# A big hand for Stoid, she ate a book.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 9, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-for-stoid-she-ate-a-book/574063 "2011-03-09T16:49:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-hand-for-stoid-she-ate-a-book/574063/66 "2011-03-10T01:18:04Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> Gods help me, I might be starting to like Shodan.
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> No shit, ay?
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> So should I bother to read the thread now? I got halfway through the OP and thought, “Fuck this; I get the gist. Stoid’s problems are not her fault. Got it, seen this movie before.” I tried to read through some of the responses, but it was way too long and boring. If there are some\*\* comedy gems\*\*, I’ll go back and read through the train-wreck. I might stop, though, if it gets into Stoid Classic formatting techniques.

Here ye go:

> [@I unhappily report that I am right about obesity and diet (Very long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-unhappily-report-that-i-am-right-about-obesity-and-diet-very-long/571543/420):
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> Comedy. Fucking. Gold.
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> Does Taubes find some way to handwave away the explosion of obesity in the U.S. over the past couple of **decades** , or is he simply positing that more people magically become fat \*now \*(which forces them to shovel plates of \*\*tasty baked goods \*\*into their gaping maws)?

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