 the reasons that these competitive eaters aren't necessarily becoming highly nauseated and perhaps vomiting or regurgitating the food during the process. So we're potentially shutting down some normal physiologic responses. We got this message from a member of the text club who writes, I would love someone to come up with a line between sport and a competitive skill. Is the difference just social engagement? I find the boundaries of sport fascinating and murky when we start to consider things like deathmatch, gladiators, bullfighting, and animal fighting.