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The sad thing is that even if you eprime the shit out of it people STILL don't get the difference between objective and subjective statements.

Missing the point, ITT.

I'd already commented on the point.  That post was about the support and detraction from said point.

MUST MAINTAIN SERIOUSNESS AT ALL COSTS

DO NOT CRACK SMILE

Fuck, I can't use  because it's kinda smiling.

It's odd what kinds of things people make catnip toys into.

Everyone.

Missing the point, ITT.

I'd already commented on the point.  That post was about the support and detraction from said point.

No you're not going to die, no you probably won't even get sick.  You'll feel like ass, I'm sure, but all that aside does that make it a better idea?  No, not really.

The beef might be additive free, which I doubt, but having a few more slices of tomato on there aren't going to make a shit ton of difference.  A lot of vegetables sent to fast food chains are picked and shipped well before they're ripened in order to keep them lasting longer.  What that results in is a lower nutritional value than a vegetable should be.  This applies to most grocery stores as well, but the assumption with them is that you're eating more than, say, two or three slices max on a burger bun.  They also use iceberg lettuce, which is essentially worth -0- anything.  Ketchup might add a few nutrients but not really enough to counter the insane amount of sugar in it (Trip 0, from what I understand Europe has a more tomato-ey ketchup style than America, where it's basically tomato candy).

The fact of the matter is that all the "food propaganda" that's being spurned in this thread might be misinformed, but so is the nutritional propaganda put out by fast food companies.  A whole wheat bun, for example, can claim it's whole wheat but in reality might contain a negligible amount of actual whole wheat.  The language for is not heavily regulated by the FDA.

For example, BK might have a strict cage-free chicken and egg policy or, insanely, a grass fed beef policy.  That doesn't mean that either animal is raised in a healthy habitat.  All cows are grass fed when they're young but are then switched to corn feed.  That's still grass fed beef.  Grass finished or 100% grass fed is the language to denote beef that eats grass its entire life span.

Nutritionally-enhanced claims, mostly in bread, are almost laughably stupid.  It's great that they add more vitamin-craze-of-the-month into shit, I guess, but that's operating under the assumption that food scientists know more about food than nature does.  Our food is subdivided into nutrients and vitamins instead of a tomato just being a goddamn tomato.  I would prefer to throw my trust and support on foods that have been consumed for the majority of human existence than on modern fad foods that have only been around for 60 years or so.

So yes, a resilient human body and the small measures of nutrition available in fast food burgers will probably help you survive a month.  Hell, who knows, you might even be able to go for a few years on it.  That doesn't make it a good idea.  If you're that curious to know what it's like to be homeless, go be homeless.  I could probably save you the time and money by just informing you that it probably sucks.

I decided to go ahead and eat nothing but placentas this month. I'm kind of still working my way up to it, but I started a blog:

http://deliciousplacentas.blogspot.com/

This is actually a way better idea.  Placentas have a certain amount of nutritional value.

How long is it supposed to take for the invites to come through.  You sent mine yesterday and it isn't there yet.

 

Thanks, fp.  I'll be checking it out over the next few days.

I believe I PMed you, but I also might have timed out at work so I'm not sure.

Arbitrary Egocentric Draconian

Those who fail to comply to my fleeting and contradictory whims are subject to righteous and absurd retribution.

I have had BEARD and I have had no BEARD.  No BEARD was unfortunate, and BEARD was scraggly.  I have found the goatee, and in doing so have found myself.  The goatee is excellent.

Moore makes about one spot-on point in each of his movies that gets buried beneath over the top stunts and ridiculous publicity grabs.  In Sicko he interviews a guy whose job it was to go back through health coverage the company has paid for and find reasons why it won't be covered - kind've fucked up.  He has a funny segment where he juxtaposes arguments against national health care with examples of it working elsewhere.  Then he pulls a stunt by bringing 9/11 firefighters to Guantanamo Bay for health care.

He's also either the biggest douche ever or his intention gets lost in the shuffle.  His interviews with Dick Clark and Charlton Heston, in Sicko and Bowling for Columbine respectively, were painful to watch.  He either, very stupidly, expected the spokesman/figurehead to answer for serious ethical concerns on the topic or wanted to demonstrate that these are just ignorant old men who have no idea what they're standing for.

I actually dug Bowling for Columbine quite a bit overall, though.  As condemning as he is towards several factors contributing to the shooting, he ultimately concludes that none of the arguments have any more merit than something completely arbitrary.

The Road - Cormac McCarthy (when the apocalypse comes, it will look like this)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle (tell me I'm not serious)
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak (I see no need to disclude children's lit)
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien (there, I said it, so help me if The Chronicles of Narnia were nominated I'm throwing this one out there)
A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories - Will Eisner (the first graphic novel)