 Profworm
Male, 30-39, Western US
 189 Posts
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Friday, July 13, 2012 10:56:22 AM
This law doesn't ban anything. It's just to make people second guess how many gallons of sugar they need to drink with one meal, and if they decide the answer to that question is "lots of gallons" they can go ahead and get another. Or the free refill.
Anyone who thinks this is an attack on their freedoms really needs a perspective check. |
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 Xprez
Male, 30-39, Western US
282 Posts
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Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:18:34 PM
Last I checked the U.S. was a country of freedoms. It's someone's choice to have a large soda. |
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 DShephard
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1586 Posts
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Thursday, July 12, 2012 8:48:53 AM
They're 80% ice anyways, there's not much liquid in them... |
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 jendrian
Male, 18-29, Canada
2352 Posts
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Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:32:33 AM
I remember one time my wife's brother and his wife took us to a Wendy's and we ordered a "medium" sized drink each, only to be presented with a monstrous cup, all the while they ordered a "big" each, finding a gigantic plastic cup delivered through the window.
Original article in NPR
I'm completely for freedom of choice, but when your choices are between: "huge", "gigantic" and "brobdingnagian", the whole "freedom" argument goes to hell doesn't it?
Kind of like during every election time: choose between a giant douche or a turd sandwich. |
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 mabongrrl
Female, 18-29, Western US
13 Posts
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:55:21 PM
This is just freaking judgmental. I'm sure the poster is an adonis look-a-like. |
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 SarahofBorg
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3526 Posts
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:39:56 PM
This is stupid photo. She doesn't look that fat. It's just loose skin from age or from having lost weight. |
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 blagoffs
Male, 18-29, Southern US
3 Posts
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:19:56 PM
no, THIS is why bloomberg is banning sodas |
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 McGovern1981
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
10187 Posts
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:23:27 AM
@patchgrabber
I'm all set with government dictating what I can and can't drink already tried that once it was called the prohibition it failed. |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5252 Posts
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:03:52 AM
I'm so glad our country is focusing on flabby arms- over weight people in general- instead of, say, REAL ISSUES
Last time I checked heart disease was the number one cause of death in the US. Not saying this law will really do anything for that, but overweight people in your country ARE a big issue (no pun intended, happy coincidence  ) |
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 daroofa
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
132 Posts
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:05:49 AM
Don't look at our $2 billion deficit, look over here at this shiny object. |
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connected09
Male, 18-29, Canada
6 Posts
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:00:27 AM
a friend's half-sister makes $72/hour on the internet. She has been without a job for 6 months but last month her income was $14583 just working on the internet for a few hours. Read more on this site NuttyRich. com
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16885 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:52:42 PM
When the Nazis came for my Big Gulp, I did not speak out...
Was IAB sold to a corporation and now people just take turns being Fancylad?
@markust I know you're not speaking to me but...
When I read that, my eyes nearly POPPED OUT of my skull: change "being" into "doing" and you'll see why... |
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 bigjwayn9
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
55 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:44:44 PM
like people didnt have fat arms b4 big gulps pahleeze, jump off the politically correct bandwagon for 2 seconds and realize what decsions like this made by the goverment could mean. |
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 Shinymetal
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
129 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:36:27 PM
I think IAB is actively trolling it's own members now. Floppy woman arms are caused by soda. DERP!
no woman had flabby arms till soda came along. Right? Thank goodness Bloomberg came along along to save us from the flood of flabby feminine flaps. |
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 carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4017 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:37:06 PM
If the government manages your health care, law enforcement, rehabilitation, disability payments, low-income dental plans, etc., it, like any other insurance company, will want to limit its pay-outs. It's the trade off for a taste of socialism. Most people don't mind seat-belt laws and machine gun restrictions because of the overall benefits in lowering death and injury rates. One day, 32-oz. Big Gulps will be looked back upon with horror, the way we do the days of omnipresent smoking. |
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 littleoracle
Female, 30-39, Midwest US
243 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:32:12 PM
Sodas, cigarettes, seatbelts... it's only a matter of time before the government is able to come into your house and make whatever changes THEY deem necessary. Apparently we're a free nation - but "Big Brother" needs to make free choices for us. |
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 earplay
Male, 60-69, Midwest US
120 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:13:51 PM
"Quality control around here is really slipping."
But not quantity control. |
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 markust123
Male, 40-49, Western US
3783 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:08:39 PM
Was IAB sold to a corporation and now people just take turns being Fancylad? |
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nettech98
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
833 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 6:35:56 PM
"when the F*CK did everyone decide that gov't should influence an individuals PERSONAL choice"
At least around the time they implemented seat belt and helmet laws if not earlier.... |
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cityncolour
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
345 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 6:05:22 PM
no more big sodas!!
now it's just several small sodas that will end up making soda pushers more money!
not to mention... when the F*CK did everyone decide that gov't should influence an individuals PERSONAL choice. Fancy... if you support this sh*t not only do you have the worst posts of anyone here... you're clearly a liberal d-bag idiot. you want uncle sam to wipe your ass for you too... god forbid. the f*cking stupidity... i am beyond words. this country is full of tards. |
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 Solvent
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2695 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:20:49 PM
Why take care of yourself when Ol' Fascist Bloomy can do it for you? |
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 gothmo
Female, 18-29, Western US
1328 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:16:15 PM
those look more like arms that have lost some weight, but maybe it's age, either way people should be allowed to do what they want to themselves. |
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 thelonious
Male, 40-49, Southern US
3200 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:01:55 PM
Quality control around here is really slipping. |
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 EgalM
Male, 18-29, Canada
1667 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:50:02 PM
All the people saying there is more pressing issues makes me think Bloomberg is just drawing attention away from those topics with something stupid. "Hey look over here, no no, not that, the soda, look at the soda" |
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grimlock16
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
68 Posts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:46:16 PM
fail.. |
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