Well yes, the west is all western countries. But in this context, do you think when they said Western civilization, they were talking about any of those other countries other than the USA? Or to be more specific, when they were griping about this eating contest held in the USA, they were talking about all the other…

I hope that helps you grasp what he’s saying.

Because that eating competition is part of the reason why millions of people cannot get enough to eat?

I agree with the "Unfortunately..." part, but the way this article is written, I can't discern anything even slightly nodding toward humor in saying it won Best Picture at the Oscars. Unless the writer is just baiting whatever editing process might be going on, just to see what they can slip by. The gate seems to be…

You know a Japanese person (Takeru Kobayashi, born in Nagano) popularized the trend, right?

Pretty sure this was Hughes being sarcastic about the 2019 Oscars. Unfortunately, the factchecking at AVC is now so dismal that it’s hard to tell a snarky counterfactual from an appallingly ignorant error.

I always back into spaces as it is easier to leave due to increased visibility. This choice always seems to enrage people because they want to be up your ass in parking lots and those reverse lights just ruin their day.

I have and I would suggest you dismiss that real fucknut troll as well. I would have started to make fun of him but honestly he ain’t even worth the effort because his bullshit is so fucking stupid. 

You don’t think overconsumption is a problem? Is not this type of inane competition representative of that?

Are you under the impression that when people say western in this regard they are talking about Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina?

Lol @ the idea that global food insecurity is affected even one iota by an eating contest 

And I was merely observing the fact that thinking competitive eating is some kind of huge problem is dumb. It literally, and I use that word in the correct sense, causes no problems for anybody at all. So for it to “represent” western ills is illogical to the highest degree especially when we have some much else we…

You are correct. Africa is a continent and I take responsibility for that error. Also I am well known around here to be a troll that pokes fun at other trolls exclusively, but actually makes serious posts for the food and other topics. No, this isn’t me trolling. This is me pointing out the idea of competitive eating…

Because this hurts nobody, except maybe the participants’ stomachs. And you type this “starving children in Africa” argument all the while on a device made from materials harvested in slave mines in that very same country. You should also feel bad about the clothes you are wearing made by Mexican and Chinese…

I didn’t realize being left handed was so political!

There are far more people who are left handed than who are neurodivergent to the point of true food aversion.

Kinja was team "fire everybody who knows how it works" way before Twitter made it cool.

We’d much rather the mommy/parenting blog content stay off our food blog...

Great, since it’s all about you then you can keep your spawn locked up with you in the house for the rest of their lives so the rest of us don’t have to deal with your poorly raised children’s behavior in their adult lives.

Self checkout took over a lot of stores.