A distant relative of Mr. Creosote ?
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i donât find anything aberrant with the post, it seems perfectly boingy.
but this is the worst showing Iâve yet seen in a comment thread.
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Concern trolls are nothing new in the BoingBoing forums.
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but they used to have talent!
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If you are surprised then you probably misread that as âconvictedâ, not âconvincedâ. It is clear that most people believe that bath salts were responsible for the face eater.
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at your own blog, sure, it sure can be.
dissatisfied? complain until you get double your money back.
Touche!
Funny everyone focuses on the food. I donât think people watch this because they care about conspicuous consumption. Conspicuous consumption is why they drink ethically sourced civet shit coffee, wear bespoke shoes, or have speaker mods made from rare imported wood. People watch things like this because sheâs basically a circus geek. People like a good freak show. And frankly, thereâs nothing wrong with that. All our entertainers get lots of stuff. We pay people millions and millions of dollars to kick a stupid ball around. Whatâs a steak?
Itâs so people can point and gawk, and some people have figured out a way to get into that phenomenon to make money⌠which is what really matters.
Welcome to the hunger games?
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I think youâre on point for the most part. This woman is definitely a circus freak (âDance, monkey, DANCE!â) who is willing to destroy her body for some coin. However, when you ask
A steak could be considered to be the basic unit of consumptionâitâs food, sustenance, life. I have little to no empathy for this person damaging herself just like I have little to no empathy for NASCAR drivers who die in fiery crashes or movie stars who complain about paparazzi. As the Ghost of Christmas Past tells Mr. Marley in Dickenâs A Christmas Carol:
"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?" Scrooge trembled more and more. "Or would you know," pursued the Ghost, "the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have laboured on it, since. It is a ponderous chain!"Much of the West can be accused of conspicuous consumption, and this is just another sad link in that chain we built for ourselves.
My first thought while watching her eat was she must have really sharp teeth or that steak is very tender.
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I believe it was a joke, son.
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If nothing else, this thread has given me some insight into the Potlatch Ban of 1880 â thanx, all!
On the issue of health, the missionaries worried about the spread of disease amongst the large groups that gathered for potlatches, and critiqued the native peoplesâ recklessness.[10] Specifically, they called out against the treatment of children, accusing those who attend potlatches of being responsible for the statistic claiming that "Six out of every ten [native] infants dieâŚ" and that losing all of a familyâs possessions led to greater health risks to the family who hosted the potlatch.
I admire her gusto, but not enough to watch the video all of the way to the end. I am sure though that her dedication rivals that of any master of the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
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It is very basic. Very zen - if eating animals could be zen.
Her style is primal and simple. She eats the thing like someone who knows hunger. Uses the knife once, takes some sips of coke, takes some sips of water, wipes her face with a napkin when she needs to. Tears the fibers of the steak with her fingers, bites off chunks like a fast small predator stuffing itself before a lion shows up at the carcass.
When she is done she doesnât look like she hurt herself. Her attitude sitting there and casually nibbling on the side dishes (bread and condiments) seems to show this isnât even something that difficult for her.
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My family used to eat there all the time. Back in the 70âs my grandfather either sold them some of their steaks or had some business relationship with them in that vein. Damn I want steak now. Iâm going to the Fox nâ Hounds next time they have prime rib.
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Iâm sure that the cow wasnât killed just for this speed eating demonstration. The other 1345.5 pounds of cow/bovine probably went to good use as well.
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How would you judge something like that? Would it be like the fake orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally?
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Itâs funny that consuming blood is so common when it is specifically forbidden by the Old Testament.
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If only inane comments were food, youâd end world hunger.
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