The tumblr blog, This is Why You’re Fat, is changing my life. Seriously. Its craptacular stomach-turning absurdity has kept me from reaching for another french fry all week.
What’s especially clever is the way the site focuses on the food we eat, devoid of the usual sumptuous marketing presentation, rather than directly condemning those who create or consume it. All of us are implicated as a result. I even like the blog’s crude matter-of-fact title and their motto: “Where dreams become heart attacks.”
"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
It’ll make you think twice about super sizing or adding extra bacon – that’s for sure.
Behold, for example, “The Hamdog,” which is described as “a hot dog wrapped in a beef patty that’s deep fried, covered with chili, cheese, onions, served on a hoagie bun topped with two fistfuls of fries and a fried egg.” (picture credit)
How many Weight Watchers Points do you think this thing is worth?
Posted by Carleen on February 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM
LUV it!! Thanks for the link! I did an op-ed a few years ago poking fun at one of the breakfast restaurants that featured crepes w/a side of pancakes! That would be why we’re fat. :)
Posted by Brian on February 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM
I blogged about the Hamdog a few years ago when I saw it mentioned in an article about the Luther Burger, which is also an abomination–a huge burger topped with cheese and bacon and served between two Krispy Kreme donuts. Made me ill.
And trust me–I like to eat. You don’t grow up around New Orleans and not develop a love for food. I’ve got the body style to prove it. But there comes a point where you just lose all sense of proportion, and this makes that point look like an ever-diminishing dot in the rearview mirror.
Posted by Claudia on February 18, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Oh man, this thing is “a few years” old? And I can’t even imagine what meat tastes like between two Krispy Kreme donuts. Oh Lord.