I read an article on the Globe and Mail’s site called Yum or Yuck? that looks at the appeal of the website thisiswhyyourefat.com, and all I can say is you really do have the same reaction as when you’re looking at a car wreck. You don’t want to see it, but you can’t stop looking at it. The tagline is “where dreams become heart attacks” and all it contains is reader posted images of the most high calorie, fat and cholesterol-laden foods you could possibly concoct. At first you think, I can see how a hot dog smothered with mac and cheese would be good. But if you look at it for long enough you actually do start to get nauseous. It might have been the sheer mass of ground meat in many of the photos. Anyway, whether it makes you crave a burger or a salad, it’s a fascinating perspective on people’s relationship with food, especially processed food.
Crazy food
March 4, 2009