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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 days ago
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Holy shit there's a lot of angry fat American people in the comments.

No-one is mocking them being fat. We're mocking America for having such a shit culture and food regulation that lots of people end up with this problem.

It's not funny to mock a specific hungry kid, but you can make jokes about famine.

You shouldn't trigger someone's personal traumas of rape, but comedians can joke about sexual assault.

I think blurring their faces would've made this less a joke and more shaming. So idk what the issue is.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hey not cool. Don't ever call me an American.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, I apologise if it came off like that. I didn't exclude the chance of angry fat non-American people though, but that's kinda on you (and the other comments that may actually joke about fat people, not just you) , since I think we're making fun of America, not obesity.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

😂 sorry I was attempting humor.

Source: Am American.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Thou succeeds in which I could not.

[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As a fat person, 300lb+ lbs, i think its fine to call us out and make fun of us. Mostly we either dont give a shit and will do what we want, or might just be on the verge of change and 1 more person calling us out could jumpdrive our selfrespct enough in order to make a difference.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I appreciate that. Personally, the photo kicks my sense of empathy into overdrive instead.

I don't see two targets of ridicule. I see two cases of metabolic syndrome,with type II and heart attacks waiting to destroy their bodies, and over 6000 calories of raw sugar in tow on wheels, because they're too weak to carry their snack around. And they likely got there from self-medicating with food for what's likely trauma, depression, and/or other mental illness. They need a rescue party.

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is this picture taken by a satellite?

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Queue al bundy jokes

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (7 children)
[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's a depth-charge sized drink made by the 7-11 convenience store chain in the US. The biggest Big Gulp is the 128oz (or 3.5 liters).

It's just what you need if you're planning to hike through Death Valley or walk on the surface of the Sun.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I knew a guy who rigged one up with a cooling system, he only needed to get new water every couple days. I aspire for such laziness. Mind you I am the type of lazy that caused me to go into severe pain yesterday because I hadn't eaten more than one meal a day at most for like a week, I don't have an eating disorder I am just very good at procrastinating.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I saw a video of some kid hooking up a cup with a tube that fed a back-pack to load up on some special mountain dew from 7-11...

It was for internet clout surely but damn...

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

An obscenely large soda from 7-eleven. The cups in the image aren't Big Gulps technically, but they are very large drink containers, and OP is using the term Big Gulp loosely

[–] salty_chief@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

A very large enclosed cup to hold liquids.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was hoping it was going to be this video.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago

It’s not just bad, it’s Fort Wayne bad.

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

At least they are outside.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit this comment section is a train wreck.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Train wrecks? Those things America has a lot of nowadays that all safety regulation is being deleted as we speak?

Uh, I hear ya, buddy.

Freight Trains: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Big Gulps, huh? Alright!

Well, see ya later!

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Do you still have gallon of soda? I remember seeing soda by the gallon in the 80s. Now, the biggest bottle I see in Canada is 2L.

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