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Re:Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred ... by dimino on Thursday June 04, 2015 @12:10PM (#9660203)
> "American dies after eating 400 hotdogs in eating competition" = "unhealthy fastfood is pretty entrenched in American culture".

Not for nothing, but I'd actually agree with that conclusion, based on your example.

If a culture promotes fast food to the point where competitions related to the rapid consumption of the fast food causes a death, I'd consider it a symptom of the larger "fast food culture" problem for that society.

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Re:Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred ... by SoftwareMaven on Thursday June 04, 2015 @02:06PM (#9660954)
Competitive eating (including stuffing 110 hot dogs down your throat[1]) is popular in Japan. Is "unhealthy fastfood pretty entrenched in Japanese culture"?

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi

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Re:Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred ... by lotsofcows on Friday June 05, 2015 @07:02AM (#9664813)
Normally when you cite a source, the source is supposed to support your argument.

A Japanese man who wins predominately USAian eating contests does support the statement "Competitive eating is popular in Japan".

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