Good old Morgan Spurlock is living off nothing but Bitcoin for a week to see how the currency works. What do you guys think of this? Seems like it could either be really interesting or horrible.
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Good old Morgan Spurlock is living off nothing but Bitcoin for a week to see how the currency works. What do you guys think of this? Seems like it could either be really interesting or horrible.
[28 Points] cashmeres:
[9 Points] ndw10325:
You know Spurlock faked the whole "Super Size Me" thing? NOBODY-- as in, real you know, Scientists, have been able to reproduce his results(and that's kinda the hallmark of the Scientific Method--as you know), Sweden's University of Linkoping tried to replicate Spurlock's experiment by tasking healthy college students with the challenge of eating 6,000 calories of fast food per day, inadvertently also answering the question "What's the easiest way to get guinea pigs ever?" At the end of the 30 days, the students had none of the liver or cholesterol troubles Spurlock reported. According to the guy in charge of the experiment (aka an actual scientist, not the guy who created MTV's I Bet You Will), the students' metabolism was able to adapt to the extra amount of food they were eating. They did feel more tired, but none of them experienced the mood swings and depression Spurlock claimed to have endured. --Copied from a cracked article, not to mention this:
"Tom Naughton points out in his documentary, Fat Head, there's simply no way Spurlock could have been eating that much food if he was sticking to his own rules. A large Big Mac meal clocks in at "just" 1,450 calories, and it's by far one of the fattiest items on the menu. This means that even Supersizing lunch and dinner every day and adding dessert falls well short of the 5,000 calories a day Spurlock's nutritionist claims he was consuming."
Why am I pointing this out long after the film came out? Because Morgan Spurlock clearly faked his supersize me and doesn't have the integrity that so many believe him to have. Am I saying "hey go out and eat Big Macs erry day, dems good fo ya", no, I'm not suggesting McDonalds is good for you. My point is it's not AS bad for you as Spurlock and his Nutritionist and his Vegan Girlfriend want you to believe. Eating 5k calories a day for 30 days(which he did, as stated above) isn't good for you. But it's not going to result in fatty liver, not within 30 days it isn't. The dude is full of shit. Just thought you guys should know this.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20585_6-famous-documentaries-that-were-shockingly-full-crap.html
You can try and say that Spurlock was being legit about all of it and downvote me for pointing out "good ol' Spurlock" is a fucking Charlatan, but the fact is this has been studied, no replicable results, no science. We all know that.
[7 Points] None:
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[3 Points] don_crackavelli:
Wow that is extremely interesting. I think one could live off bitcoin but my main question is where do you buy food? Maybe I am just less educated on other things you can purchase with cryptocurrency. But I have yet to see a bitcoin grocery service, am I wrong?
[3 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:
I haven't made a single purchase using fiat currency in months. Good for Morgan to show the world you can live on Bitcoin.
[2 Points] Tight_Lincoln_Hole:
I thought it was fair. Gave bitcoin a fair shake. Besides the scary music playing while they were showing the silk road 2, it was a good segment that didn't call us the demon neckbeards that suckle baby sperm.
Man reading the landing page about "enemies are after us" gave me a good flash-back chuckle.
Anything publicizing the legal applications of bitcoin is a step in the right direction. I'm glad to hear Spurlock is doing that!