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[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Everyone has about the same answers here, and I agree with many, but I've got a weird one:

Super Size Me

Something about it just compels me. And it always makes me want McDonald's afterwards... I truly struggle to explain why.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

[–] n4tur4lb0rnch1ll4@lemmy.vg 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trivia: the guy was an recovering alcoholic and started to drink again - this is actually what can be seen throughout the documentary

[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I heard that he was an alcoholic during the experiment, hence why the doctors were baffled by the state of his liver after one month.

But that adds more to the mystery of why I like it - I never believed the food would do that to you in the first place