Author Topic: Welcome to America and Our Nation's Capital! (Read 1391 times)

vicious796 · « **on:** March 12, 2012, 06:26:15 PM »

Many of you know that I live in the D.C. metro area and, as such, am in tune with the goings-ons of America's capitol city. Here's something that may describe all Americans as viewed through the eyes of a European. Unfortunately, it was made and written in America.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/12/nationals-to-sell-eight-pound-strasburger-this-season/

That's right, folks. At the Washington Nationals ballpark this year you can buy the 8 lbs. StrasBurger.

Quote from: Nationals Press Release

Weighing eight pounds total (including toppings), the StrasBurger is a monstrous all beef burger (combination of ground brisket, chuck and short ribs). The burger is served on a large burger bun with our secret sauce, American cheese, shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes, sliced red onions, pickle chips and served with a cone basket of fresh cut fries and a pitcher of your choice of soft drink.

It was too funny to pass up.

Neko13 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2012, 06:31:27 PM »

Funny indeed. And we all know the American slogan: Bigger is better

On a serious note... It'll be cold before you've finished eating the thing... provided you could munch it all away.

vicious796 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 12, 2012, 06:34:07 PM »

I'm pretty sure it's meant for parties of 4 or more, especially since you get a pitcher of soda with it.

Though, I could probably eat it with a pitcher of beer. I'd throw it all up on the metro, of course, but I bet I could down it...

Saras · « **Reply #3 on:** March 12, 2012, 06:38:08 PM »

Quote from: vicious796 on March 12, 2012, 06:34:07 PM

I'm pretty sure it's meant for parties of 4 or more, especially since you get a pitcher of soda with it.

Though, I could probably eat it with a pitcher of beer. I'd throw it all up on the metro, of course, but I bet I could down it...

8 lb is roughly 3.5 kilos, no? Are you a fucking elephant? I remember throwing up from eating 0.8kg of meat in one sitting.

Nikkoru · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2012, 07:12:35 PM »

We shouldn't be critical, lifting that hamburger will be the most exercise some of these people will get.

vicious796 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2012, 12:26:37 PM »

Quote from: Saras on March 12, 2012, 06:38:08 PM

Quote from: vicious796 on March 12, 2012, 06:34:07 PM
I'm pretty sure it's meant for parties of 4 or more, especially since you get a pitcher of soda with it.

Though, I could probably eat it with a pitcher of beer. I'd throw it all up on the metro, of course, but I bet I could down it...

8 lb is roughly 3.5 kilos, no? Are you a fucking elephant? I remember throwing up from eating 0.8kg of meat in one sitting.

Yeah but most of that is bread, lettuce, and the other toppings, I'm sure. I eat constantly when I'm plastered. Let me lube up a bit with that "sandwich" beside me all game and I'm pretty sure I can down it.

Then again, Big Macs give me trouble, now. I'm not as young as I used to be. :*(

kitamesume · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2012, 02:04:28 PM »

Quote from: vicious796 on March 12, 2012, 06:34:07 PM

I'm pretty sure it's meant for parties of 4 or more, especially since you get a pitcher of soda with it.

Though, I could probably eat it with a pitcher of beer. I'd throw it all up on the metro, of course, but I bet I could down it...

i could munch a 2pound burger(hi double-decker burgers), and thats me with my mediocre appetite while at my hungriest state.
i've seen other people much two of those monster burgers, so i wouldn't doubt if theres any people thats able to much an 8pound burger.
edit: oh wait, i'm only talking about the meat on the burger weighting a pound per deck, if you count the other toppings and the buns it might've been weighting 3-4pounds in total.

Nikkoru · « **Reply #7 on:** March 13, 2012, 03:26:35 PM »

I usually use 1/2lb of beef should I be cooking for myself. The thought of actually consuming 16x that in a single sitting makes me wonder if my heart would stop before the 7th inning stretch,

vicious796 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 13, 2012, 04:19:21 PM »

I planned on making it out to a game or two this year. When I go, I'll order one of this babies and take a picture of it whole along with something that can be easily measured by the eye like a cell phone.

***EDIT***

Here's a guess-work breakdown of the nutritional value:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/13/shockingly-the-nationals-new-eight-pound-strasburger-is-terrible-for-you/

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...the StrasBurger is somewhere between 8,000-10,000 calories, packs 600-700 grams of fat, 200-300 grams of saturated fat and 2,500-3,000 milligrams of sodium. It seems that the Nationals are advertising the burger as something to be shared, but even then, it still packs a wallop...

Meandola · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2012, 04:28:22 PM »

Quote from: Nikkoru on March 12, 2012, 07:12:35 PM

We shouldn't be critical, lifting that hamburger will be the most exercise some of these people will get.

This amused me to no end

AceHigh · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2012, 11:12:22 AM »

Here is a Norwegian tourist site that give info on DC. Here is a link through google translate. As you see, it's not all that bad.

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=no&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reiseplaneten.no%2Fminiguider%2FWashington%2F&act=url

OMG, google translate fail!

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you should invest 40 million in a Metrorail day pass

40 kroner is 40 million now? more like 6USD

Burkingam · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2012, 11:23:36 AM »

Meanwhile, I stopped eating red meat altogether...

AceHigh · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2012, 11:30:06 AM »

Pussy...

Nikkoru · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2012, 05:14:53 PM »

Quote from: Burkingam on March 17, 2012, 11:23:36 AM

Meanwhile, I stopped eating red meat altogether...

Good, you're going to prolong your life - especially if you don't drink sugar-saturated beverages. Though that's hardly shocking.

The only meat I eat with any regularity is sushi and varieties of fish.

AceHigh · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2012, 07:09:38 PM »

Yeah, that one just had to come. We don't want those extra years, it'the shitty years after all.

I will eat good food until the day I die. And when I do, I will die with a smile on my face!
Enjoy your salad, girls.

Nikkoru · « **Reply #15 on:** March 17, 2012, 07:27:34 PM »

Quote from: AceHigh on March 17, 2012, 07:09:38 PM

Yeah, that one just had to come. We don't want those extra years, it'the shitty years after all.

I will eat good food until the day I die. And when I do, I will die with a smile on my face!
Enjoy your salad, girls.

Yeah, because type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart disease is bitchin'.

Ixarku · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2012, 01:30:36 AM »

I'm with Ace on this one. I don't want to live to be 90. Hell, I don't think I want to live to be 70.

Nikkoru · « **Reply #17 on:** March 18, 2012, 02:53:50 AM »

Quote from: Ixarku on March 18, 2012, 01:30:36 AM

I'm with Ace on this one. I don't want to live to be 90. Hell, I don't think I want to live to be 70.

*le sigh*

If you want to kill yourself at 69, be my guest.

The fallacious assumption some people have is the presumption that "it will take years off your life" is some kind of abstraction. Like that scene in One Piece where Luffy gets injected with healing hormones so he can survive to save Ace at the cost of years off his lifespan. What it ignores is the very real consequences to your health in the near and not-so-distant future. Which may not kill you immediately, but could quite possibly lead to significantly decreasing the quality of your life from there on.

You might be fine suffering a fatal heart attack in your 50's, but chances are fairly high these days that it won't kill you - and then life gets tricky.

Furthermore, you have no idea what your attitudes towards life are going to be when you're 60, 70, 80, or 90. Hell I had no idea what it would be like to be in my twenties when I was 10. Perspectives change as we go through life, you have paradigm shifts of priorities. What you do know now is that whatever the future will bring, you can make simple healthy choices here and now which will make you all the more able to face it.

AceHigh · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2012, 11:52:07 AM »

And what you ignore is genetics. The way I eat, I should be fat. I am not. The way I strain my eyes I should be blind.

I am none of those, however my lungs are prone to complications if I get ill, since it runs on my father's side of the family. Yet I don't smoke or anything like that!
So much for health choices. Red meat is fucking good, I will not stop eat it and yet there is no guarantee that I will get any nasty conditions from it.

Winston Churchill was drinking and smoking every day, he lived until fucking 90. If your genes are so weak that you need to restrict yourself from all the good things in life, you should just die, so that humanity will purge some of it's weak genes.

Ixarku · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2012, 12:22:23 PM »

Again, I have to (mostly) agree with Ace. I understand all about decreasing quality of life over time as a result of bad behavior, but Ace's point about genetics is equally valid. I've seen plenty of examples of people on either side of the issue. For example, one of my co-workers survived several heart attacks while in his 50s, and completely changed his life as result -- ate better, managed stress better, etc. Then, years later, over the course of just a few weeks, he started getting persistent headaches. Turned out to be a congenital brain tumor that no one had ever known about before that had started growing for some reason. He survived the immediate surgery but died 2 weeks later. One of my best friends is strong, healthy, physically active, doesn't drink or smoke, and mostly eats well but has genetically high cholesterol despite medication and diet. I won't be surprised if I outlive him.

Conversely, my grandfather spent most of his life drinking, smoking, and living badly. He survived into his 60s, but there's no question that his lifestyle contributed to the heart disease that eventually killed him, and he wasn't healthy at all in the last decade of his life. Ditto for my grandmother, who had emphysema and eventually died due to a collapsed lung and the incompetence of some healthcare workers.

So my lifetime creed is and has been for many years, "Moderation in all things, including moderation." Nikkoru, I do have a good 10 to 15 years on you, and I can tell you that my core outlook on life hasn't changed much since I was a teenager. I've picked up a few new dreams over time and given up on some others, but my beliefs haven't changed a lot. I have a streak of nihilism that I rarely bring up; with what I know of life today, I wouldn't be that upset if a rock hit me in the head tomorrow and killed me. So now my goal in life is to work hard to the point where I don't have to work anymore, then just basically goof off and enjoy myself as long as I can. But in the meantime I'm also going to enjoy myself while I'm still young and able to do so. I'm not going to be completely self-destructive, but I'm not going to live a harshly puritan life, either.