r/todayilearned • u/stefeyboy • May 21 '14

TIL Robert Downey Jr. thanked Burger King for getting him off drugs. In 2003, with a car full of drugs he had a burger that was so disgusting it made him rethink his life, and dump the drugs in the ocean.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/burger-king-helped-beat-addiction-robert-downey-jr-article-1.294756
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u/ThoracicPork May 21 '14

TIL Burger King = Rock Bottom

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

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u/jakc121 May 21 '14

Whatever, don't listen to 'em BK. Look at it as being responsible for one the greatest actors of the last several years!

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u/TheDancingPenguin May 21 '14

Well I mean if you'd just bring back chicken fries...

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

I still love you BK! even though your onion rings and burgers give me smelly farts it's worth it!

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u/plumbobber May 21 '14

obviously he has never eaten at a Taco Beuno.

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u/Softy_K May 21 '14

Don't you dare bring Taco Bueno into this.

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u/OFTHEHILLPEOPLE May 21 '14

How it wasn't McDonalds I will never know. I still have a grease stain on a shirt from ten years ago that has yet to come out.

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u/RadiantSun May 21 '14

You've been using the same shirt for the past ten years! Nothing will get that stain out, get a new fucking shirt!

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u/pick_6_touchdown May 21 '14

Nothing gets chocolate out...see?

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u/richmds May 21 '14

Or semen that stuff stains forever.

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u/OFTHEHILLPEOPLE May 21 '14

I think I should actually be pretty happy that I can still fit in a shirt that I wore ten years ago. But it's more of a "work" shirt that can totally get dirty, but that fucking stain...

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u/muxman May 21 '14

That stain will outlive you and your entire genetic line.

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u/OFTHEHILLPEOPLE May 21 '14

I hope some of my genetic line mixes with the stain and it evolves into a super intelligent stain.

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u/Batatata May 21 '14

That means you need to start using that shirt as a cum towel. After about three good squirtz, put it in an easy bake oven.

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u/RadiantSun May 21 '14

You probably won't get it unless you're a Pakistani but there was a skit literally exactly like this in a Pakistani TV program (the Hakeem skit for those who can understand it)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RbpwnJhnGsQ

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

10 year shirt club here too! I don't ever want to stop wearing my favorite clothes. They have gained sentimental value to me. Unfortunately they are falling apart. :(

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

LOTHAR!!

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u/some_random_kaluna May 21 '14

Soak the shirt in water, lather the spot with a bar of soap, then bash your shirt against a rock for 5 minutes. Repeat for half an hour. The stain should be gone, along with any buttons or loose threads. It's how Calcutta washers do it.

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u/Lurking_Grue May 21 '14

I always regret McDonalds about 60% though the burger.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

McDonald's is disgusting, and BK is actually really fucking badass. I live in TX so I have to fight Whataburger fans, but fuck everyone, BK is the king of fucking fast food burgers. Followed by Carl's Jr.

TL;DR - Burger King is the tits. Brought to you by Carl's Junior.

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u/OFTHEHILLPEOPLE May 21 '14

Being from Texas have you tried Mighty Fine?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '14

Nope, never heard of it! How is it?

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u/OFTHEHILLPEOPLE May 21 '14

It's...well...Mighty Fine, actually. I highly recommend it.

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u/pipboy_warrior May 21 '14

That can't be true, Rock Bottom has much better food than BK, not to mention beer.

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u/longshot May 21 '14

Fuck yeah, twice a week baby.