The Bridge

Donald A. Gorske (born November 28, 1953) of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is an American world record holder and "Big Mac enthusiast". He is best known for having eaten over 26,000 Big Mac hamburgers from the U.S. fast food chain McDonald's in his lifetime, subsequently winning a place in the 2006 Guinness Book of Records. He claims the Big Mac constitutes 90% of his total solid food intake. He is featured in the documentaries Super Size Me (2004) and Don Gorske: Mac Daddy (2005). He is the author of 22,477 Big Macs (2008). Overview Gorske claims that after getting his first car, the first ...

GnomeSlice

6:10 PM

@Fluttershy This guy is a hero.

kalina

how the hell can you be a "Big Mac Enthusiast"

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice IT ALL SOUNDS EQUALLY RACIST

GnomeSlice

He was in SuperSize Me too, wasn't he?

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I could correct that, but it would be incredibly mean.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Yes he was.

GnomeSlice

6:11 PM

First day he ever went to MacDonalds he had 9 Big Macs.

That's about all I remember.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Mc, not Mac.

Iszi

@Fluttershy That's "Mc" for the first, and "Mac" for the second.

GnomeSlice

> Gorske also states that he has only eaten one Burger King Whopper sandwich in his life, and will never eat one again. Gorske claimed that he first tried a Whopper after his friend bet him $5 to do so, and that he then spent the money on Big Macs.

Fluttershy

Right

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Right, right. I forget all the time because of 'big mac'.

kalina

6:12 PM

Wow

the bit that gets me is this

> At his doctor visit on April 26, 2011, his first since 1985, his cholesterol level was 156 mg/dl, which is below the average of 208 mg/dl.

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Star Command update!

GnomeSlice

@kalina He's a skinny motherfucker too

kalina

at over 4000 calories a day?

GnomeSlice

@kalina Yeah, it's nuts.

Fluttershy

@kalina You can eat the worst things in the world, apparently. Just gotta exercise. So that who "exercise and eat right" argument is crap. Clearly only one is needed.

kalina

6:14 PM

If I touched 4000 calories worth of food in a day I'd gain weight

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy That's disgusting

GnomeSlice

I'm like that too (although I don't probably don't intake calories a day), but I never, ever gain weight for anything.

@Fluttershy Metabolism :P

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko What is? I can't see replies, people!

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice That's what I have :D

GnomeSlice

> Despite a diet some would call unhealthy, Gorske says he keeps himself in good shape. He says he’s 6-foot-2 and weighs 185 pounds, and walks as many as 10 miles a day.

kalina

6:15 PM

@Fluttershy the wiki link

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Ooh!

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice I wasn't aware metabolism had an effect on cholesterol.

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy You know what you did!

Fluttershy

@kalina <3 Thank you.

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Oh, I dunno.

SaintWacko

6:15 PM

But yeah, that person

Fluttershy

Now I want McDonald's....

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy At his doctor visit on April 26, 2011, his first since 1985, his cholesterol level was 156 mg/dl, which is below the average of 208 mg/dl.

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy Ew

fbueckert

@Fluttershy I would assume it does.

kalina

nothing ever makes me want mcdonalds

SaintWacko

6:16 PM

It's probably been a decade since I've eaten what I consider fast food

OrigamiRobot

Of course, average does not mean healthy.

GnomeSlice

Apparently he keeps some in the freeezer now for when he can't get to a McDonald's

Which is a little weird, I guess.

SaintWacko

McDonalds, Burger King, Arby's, that sort of place

Fluttershy

For two years I lived off of fast food. Lunch and dinner, every day. For two years. I didn't gain any weight.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice I wonder if he's ever tried a real hamburger

OrigamiRobot

6:17 PM

McDonalds hamburgers are awful. If I ever go there, I get chicken because it is edible.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko I dunno, I hope so. Big Macs are pretty tasty, but it's hard to beat a giant juicy hamburger.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot I don't go there. I'd honestly rather skip a meal than go there

fbueckert

@SaintWacko Eugh. Every update we get about Star Command is, "We're so close! Promise! It's almost out!"

Ullallulloo

I like fast food.

GnomeSlice

Have you guys ever tried a McGangbang

Ullallulloo

6:18 PM

I like most food though.

SaintWacko

@fbueckert I know :(

OrigamiRobot

@SaintWacko I haven't been in a couple months, but that's more laziness than health consciousness.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot I'm normally not terribly health conscious, but I draw the line at that sort of "food"

fbueckert

@SaintWacko The premise is great, but they've missed release dates constantly for a whole year.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot barely, only fast food chicken that is 'edible' is KFC

GnomeSlice

6:19 PM

McGangBang = Order 1 Junior Chicken and 1 McDouble; take them apart and rebuild them as bun/beef/bun/chicken/bun/beef/bun; eat

So good, even though it has nothing on it but bread and meat.

fbueckert

@SaintWacko When your main protein source is cardboard with an official name of, "100% beef", I'm thinking you can't call what you serve, food.

GnomeSlice

And ketchup/mustard if you get some.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice "bread" and "meat"

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Except it's actually beef.

SaintWacko

Actual bread and meat are delicious

fbueckert

6:20 PM

@GnomeSlice Except it's actually not.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Source?

fbueckert

It's just something called beef.

SaintWacko

and I would be perfectly happy to just eat bread and meat

kalina

@fbueckert It actually is in the UK, the only fast food I've ever eaten in Canada is Wendy's though

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Ugh KFC is the greasiest grease that ever greased. Not that it's not delicious.

SaintWacko

6:21 PM

@fbueckert I started to google "contents of mcdonalds beef", then decided I really didn't want to know

GnomeSlice

@kalina Haven't been there much lately, used to really like them.

SaintWacko

Especially while I'm eating lunch

kalina

@OrigamiRobot must be a regional thing, KFC over here isn't that greasy at all

OrigamiRobot

Must be.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot They're one of the few fast food places where I do like the food

fbueckert

6:21 PM

@OrigamiRobot Love KFC.

kalina

burgerking over here disintegrates as you take it out of the packaging though

OrigamiRobot

In the South, everything is grease.

SaintWacko

That and Chik-fil-a

It's delicious

Ullallulloo

@fbueckert McDonald’s uses only 100% USDA-inspected beef from real beef cattle to make our burger patties.

SaintWacko

Their fries are so amazing

kalina

6:22 PM

over here, BurgerKing do the best fries

followed by McDonalds, followed by KFC

but KFC do food that doesn't taste like death

GnomeSlice

Apparently McDonald's used to put a mystery 'Pink Slime' ingredient in their beef, which they dropped a while ago.

kalina

while McDonalds could be cooked rat it's so tasteless

SaintWacko

@Ullallulloo Good to know that on their website they say something that will make people like their food

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice Which is scrap beef sanitized.

SaintWacko

A company would never lie to a consumer in order to make more money

Ullallulloo

6:23 PM

@SaintWacko You think they blatantly lie?

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Where I am (and every place I've been) Burger King has better burgers, but horrible fries. McDonalds has awesome fries, but horrible burgers.

GnomeSlice

@Ullallulloo Interesting

kalina

McDonalds fries over here have no potato in them

SaintWacko

@Ullallulloo I think they twist the truth

kalina

I mean I'm sure they did at one point, but by the time you get them they're just shells of fries that are generally quite hollow

OrigamiRobot

6:24 PM

They don't have to be potato to taste delicious.

kalina

KFC fries are soggy

GnomeSlice

McDonald's is not a shitty little broke organization man, they have the means to GET high quailty foods.

kalina

and Burger King fries are nice

Ullallulloo

@SaintWacko snopes.com/business/market/allbeef.asp

kalina

@GnomeSlice higher quality foods = more overhead costs eating into profits

SaintWacko

6:24 PM

@kalina Arby's and Chik-fil-a fries are delicious

GnomeSlice

@kalina Joey's Only used to make the best fries hands-down until the chain died. =[

OrigamiRobot

At burger King, I get "onion" rings.

fbueckert

Ok, yeah, looks like that 100% beef thing is an urban legend. My bad.

They still have to do something to it to make it that wholly unhealthy, though.

Fluttershy

For anyone curious about the burger I will be eating tonight.

kalina

@Fluttershy the nicest thing in that picture is the can of dr pepper

fbueckert

6:26 PM

@Fluttershy ...dammit, now I want a burger and onion rings for lunch.

OrigamiRobot

@Fluttershy -cheese +lettuce

GnomeSlice

Wow, they fillet and bone their fish on board the ship?

Fluttershy

@fbueckert Everything in that picture: $4

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Finish it!

kalina

@Fluttershy I hate America for this

Fluttershy

6:27 PM

@GnomeSlice I ate the entire thing.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Damn. That's crazy cheap.

kalina

$4 = £2.50

I can get a bottle of Dr Pepper for that

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Now I have a craving for beans.

Fluttershy

@fbueckert You ever come to my neck of the woods, a burger like that is on me.

GnomeSlice

Fuck I should go eat

half an hour till class though

And then class till 10:00 with a one hour break in between the two at some point

Wipqozn

6:28 PM

@GnomeSlice Run really fast. Problem solved.

@Fluttershy Does that offer extend to me as well?

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn Sure!

fbueckert

@Fluttershy I may take you up on that.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Excellent.

Ullallulloo

I haven't even had breakfast yet. You guys aren't helping with my pre-existing hunger.

fbueckert

And then we hit up a steakhouse for supper on me.

GnomeSlice

6:28 PM

I should have done some homework this morning, I've been here for like four hours.

Fuck me

Wipqozn

@fbueckert We should alll take him up on it, and then make him go broke. Then we'll make him become our butler.

kalina

@GnomeSlice I don't want to.

Ullallulloo

@Fluttershy I'm the closest to you. What about me?

GnomeSlice

tries to think of response

Fluttershy

Anyone who visits me will be treated to a meal.

4

fbueckert

6:29 PM

@Wipqozn Nothing like abusing someone's generosity to make them never do something nice again.

kalina

@Fluttershy on my way, cya in 10 hours

Wipqozn

@fbueckert I know! I't sgreat!

Fluttershy

@kalina I'll be here!

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn So many $4 meals.

Wipqozn

EVERYONE! LET'S ALL GO VISIT @FLUTTERSHY AND TAKE ALL HIS MONEY!

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Ullallulloo

6:30 PM

In the tens!

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Tell you what: you come over here, during winter, and I'll treat you to a meal, too.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Nova Scotia is cold enough, thank you.

I really need to start a fire, but I'm lazy.

kalina

@Wipqozn By fire be purged...

Wipqozn

I should make a point to travel across Canada at some point and visit all the Arqade Canadians.

GnomeSlice

Die Besten Fonts 2012

Fluttershy

6:32 PM

@Wipqozn I do not live in Canada. No free food for you.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy THen move. Problem solved.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn You can be my wingman

fbueckert

In fact, I'll extend that offer to anyone. You come visit me during winter, I'll feed you.

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy: How is FAE doing? Haven't heard from her in a bit. I assume she lacks non-dial-up internet.

@fbueckert Someones lonely.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I have a fireplace, but the log holder thingy is bolted down and it's a pain to clean.

SaintWacko

6:32 PM

@Fluttershy Where do you live?

fbueckert

@Wipqozn Not really. I just want to see you shiver in the cold.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Power washer

Fluttershy

@SaintWacko Missouri.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice ... indoors?

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Wear a helmet

fbueckert

6:33 PM

Hence why, "during winter" is part of the caveat.

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Maybe you should come to 'merica.

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice Haha

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice I'm not worried about me...

Fluttershy

@Wipqozn She's fine. She's visiting some friends of ours near Toronto and will be heading home Sunday.

SaintWacko

@Ullallulloo Whoa

GnomeSlice

6:33 PM

@OrigamiRobot Air compressor, then.

SaintWacko

@Fluttershy Hmmm, not too far...

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice Are you even thinking?

Wipqozn

@Ullallulloo But 'merica is too hot.

SaintWacko

But too far for a burger

@GnomeSlice That would fill the house with ashes

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Going under a waterfall or something?

kalina

6:34 PM

@OrigamiRobot do you really need to ask this question?

Ullallulloo

@Wipqozn Go to Alaska.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko Vacuum cleaner!

Powerlord

Sorry, La Mulana was on the mind recently.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Let me know how your snowstorm fares; we're supposed to get ~2 inches tonight.

Ullallulloo

OrigamiRobot

6:34 PM

@fbueckert Did you see my ping about the weather here?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice That's better

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, I did.

OrigamiRobot

WTF YOU ARE A WITCH

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko How else are you going to clean up all of the ashes around your house?

Lazers

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Q: Most time-effective way to play EVE online?

I'm thinking of starting to play EVE online, but I'm worried about the amount of time it will take. I would consider playing 3-5h per week, but not more. Hence, my question is: what is the most time-effective career path/way to play EVE online?

eve-online

OrigamiRobot

6:35 PM

IS THIS HOW @STRIX FEELS EVERY TIME I SAY WHAT HE IS GOING TO SAY BEFORE HE SAYS IT?

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Poltergust!

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord Which is a vaccum cleaner.

Powerlord

Which reminds me, has a North American release date been announced for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon?

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot I'm confused. What happened?

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot I dunno; I do it to everybody.

OrigamiRobot

6:36 PM

@fbueckert It's the ice that makes it particularly dangerous here.

Powerlord

Last I checked it was still "Spring 2013"

kalina

@OrigamiRobot eugh ice

the snow we had last week has turned into ice now

and today it has snowed on top of the ice

GnomeSlice

I'm going to go eat something

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert @SaintWacko @StrixVaria Start here

GnomeSlice

@kalina That's dangerous

kalina

6:36 PM

tomorrow is going to be hilarious to walk to work in

Powerlord

Oh, apparently the release date is now officially March 24.

kalina

@GnomeSlice oh, I know

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot What?

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot I did. I still don't understand

StrixVaria

23 secs ago, by SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot I did. I still don't understand

OrigamiRobot

6:38 PM

@StrixVaria @SaintWacko He answer the question before I asked it.

It's pretty obvious.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Not on my screen

StrixVaria

Uh...

I think @OrigamiRobot's robot senses are making him perceive time backwards.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Post a screenshot?

OrigamiRobot

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot That just looks like a normal conversation to me.

SaintWacko

6:41 PM

@StrixVaria Me too...

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot Wait, my image wasn't found?

OrigamiRobot

Why would I ask if he saw the ping he replied to?

@Ullallulloo imgur is blocked here

Wipqozn

@Powerlord It got one 2 hours ago

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Ullallulloo

@OrigamiRobot It wasn't imgur.

OrigamiRobot

6:42 PM

@Ullallulloo then whatever it is is blocked here

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Oh, I see. Didn't realize those were related

Ullallulloo

fbcdn.net

@OrigamiRobot okay

SaintWacko

I am failing so hard at Link to the Past

StrixVaria

Someone should write a browser plugin that automatically google reverse images searches every image posted in here and then blocks it if it has to do with ponies.

badp

It would be much simpler to explain everything if Google, Chrome and Safari weren't three different web browsers on the iThings

OrigamiRobot

6:43 PM

Actually he didn't reply to the ping I was referencing, but my question was not a reply. The point is, my question came 1 second after what he said.

Ullallulloo

StrixVaria

@Ullallulloo Panchero's is like the bottom feeder of those middle-speed mexican food places.

It might be better than Moe's, actually.

Moe's is terrible.

Ullallulloo

@StrixVaria I've never heard of either of those.

StrixVaria

@Ullallulloo That napkin says Panchero's on it.

Ullallulloo

@StrixVaria I found it on the internet though.

StrixVaria

6:45 PM

@Ullallulloo Well, having eaten their queso, I can say that the joke is much worse now.

Wipqozn

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn And I didn't even make that connection.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot Ice is currently a permanent fixture on our sidewalks.

And on quite a few roads, too.

Until they get around to scraping it back down to pavement.

Fluttershy

Guys, what game should I play tonight?

fbueckert

@Fluttershy KOTOR3.

Only a 25GB download!

Fluttershy

6:55 PM

@fbueckert Lost interest in that rather quickly.

fbueckert

@Fluttershy Aww.

Fluttershy

And it isn't on my list!

StrixVaria

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Q: Dieblo 3 site down?

Not quite sure where to post this but is the Main Diablo III site down? I can access a cached copy of it (in Goole Chrome) which shows me an un-formatted version of the site. That's not very read-able though. The site hasn't worked for me in several months, but after hearing about the new 1.0.7 p...