The Current Events Thread

Mete · Post by **Mete** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:04 pm

When I first read about that, I thought I had ended up on a fake news site. I've heard stories about how crazy football fans can get, but this is a whole new level.

Ersatz · Post by **Ersatz** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:27 pm

Yesterday, a train full of oil exploded in the middle of Lac-Mégantic, Qc. Surrounding buildings were completely destroyed, around 40 people are dead.

For the love of everything don't read the comments

Railroads go right through my own town. A few weeks ago my supervisor commented that it was stupid because if a train was to explode, it would do a lot of damage. And now this happens in a town not 150 km away from here.

Madican · Post by **Madican** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:45 am

America is no longer the fattest developed country in the world; Mexico is.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3300e/i3300e.pdf

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/americ ... 41236.html

Post by **Turbro** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:12 am

I don't know whether to celebrate or cry.

wordNumber · Post by **wordNumber** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:18 am

I thought Italy was anyway?
Like, I know we were in the top three at least, but I'm not sure if we were actually all the way up there or not.

Madican · Post by **Madican** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:46 am

Also apparently the fattest nation period is an island one where 95% of the population is overweight.

Syobon · Post by **Syobon** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:14 pm

I can't figure out for the life of me why that FAO article was linked since the only relevant figure I found in it was this.

TheStranger · Post by **TheStranger** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:46 pm

The weird part is that its the poor who are fat now, because most of the affordable food in industrial nations are full of fattening stuff.

Doormaster · Post by **Doormaster** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:47 pm

why do I keep reading this shit

Mete · Post by **Mete** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:52 pm

Why have one standard, when you could have two?

Operation Awesome · Post by **Operation Awesome** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 11:29 pm

so this is a thing that is happening

SaintCrazy · Post by **SaintCrazy** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:22 am

To be fair, it is kinda more difficult to confiscate a gun from somebody.

Lambeth · Post by **Lambeth** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:39 am

TheStranger wrote:The weird part is that its the poor who are fat now, because most of the affordable food in industrial nations are full of fattening stuff.

nah in poor dangerous areas, grocery stores often don't want to open up shop. So they have to rely on fast food.

Post by **Riku** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:45 am

Also because mac 'n cheese with hot dogs is way cheaper than pasta with a vegetable sauce and some chicken.

Lambeth · Post by **Lambeth** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:06 pm

Yeah, that's partly because of subsidies that the fast food companies get.

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