It was shot down just recently, in the summer, by the courts.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/30/appeals-court-upholds-ruling-against-mayor-bloombe/
A long, sad, sordid affair.
Assuming they've lived long enough to procreate, then not really. They're still passing their fatty genes on.
Anyway, I like this guy. Some people want to eat shitty food and don't care; I say good for them. I can't stand the bullshit the news/pols are always trying to feed us (no pun intended), that we need to educate people more on food choices. People are fat because they don't know better. Bullshit! People are fat because a lot of tasty food is fattening. 99% of people know that. As this guy illustrates, educating your customers that this stuff is unhealthy doesn't keep them away.
i like how they moved to vegas. i now have a food challenge to step up to.
I couldn't agree more. I still can't believe there's a law in NYC that prevents Adults from getting a large Soda. That literally blows my mind.
I couldn't agree more. I still can't believe there's a law in NYC that prevents Adults from getting a large Soda. That literally blows my mind.
I've always maintained that junk food and soda should be taxed like booze and tobacco. None of that shit is essential to anyone's diet.
Why the hell would you maintain that? Just because something is non-essential--whatever that means--it should be taxed now? Who decided it wasn't essential?
Guess we should institute a tax on visiting Sherdog. It's not essential to anything.
I've always maintained that junk food and soda should be taxed like booze and tobacco. None of that shit is essential to anyone's diet.
Is visiting Sherdog costing America billions of dollars each year?
Have to agree with Rex here, Breakage. Why would something determined 'non-essential' have to be taxed?
He's referring to the negative externalities of the others' health decisions that affect everyone's insurance rates. In economics, this is equivalent to an increased tax rate
How Obamacare addresses this, I do not know..
Is visiting Sherdog costing America billions of dollars each year?
In terms of people becoming sedentary because of Internet usage? Sure...
Yes. Not Sherdog per se, but the internet, yes. There was a study released in the recent past that said that people browsing the internet for fun at work costs somethign like billions in lost productivity each year. That means our economy could be doing a lot better without all this waste. Guess our altruistic big brother should gently guide us with his unerring hand in the right direction.
You have to realize it's a slippery slope to allow the government to penalize you financially for choosing what to do with your body. Let the health risks be your punishment for eating poorly, or smoking, or skydiving. It's not government's job to protect you from yourself; that's your job.
Lol, it's not even close to that. TV, videogames, plenty of activities that encourage you to sit on your ass for hours at a time have all been around for a while now. Obesity is becoming an epidemic because of shitty food. There's really no getting around it.
Yes. Not Sherdog per se, but the internet, yes. There was a study released in the recent past that said that people browsing the internet for fun at work costs somethign like billions in lost productivity each year. That means our economy could be doing a lot better without all this waste.
You have to realize it's a slippery slope to allow the government to penalize you financially for choosing what to do with your body. Let the health risks be your punishment for eating poorly, or smoking, or skydiving. It's not government's job to protect you from yourself; that's your job.