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Epic Meal Time Does Arnold of the Day

Epic Meal Time are hometown heroes. The host was a stoner in his basement playing video games who decided to make a pizza out of fast food and now he’s a youtube millionaire making ridiculous breakfast sandwiches with Arnold Swartznegger… for what I assume is a Charity…or an ad…but still pretty hilarious. I don’t really keep track of the web series but that doesn’t mean I don’t like the host, or more importantly his hot mexican girlfriend….but this was blowing up my Facebook, and I got a kick out of it, because Arnold is fucking ridiculous…

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Epic Meal Time Does Arnold of the Day

Open Thread: Too Much TV and Video Games Double Attention Problems

In today’s “I Could Have Told You That” open thread segment:  Too much time spent watching television and playing video games can double the risk of attention problems in children and young adults, new research finds. The study is the latest of many to point out the ill effects of excessive screen time, whether at the computer or the television. Researcher Edward Swing, a graduate student at Iowa State University, compared participants who watched TV or played video games less than two hours a day — the recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics for children aged 2 and older — to those who watched more. “Those who exceeded the AAP recommendation were about 1.6 times to 2.2 times more likely to have greater than average attention problems,” he said. Thoughts? 

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