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Has anyone else noticed the Irony?

SaintB
23-08-2008, 23:01
McDonald's, quite possibly the single company that could be blamed for about 35% of the obesity in America by creating the fast food industry is a proud sponsor of almost every Olympic Athlete competing for the US this year, and most years. Does this strike anyone else as odd?

This revelation dawned on me when in my quest to get something to eat during my 30 minute break interceding a 12 hour fair weekend shift at the radio station led me to the nearest quick source of food (McD's) whereupon I attempted to poison myself with a Big Mac (why do they call them big anyway) and I can still feel my arteries hardening. It strikes me as a bit... ironic...
Maraque
23-08-2008, 23:03
Hey, McDonalds has healthy choices, too. :D
Call to power
23-08-2008, 23:08
clearly they are encouraging people to get fit so that obese people don't go about blaming their problems on them :wink:

McDonalds hash browns are laced with nicotine hence why they are so yummy and morning curing
Muravyets
23-08-2008, 23:11
It doesn't strike me as any more odd than the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, for which Pop-Tarts was the "official toaster pastry." (I remember that because it won the Pia Zadora Who Cares? award that year.)

Oh, and I voted Big Mac. It's the Big Mac of sandwiches, for crying out loud. That's why they call it the Big Mac. Geez.
Belschaft
23-08-2008, 23:15
It has been scientificly proven that McDonald's burger products are high in fat and contain cute little puppies. Eating them makes you the love child of Bin Laden and Hitler. You should only eat Burger King.

This post brought to you by Burger King and associated organizations and affiliates
Western Mercenary Unio
23-08-2008, 23:17
It has been scientificly proven that McDonald's burgers products are high in fat and contain cute little puppies. Eating them makes you the love child of Bin Laden and Hitler. You should only eat Burger King.

This post brought to you by Burger King and associated organizations and affiliates

don't have Burger King her,do have McDonalds
SaintB
23-08-2008, 23:18
don't have Burger King her,do have McDonalds

Heh, if you have more than 2,000 people and 3 churches you are about 89% likely to have a McDonald's if you live in the US.
Western Mercenary Unio
23-08-2008, 23:19
Heh, if you have more than 2,000 people and 3 churches you are about 89% likely to have a McDonald's if you live in the US.

in FINLAND
SaintB
23-08-2008, 23:21
in FINLAND

Well, the have them in the middle of Kenya too...
Western Mercenary Unio
23-08-2008, 23:24
Well, the have them in the middle of Kenya too...

there are 5,3 million of us here
Belschaft
23-08-2008, 23:25
Thats enogh for at least one burger king.
Tarantum
23-08-2008, 23:27
Mmm, fries.
Western Mercenary Unio
23-08-2008, 23:28
Thats enogh for at least one burger king.

yeah,well ask burger king why they haven't opened up places in Finland
Belschaft
23-08-2008, 23:33
*asks*

Aparantly they goverment got paid of by Macy-d's to outlaw Burger King.
The Infinite Dunes
23-08-2008, 23:33
Don't like MacDonalds. The smell that comes off the food makes me wretch. Literally.
SaintB
23-08-2008, 23:34
yeah,well ask burger king why they haven't opened up places in Finland

Something about having less than half of McDonald's income...
Call to power
23-08-2008, 23:34
yeah,well ask burger king why they haven't opened up places in Finland

because Kings don't negotiate with terrorists
SaintB
23-08-2008, 23:35
Does Finland have any kind of hereditary monarch?
Smunkeeville
23-08-2008, 23:36
I noticed that in 88 and inquired about it and was told by my teacher to "stuff it and watch the gymnasts".
SaintB
23-08-2008, 23:37
86 and 88? o.O
Western Mercenary Unio
24-08-2008, 00:38
Does Finland have any kind of hereditary monarch?

no,it's the Republic of Finland
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
24-08-2008, 00:38
It isn't that ironic when you consider the fact that professional athletes need a lot of calories to perform, and it is a lot easier to get over 10,000 calories a day by eating energy dense foods like Big Macs and McGriddles than eating granola bars. There is an evolutionary reason why humans like the taste of fat and sugar-laden foods.
SaintB
24-08-2008, 00:48
no,it's the Republic of Finland

Perhaps it is guaranteed somewhere in your nation's constitution that no man shall be ruled by any king, including Burger King.
Western Mercenary Unio
24-08-2008, 00:50
Perhaps it is guaranteed somewhere in your nation's constitution that no man shall be ruled by any king, including Burger King.

they did plan on ''kingdom of Finland'':http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Finland_(1918)
Blouman Empire
24-08-2008, 04:11
McDonald's, quite possibly the single company that could be blamed for about 35% of the obesity in America by creating the fast food industry is a proud sponsor of almost every Olympic Athlete competing for the US this year, and most years. Does this strike anyone else as odd?...

Yes I had noticed it, same goes for Coke. Do is strike me as odd? Yes, but I don't really care, but what I do care about is that this is allowed despite other things like alcohol and tobacco products isn't

This revelation dawned on me when in my quest to get something to eat during my 30 minute break interceding a 12 hour fair weekend shift at the radio station led me to the nearest quick source of food (McD's) whereupon I attempted to poison myself with a Big Mac (why do they call them big anyway) and I can still feel my arteries hardening. It strikes me as a bit... ironic...

I want to know why they think it is big, it was when I had one when I was about 5 but now it isn't even worth it.

I picked the Quarter pounder with cheese, but only because it is closest to what I always have; A Double quarter pounder with cheese.
Yootopia
24-08-2008, 04:12
Nothing ironic about it.
Gauthier
24-08-2008, 04:13
McDonald's, quite possibly the single company that could be blamed for about 35% of the obesity in America by creating the fast food industry is a proud sponsor of almost every Olympic Athlete competing for the US this year, and most years. Does this strike anyone else as odd?

This revelation dawned on me when in my quest to get something to eat during my 30 minute break interceding a 12 hour fair weekend shift at the radio station led me to the nearest quick source of food (McD's) whereupon I attempted to poison myself with a Big Mac (why do they call them big anyway) and I can still feel my arteries hardening. It strikes me as a bit... ironic...

Not really. They know countless fatasses and junk food junkies like to live vicariously through healthy human beings who would never touch the shit they like to eat more than they're paid to. The Olympics also has that Patrotic Advertisement built right in along with the publicity boost.
Angels World
24-08-2008, 04:22
Voted "other" for the oreo McFlurries, and those cinnamon things.
AB Again
24-08-2008, 04:24
And the UEFA champions league is sponsored by Sony.

Yeah, great the PS3 is a great encouragement for kids to take up sport.
Western Mercenary Unio
24-08-2008, 04:26
And the UEFA champions league is sponsored by Sony.

Yeah, great the PS3 is a great encouragement for kids to take up sport.

yeah,the PS3 is awesome(that's right i'm a gamer)
BunnySaurus Bugsii
24-08-2008, 04:31
I took great pleasure in voting GROSS! Thanks for that.

MacDonalds have made some effort to offer healthy alternatives, but at the prices they charge it's pretty much impossible to make fresh nutritious food. I don't think the stuff at Subway is very healthy either.

And the advertising? It's not ironic, it's outright cynical. Like any advertising, it seeks to associate the product with health and youth even if that's pretty much a lie.
AB Again
24-08-2008, 04:32
yeah,the PS3 is awesome(that's right i'm a gamer)

So which team is going to sign you up as a junior or give you a trial?

(The PS3 may be awesome, but what does it have to do with real football?)
Blouman Empire
24-08-2008, 04:51
So which team is going to sign you up as a junior or give you a trial?

(The PS3 may be awesome, but what does it have to do with real football?)

Maybe he doesn't want to be signed up.

And what does any advertising have to do with what it is advertsing?
Western Mercenary Unio
24-08-2008, 04:53
So which team is going to sign you up as a junior or give you a trial?

(The PS3 may be awesome, but what does it have to do with real football?)

don't play any sports,only sports i would participate are shooting,motor sports and electronic sports
Trollgaard
24-08-2008, 05:09
You gotta go for the dollar menu!

Double cheeseburger's and a large $1 dollar drink! Its an awesome deal.
FreedomEverlasting
24-08-2008, 05:28
Yea where's my double double cheeseburgers? Where I stack 2 double cheese burgers together so it can have double the cheese and double the grease. Best of all it's ONLY 2 DOLLARS!! Agg now I am hungry.
Trollgaard
24-08-2008, 05:33
It'd be 2.15 with tax.
AB Again
24-08-2008, 05:57
And what does any advertising have to do with what it is advertsing?

So what, then is the problem with MacD sponsoring the Olympics?

There is a case to be made for more judicious choices of sponsors, particularly for those events that will be widely seen by children and teenagers.

But, hey, if you (plural - not Blouman specifically) don't see any problem with these issues, then fine.
Blouman Empire
24-08-2008, 06:31
So what, then is the problem with MacD sponsoring the Olympics?

There is a case to be made for more judicious choices of sponsors, particularly for those events that will be widely seen by children and teenagers.

But, hey, if you (plural - not Blouman specifically) don't see any problem with these issues, then fine.

Well I didn't say there wasn't a problem with Maccas sponsering the Olympics.

There is a case to be made, but considering that Maccas does place a lot of money and support into physical programs (at least into Australia) amongst other causes some people should lighten up, if they don't want their kids to eat their don't take them.

I do have a problem with Maccas bowing down to pressure from some people about how they aren't healthy and making people fat, and introduced a more healthy menu but this has lead them to have see their only two quarters where they made a loss despite Burger King not doing this and seeing their revenue increase 20% (these figures are for Australia) but this entire thing is for another topic and rant. But I will say this if you want to eat something healthy Maccas should not be on the list of choices I find it both amusing, horrifying and disgusting when I hear parents saying that they will take their kids to Maccas to get a healthy lunch because they changed the Happy Meal menu, come on people if you think you are giving your kids a healthy meal by taking them to Maccas then you really need to be informed better [/:soap:]
BunnySaurus Bugsii
24-08-2008, 06:40
There is a case to be made for more judicious choices of sponsors, particularly for those events that will be widely seen by children and teenagers.

That's what bugs me most about MacD advertising. It is aimed at children.

Apparently Britain has some ban on junk food ads during children's television. There's a good chance that the Australian Greens will get a bill up here to do likewise. I certainly support that, I might even say ban ALL advertising during children's television.

Of course, we are supposedly talking about the Olympics. My bad ...
Blouman Empire
24-08-2008, 06:49
That's what bugs me most about MacD advertising. It is aimed at children.

Apparently Britain has some ban on junk food ads during children's television. There's a good chance that the Australian Greens will get a bill up here to do likewise. I certainly support that, I might even say ban ALL advertising during children's television.

Of course, we are supposedly talking about the Olympics. My bad ...

But the thing about this is that we have people like The Parents Jury blaming everybody but themselves for the children's obesity, now there are ways to fix it but if they think that the whole reason that the kids are overweight is because they give their children unhealthy food they should examine the other side of the equation maybe some parents should allow their children to participate physical activity.
BunnySaurus Bugsii
24-08-2008, 06:51
Well I didn't say there wasn't a problem with Maccas sponsering the Olympics.

There is a case to be made, but considering that Maccas does place a lot of money and support into physical programs (at least into Australia) amongst other causes some people should lighten up, if they don't want their kids to eat their don't take them.

Is it really that simple, though? If you want your kids to eat, you've got to give them something they like -- some balance between what you know is good for them and what they like, anyway.

Then we have a third party, which is subsidizing what kids like to watch (on cable or free-to-air) by buying advertising -- and they're dishing up food which is half candy. Absent the advertising, you'd think it would be pretty easy to get kids to eat candy. Advertising it to them, when the parents generally aren't even watching, is an entirely anti-family and anti-health intervention in that difficult balancing act of getting the kids to like food that's good for them.

I'm really offended by the advertising Maccas put on during these Olympics (Ch 7) -- there's a really explicit message that to be a good Australian, you should care more about some kid winning a gold medal than cooking yourself a meal. Fuck the barbie, let's go to Maccas. It makes me want to take my chainsaw out and go fell a pair of golden arches.
BunnySaurus Bugsii
24-08-2008, 07:00
But the thing about this is that we have people like The Parents Jury blaming everybody but themselves for the children's obesity, now there are ways to fix it but if they think that the whole reason that the kids are overweight is because they give their children unhealthy food they should examine the other side of the equation maybe some parents should allow their children to participate physical activity.

I don't know what The Parents Jury is ... and it sounds so ick I don't think I'll google it thanks.

Oh, there's some crappy parents for sure. Probably some of them are fully suckers for the "your kitchen is grubby and mean and you can't cook an egg without fucking it up, so come have breakfast at Maccas" message. Probably, nothing, that message is put across for a reason ... and for mine, that's MacDonald's promoting bad parenting. Grrr.

So, there are crappy parents ... but even good parents who try to develop a healthy love of food in their kids (by enjoying it themselves, being aware of the nutritional considerations, making a family meal a positive and inclusive thing without bribing the kids to eat by giving them toys, or loading their food with sugar or wearing a jaunty uniform and chirping at them to "enjoy their meal") have to contend with the peer group pressure of their kids' classmates, they have to contend with advertising which is trying to develop an ignorant and self-indulgent attitude to food in their own kids.

We'll ban their stinking advertising. See if we don't.
Blouman Empire
24-08-2008, 07:14
Is it really that simple, though? If you want your kids to eat, you've got to give them something they like -- some balance between what you know is good for them and what they like, anyway.

Then we have a third party, which is subsidizing what kids like to watch (on cable or free-to-air) by buying advertising -- and they're dishing up food which is half candy. Absent the advertising, you'd think it would be pretty easy to get kids to eat candy. Advertising it to them, when the parents generally aren't even watching, is an entirely anti-family and anti-health intervention in that difficult balancing act of getting the kids to like food that's good for them.

Yes, it can be that simple if you start early such as teaching your child to like healthy foods even mix the food up a bit such as serving a home made shepherds pie, it is the only way my son likes mashed potato if I give it to him separately he want eat it (unless I say I will send him to his room) on top of some lean mince with carrots and he will gobble it up. I know it is hard to give them food that they both like and is healthy for them but what parents shouldn't do is give in when their children say we don't like roast chicken we want a McChicken burger instead with fries and a coke, and the parents go and give it to them, be a bit firmer please.

I remember during my early years even at preschool one of the songs we would sing was "McDonalds, McDonalds a Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut" along with the actions for it. Did this mean that I was a little fat kid? No, hell I remember one trip was to the nearest Pizza Hut where we learnt how a pizza was made and we had some ourselves. This would not be allowed today despite the fact that kids would not be affected the way the doomsayers say, something has changed over the past 10 years that has seen the obesity rates in children increase and it is not the food and advertising this hasn't changed in the past 40 years it has to be something else.

I would like to know why the advertising you normally see during children's programs is anti-family.

I'm really offended by the advertising Maccas put on during these Olympics (Ch 7) -- there's a really explicit message that to be a good Australian, you should care more about some kid winning a gold medal than cooking yourself a meal. Fuck the barbie, let's go to Maccas. It makes me want to take my chainsaw out and go fell a pair of golden arches.

lol you totally should. But the father burnt the sausages, though he didn't look too down about it when he saw (but I chalk that up to poor acting). What I found worse about the ad is that they had the McDonalds building in the middle of a middle class suburb, really there was houses all round, and this must be one of the few McDonalds in Australia that is located in a position like that.
Blouman Empire
24-08-2008, 07:26
I don't know what The Parents Jury is ... and it sounds so ick I don't think I'll google it thanks.

Oh, there's some crappy parents for sure. Probably some of them are fully suckers for the "your kitchen is grubby and mean and you can't cook an egg without fucking it up, so come have breakfast at Maccas" message. Probably, nothing, that message is put across for a reason ... and for mine, that's MacDonald's promoting bad parenting. Grrr.

So, there are crappy parents ... but even good parents who try to develop a healthy love of food in their kids (by enjoying it themselves, being aware of the nutritional considerations, making a family meal a positive and inclusive thing without bribing the kids to eat by giving them toys, or loading their food with sugar or wearing a jaunty uniform and chirping at them to "enjoy their meal") have to contend with the peer group pressure of their kids' classmates, they have to contend with advertising which is trying to develop an ignorant and self-indulgent attitude to food in their own kids.

We'll ban their stinking advertising. See if we don't.

The Parents Jury basically is a group of parents who going around trying to stop everything and anything that interacts with their kids, including bans on junk food advertising, and my personel laughable favourite a ban on having junk food at the supermarket checkouts, if these parents are not strong enough to be able to tell their children no then maybe they should consider their own parenting skills rather than other factors. They also want to ban schools from selling fundraiser chocolates and lamingtons, yeah they aren't just for the kids sell them to your neighbours our other adults at your workplace.

And yes parents do have to put up with a lot of things that they have to contend with, which does not just include food but a wide variety of things which don't always have to deal with advertising, the parents need to be able to contend with that and not just bow down to pressure from their kids, it doesn't set a good example does it.
Dontgonearthere
24-08-2008, 10:14
*Cough*
On the note of the Finnish monarchy, I believe there are several claimants to the title of 'King of Finland'. Both the Swedes and the Russians have historical 'claims', most of which stem from having invaded Finland while it was controlled by the other.
Thus, the chief competitors would be the numerous people who claim to be Emperor/ess of All Russias (as well as King/Queen of Poland and a number of small, non-existant khannates in Central Asia), and the King of Sweden.

I'm sure you can guess how likely they are to gain anything from such claims ;)
Chernobyl-Pripyat
24-08-2008, 11:08
Rumor has it that there's a McDonald's in northern Siberia.


How it got there, who knows since there really aren't any real roads that go to where it supposedly is. Let alone people who live around that area...
Gwytheron
24-08-2008, 11:16
yeah,the PS3 is awesome(that's right i'm a gamer)
And now they have fitness games for the PS3 so kids will exercise while watching TV
Western Mercenary Unio
24-08-2008, 14:20
And now they have fitness games for the PS3 so kids will exercise while watching TV

ain't that the Wii?
BunnySaurus Bugsii
24-08-2008, 14:20
And now they have fitness games for the PS3 so kids will exercise while watching TV

It's hardly new. Dance Dance Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution)

EDIT: Weirdly posted the same minute as WMU. Wii has good ideas, indeed, and the "get off the couch and play" thing will be a massive win.
BunnySaurus Bugsii
24-08-2008, 14:24
Rumor has it that there's a McDonald's in northern Siberia.

How it got there, who knows since there really aren't any real roads that go to where it supposedly is. Let alone people who live around that area...

I wonder what the "local menu" looks like. Seal-burger? McWhale Nuggets?

"You want extra fat with that?"
Blouman Empire
24-08-2008, 15:07
ain't that the Wii?

That's what I was thinking, Wii fitness.
Ahumoclum
24-08-2008, 15:34
1. Filet-O-Fish
2. McNuggets
3. Freedom Fries
Dumb Ideologies
24-08-2008, 15:42
*Waves flamethrower in the air* Can you direct me to the nearest McDonalds? I voted gross. They'd have to pay me to eat the awful shite they misleadingly market as "food". I can walk into any other fast-food outlet and the food smells ok, but from a mile away from McDonalds you can smell the low-quality greasiness. Horrid.
Miamoria
24-08-2008, 15:55
McDonalds is the best food on the face of the earth if you're contemplating suicide.
Rejistania
24-08-2008, 16:20
While I hate actually going there to get something (can't there be fast food stores without any form of beeping by the equipment), I love their fries. And the fact that I can get the same food on about every central train station (except where I live, from there it's a walk of several minutes to the nearest McD) at every time.

I already considered it ironic that they seemed to use any sports event for advertisement. it's a very ugly mental dissonance for me.

@Miamoria: suicide by McD is too slow. :p
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
24-08-2008, 16:29
Not really. They know countless fatasses and junk food junkies like to live vicariously through healthy human beings who would never touch the shit they like to eat more than they're paid to. The Olympics also has that Patrotic Advertisement built right in along with the publicity boost.
Once again, and in bold this time since a lot of people seem to be suffering from Vitamin A deficiencies: professional athletes need to eat a lot of calorie rich foods in order to perform. Often athletes in training consume an excess of 10,000 calories a day (that's about 20 Big Macs).
The 2,000 calorie diet advocated by the FDA is based upon the metabolism of a middle-aged couch potato, and if the average person actually got off their ass and did something (rather than watching other people play sports) they'd be able to eat something other than carrot sticks and granola bars.
Intangelon
24-08-2008, 17:12
McDonalds is the best food on the face of the earth if you're contemplating suicide.

As proven, albeit over a month, by Morgan Spurlock and Super Size Me.
Hachihyaku
24-08-2008, 23:17
The quality of Mcdonald's food has gone way down the past years from what I can tell.
Gering
24-08-2008, 23:23
McDonald's, quite possibly the single company that could be blamed for about 35% of the obesity in America by creating the fast food industry is a proud sponsor of almost every Olympic Athlete competing for the US this year, and most years. Does this strike anyone else as odd?

This revelation dawned on me when in my quest to get something to eat during my 30 minute break interceding a 12 hour fair weekend shift at the radio station led me to the nearest quick source of food (McD's) whereupon I attempted to poison myself with a Big Mac (why do they call them big anyway) and I can still feel my arteries hardening. It strikes me as a bit... ironic...

ROFLMAO. A company ..let me get this right... "that could be blamed for about 35% of the obesity in America"

Sorry bub, but the individual is responsible for obesity. If I sell you a gun and you shoot yourself, it is YOU that are responsible for your death, not me. You pull the trigger, not me. McDonalds simply gives us what we want, quick meals that people seem to like. I don't like them too well personally but I eat there on occasion because it's quick. If I get fat off of fast food, I and only I am to blame.
Tagmatium
24-08-2008, 23:28
ROFLMAO. A company ..let me get this right... "that could be blamed for about 35% of the obesity in America"

Sorry bub, but the individual is responsible for obesity. If I sell you a gun and you shoot yourself, it is YOU that are responsible for your death, not me. You pull the trigger, not me. McDonalds simply gives us what we want, quick meals that people seem to like. I don't like them too well personally but I eat there on occasion because it's quick. If I get fat off of fast food, I and only I am to blame.
But then you're more than happy to flog a gun to a blatantly suicidal individual, which is wrong in itself.
Gering
25-08-2008, 00:20
But then you're more than happy to flog a gun to a blatantly suicidal individual, which is wrong in itself.

Why is that wrong? Would you rather that individual drive his car 100 mph and crash it into someone else to kill himself, thus taking others with him? If someone wants to kill himself, he's going to get the job done with or without your giving him access to a gun. There is nothing wrong with letting a person choose his own fate. I thought liberals believed in the freedom to choose... :)):D
Tagmatium
25-08-2008, 00:25
Why is that wrong? Would you rather that individual drive his car 100 mph and crash it into someone else to kill himself, thus taking others with him? If someone wants to kill himself, he's going to get the job done with or without your giving him access to a gun. There is nothing wrong with letting a person choose his own fate. I thought liberals believed in the freedom to choose... :)):D
Well, primarily said person ought to be given a good old look at by a psychologist or something, I don't know. I'm personally not a big fan of guns being that freely available, but that's something I could happily argue with myself about, let alone other people...

*shrugs*

Not a big fan of the label "liberal" myself, but there we go.
Gering
25-08-2008, 00:31
Well, primarily said person ought to be given a good old look at by a psychologist or something, I don't know. I'm personally not a big fan of guns being that freely available, but that's something I could happily argue with myself about, let alone other people...

*shrugs*

Not a big fan of the label "liberal" myself, but there we go.

Sorry about the label but one that believes in taking the responsibility off of the individual doing the deed tends to line up Liberal in my view. My point is that if a guy chooses to eat at McDonald's knowing it's bad for him, that's his choice, not mine. It's not McDonald's that is at fault for offering up what people want, it's the fault of the people for choosing their food. No one is forcing them to eat there. It's like me selling a guy a gun who goes off and kills himself. If used properly the gun I sold him will not be used for anything but self defense and entertainment. Eating at McDonald's doesn't make you fat, eating there all the time might. I think we make choices and they have consequences. If you choose to smoke, it's not my fault that you got cancer, it was your choice and you knew the risks. I think when we start protecting people from themselves, we've lost what Freedom is all about.
Gering
25-08-2008, 00:38
On a side note, I believe in guns being available because the criminal ignores the laws saying he can't have one. A criminal is willing to ignore the laws that say he can't murder so there is no logic in assuming he'll follow the one that says he can't murder with a gun. The only logical argument to be made is the one for the right of the people to defend themselves from criminals. If we can't trust a person with a gun, we can't trust that person to be free. I'm for freedom and for the phrase that "He who would trade liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security."
The Parkus Empire
25-08-2008, 02:12
They are "McAssholes", as John Nike would say.
DrunkenDove
25-08-2008, 02:53
Pfft, they don't force anybody to eat thier crap. McDonalds aren't at fault for the unhealthy lifestyle that's so chic these days, idiots are.
1010102
25-08-2008, 03:01
BK double bacon cheese burger.

And yes, I saw the Irony a while ago. My firends failed to however.
Integritopia
25-08-2008, 05:24
McDonald's, quite possibly the single company that could be blamed for about 35% of the obesity in America by creating the fast food industry is a proud sponsor of almost every Olympic Athlete competing for the US this year, and most years. Does this strike anyone else as odd?

This revelation dawned on me when in my quest to get something to eat during my 30 minute break interceding a 12 hour fair weekend shift at the radio station led me to the nearest quick source of food (McD's) whereupon I attempted to poison myself with a Big Mac (why do they call them big anyway) and I can still feel my arteries hardening. It strikes me as a bit... ironic...

Here's the irony: McDonald's is a multi-national corporation that is (intelligently) capitalizing on a valuable, multi-national, advertising opportunity.
Self-sacrifice
26-08-2008, 05:10
There are equally unhealthy options other than McDonalds. McDonalds just has a bigger market share.

Since when were they responsible for 35% of obesity? Says who and why? Sure they give people heart problems and other obeisity related problems but so does pizza hut, Hungry jacks aka Burger king, chocolate companies, cheese companies etc etc.