New York Soda Ban

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"Can I have 4 Big Macs, 6 Large fries, and a small diet coke?"

I wonder if ordering 2 small sodas that equal more than 16oz is considered illegal.

I believe the point is that if you want more soda you have to pay more.

Yup. I am of the opinion that they should not try to regulate things like that. If someone wants to buy a gallon of soda and fuck their bodies up, let them.

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Yup. I am of the opinion that they should not try to regulate things like that. If someone wants to buy a gallon of soda and fuck their bodies up, let them.

I agree with you except for with the points that Shinto made. I would love for everyone to be able to do any sort of drug, eat whatever they want in any amount they want, etc. The problem is that when they start having serious health issues as a result, it fucks everyone. There are probably ways to work around it but I don't think it's very simple.

Hospital visits relating to dug use/overweight issues that could have been avoided aren't eligible for healthcare?

Who decides what disqualifies someone? Who defines the requirements? That is the problem, and what makes it not so simple. I could eat a perfectly healthy diet, never do drugs, never smoke cigarettes, but also never exercise and be less healthy than I could be. Should that disqualify me from coverage? Should eating fast food once a week disqualify me? Is it morally acceptable for the government or some other entity to keep track my lifestyle for the sake of making that decision?

It's a problem that sounds easy to solve on paper, but in practice it just isn't so simple.

I agree with you except for with the points that Shinto made. I would love for everyone to be able to do any sort of drug, eat whatever they want in any amount they want, etc. The problem is that when they start having serious health issues as a result, it fucks everyone. There are probably ways to work around it but I don't think it's very simple.

What a cop-out answer.

I remember for the short time I worked at Mc Donalds, these two HUGE FUCKING FAT lesbians would come in. Like, 400 pounds.

They each would order, like, four Mc Chickens, four Big Macs, Like, nine Large Fries, a Sunday, a Parfait, two pies, and an Extra Large DIET Coke.

I asked them "why diet" once, and they one of them replied "We're trying to cut down."

That never happened. You read that somewhere.

That never happened. You read that somewhere.

I tried to spend a $2 bill at a taco bell once and was told it wasn't legal tender. Here's how it went down.

Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven layer burrito please, to go."

Server: "Is that it?"

Me: "Yep."

Server: "That'll be $1.04, eat here?"

Me: "No, it's "TO-GO" [I hate effort duplication]

At this point I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny and . . .

Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back."

He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within earshot. The following conversation occurs between the two of them:

Server: "Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?"

Manager: "No. A what?"

Server: "A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me."

Manager: "Ask for something else, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A $2 BILL."

Server: "Yeah, thought so."

He comes back to me and says:

Server: "We don't take these. Do you have anything else?"

Me: "Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?"

Server: "I don't know."

Me: "See here where it says legal tender?"

Server: "Yeah."

Me: "So, shouldn't you take it?"

Server: "Well, hang on a sec."

He goes back to his manager who is watching me like I'm going to shoplift.

Server: "He says I have to take it."

Manager: "Doesn't he have anything else?"

Server: "Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change."

Manager: "I'M NOT OPENING THE SAFE WITH HIM IN HERE." [My emphasis]

Server: "What should I do?"

Manager: "Tell him to come back later when he has REAL money."

Server: "I can't tell him that, you tell him."

Manager: "Just tell him."

Server: "No way, this is weird, I'm going in back."

The manager approaches me and says:

Manager: "Sorry, we don't take big bills this time of night." [It was 8pm and this particular Taco Bell is in a well lighted indoor mall with 100 other stores.]

Me: "Well, here's a two."

Manager: "We don't take those either."

Me: "Why the hell not?"

Manager: "I think you know why."

Me: "No really, tell me, why?"

Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."

Me: "Excuse me?"

Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security."

Me: "What the hell for?"

Manager: "Please, sir."

Me: "Uh, go ahead, call them."

Manager: "Would you please just leave?"

Me: "No."

Manager: "Fine, have it your way then."

Me: "No, that's Burger King, isn't it?"

At this point he BACKS away from me and calls mall security on the phone around the corner. I have two people STARING at me from the dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this 45 year old-ish guy comes in and says [at the other end of counter, in a whisper]:

Security: "Yeah, Mike, what's up?"

Manager: "This guy is trying to give me some [pause] funny money."

Security: "Really? What?"

Manager: "Get this, a two dollar bill."

Security: "Why would a guy fake a $2 bill?" [Incredulous]

Manager: "I don't know? He's kinda weird. Says the only other thing he has is a fifty."

Security: "So, the fifty's fake?"

Manager: "NO, the $2 is."

Security: "Why would he fake a $2 bill?"

Manager: "I don't know. Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?"

Security: "Yeah..."

Security guard walks over to me and says:

Security: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use."

Me: "Uh, no."

Security: "Lemme see 'em."

Me: "Why?"

Security: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?"

At this point I was ready to say, "SURE, PLEASE," but I wanted to eat, so I said:

Me: "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this $2 bill."

I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I was taking a swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says

Security: "Mike, what's wrong with this bill?"

Manager: "It's fake."

Security: "It doesn't look fake to me."

Manager: "But it's a $2 bill."

Security: "Yeah?"

Manager: "Well, there's no such thing, is there?"

The security guard and I both looked at him like he was an idiot, and it dawned on the guy that he had no clue. My burrito was free and he threw in a small drink and those cinnamon things, too. Makes me want to get a whole stack of $2 bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff. If I got the right group of people, I could probably end up in jail. At least you get free food.

I used to love people who'd pay for things with $2 bills. I thought that shit was always so cool. I thought everyone knew $2 bills existed though. Shows I'm a little naive still. :[

I used to love people who'd pay for things with $2 bills. I thought that shit was always so cool. I thought everyone knew $2 bills existed though. Shows I'm a little naive still. :[

i lol at u

I still love this story.