AMA says to cancel Thanksgiving due to obesity epidemic

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  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    I'm still only waiting on eggnog for Christmas time. Going to take a full day to drink nothing but eggnog. That's as far as my celebrating goes lol.

    That's not a celebration, that's a diet.
  • LSeales
    LSeales Posts: 54 Member
    SayWhat.gif

    ^ gif is NOT racist.

    lol @ Bell Biv Devoe
    *ahem*

    THAT is New Edition.

    Ronny, Bobby, Ricky and Mike, if I like a girl, who cares who you like?

    This is exactly what went through my head when I saw this. LOVED that song!

    Oh! And cancel Thanksgiving? Tha hell you say?!?!
  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    Turducken... Mmmmmmm
  • 87monkey
    87monkey Posts: 83 Member
    lol yes Americans are obese because of thanksgiving *rolls eyes* ...maybe we should ban everyday
  • bubaluboo
    bubaluboo Posts: 2,098 Member
    So obesity is just a problem in countries that celebrate Thanksgiving? Phew, we Brits are safe then...erm wait a minute :noway:
  • CompressedCarbon
    CompressedCarbon Posts: 357 Member
    The holiday is suppose to be dedicated to giving thanks and being appreciative of your blessings NOT eating yourself into a coma. We need to change the way we THINK then we can change our bad habits.

    Can't we do both?
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    The holiday is suppose to be dedicated to giving thanks and being appreciative of your blessings NOT eating yourself into a coma. We need to change the way we THINK then we can change our bad habits.

    Can't we do both?
    No turkey for you!
  • polarsjewel
    polarsjewel Posts: 1,725 Member
    They can have my turkey leg when they pry it from my dead cold fingers.

    Hi Mike!
  • redladywitch
    redladywitch Posts: 799 Member
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  • Amadbro
    Amadbro Posts: 750 Member
    WTF

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  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    I'm still only waiting on eggnog for Christmas time. Going to take a full day to drink nothing but eggnog. That's as far as my celebrating goes lol.

    That's not a celebration, that's a diet.
    You celebrate however you choose to, that is how I will celebrate :)
  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    This is not real, it's just a roll. Sorry my friend, it's annoying me. :smile:
  • YesIAm17
    YesIAm17 Posts: 817 Member
    That wouldn't be fair to all of the genetically blessed slim people. Maybe as people are purchasing there turkey and trimming they have to step on a scale and if their over weight there banned from buying it and maybe thrown in jail or something. I don't know. Just a thought.

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  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I would also rather have french fries than mashed potatoes with cravy.



    Apparently I like "bar food".

    or poutine
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I'm still only waiting on eggnog for Christmas time. Going to take a full day to drink nothing but eggnog. That's as far as my celebrating goes lol.


    woah just the thought of this is like a mini orgasm of nothing but eggnogy bliss...sigh
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    maybe portion control is in order....

    this is 'merika boy. We dont portion control. You think manifest destiny was about limp wristed portion control, huh do you do you?
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    You should only be able to buy a turkey or ham if you first pass a water density measure test at the checkout.

    Problem solved.
  • mheebner
    mheebner Posts: 285 Member
    When Thanksgiving is outlawed, only outlaws will celebrate Thanksgiving.....
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    That wouldn't be fair to all of the genetically blessed slim people. Maybe as people are purchasing there turkey and trimming they have to step on a scale and if their over weight there banned from buying it and maybe thrown in jail or something. I don't know. Just a thought.

    There is no such thing as genetically blessed thin people. There is NO gene basis for obesity, period.
    Obesity is LEARNED BEHAVIOR, So stop feeling sorry for yourself.
    BTW, think of a pound of fat as one turkey dinner. So if you are 30 pounds overweight, that is like walking around with thirty turkey dinners hanging off your body.

    That's pretty harsh. Obviously, choosing foods to eat and performing exercise are behaviours that we can control. However, there is a large amount of scientific research regarding base metabolic rate and how genetics and environment (ie. caloric intake pre-birth) can affect your weight later in life... oh wait, I'm feeding the troll, aren't I.

    Oh - scientific research? Do tell!
  • FJDodd
    FJDodd Posts: 140 Member
    I am 100% behind this idea.

    A holiday dedicated to eating? So wrong. So wrong. It should be illegal and anyone caught celebrating arrested.

    Do you truly believe that this is a holiday dedicated to eating? No one is forcing you to over eat, no one is telling you you HAVE to make food that is unhealthy. I really cannot decide if you are that idiotic or just being a troll.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    That wouldn't be fair to all of the genetically blessed slim people. Maybe as people are purchasing there turkey and trimming they have to step on a scale and if their over weight there banned from buying it and maybe thrown in jail or something. I don't know. Just a thought.

    There is no such thing as genetically blessed thin people. There is NO gene basis for obesity, period.
    Obesity is LEARNED BEHAVIOR, So stop feeling sorry for yourself.
    BTW, think of a pound of fat as one turkey dinner. So if you are 30 pounds overweight, that is like walking around with thirty turkey dinners hanging off your body.

    Wait are you saying Mendel lied when he said there was a mechanism for inheritance!?! I'm devastated. Mendel was my hero and here I thought he was cooler than dumb ol' Darwin.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Question: will they still air "the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving a Special?"
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Omit that "a"
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    Question: will they still air "the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving a Special?"

    I dont care as long as they still air "Rudolph" and dont outlaw Christmas
  • CompressedCarbon
    CompressedCarbon Posts: 357 Member
    Question: will they still air "the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving a Special?"

    Don't you think "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" are better than "The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special"? On the basis of Charlie Brown cartoons, I'd want to go straight from Halloween to Christmas, but I treasure my family/food coma day so I'm not ready to follow the AMA's plan just yet.
  • cbmae
    cbmae Posts: 19
    My brain is about to melt trying to figure out if people seriously think Thanksgiving should be no more... or if it's all trolling...:indifferent:
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Question: will they still air "the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving a Special?"

    I dont care as long as they still air "Rudolph" and dont outlaw Christmas

    :wink:
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    They can have my turkey leg when they pry it from my dead cold fingers.

    Hi Mike!

    Hi Beautiful.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    This is not real, it's just a roll. Sorry my friend, it's annoying me. :smile:
    I bet you're fun at parties.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I am 100% behind this idea.

    A holiday dedicated to eating? So wrong. So wrong. It should be illegal and anyone caught celebrating arrested.

    Do you truly believe that this is a holiday dedicated to eating? No one is forcing you to over eat, no one is telling you you HAVE to make food that is unhealthy. I really cannot decide if you are that idiotic or just being a troll.
    I think you should be put on the arrest list, as clearly you think this is just harmless celebrating. It's evil and wrong. It's worse than murder!

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