Chicagoist: "Deep Dish" Takes Oyster Belt

sparky

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:23:48 -0600

I agree with you smussy. Yech. I can't believe that competitive eating has a governing body. Maybe this can be one of the new sports if Chicago gets the olympics. I wonder what people in Haiti and Bangladesh think about this, given the food crisis that exists all over the world. There's riots going on over there...

matilda

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:10:56 -0600

Smussy: I share your thoughts about this stupid form of "sport." Christ, how pathetic this activity is.

smussy

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:50:29 -0600

i never said the contests were the cause of world hunger ... c'mon. but i think it's just gross. and it's just so terribly indicative of the bloated american ideal of consumerism to the extreme. it seems we'll have to agree to disagree.

ThisGuy

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:13:41 -0600

Smussy, aren't there far worse atrocities going on in the US (and the world) than 15 people eating as much food as possible in 12 minutes? I understand your argument & disdain for the events, but let us have our bread & circuses (together!). Competitive eating certainly isn't the cause of world hunger. IFOCE (the governing body) also donates money to hunger related charities throughout the world.

mh95149

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:09:34 -0600

that photo is from a red hot eating contest in NJ

tc3

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:50:21 -0600

What's with the red hands in that photo? They're kinda creeping me out.

smussy

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:27:42 -0600

debbie downer coming here ... but these things just disgust me. first for the idea of it all ... eating like that. but also for the sheer gluttony of it all. i know americans are not by far the only countries that participate in and gain glory (?) from these contests, but it just seems so crass and unnecessary given the fact that at best, many people (including people in america) can't even put food on their table. at worst, you have countries of people who are literally starving.

UTV

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:18:48 -0600

America ... FUCK YEAH!