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[–] [email protected] 182 points 9 months ago (12 children)

High School me would have made them regret this system. I was skinny as hell but could consume VAST QUANTITIES

[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

11 year old me, too. I grew 6" in about 4 months but I only weighed about 60lbs when I was done because I was super tiny to start. My mom said our food bill roughly doubled that summer because I was eating about 4 servings at every meal. Could've fit my scrawny ass in that 100% off section probably and then gone ham on a buffet.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When I was 14, I grew 10" that year. At the end of the year I was 6'0 tall and weighed 145lbs.

We did a Calorie counting unit in PE that year in school. I was eating on average 6,000 calories per day across 8 meals.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Puberty is fuckin wild. I wish I could still eat like that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Its insane how little I eat now compared to then.

My two boys are 14 and 19. The food bill has been stupid high for way too long.

My wife and I combined don't eat as much as one of them.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Me in college. About 5'11", 135lbs, all tone all the time from climbing and biking several hours every day. I spent a lot of time just trying to eat enough food to keep up

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Exactly this. My ex-wife was 5’2”, 94 pounds with clothes on. She got us banned from our favorite Chinese buffet restaurant. Her diet was "anything not nailed down." Lots of good reasons why she's an ex, but I do miss how she could pack away food.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Too tall. NO DISCOUNT FOR YOU!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago

COME BACK, SHORTER!

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I like how this kind of implies that they want you at the 20-30% discount mark. Too fat? Stop eating. Too skinny? Please, gorge yourself on the house!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

At 20-30% off you are paying only 70-80% markup. The 10% off guy is getting 90% markup. No restaurant would create something like this if they weren't marking up the menu to start with.

You don't think about how much extra you are paying because you are too busy thinking about the discount you got squeezing yourself through a sign.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 months ago (6 children)

so kids eat 50% off and babies are free?

[–] [email protected] 102 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Sounds like a good deal for kids but I could never eat a baby even it was free.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

haha, I see what you did there mate.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's always free to eat the babies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I don't know where you are from It costs money to get good baby where I am.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

I feel like growing teenagers are a massive exploit here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

As sad as it is to say, I've seen lots of kids who would only be able to go through the 20, maybe 30 :(

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've always felt it should be only fair if airlines gave a combined body weight + baggage weight allowance instead of only bags.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (6 children)

imagine if tickets were priced by the lb/kilograms

[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can just see the travel tips article telling you to go donate blood and take diuretics before you get weighed for your ticket

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I can see a class action lawsuit if they ever switch to that. And I imagine there wouldn't be that risk if airlines had priced their tickets based on weight from the very start back in the Roaring Twenties.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I dunno. I'm 75kg and could out eat a truck driver in a pie eating contest.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I totally read that as you could eat out a truck driver

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Be sure and tell em Large Marge sent ya.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Thin people can actually eat more in a single meal than fat people because their stomach is of equal size, but fat people's stomach has to push against a fat layer that thin people don't have- or at least have a lot less of. It's why thin people are generally better at winning eating contests.

https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2003-11/why-do-thin-guys-always-seem-win-eating-contests/

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

Which is not totally uncommon at some buffets

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

I think I could get a 30% discount.

I wanna see the 2D person who can get the 100% discount, though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

They probably SHOULD be eating all they can

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are totally people that skinny, but it's unhealthy, which is why they're giving away the food to them for free

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not sure if this is a good idea, watching the big eaters on You Tube they all seem to be fairly fit. See Matt Stoney, Leah Shutkever, Joel Haver, Mom v Food, Beard meats food, Raina Huang, Max v Food and Katina Eats Kilos.

The only 'larger' eater would be Katina's SO Randy Santel, and I think he's slimmer than the guy in the photo; although probably taller!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Joel Haver, the comedy skit dude?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think he meant Joel Hanson. Him and beard both wear size medium t-shirts and will ruin your profitability for the day in one meal. If you treat them with respect though you'll get it back and more through free advertising.

Quick edit to add, heavy guys can never outeat the skinny pros. You get a fat belt that won't let your stomach stretch. It's very real.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I could probably get the 50% discount

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Kinda unfair for some woman I'd imagine.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, everytime I see this all I can think is that even when I was a skinny teenager I was a 32E. I wouldn't have fit in any of those.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Skill issue, come at it at an angle and then rotate through.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Just stand with one boob on each side of the measuring stick.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

So they are overpriced and as "fat guy" you are sponsoring "skinny" ones.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile skinny people sponsor fatter ones on a regular buffet… Not sure that’s much better.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago

The assumption is a fst person will eat more. So them paying more balances it out.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

I will break that thing trying to get through the 100%

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Well, that's not embarrassing at all . . .

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Personally from my experience Really skinny people can eat a shit ton and have a hard time putting on weight making them need to eat more

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Insane. Smaller guys go all out. Big guys go to the buffet between first and third lunch.

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