Beware of the Mukbangers
Eating themselves to death for fame, fortune, and sex…
On this past July 14, Pan Xiaoting, a 24-year-old Chinese Mukbang star, died while overeating during a live stream when her stomach literally tore open while she was on camera.
According to China News, Xiaoting reportedly took up several extreme eating challenges, eating huge amounts of food for ten hours a day every day without breaks. She also challenged herself to consume more than 22 pounds (10 kg) of food during each meal. Xiaoting had previously been hospitalized due to gastric bleeding from overeating… but resumed binge eating the day after being released.
She is not alone… Waffler69 and Sun Yixuan, two other well-known Mukbangers died during binge-eating sessions. Another popular Mukbanger or “feedee”, Dongz Apatan, died this past June. He suffered a stroke while
consuming massive amounts of fried chicken at one time. Apatan had over 400,000 followers on Facebook.
The phenomenon is not limited to Asia… it’s global. There are Mukbangers and fans on almost every continent. American Matt Stonie, who has over 16 million YouTube followers, once ate 24 Popeye’s biscuits in less than 10 minutes. His 100-layer lasagna challenge has racked up over 2,508,780 views.
Not all are fat, some are bulimic and purge what they just ate after recording their videos… which brings its own set of serious health risks.
The term Mukbang comes from combining two other words… "Muk-ja" means "eating," and "bang-song" means "broadcast." So, the word means "broadcast eating." Huge numbers of “fans” log on to watch Mukbangers literally eat themselves to death or close to it.
But it doesn’t end there…
The Urban Dictionary defines Mukbanging or feederism as “a sexual fetish that involves one partner (the feeder) feeding the feedee, both to obtain sexual arousal and to encourage weight gain in the Mukbanger. It’s attracting young women, who are gorging on mountains of unhealthy food and packing on hundreds of pounds… all to satisfy the mostly male “feeders” and fuel their twisted sexual domination fantasies.”
Most Mukbangers (feedees) are female and feeders (fans) tend to be males. Several of these women gorge themselves on TikTok and other platforms while they engage in “erotic belly touching” while feeders ply them with food, gifts, and cash.
(Read my recent post on the dangers of TikTok)
The lure of this perverse online “community” is so powerful that many of these women (and some men) are willing to sacrifice their health even their lives for the sick amusement of their perverted fans. One writer has described it as a “twisted master/slave” dynamic. Some women even claim they’re being “forced” into Mukbanging by abusive men… much like pimps prostituting girls.
Gluttony, one of the traditional seven deadly sins, is an excessive, ongoing consumption of large amounts of food or drink. Popular culture now tells us that fat is beautiful. But Scripture tells us this…
Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: 20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, 21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. (Proverbs 23:19-2)
Or even kill them. Pray for these people and their fans.
Parents, protect your children from this garbage…
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"Parents, protect your children from this garbage…"
The fact that I've never even heard of this "garbage" before reading this must count for something. But I suppose if boys can be made to believe they're girls and vice versa, this is just another destructive road to follow.
Pray with me for revival and for those who abuse themselves so.
If one does not want God, the devil has you on his list of steal, kill, and destroy.