Pet Peeves, second installment
This one is something I'm not always aware of, but (thankfully?) Dad reminded me of it during dinner tonight as he read us an article he found on Yahoo! News.
Pet Peeve #2: eating contests:
Dad told us about some woman who ate 564 oysters in 8 minutes and one guy who ate 15 hamburgers in 10 minutes, and another guy who ate 68 hot dogs [no time was mentioned, and it doesn't matter]. Mom and I had an identical reaction to that - allow me to elaborate.
Eating contests are one of the most fucked up things that exist in today's world. And no, I don't care that it's a "tradition" that dates back to 1916. Today, everyone's whining and crying about x number of children and other people starving, and probably the same people have the gall to either participate as a contestant in a disgusting event like this pet peeve, or be a spectator and watch it.
Why?
How can something like this be allowed and people feel great about it, yet be hypocrites and whine about starvation and world hunger? Given the latter facts, eating contests are, as far as I'm concerned, one of the most disgraceful, primitive and wasteful things that can possibly be done in today's world. Fuck that noise >:( In a world where I were the boss, stuff like that would be forbidden. (Then again, if I were in any such position of power, a LOT of things would be different.)
Seriously, what kind of accomplishment is that anyway? You stuff your face bad enough to make a pig cringe in disgust, whoop-dee-fucking-doo. I don't get why people brag about stuff like that, regardless of it being a "competition" to prove that you're "better" than others. If anyone would brag about something like that to me - or other disgusting things like farting the alphabet or God-only-knows-what - I'd legit turn around and just walk away...
Pet Peeve #2: eating contests:
Dad told us about some woman who ate 564 oysters in 8 minutes and one guy who ate 15 hamburgers in 10 minutes, and another guy who ate 68 hot dogs [no time was mentioned, and it doesn't matter]. Mom and I had an identical reaction to that - allow me to elaborate.
Eating contests are one of the most fucked up things that exist in today's world. And no, I don't care that it's a "tradition" that dates back to 1916. Today, everyone's whining and crying about x number of children and other people starving, and probably the same people have the gall to either participate as a contestant in a disgusting event like this pet peeve, or be a spectator and watch it.
Why?
How can something like this be allowed and people feel great about it, yet be hypocrites and whine about starvation and world hunger? Given the latter facts, eating contests are, as far as I'm concerned, one of the most disgraceful, primitive and wasteful things that can possibly be done in today's world. Fuck that noise >:( In a world where I were the boss, stuff like that would be forbidden. (Then again, if I were in any such position of power, a LOT of things would be different.)
Seriously, what kind of accomplishment is that anyway? You stuff your face bad enough to make a pig cringe in disgust, whoop-dee-fucking-doo. I don't get why people brag about stuff like that, regardless of it being a "competition" to prove that you're "better" than others. If anyone would brag about something like that to me - or other disgusting things like farting the alphabet or God-only-knows-what - I'd legit turn around and just walk away...