Hmmm...Guess Somebody Didn't Like Supersize Me

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― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Friday, 21 May 2004 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

What's the point? The blast's only gonna be absorbed by obese kids anyway.

― I Wish You Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 21 May 2004 01:17 (twenty-two years ago)

My god, a terroist attack that is nothing to do with Al Quaida for once. I was beginning to think the media had forgotten other terrorist groups even exist! :/

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 21 May 2004 01:37 (twenty-two years ago)

five months pass...

i saw supersize me two weeks ago and promised that i would never again eat mcdonalds, but its 2am and im starving and really craving a bigmac, so im about to go get one since its the only place within very short walking distance thats still open.

who else vowed never again with the mcdonalds, and how long did that last? im hungry, brb with an extra value meal.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I never eat it because it tastes foul, its a pretty easy reason to steer clear really.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i vowed never again and it's probably been nearly a year now. i mostly only ate it because my ex did.

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 04:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Trayce, the Salads Plus gubbins is all right. I couldn't eat McDonald's at all until it came along.

― Core of Sphagnum (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 04:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't eaten at McDonald's in, like, five years. I decided to try the Burger King veggie burger a few months ago and instantly regretted it; it was really gross.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, it was a veggie burger, Duh.

― Hank Tenbeer (kenan), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I never eat it because it tastes foul

Well, yes and no. It doesn't taste like food, that's for sure. But those chemists in the flavor plants in northern New Jersey really do wonders with taste. They can make french fries taste like they're still fried in beef fat, or make burgers taste like.. well... burgers used to taste before McDonalds came along. They're geniuses.

― Hank Tenbeer (kenan), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

When I can get a proper burger on a normal toasted bun with real salad and mince patty and beetroot and the lot from a fish n chippers, why would I wanna eat McDs?

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not a very demonstrative vegetarian, I don't think, but I watched a friend of mine eat a hamburger the other day, and it was all bright pink in the middle, and I could smell it grinding in his teeth, and I could barely suppress my disgust.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)

(I don't mean I was disgusted at him -- I don't care what he eats -- I felt physically disgusted.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)

ground meat should never be eaten pink.

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

and it was all bright pink in the middle, and I could smell it grinding in his teeth

You are brave. Kelsey would've puked. I would have ordered one.

― Hank Tenbeer (kenan), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

ground meat should never be eaten pink.

REALLY depends on where you order it from.

― Hank Tenbeer (kenan), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:44 (twenty-one years ago)

GOD THAT WAS SO GOOD

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 05:54 (twenty-one years ago)

ground meat should never be eaten pink.

Since when? If it was a freshly made mince patty I'd made myself I'd have it a little pink in the middle, just like a steak.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:11 (twenty-one years ago)

oh lord no. there's no way in crimony i trust the quality of ground meat sufficiently to not cook the hell out of it

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:12 (twenty-one years ago)

ewwwwww

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)

what if you mince it yourself though surface noise? isn't that just the same as having the pre-minced steak a bit pink?

― gem (trisk), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)

in that case yeah it's probably ok, but i've never minced my own cuts of meat..

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:14 (twenty-one years ago)

What if you minced it yourself (ok I dont but you know). YEah I know its more likely to be exposed to things than steak is, but if you're worried about preparation f mince then by that token dont eat steak rare either.

haha xpost

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i realise it's probably unnecessary paranoia but i think i prefer the taste of pretty well done ground meat too..

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh lord no. Its all dry! Nothing worse than a solid dry lump of rissole.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I always order restaurant burgers medium-rare if they offer it that way. It tastes much better.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

yum i love rissoles. i do mince my own meat if i'm making lasagne or something, it is easy if you have a food processor and then you know exactly what's in it.

― gem (trisk), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 06:18 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050811/ap_on_he_me/fit_mcdonald_s_diets

in today's example of Massively Missing the Point, folks are claiming that they lost weight by eating only at McDonalds, trying to posit that this disproves Spurlock in some way.

...except that they dont' exactly eat the same diet, now, do they? or keep the same exercise pattern?

...As might be expected, McDonald's also objected to the impressions left by Spurlock's film. Walt Riker, the company's vice president of corporate communications, said Oak Brook, Ill.-based company is pleased — but not surprised — that some customers have lost weight eating only at the fast-food giant.

Spurlock's film "really spurred a backlash based on common sense," Riker said...

― kingfish completely hatstand (Kingfish), Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Morgan, from Raleigh, thought the documentary had unfairly targeted the world's largest restaurant company, implying that the obese were victims of a careless corporate giant. People are responsible for what they eat, she said, not restaurants. The problem with a McDonald's-only diet isn't what's on the menu, but the choices made from it, she said.

Let's be fair to McDonald's. When Spurlock made his film, McDonald's was different than it is now. They SuperSized, and in fact made employees ask you to SuperSize. They agressively marketed the fattiest things on the menu. Now they're aggressively marketing fruit salads and shit. (Beyonce's lovin it!)

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

Not that this is to McDonald's moral credit or anything -- they're just trying to compete with Subway and the like.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

I haven't eaten McDs (or any fast-food chain stuff, really, except for In N Out) in at least 10 years. It's pretty easy to avoid - it tastes fuckin horrible and makes me sick! Big Mac = lead ball in my stomach.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Not mine. I'm used to occasionally eating absolute crap.

But see, that's part of the thing, and part of Spurlock's allegations about McD's -- you get used to it. In fact, you get addicted to it. You get to the point where you CRAVE this crap. And McD's marketing to children only ensures future generations of people to whom a Big Mac will feel not like lead, but like pure satisfaction.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

W/the exception of a salad about 4 years ago, I haven't eaten McDonald's in something like 6 years. That was, hands down, the worst salad I ever ate.

And people can totally lose weight by eating nothing but McDonald's. One word: diarrhea.

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

This is the problem with fast food (though all I eat, and seldom, is In N Out and Fatburger) : is that it DOES taste good to me in a really basic animal way. All of the super-greasy saturated fats, saline-tinged starches and sickly-sweet sauces fulfil me in a way I'm sure is sort of ... I dunno, biologically programmed. But at the same time, if I stop and think for a single second about what I'm doing to my body it seems my brain acts in such a way to override the biological prerogative and make the food taste like shit.

Still, I love burgers.

And Deric - people can lose weight by eating any one type of food whether diarrhea-inducing or not (though your point still stands). In my world it's called starvation.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Thursday, 11 August 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

i attempted a salad from mcdonalds the other day - groooh!

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 12 August 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

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