Like any red-blooded American, I enjoy watching professionals push the limit of human performance in their given field, and seeing as today is July 4th, the event of the day is the Nathans Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, the most prestigious even on the competitive eating circuit. First, the fact that there is a competitive eating league is ridiculous, albeit not surprising in the least. The entertainment content is undeniable, although the message given off by legitimizing such gastronomicly gluttonous behavior is questionable, at best. As bad as it is though, I can deal with the newfound popularity of competitive eating, as it seems most people can still take it for what it is. If we ever get to the point where we start seeing youth leagues popping up across the country though, I'd say that'd be a pretty clear sign of the impending apocalypse.
Unfortunately, it seems that day is far closer than I'd feared. Ladies and gentlemen, I regretfully inform you that I have given up all hope. I give you, Major League Eating: The Video Game.
That's right kids: Now you don't even have to get off the couch to stuff your pudgy little face!
I think this is it though, the proverbial downfall of western civilization. Its bad enough when we're encouraging kids to simply sit on their ass for hours on end playing Halo or World of Warcraft. This game though, takes lethargy to an ENTIRELY new level, to the point where I'm just completely at a loss for words. I think the title of this post pretty much says it all...
Oh, and congratulations to the Master of the Hot Dog, Joey Chesnut, for beating Takeru Kobayashi in the 2008 Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest, in overtime none-the-less! Doing your obese countrymen and women proud since 2007! GooooooOOOOOO AMERICA!
Not to mention (and someone correct me if I'm wrong),
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