I despise eating contests.
Jul. 5th, 2007 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1Yesterday was the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island. This year's winner was Joey Chestnut, beating last year's champion Takeru Kobayashi. Joey ate 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes.
First, it's not healthy to eat so much food so quickly. If I tried to race-eat until I burst, I'd probably barf it all up. Yecch.
Second, it's a huge waste of food. I don't need to eat that much food in one sitting. It would all end up around my gut. The food could be better utilized by feeding many hungry people instead of one person.
I probably wouldn't mind these eating contests if each person in the contest was given a set portion of food and had to eat it in the quickest time. But an all-you-can-eat bingefest in a specified time period is just disgusting.
First, it's not healthy to eat so much food so quickly. If I tried to race-eat until I burst, I'd probably barf it all up. Yecch.
Second, it's a huge waste of food. I don't need to eat that much food in one sitting. It would all end up around my gut. The food could be better utilized by feeding many hungry people instead of one person.
I probably wouldn't mind these eating contests if each person in the contest was given a set portion of food and had to eat it in the quickest time. But an all-you-can-eat bingefest in a specified time period is just disgusting.
