Once upon a time (earlier this evening), in the land of the lards, (burger king), an evil Hog Goblin, whom I believe was the female of the species, tried to convince our hero that it and he were the same. (It decided to make small talk as we waited for our to-go orders.)
HG: Hey, we ordered the exact same thing. (Two sandwiches, large fries, large drink.) I tell my friends that I eat the same as skinny people. But my thin friends don't believe me.
Anoinc: No you don't. (Back to browsing on my phone.)
HG: But we ordered the same thing.
Anoinc: No we didn't.
HG: Yeah we did. I just heard your order.
Anoinc: Fine, I'll break it down. You added bacon and cheese to both of your sandwiches. That's easily an extra 500 calories. Also, I won't be drinking any of this sprite. My wife is under the weather and this is for her to drink on for the next few days to keep her stomach settled. So that 44 ounces of soda is an extra 600 calories. This is on top of a meal that's already 1200 calories. And here's the kicker. Half of the fries and the other sandwich are for my wife. And we won't even finish a lot of this meal. So no. You don't eat the same as a "skinny" person. Calorically, you'll be eating at least 4 times more than I will this evening, and slightly more than I will all day. There's a reason only your fat friends believe you.
Then our hero tried to go back to quietly mind his own business, like a decent person, as the evil hog goblin tried to stare a hole in the side of our hero's head. The merchant interrupted the silence by offering the hog goblin its meal. And upon realizing its defeat the hog goblin left our hero in peace but not before spouting.
HG: you didn't have to be an asshole about it.
Edit: Could someone spin this from fatty's perspective? Those interpretations always amuse me so.
Edit 2: Top of FPH and 2nd on my front page. Thank you, all you lovely people!
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[–] nobslob 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Your estimates for a slice of cheese and bacon are too high, especially the paper thin 'bacon' fast food places use. I realize you were likely embellishing a bit to make a point, but when I first started counting calories I was terrible at estimating. Now I can do it without thinking, a few months of having to look everything up will do that to you :P
slice of bacon: about 50 calories, a kraft single "cheese" slice is maybe 70 calories.
That is a huge amount of food for 1 person to eat. And the macros are all wrong, like 50% carb! It's too bad fast food places don't have any veggie options, I'd rather do broccoli & cauliflower than fries. My husband and I do the same thing on the rare occasions we eat fast food (mostly on road trips), one of us gets a meal and other just gets a burger, then we split the fries and diet coke. Usually don't finish it all either.
[–] NotMrS 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Hey now! French fries are made out of potatoes, and potatoes are a vegetable. Not only that but EVERYONE knows that deep frying uses so much heat that it cooks the calories out.
Checkmate shitlord!
[–] ObeastsareDisgusting 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I laughed
[–] Demons 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
They were calculating for two sandwiches. A slice of cheese at in-and-out (not going to use Kraft slices because idk what better-than-mcdonald's fast food place would use such a cheap cheese) is 110 calories, several slices of bacon per sandwich is probably 100-150 calories...together that's anywhere between 210-250 calories, times two (two sandwiches) and that's 420-500 calories, which coincides with what OP estimated.
In-and-out uses damn tasty cheese though. Never been to Burger King but I'm sure their sandwich menu has calories notated somewhere.
[–] nobslob 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Oh gross, I didn't realize they were talking extra cheese and bacon for 2 sandwiches.
For those curious about the actual counts I looked it up: a burger king cheese slice has exactly 80 calories, the bacon adds about 120. x2 would be 160+240=400calories
[–] VegetarianZombie1 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Doesn't matter, the fatty still got served.
[–] CommanderPao 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
"Your estimates for a slice of cheese and bacon are too high, especially the paper thin 'bacon' fast food places use."
The place I work has a calorie calc on their website for the food. A salad there goes from like 230 calories down to 190 without the bacon. Shit is salty too.
[–] 4407856? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I think it depends on be on and the amount of slices and how it's cooked. The bacon i eat is 40cal for grilled, but it's quite high price and it's mostely neat with little fat. I'm not sure what if it's a cheap cut made of fat