The world came to America for soccer and discovered ranch dressing.
As the FIFA World Cup has drawn hundreds of thousands of international fans to host cities across the U.S., a secondary tournament has broken out online — a cheerful, calorie-dense competition to see how much American food visitors can consume before their flights home. The meme has a name: the “FIFA 15,” a riff on the dreaded “Freshman 15” that college students famously pack on during their first year away from home. Swap a dormitory dining hall for a Raising Cane’s, and the joke is visitors will be packing more than extra luggage weight.
