Did Somebody Say Ewwww, McDonald's?
While Mickey D's has never had the greatest food...this health campaign they've started is, to quote Balki, redeekulous. First, the menus showing how much calories and/or fat the food contains. Then, the introduction of health foods (more salads, veggies, fruits, and yogurt) on the menu. Now, they've announced plans to chuck all Supersize portions. And to be honest, all of that doesn't pee me off nearly as much as what's behind McD's all of a sudden being more health conscious...of course, the infamous fast food lawsuit ("Fast food should be good for you." - What did/does that bozo think McD's and other fast food joints are supposed to be, school cafeterias?) AND a film called Super Size Me, where to prove the point, the director ate McD's EVERY FREAKIN' DAY for a month. In that regard, DUH. Of course you're going to get overweight and unhealthy if you eat nothing but McDonald's for an entire month...even a week is bad enough. Because of that, I can't quite blame Mickey D's on their feelings towards Super Size Me...
"The company has called the documentary "a super-sized distortion of the quality, choice and variety available at McDonald's." It says the film is not about McDonald's but about Spurlock's decision to act irresponsibly by eating 5,000 calories a day — "a gimmick to make a film."
Scary to think that it *used* to be common knowledge that fast food is not good for you...but thanks to a stupid-butt lawsuit (and we are in the age of them) AND so-called documentary*, we have to be spoon-fed it. Not to mention how what used to be the best darn fries period have been ruined because of the "fast food needs to be better for you" tripe...
* - I know that the obesity issue is factored in here too...but I can't help wondering if it has become more escalated because of the said lawsuit and/or film.
While Mickey D's has never had the greatest food...this health campaign they've started is, to quote Balki, redeekulous. First, the menus showing how much calories and/or fat the food contains. Then, the introduction of health foods (more salads, veggies, fruits, and yogurt) on the menu. Now, they've announced plans to chuck all Supersize portions. And to be honest, all of that doesn't pee me off nearly as much as what's behind McD's all of a sudden being more health conscious...of course, the infamous fast food lawsuit ("Fast food should be good for you." - What did/does that bozo think McD's and other fast food joints are supposed to be, school cafeterias?) AND a film called Super Size Me, where to prove the point, the director ate McD's EVERY FREAKIN' DAY for a month. In that regard, DUH. Of course you're going to get overweight and unhealthy if you eat nothing but McDonald's for an entire month...even a week is bad enough. Because of that, I can't quite blame Mickey D's on their feelings towards Super Size Me...
"The company has called the documentary "a super-sized distortion of the quality, choice and variety available at McDonald's." It says the film is not about McDonald's but about Spurlock's decision to act irresponsibly by eating 5,000 calories a day — "a gimmick to make a film."
Scary to think that it *used* to be common knowledge that fast food is not good for you...but thanks to a stupid-butt lawsuit (and we are in the age of them) AND so-called documentary*, we have to be spoon-fed it. Not to mention how what used to be the best darn fries period have been ruined because of the "fast food needs to be better for you" tripe...
* - I know that the obesity issue is factored in here too...but I can't help wondering if it has become more escalated because of the said lawsuit and/or film.
posted by Stormbringer at 3/03/2004 11:29:00 AM
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