I decline to participate in nationalist virtue signaling.
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I went to the Nathanās contest once when I used to live in NY, there were 50-100k people there but I was still able to see the action pretty well. Definitely recommended if itās close by for you. I also bought and ate one Nathanās hot dog and it was a satisfying lunch, so donāt know how these guys do it. The announcer guy introduced the top 4 contenders as āThe four horseman of the esophagusā which made me lol.
I canāt defend the contest on any rational grounds but Iām glad it exists in the same way that Iām glad people climb K2 and surf 100 foot waves, even though I wouldnāt want to do those things.
Does ESPN air the womenās contest?
Thought they participated at the same time and separated the results by gender
I think it used to be that way but they changed it. Not sure, though. Iām no expert.
76 in 10 minutes if fucking insane. I get bloated from beer.
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Yeah.
I agree with Riverman that itās sad and depressing that this is even a thing.
On the other hand, if someone trains to be able do that and can do it that much better than everyone else, I have to give the man some (grudging) respect. Being the literal best in the world at anything is hard.
I mean, they vomit it out right? That would be just as bad as stuffing it in but they donāt digest all that right? Surprised there arenāt more choking incidents tbh. Number 1 thing my parents told me from the phone at work when feeding my brothers was to cut up the hot dogs small! #jedimeme.jpg
Is it confirmed that they do that? Whether they do that or not, jamming it all in there and keeping it down for as long as the rules specify is fucking insane.
I never paid much attention, I have no clue. I canāt imagine holding 76 hot dogs down at a time and practicing that and being skinny unless they are also marathoners.
I donāt think the body can metabolize that much food all at once, I assume they vomit it out or just shit it partly digested.
Both sound horrible.
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Some mind blowing shit here:
4 32-ounce bowls of mayo in 8 minutes.
7 sticks of butter in 5 minutes.
16.5 pints of ice cream (thatās over 2 gallons) in 6 minutes.
That last record is held by a woman that is 125 pounds.
I donāt know if you guys watched it, but the announcer was certifiably insane. He was basically the equivalent of the ring announcer from Drago-Creed in Rocky IV:
At one point, he referred to someone as āthe Houdini of Cuisiniā and I just lost it while my family looked at me like I was a lunatic. But for another contestant he said something like āHis mother died in childbirth when she looked upon him and saw what a monster she had birthed.ā And that got super awkward in the old spidercrab household when my wife, horrified, asked if his mom had really died in childbirth and I honestly couldnāt say.
Edit: Iām thrilled to see The Ringer has done a story on this guy:
Oh man, I donāt want to spoil the whole story, but hereās another top-notch awkward intro:
āHe will do whatever it takes to win,ā Shea said. āThree days ago he broke up with his girlfriend and euthanized his dog to leave a void of emptiness inside of him that he can fill today with hot dogs and buns.ā
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He should host top chef
Yes youāre right.
Why should anyone be angry or sickened about such ostentatious displays of greed when 9 million people/year die of famine related illness?
Good point.
Greed?
Contest is dumb, but this seems like a strange complaint.
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