Eating too many chicken nuggets can turn you gay

In what can only be described as extremely bizarre, a self-published study claims that eating too much fatty food could result in one turning gay or transgender. Meanwhile, apparently “keeping a healthy diet with no sugar, low in high glycemic-index foods, in fat” will be enough to prevent those gay urges.

Since sussing out the real news from the fake is basically why the outlet exists, we tend to take their word for it. Here is the story behind the story, of that time when eating too many chicken nuggets paralyzed some poor imaginary person.

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The Food That Makes You Gay In every queerphobic stereotype, what and how we eat is a source of fear. More specifically, we're referring to a work of satirical fiction that appeared on a website dedicated to satirizing the news, 8Satire.

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you, and yes, that is a very idiotic, not to mention, problematic statement. If you follow those instructions, the author says the “sexual partner preference of the person [may move] toward the heterosexual end in the Kinsey scale”.

Bizarre 'study' claims eating too many chicken nuggets can turn you gay Archived post. Inthe satire site Rock City Times, published a piece about a man that went into a coma after eating Red Lobster Biscuits. Apparently, this bit of hilarity was picked up as legit news by several foreign news outlets — including the U.

So, the next time you read something that sounds just too strange to be true, it just might be. Citations: A Bizarre 'Study' Claims That Eating Too Much Fast Food Can Turn You Gay (The Gaily Grind), 'Study' claims fast food consumption and sleep deprivation cause homosexuality (Queerty).

One such variant is the story of the "local man" that became "paralyzed" after gorging on " chicken nuggets" via Snopes. But with an open mind, food might just become a liberating source of power. Just to be absolutely clear, a man did not become paralyzed after eating too many chicken nuggets — not that any reputable news source has ever reported, at least to the extent that Snopes has been able to assess.

The myth usually concerns someone that died from eating too much of something or other. If it sounds like satire, it just might actually be satire Shutterstock. Snopes reported that the fictitious story of the man that became paralyzed after eating too many chicken nuggets first appeared on the satire website, 8Satire.

Let's be honest, who hasn't had the question cross their mind at some point or another: "What would happen if I were to eat too much of my favorite food?

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So chicken nuggets are off the menu. However, that wasn't the first time some version of the story made its way from a satire site to legitimate news outlets mistakenly reporting it as fact. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast.

However, just to be clear, this story is a complete work of fiction.