Gainsdalf the Whey Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 So this is all starting because I saw something someone posted on facebook that said the doctors say that every piece of bacon you eat decreases your lifespan by 9 minutes. I don't believe for a second it's true, but lets assume it is for fun. Now, I wanted to know, is the bacon worth it at my current intake? According to Wikipedia, the average male life expenctancy in the US is about 75 years of age. At my current intake of 3 slices of bacon a day, maybe a few more while I'm cooking (lets assume 25 per week), I am losing 225 minutes of life per week to bacon consumption. That's 11,700 minutes a year, or 195 hours, or 8.125 days. It would take just about 45 years for that to add up to a year of life lost to bacon, at which point I will be 72. So, according to the doctors, on average I will die around 74 instead of 75 due to my bacon consumption. I'll take it. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
cline Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I believe I'm already dead given the amount of bacon I eat. or.... ate.... Am haunting everyone now. I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I believe I'm already dead given the amount of bacon I eat. or.... ate.... Am haunting everyone now. Doubtful, i would have needed to eat over 2.8 million slices (87.5 tons) to be dead by now. That was actually the first thing I calculated as my initial thought was to try to figure out the midpoint where the reduction in life and my life used up eating bacon would meet. It was just too obscene an amount of bacon to be fun though. From now until I die at 74 I will however eat 1.87 tons of bacon though. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
PrincessHeather Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I'll eat all the bacon the folks worried about this don't eat! If I die, at least my death will be delicious! "On Wednesdays we SQUAT"www.healthyprincessblog.wordpress.comCurrent Challenge | Coconut Oil is Magic | My Fitness Origins | My Epic Quest for Happily Ever After Link to comment
cline Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 mmmmm... is it wrong that a ton of bacon somehow seems desirable? I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
lalalamarieisme Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I can buy 15lbs of bacon from the cafeteria really cheap and it the best bacon. Totally worth every second. I'm an athiest and I thank God for it. -George Bernard Shaw If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor. -Voltaire 'There are no atheists in foxholes' isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes. -James Morrow Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Can I have all the extra bacon from people trying to live a year longer? Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Raincloak Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 But how many minutes does it take you to cook and eat said bacon? Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Hylian Assassin 5'5", 143 lbs. Half-marathon: 3:02It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue. Link to comment
TheRedWriter Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Mmmm.... Bacon, or a year of life? Sadly, I'll die happy with my bacon at 74. 'Nuff Said. TheRedWriterLevel 3 Doppelganger Ranger "Think not that you have to win. Think instead that you do not have to loose." STR 8|DEX 4.5|STA 11|CON 6|WIS 6.5|CHA 5 Link to comment
BarefootViking Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Yes, but being happy can increase your lifespan by as much as 35% and if bacon doesn't make you happy, I don't know what will! [ Level 2 ] 1/2 Ogre Viking Adventurer <Current Challenge> Str 6 / Dex 3 / Sta 2 / Con 4.5 / Wis 6 / Int 5 / Cha 4 In My Backpack: Fire Flower Power Up, Link to comment
andygates Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Well, bowel cancer won't. Those last years can be pretty shitty if bacon kills ya. Yeah, buzzkill me. Also, too delicious to care. And my brain will rot out before then anyway. So bring on a BLT! Link to comment
Rooks Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I love the NF boards. You guys are amazing. And I'm with the bacon crew. Link to comment
I-Jo Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I specifically didn't open this thread on purpose. and now I have to go make bacon. NOM NOM NOM Link to comment
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