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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

It's still the healthiest child in Alabama

[–] reversedposterior 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Since nobody seems to have read the article:

Following the unusual birth, Krispy Kreme has offered Dallas, and, more pertinently, his family free doughnuts for a year and will throw Dallas a birthday party every year until he’s an adult.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Das gonna be a fat baby

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Hasn't the baby suffered enough?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How many donuts could a baby eat in one year? Not that many. Five?

[–] FooBarrington 11 points 2 days ago

They can't know whether the baby actually eats them. The baby could be buying them for their parents, after all.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hurray for childhood obesity!

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Put those donuts in a blender, pop the results in a bottle, and the baby will have a full belly. And probably diabetes by the age of 1. But I get the feeling that's not too uncommon in Alabama.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My good grandma yelled at my mother for putting Coca-Cola in a sippy cup for me.

This is a common quaint anecdote for most people raised in Alabama.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

And before you ask, yes, I do have an evil grandmother. Fortunately, she's dead.

[–] eran_morad 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Diet Beetus

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Just a year?

Fucking cheapskate!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

...starting in a future year, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It’s 2025. Every year is a future year these days

[–] paraphrand 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What does the FDA consider a year supply when it comes to doughnuts? Or similar group.

I’m thinking if we wanted to be scientific and we’re stocking up a bunker, and wanted to make sure our doughnut supply was appropriate for Alabama standards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

2000 calories worth of donuts x 365

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

When it comes to these things of free X for a year/life, it's like 1 free thing, per month. So more than likely, this is 1 dozen doughnuts for free; but you can't get the whole dozen all at once. You get 1 doughnut per month for 12 months.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I would expect this to be a donut a day, or equivalent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Starting them young.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But......for the next year that number of consumed donuts should be 0.

Wow. I remember when I was a kid, and the NES came out, and I was amazed. Then the SNES came out, and everything improved. Then the N64 came out and my jaw hit the floor.

I said "Wow! Can you IMAGINE what life will be like when I'm old???"

Well. Old me checking in. The future is dumb. I hate it. Please take me back to the late 80s right now.

[–] Tarquinn2049 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you want it to feel like early Nintendo again, the place to look is VR now. Over the last 10 years, it has been an exciting growth pace to watch. And co-incidentally, some of my favorite stuff to do in VR is play Nintendo games in 3D.

[–] Remember_the_tooth 2 points 2 days ago

You okay, Gulf Coast?

[–] TokenBoomer 0 points 2 days ago

KK about to be glazed