and drink now? Im about to go postal and go off the damn grid. Everyone these days seems to be a bunch of friggin pussies

This reminds me of the government that tried to restrict smoking because of the negative effects it had, and how that would negatively affect the state....

You can't get second hand fat.

Krellnus wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:Now if only they will ban pesticides.

Why would we want to do that?

Because it kills innocent insects like Flick?


Which clearly is damaging everyone's childhood and leading to an increase in violent media?

Or so people don't eat it I guess...

Wow. This is terrible.

Won't people just buy two bottles instead of one or something?

I mean I get the principle behind trying to modify people's eating habits for the better.

It just seems it would be more effective to put a "sin tax" on sugary drinks.

Well, fat people generally have more health problems than normal sized people, so if they don't clamp down on the sale of unhealthy foods (as people seem not to be able to do it for themselves) people will keep getting fatter and iller. I know you americanos hate looking after anyone who is not yourself, so just think of your insurance premiums going through the roof to help pay for all the dying fat people to get medical help because the government didn't do anything to try and stop them from consuming massive quantities of unhealthy food

Personally I think that all food sold should have to meet certain nutritional targets for each portion.

Kilkrazy wrote:It just seems it would be more effective to put a "sin tax" on sugary drinks.

When you think about it, it actually sort of is.

This though.

It would limit food service establishments in the city from serving drinks bigger than 16 ounces but would allow refills.

Feels counter productive unless there is a limit to the refills.

WarOne wrote:NYC can do what it wants.

The people on the other hand merely have to travel 10-20 miles out of the way to escape NYC's "oppressive" restrictions by going to Long Island.

Long Island- home of freedom and the Warstore, which I live 20 minutes away from.

You shame us with your bounty.


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SilverMK2 wrote:Well, fat people generally have more health problems than normal sized people, so if they don't clamp down on the sale of unhealthy foods (as people seem not to be able to do it for themselves) people will keep getting fatter and iller.

so? Thats their business.

I know you americanos hate looking after anyone who is not yourself, so just think of your insurance premiums going through the roof to help pay for all the dying fat people to get medical help because the government didn't do anything to try and stop them from consuming massive quantities of unhealthy food

Get better insurance.

Personally I think that all food sold should have to meet certain nutritional targets for each portion.

Please find for me the non nutritional aspects of popcorn and milk vs. well most everything else.

Moderation you bahstahds!

Frazzled wrote:so? Thats their business.

Sure, it is. However, you still end up paying for it...

Get better insurance.

No matter how awesome someone's insurance is, your premiums (assuming you are moderately healthy) still go towards paying for others... thus if there are more sick people, premiums go up for everyone, not just those who are sick. Because fat people are in general less healthy, they get sick more, so will have more healthcare costs, which means that they draw a bigger slice of the insurance money pie (maybe they think they can eat it?), which means that if there are more fat people, there is a bigger drain on the money the insurance companies have, and as they like money, they charge everyone more (not just the fat people).

Welcome to crappy social health care which you somehow think is private because you pay more for it from your own money rather than with taxes but with the added drain of insurance companies skimming a large amount of money off the top!

Only if you have insurance. once the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare, I will again be free to do what I want.

The government mandating I have to have insurance is a nice sequeway into the govenment telling me what I can and cannot do, as you propose.

n0t_u wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:It just seems it would be more effective to put a "sin tax" on sugary drinks.

When you think about it, it actually sort of is.

This though.

It would limit food service establishments in the city from serving drinks bigger than 16 ounces but would allow refills.

Feels counter productive unless there is a limit to the refills.

What I had in mind was two different kinds of taxes.

1. The petrol tax. Not sure how much it is, but you pay 50p or something per litre of petrol. The more petrol you use, the more you pay. There is a similar tax on cigarettes and alcohol.

2. The proposed minimum price of alcohol tax. This isn't really a tax as such, as it simply forces shops to charge no less than a minimum price per unit of alcohol. In other words it prevents supermarkets from subsidizing booze as a loss leader.
Despite the moaning in the UK about pricing the middle classes out of their fine wines, this would only really affect stuff like Tennents Extra.

Neither of these types of taxes would need shops to sell drinks in maximum 15.oz containers, but they would both lead tor educed consumption if priced at the correct level.

Melissia wrote:You can't get second hand fat.

Kids can, if their parents do bad things with food.

Frazzled wrote:
so? Thats their business.

Costs me money in premiums.

Gotta offset those health-risks if I'm a provider.

Then don't buy insurance. You're subsidizing everyone else anyway.

Frazzled wrote:Then don't buy insurance. You're subsidizing everyone else anyway.

Which is the point.

I pay for their defense, may as well bu them healthcare.

Frazzled wrote:Only if you have insurance. once the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare, I will again be free to do what I want.

The government mandating I have to have insurance is a nice sequeway into the govenment telling me what I can and cannot do, as you propose.

I gotta ask, without state funded healthcare, do you really think not having any health insurance is wise? And why?

Kaldor wrote:

Frazzled wrote:Only if you have insurance. once the Supreme Court overturns Obamacare, I will again be free to do what I want.

The government mandating I have to have insurance is a nice sequeway into the govenment telling me what I can and cannot do, as you propose.

I gotta ask, without state funded healthcare, do you really think not having any health insurance is wise? And why?

Nope, but i'm not bitching about Captain Fatso on the plan either. The whole concept of "health insurance" is really just a shared pool of cost for a group of employees or persons covered. If you start saying the drones have to do such and such for cost reasons, hell mandating Logan's Run at 30 reduces costs off the charts.

dogma wrote:

Melissia wrote:You can't get second hand fat.

Kids can, if their parents do bad things with food.

I didn't think fat was an STD?

Melissia wrote:

dogma wrote:

Melissia wrote:You can't get second hand fat.

Kids can, if their parents do bad things with food.

I didn't think fat was an STD?

Meh maybe not an STD, but in the bad old days when I was a personal trainer I had a client ask me how to get to be my size. He was 5'9 and wieghed a solid 145 @6% bodyfat and I was 195 @10. I told him to keep a workout routine that challenges both his fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers, eat healthy, and Vitamin G. What's vitamin G you ask: Genetics. You can blame genetics for at least some of your body type issues.

So, sugar loaded soda in large cups is why people, and especially children, in NYC are fat.
NYC follows much of the country when it comes to it's school lunch program.... Which require a set amount of vegetables be provided.
The veggie of choice on nearly all lunch menus....... French Fries. Most lunch programs require 1.5-2 cups of veggies, and offer overcooked broccoli or cauliflower and fries. Which do you think kids will go for?
These guidelines were set by the same type of people that want to ban 20oz+ fountain drinks.