Honestly, I don’t believe its fair to say “all you can eat” unless its true. Otherwise, you should put some type of detailed limit.

But attempts must have been made and probably continue.

  • @UsernameLost@lemmy.ml
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    702 years ago

    I went with my Vietnamese colleague to an all you can eat sushi place in Savannah after we spent two weeks doing hurricane response when I was still in the Coast Guard. This dude ate 32 rolls of sushi, and the old lady running the place loved him. At a certain point, I think she just wanted to see how many it would take before he tapped out. I think I ate ten or twelve rolls, and just sat there in awe while the dude just kept shoveling food into his mouth. To be fair, we’d been working 20 hour days for two weeks and the ship was running out of food before we pulled into port.

    Later on, found out that same dude cheated on his wife, then found out his wife was pregnant, they tried to work it out, she had a miscarriage, and he filed for divorce two weeks later. Fun times

    • @Captainappropriate@lemmy.world
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      32 years ago

      When you say roll, do you mean the entire cylinder of sushi?

      Or do you mean the bite sized circle of one sushi entree?

      I can’t imagine a person scarfing 30 cylinder entrees of sushi unless they’re a competitive eater or something. That’s nuts.

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      62 years ago

      Imagine four guys that workout a lot, trying to gain mass after a cut, going to an all you can eat sushi place…

      The waitress was just laughing her ass off when passing by our table and seeing another order slip, we filled the table four times before we felt we had enough…

      • @UsernameLost@lemmy.ml
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        22 years ago

        Oh I can imagine. Two young military officers coming off a few weeks at sea working 20+ hour days led to this story. We went back with more people the next day, and I thought we were gonna clear the place out

      • z500
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        22 years ago

        That second third was pretty good too, but it dropped off pretty quickly from there.

      • @UsernameLost@lemmy.ml
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        12 years ago

        Honestly the rolls they were serving were at least double the size of most other places I’ve gone. Might’ve had something to do with the major hurricane that just rolled through tho

    • Aviandelight
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      152 years ago

      I had a sushi binge once back in college. I went to eat lunch with my friends at the local Vietnamese place and we definitely overate. I was supposed to meet with my frat sponsor later that night and was worried that I might not get dinner before 9pm. Turns out my sponsor had planned to surprise me by taking me out to a fairly upscale sushi place for dinner since he knew I loved it. We get to the restaurant and he orders “the boat” which contains like 50+ pieces of sushi (for just the two of us). When the food came out I was worried I wouldn’t be able to eat but turns out I can make extra space for sushi. I demolished that boat and ate more than my sponsor. He was legit impressed when I finally admitted that I had eaten a big lunch before hand.

  • TomMasz
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    22 years ago

    My school has labeled the main cafeteria “All You Care to Eat”, which I still think has a loophole.

  • @chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    102 years ago

    “You can’t make me stop. The sign says 'All you can eat for 16.99.”

    "Yes sir. 4 plates is all you can eat for $16.99.

    • KrisNDOPM
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      12 years ago

      Each plate you get a semi-perm tattoo on your hand to keep track.

  • @El_Segundo@lemmy.world
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    212 years ago

    Do these seem like the actions of a man who had “ALL HE COULD EAT?”

    seriously though just put a 1 hour limit on it

  • @Transcriptionist@lemmy.world
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    92 years ago

    Image Transcription:

    A photo of a restaurant window with the text decal reading: Chinese Restaurant All you can eat buffet Not mean all day buffet You no come stay 4 hour You eat - you go home

    [I am a human, if I’ve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. 💜]

    • KrisNDOPM
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      42 years ago

      Question, what’s the best method of putting the transcription on posts on lemmy? At the top, bottom, does it matter if I bold the “Image Transcription” text?

      I fully understand and agree it’s important just not sure the best way to use it and I have to start remembering.

      • @Transcriptionist@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        I think the best way is as the description with the image, same place as where you’ve written about it not being fair to call it “all you can eat” on this post.

        I don’t think it would matter if you bold the “Image Transcription” text, a lot of the time I’ve seen it written in square brackets to differentiate it.

  • @jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    52 years ago

    Used to do this when I was a teenager. Group of friends would shuffle into the china buffet around 2, then stay for 4 hours or so, so you can get two meals for the price of one.

    we’d sit in the smoking section, smoke cigarettes and fuck around. We made up our own language with something like 50 words, all reenacted to a degree. to say “butterfly” you had to act out a caterpillar being slowly dissolved in it’s own cocoon juices before emerging minutes later as a butterfly. it was a wonderful time.

    we only ever sat there for hours when nobody else was there, though. if the place was crowded we’d eat and go so as not to be jerks

  • @Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    2 years ago

    Imagine if you will…

    A society so morally bankrupt…

    That a sign like this is necessary.

    😂

    • Richard
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      12 years ago

      Do you want to suggest that all Chinese people are morally bankrupt?!?

      • @Climinteedus@lemmy.world
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        52 years ago

        I think they’re referring to people who set up camp at a table or two at these all you can eat buffets.

        They typically sit at a larger area (normally next to the television), and are usually accompanied by children or infants.

        They stay for hours on end and will occasionally get up to grab more food.

        I don’t see how anyone can do that to themselves. Imagine sitting at a restaurant all day watching daytime television and eating food, my ass is hurting just thinking about it.

        I love a good buffet and can put one out of business with the amount I eat at one, but I can’t see myself being at a table or in a booth for more than an hour.

  • @CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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    312 years ago

    There was an attempt to make a funny post by a person who doesn’t know this is a direct quote from a comedian.

    • KrisNDOPM
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      Could you cite the direct quote? Curious because I typed it up myself based on my own thought. The photo is more like a meme now.

      • 1ird
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        182 years ago

        John Pinette is who you’re looking for.

          • 1ird
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            42 years ago

            Sorry I couldn’t get you a link. I was in a hurry when I replied.