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[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I dunno. I'm 75kg and could out eat a truck driver in a pie eating contest.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I totally read that as you could eat out a truck driver

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

Be sure and tell em Large Marge sent ya.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I read it as "could eat a truck driver".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm sure they could.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Thin people can actually eat more in a single meal than fat people because their stomach is of equal size, but fat people's stomach has to push against a fat layer that thin people don't have- or at least have a lot less of. It's why thin people are generally better at winning eating contests.

https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2003-11/why-do-thin-guys-always-seem-win-eating-contests/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Cool article, thanks for the link. I always wondered about that (as a skinny tall guy who can eat a lot in a single sitting).

I always thought height was also a factor because the stomach can stretch horizontally as well as vertically, but apparently not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Idk man, I have some obese relatives and they eat so much at a single meal that it makes me nauseous just observing it. They may have fat pushing against their stomachs, but I'm pretty sure their stomachs are stretched out to the max.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

That just illustrates the difference that is an all you can eat business and a single event contest

Restaurants need repeat customers. Ignoring exclusions for special considerations or circumstances, if you are fat, eating larger portions of food than you need to when you eat is likely why you are fat.

Calories in calories out

Most people arent active enough to not get fat while eating large portions of food

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

135kg here, pretty sure I could fit through the 30%. I guarantee the 20%. More worried about having to duck.