Burger King Deposes King Character
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In case any of you haven't been to a McDonald's lately, they're trying to market to the whole "consume fresh and healthy" crowd too.
Which is patently absurd - you go to McDonald's because you're hungry and don't want to spend more than $7 to make your stomach stop yelling at you. you then eat a Big Mac and feel like you smeared grease on your face...
Anyways. Marketers have decided that fresh and healthy is in. Individuals with disposable incomes will pay top dollar to feel like they're doing good for themselves/the environment/their world/whatever.
Also, politically correct people are most definitely not making the world a better place.
Which is patently absurd - you go to McDonald's because you're hungry and don't want to spend more than $7 to make your stomach stop yelling at you. you then eat a Big Mac and feel like you smeared grease on your face...
Anyways. Marketers have decided that fresh and healthy is in. Individuals with disposable incomes will pay top dollar to feel like they're doing good for themselves/the environment/their world/whatever.
In one's own mind, maybe they feel like they're changing the world for the better, but I certainly do question the objective "making the world better" side of things.Jake Martinez said:
Also, politically correct people are most definitely not making the world a better place.
So...no more music videos featuring beloved cartoon characters, women dancing suggestively, and set to a familiar 90's tune? Sadness right there. I love that video.
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The King was awesome, sure he had date rape face but hell he IS Burger King.
Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight sweetprince King; and flights of angel sing thee to thy rest.
The King was awesome, sure he had date rape face but hell he IS Burger King.
Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight sweet
Well, no one is actually being "politically correct". The first guy used the term in the standard American perjorative, but that's just ignorance.Jarlaxl said:
Since this is a pet peeve of mine, I'm going to drop a bit of knowledge on you - the "P.C. movement" doesn't exist. Never has. It's purely political propaganda. If you take the phrase at it's base meaning (and it was actually originated by leftists), an accurate sentance using it would go like this:
"You cannot support equal rights and be politically correct if you are a Nazi."
Sorry for the Godwin, but basically, that's what the phrase means.
The perjorative connation of it was created in 90's during the good ol Culture Wars. First as a perjorative against expanding curriculum at Universities (evil courses, like Womens Studies, naturally) and then later as a general catch-all for any sort of showing deference to without consideration of other sensibilities (It's debatable as to if this is actually harmful, or just annoying honestly).
These days it tends to be used as shorthand for a lot of different concepts, not just things like refering to people as "African Americans" or "Handicapped", but stuff like Global Warming and Gay Marriage.
So basically the phrase itself has been dilluted so much by being used as a propaganda tool that it's lost most of it's effectual meaning. To me, "political correct" may mean something as simple as being considerate of other sensibilities. To someone else it might mean, "people forcing me to be considerate of other sensibilities". To someone else it might mean, "Damn stalinists forcing me to accept their orthodoxy!!"
Generally speaking, I am not in favor of stifling ideas or having certain topics off limits. This is something President George H.W. Bush famously spoke to during a commencement speech at the University of Michigan as many people may remember. However, I am also not in favor of throwing out the baby with the bathwater either as I think it's an enviable goal for society to be more inclusive of others.
...putting avacados on something does not make it healthy. It just puts avacados on something. To my knowledge, there is NO food, diet pop included, that CANCELS OUT the unhealthy content of the rest of the meal.
If they were really offering "healthy" food, it'd be all that expensive, local, organic crap I'm sure you have a few friends who never shut up about. Far too expensive to be profitable at a fast food restaurant. They just want to APPEAR healthier without having to spend the money to actually change anything. NOT THAT THEY SHOULD. I fucking love my Whopper.
If they were really offering "healthy" food, it'd be all that expensive, local, organic crap I'm sure you have a few friends who never shut up about. Far too expensive to be profitable at a fast food restaurant. They just want to APPEAR healthier without having to spend the money to actually change anything. NOT THAT THEY SHOULD. I fucking love my Whopper.
Yeah, it's horrible when people try to be considerate of others and maybe give you advice on how to do the same. I can't believe we put up with those stupid losers that are obviously RUINING EVERYTHING FOREVER!!!!!@!Jarlaxl said:
Seriously, I get that there are easily offended people out there who can be really annoying sometimes, but it's reaching the point where the assholes of the world can just scream political correctness as some sort of magic shield against all criticism. Frankly I think they're worse than the easily offended types.