New York mayor seeks ban on sale of big sugary drinks

[Legbiter]

If people got rid of the wheat, sugar and all those rancid vegetable oils in their diets that would cover about 90% of the current obesity epidemic.

Of course doing so means almost everything that comes in a box these days would be off the table.

[CountDeMoney]

My sister has developed a penchant for growing her own stuff now, and has been raising chickens.  I'm surprised how much smaller "natural" eggs are, as opposed to the mega XL white industrial eggs.

The chickens are hilarious, though.  Except for the time when a hungry ass hawk decided to walk right into the coop through the little coop door, and pulled one of those juicy fuckers right the fuck out.  Inside the coop looked like a CSI scene, splatter patterns everywhere. Didn't know chickens don't lay eggs for a couple days due to the trauma of witnessing a homicide.

[Legbiter]

My sister has developed a penchant for growing her own stuff now, and has been raising chickens.  I'm surprised how much smaller "natural" eggs are, as opposed to the mega XL white industrial eggs.

Those eggs also have more A and D vitamins and a much better O3 to O6 fatty acid profile. And I bet she dosen't give her chickens soybean feed.

[CountDeMoney]

And I bet she dosen't give her chickens soybean feed.

Nope, they eat totally healthy.

Tell you what, though--quite a few of them would make very fine roasters. 

[Legbiter]

Tell you what, though--quite a few of them would make very fine roasters. 

Next time you visit, bring an axe. 

[CountDeMoney]

I could never do that. 

[Octavian]

I could never do that. 

Bring a hawk then!

[lustindarkness]

Where will the nanny state stop? It should be the individual's choice to eat and drink whatever they want as long as it does not hurt others. Just like seatbelt laws, let the stupid kill themselves off for the good of the gene pool. Doesn't NYC have bigger problems to deal with?

[DGuller]

Where will the nanny state stop? It should be the individual's choice to eat and drink whatever they want as long as it does not hurt others. Just like seatbelt laws, let the stupid kill themselves off for the good of the gene pool. Doesn't NYC have bigger problems to deal with?

That philosophy works to a certain point.  However, when the stupid are killing themselves in large numbers, practical considerations should take over, and the assumption of rationality should be dropped as unsupported in such cases.

[Valmy]

At this rate, the NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene will become one of the world's largest paramilitary units.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission will always reign supreme.  It could single handedly solve the unrest in Mexico if it wasn't so busy fighting the Battle of the Booze.

[Valmy]

Where will the nanny state stop? It should be the individual's choice to eat and drink whatever they want as long as it does not hurt others. Just like seatbelt laws, let the stupid kill themselves off for the good of the gene pool. Doesn't NYC have bigger problems to deal with?

You know what I love?  When I put something heavy in the passenger seat and then my car freaks the fuck out because it thinks somebody didn't buckle up.  I look forward to the day when my car starts narcing on me to the cops for it.

[derspiess]

Where will the nanny state stop? It should be the individual's choice to eat and drink whatever they want as long as it does not hurt others. Just like seatbelt laws, let the stupid kill themselves off for the good of the gene pool. Doesn't NYC have bigger problems to deal with?

Yeah, that's always fun.  There's supposed to be a way to disable that in my car but I've yet to figure it out.  For now I just leave that seat belt buckled.

You know what I love?  When I put something heavy in the passenger seat and then my car freaks the fuck out because it thinks somebody didn't buckle up.  I look forward to the day when my car starts narcing on me to the cops for it.

[Barrister]

Where will the nanny state stop? It should be the individual's choice to eat and drink whatever they want as long as it does not hurt others. Just like seatbelt laws, let the stupid kill themselves off for the good of the gene pool. Doesn't NYC have bigger problems to deal with?

Seatbelt laws are a pretty good example for the nanny state though.

There's literally no reason not to where a seatbelt.  It takes mere seconds to put on and off.  People didn't like to wear them though because they weren't in the habit of wearing them.  So government makes wearing a seatbelt a requirement.  People grumbled and complained, but now most people do wear their seatbelts.

Now is this law a good idea?  Well on the one hand there is, like seatbelts, literally no healthy reason for someone to be drinking a 64 ounce sugary soda.  But there's also no reason to be drinking a 64 ounce diet soda either.  It seems like this law would hard to enforce, with too many exceptions to make it worthwhile.

But by all means - lets experiment.  See what happens in NYC, and if it doesn't work, repeal it.

[garbon]

Where will the nanny state stop? It should be the individual's choice to eat and drink whatever they want as long as it does not hurt others. Just like seatbelt laws, let the stupid kill themselves off for the good of the gene pool. Doesn't NYC have bigger problems to deal with?

You know what I love?  When I put something heavy in the passenger seat and then my car freaks the fuck out because it thinks somebody didn't buckle up.  I look forward to the day when my car starts narcing on me to the cops for it.

I'm like, bitch shut up.

[Kleves]

I agree with Guller. Ideally, the government would not get involved in these sort of personal dietary decisions. Practically, however, so many people are making so many stupid decisions that it has become a societal problem that will only get worse if nothing is done.