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Re: I kind of disagree nossy Send a noteboard - 16/02/2012 03:24:43 PM
Actually I do, but I don't find this amusing. It's all too disgusting. 300 000 Americans die each year due to obesity. The last thing people need is a restaurant that caters to that segment of the population that doesn't care about their health unhealthy food. (that sentence feels weird..)

I agree, but it is entirely up to each person. I might eat there once for the novelty, but I can't tell anyone not to go there. In case I wasn't clear, I do not think either the situation or the restaurant is funny.

I'd say that people are eating better now than they were - otherwise you wouldn't see the token "healthy" meals popping up at McDonald's, etc.

I think people want to feel like they're eating better but either don't know what that really means or are willfully deluding themselves that these so-called "healthy" options are actually better for them. I can feel great about eating a salad instead of a cheeseburger if I pretend it doesn't actually have more fat and calories than the cheeseburger.

Maybe wanting to feel like you're eating better is currently the same thing - they do want to eat better, but I agree that they don't quite get it (and restaurants seem to be ok tricking them). But I think you have to admit that there are a lot of different opinions on what is "right." I think people are confused to some degree - we're still just coming off the "no-fat, carbs are ok" decades.

Changing portion sizes is a step in the right direction, and I have seen better portions offered at better price points. Even O' Charleys does that, and they are a place that serves sweet bread with every (normal) meal. :P
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And, wow. Heart attacks are funny? nossy - 16/02/2012 11:57:51 AM 795 Views
They are when they're at the Heart Attack Grill, come on! *NM* beetnemesis - 16/02/2012 12:49:26 PM 169 Views
The heart attack Frasier gave his dad with the clown costume was *NM* ironclad - 16/02/2012 01:05:40 PM 160 Views
Am I supposed to be upset about this? *NM* Macharius - 16/02/2012 02:07:54 PM 172 Views
Yes, that's exactly what I was going for. nossy - 16/02/2012 02:15:19 PM 423 Views
I guess I don't have a sense of humor kHz1000 - 16/02/2012 02:45:42 PM 398 Views
That's basically every restaurant anymore, just about. Sareitha Sedai - 16/02/2012 02:49:59 PM 413 Views
see, I think more are trying to offer healthy options. nossy - 16/02/2012 02:55:39 PM 403 Views
I might just go to different kinds of restaurants Sareitha Sedai - 16/02/2012 03:13:01 PM 359 Views
Re: That's basically every restaurant anymore, just about. kHz1000 - 16/02/2012 04:04:10 PM 396 Views
Re: I guess I don't have a sense of humor nossy - 16/02/2012 02:53:34 PM 423 Views
I kind of disagree Sareitha Sedai - 16/02/2012 03:04:29 PM 562 Views
Re: I kind of disagree nossy - 16/02/2012 03:24:43 PM 388 Views
Re: I kind of disagree Sareitha Sedai - 16/02/2012 03:42:51 PM 365 Views
Re: I kind of disagree kHz1000 - 16/02/2012 04:14:52 PM 392 Views
On the other hand, I can think of no greater killjoy than obsessing about your health beetnemesis - 16/02/2012 04:47:28 PM 424 Views
No health-obsessed person would eat graham crackers Sareitha Sedai - 16/02/2012 04:53:19 PM 404 Views
Yes. Yesyesyes. *NM* kHz1000 - 16/02/2012 05:16:08 PM 175 Views
Hah, really? *NM* beetnemesis - 16/02/2012 05:17:34 PM 173 Views
Modern mass-produced ones at least. Refined flour, refined sugar, partially hydrogenated oil... *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 16/02/2012 05:40:07 PM 173 Views
Hah, I don't feel bad about disliking them, then *NM* beetnemesis - 16/02/2012 07:27:35 PM 171 Views
Dang, I love those things. *NM* Gher - 17/02/2012 01:18:24 AM 199 Views
People die of liver disease, but I'm still going to celebrate St. Patrick's Day beetnemesis - 16/02/2012 04:42:07 PM 431 Views
Of course there's a difference. Sareitha Sedai - 16/02/2012 04:45:36 PM 387 Views
I agree 100%. It doesn't make my point any less valid *NM* kHz1000 - 16/02/2012 04:47:28 PM 169 Views
Sure it does. beetnemesis - 16/02/2012 04:53:58 PM 404 Views
Re: Sure it does. kHz1000 - 16/02/2012 05:32:49 PM 442 Views
Re: Sure it does. beetnemesis - 16/02/2012 07:29:06 PM 374 Views
Oh so close to a Darwin Award winner! *NM* everynametaken - 16/02/2012 06:22:41 PM 186 Views
No, but irony is. Hieshyn - 18/02/2012 12:06:12 AM 417 Views
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