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.
Oh, there are widely different opinions, no argument there! And as many different interpretations as there are opinions (thus you have people honestly believing that if they order their bacon cheeseburger without the bun they are eating something healthy). But I also think it's not as hard as people want to make it either. I know a piece of plain grilled fish with some steamed vegetables is a much healthier choice than a bacon cheeseburger, but I also know which one tastes better so I'm going to try hard to find a way to justify it. (I'm also talking more about general healthfulness than dieting/eating to lose weight).
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. 
That's true too
If you are from Betelgeuse, please have one of your Earth friends read what I've written before you respond. Or try concentrating harder.
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And, wow. Heart attacks are funny?
- 16/02/2012 11:57:51 AM
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The heart attack Frasier gave his dad with the clown costume was *NM*
- 16/02/2012 01:05:40 PM
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I guess I don't have a sense of humor
- 16/02/2012 02:45:42 PM
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That's basically every restaurant anymore, just about.
- 16/02/2012 02:49:59 PM
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- 16/02/2012 02:53:34 PM
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I kind of disagree
- 16/02/2012 03:04:29 PM
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Re: I kind of disagree
- 16/02/2012 03:24:43 PM
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Re: I kind of disagree
- 16/02/2012 03:42:51 PM
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Re: I kind of disagree
- 16/02/2012 04:14:52 PM
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On the other hand, I can think of no greater killjoy than obsessing about your health
- 16/02/2012 04:47:28 PM
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No health-obsessed person would eat graham crackers
- 16/02/2012 04:53:19 PM
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- 16/02/2012 04:53:19 PM
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Hah, really? *NM*
- 16/02/2012 05:17:34 PM
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Modern mass-produced ones at least. Refined flour, refined sugar, partially hydrogenated oil... *NM*
- 16/02/2012 05:40:07 PM
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People die of liver disease, but I'm still going to celebrate St. Patrick's Day
- 16/02/2012 04:42:07 PM
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I agree 100%. It doesn't make my point any less valid *NM*
- 16/02/2012 04:47:28 PM
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Sure it does.
- 16/02/2012 04:53:58 PM
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