Second try! Satire or scary?

[thistlechaser]

(I tried to post this yesterday, but work got busy and I never got it finished.)

I can't figure out if Dude Foods Blog is serious or a joke... but I'm afraid I'm leaning towards serious. It's all about the food this guy eats. Example:

"I stopped by on a recent Friday night to try their Big SOB Burger, which consists of four 1/3 pound fresh Black Angus patties, three different cheeses (with 12 slices of cheese in total), bacon, grilled onions and diced jalapenos along with fries on the side.

I actually thought the Big SOB would be a little more difficult to finish, but I really had no problem at all. I honestly think I could have eaten two of them. ... I even ate the rest of the chicken wings that my buddy Chris ordered but couldn't finish because he was too full to eat them all. Too full after eating his one patty burger..."

It's not like ThisIsWhyYou'reFat.com, the food isn't interesting, it doesn't ever tempt me to try it. (A burger? Sure! A burger that's well over a pound with a crapton of other stuff on it? No.)

Part of me thinks it must be a joke, that no person could eat the amount of food he does, but stomachs do stretch so if you eat a ton of food all the time you can keep eating that much... Still, the amount of food he listed in this post (not to mention so much beer), just seems impossible. He posts a picture of himself, and if it's to be believed, he's a skinny little guy.

Comments

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

0_o Wow.

So much food, and not even GOOD food, yikes.
He must be blessed with a god-like metabolism.

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Onions, on may burger?! Blasphemy! Replace the onions with more bacon and we've got a deal! The jalapeños can stay.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

GTFO jalapeños! You may be replaced with yet more bacon. Heck, replace the burger patties with bacon, too! Mmmm, bacon.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I know! If it's true, it's so unfair! He should be 500 pounds!

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Fuck it replace the buns with bacon as well!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Perfect! I should post on his blog, I could happily eat two pounds of bacon in a sitting! It'd make me sick after, but SO WORTH IT!

[socksofjello.livejournal.com]

Have you seen professional competitive eaters? The good ones (good at...eating?) are really skinny. Apparently fat hinders expansion of the stomach, so it's easier to eat a lot more when you're thin. Exercise and a naturally fast metabolism help, of course!

Which is, yes, [i]extremely[/i] unfair. :|

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't dismiss the possibility of it being true based on him supposedly being skinny. Eric was quite thin when we got married and could eat as much as two or three people. His metabolism has slowed with age now, so he's about at an average weight and eats about as much as one and a half or two people. They really do exist, as frustrating as it is for those of us with crappy metabolisms.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Wow, I would never have guessed that. I saw that Japanese competitive eater guy, but I don't know if I've seen any other than him.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it wasn't based just on him being skinny, I just can't see anyone eating that much (and I eat a lot!). Some of the entries were a reasonable amount (like the Denny's one), but some were just insane.

[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

Considering it's called Dude Foods and it's about a guy eating... well, anything, I'd be willing to guess it's perfectly legit. Why do it? Because he's male, has a ridiculous metabolism, and he, y'know, can. I know a ton of guys who would do the same, given the opportunity. Sadly.

[itsbacon.livejournal.com]

Should I be scared!?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'd eat more than two pounds of Mornherald brand bacon, you can be sure of that!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Blah! So not fair!

One day I will try a hamburger with a doughnut bun. I'm not 100% sure it will taste good, but I'm willing to try once!

[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

I want to try fugu someday... I will find a place that I'm mostly convinced won't kill me, and I'll try it, damnit! Not 100% sure I'll survive it, but I'm willing to try once! (And I may only have the opportunity to try it once...)

Bwahaha, food priorities.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Happily I'm not a fish person, so I have no desire to try that! :D Good luck, when you do!

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

Don't be so sure. When I make bacon sandwiches, it's nothing but a pound of bacon, two slices of toast, and butter. I feel fine for the rest of the day.

I haven't tried eating two of them in one sitting, but if one has zero effect, two should be minimal.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*drools* I would eat the hell out of that sandwich! I really should go grocery shopping soon so I can buy bacon!

DudeFoods.com is real!

[nick chipman (from livejournal.com)]

http://dudefoods.com/a-video-for-my-livejournal-doubter/

Do you believe me now?

Re: DudeFoods.com is real!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected. You, sir, are real! :D