Comments on: The Egg King http://uglydudefood.com/2008/05/the-egg-king/ Learning to love food after years of routine and starvation Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Link Buffet: May 7, 2008 | EatFeats http://uglydudefood.com/2008/05/the-egg-king/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Link Buffet: May 7, 2008 | EatFeats Wed, 07 May 2008 12:19:37 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=78#comment-77 [...] Musician Dan Bern trains for and wins a hard boiled egg eating contest (he thinks that the female who ate 65 eggs is 8 years old) (via Ugly Dude Food) [...] [...] Musician Dan Bern trains for and wins a hard boiled egg eating contest (he thinks that the female who ate 65 eggs is 8 years old) (via Ugly Dude Food) [...]

]]> By: Conor http://uglydudefood.com/2008/05/the-egg-king/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Conor Tue, 06 May 2008 23:25:49 +0000 http://uglydudefood.com/?p=78#comment-76 I think it's obvious that overeating was once a skill. A more important skill, though, was being able to situate yourself in conditions where overeating was a possibility. I think this lines up with how conceptions of physical beauty have shifted over the millennia, from fat to chubby to heroine chic. It all has to do with what's hard to achieve, and therefore must demonstrate some kind of skill or ability. What will cause the next shift? How much skinnier and breastier can women get before it gets boring? Is fat coming back? I don't pretend to know, but I do know I'll be making a fucking bitching omelette in the morning. I think it’s obvious that overeating was once a skill. A more important skill, though, was being able to situate yourself in conditions where overeating was a possibility.

I think this lines up with how conceptions of physical beauty have shifted over the millennia, from fat to chubby to heroine chic.

It all has to do with what’s hard to achieve, and therefore must demonstrate some kind of skill or ability. What will cause the next shift? How much skinnier and breastier can women get before it gets boring? Is fat coming back?

I don’t pretend to know, but I do know I’ll be making a fucking bitching omelette in the morning.

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