I'm incapable of eating McDonald's. Even the smell makes me nauseous. Strangely, any other fast food place is fine.
Poll: Do you eat McDonalds?
- Thread starter floppylobster
- Start date
It might not seem it with my username, but I am in fact femaleTexas Joker 52 said:
Anyway, I have heard of studies that did something similar, as in they ate a hell of a lot of McDonalds, but they didn't force feed themselves to the point where they threw up outside of their car (which happened to the guy in Supersize me), and they did a lot of excercise, whereas the guy in Supersize me was largely sedentary. Towards the end of the documentary he complained of various medical ailments and ignored the doctors advice by and large, which made me think that it was a stupid documentary with a tainted participant (he had a mainly vegan diet before the start of the "experiment" and went straight into the McDonalds diet overnight and then expressed surprise when his body rebelled) and no control group, which made any pretense to a scientific experiment laughable.
That aside, I just don't like fast food that much, I actually find it fairly unappetising, which is why I just can't imagine someone eating at McDonalds for every meal but, whatever makes you happy, it just pisses me off when fat people try and sue fast food companies for their decision to over indulge.
Thanks for all your replies. It was never the weight thing that stopped me eating at McDonalds. It was the Chicken McNuggets.
Now I know McDonalds now claim they don't use meat like this any more, but I don't care because (a) they once did and fed it to me, and (b) at their prices they must be doing something similar.
Now I know McDonalds now claim they don't use meat like this any more, but I don't care because (a) they once did and fed it to me, and (b) at their prices they must be doing something similar.
Their food is just bad. The cheeseburgers are greasy, the chicken is flavor-less, it's just bad (McFlurries are good, even if they are the exact same thing as a Blizzard). Honestly though, there aren't many fast-food places that I wouldn't eat at. Wendy's is good.
Yes, but only about once every 2 weeks...
I some times don't have time to cook for myself.
I'd much rather go to Burger King, but the nearest one is about 5 miles
I some times don't have time to cook for myself.
I'd much rather go to Burger King, but the nearest one is about 5 miles
McDonald's is like the fat friend that attractive women bring with them to the bar. You're wasted, and you don't know any better, so you decide to go for it. To be blunt.
I burn through about one of those a day.scorptatious said:Oh geez, I remember that cereal. I didn't realize they got rid of it. We still have Recess Puffs though:
Om nom nom.
Still feels strange buying kids cereal for yourself as an adult.
OH WAIT! Remember the smartest thing Capt Crunch ever did?
Jesus. Looking through all these old discontinued cereals is making me feel depressed.
Very rarely, its been months since I've been to McDonalds and I intend to make that the last time ever. The smell of theburger grease is a tough one to wash out.
Oh! Sorry for the gender confusion, I didn't know! Didn't think to check your profile...
Anyway, as for the documentary itself, I always figured it was either for publicity or simply a weak public statement that is already common knowledge: Fast food isn't healthy, you shouldn't base a diet completely off of it! Or at least, you shouldn't, then complain about it (Yes, I do happen to make a diet completely off of it, but my saying is 'Better dead young and happy, with a full stomach of damn good stuff, than dead old and unsatisfied with a half-empty stomach filled with utterly tasteless crap.').
As for the prospect being unappetizing to you, thats perfectly understandable. Everyone has different tastes, and hell, some tastes you just acquire over time. Thats one of the best things about the world is having a very wide array of different foods.
And when it comes to fat people blaming companies such as McDonalds for their obesity, even though THEY were the ones who CHOSE to eat there, it just seems ass-backwards. A (very) loose metaphor: You happen to be the owner of a handgun. You rarely ever use it, and only at a firing range. You decide to clean it at home, but forget to put on the safety and unload it. Inevitably, due to sheer stupidity, you end up shooting yourself, say, in the leg. And then, you exclaim, "OW! I'M GOING TO SUE SMITH AND WESSON!" (Feel free to substitute a better firearm manufacturer if you wish, and please, don't feel that this is directed at you! This is simply a (again, very) loose metaphor. Not meant to be offensive, simply informative.)
Since I've already made a wall of text, I might as well apologize again for the gender confusion! I'm very sorry!
Anyway, as for the documentary itself, I always figured it was either for publicity or simply a weak public statement that is already common knowledge: Fast food isn't healthy, you shouldn't base a diet completely off of it! Or at least, you shouldn't, then complain about it (Yes, I do happen to make a diet completely off of it, but my saying is 'Better dead young and happy, with a full stomach of damn good stuff, than dead old and unsatisfied with a half-empty stomach filled with utterly tasteless crap.').
As for the prospect being unappetizing to you, thats perfectly understandable. Everyone has different tastes, and hell, some tastes you just acquire over time. Thats one of the best things about the world is having a very wide array of different foods.
And when it comes to fat people blaming companies such as McDonalds for their obesity, even though THEY were the ones who CHOSE to eat there, it just seems ass-backwards. A (very) loose metaphor: You happen to be the owner of a handgun. You rarely ever use it, and only at a firing range. You decide to clean it at home, but forget to put on the safety and unload it. Inevitably, due to sheer stupidity, you end up shooting yourself, say, in the leg. And then, you exclaim, "OW! I'M GOING TO SUE SMITH AND WESSON!" (Feel free to substitute a better firearm manufacturer if you wish, and please, don't feel that this is directed at you! This is simply a (again, very) loose metaphor. Not meant to be offensive, simply informative.)
Since I've already made a wall of text, I might as well apologize again for the gender confusion! I'm very sorry!
Not as often as I did before the move. Since I moved down south I've actually started eating a lot of Sonic. I like McDonald's though.
It's funny, I first watched Supersize Me while I was WORKING at McDonalds. Not too terribly long after that, I quit.
You think Supersize Me was bad, try actually WORKING at a McDonalds. I will never, ever, ever, eat there again.
Doesn't stop me from eating at other fast food places, however.
You think Supersize Me was bad, try actually WORKING at a McDonalds. I will never, ever, ever, eat there again.
Doesn't stop me from eating at other fast food places, however.
No, thank goodness. I'm pretty sure the title 'hotdog' is not really a misnomer.ravensheart18 said:
Rarely, if ever. No, it's not because of Super-size Me. It's actually because once upon a time, I used to be a fuckin' huge kid and I ate a ton of McDonald's. I lost a lot of weight since then, and I practice stuff in moderation. Same goes for fast food.
Not all the time, mainly because actually getting there requires catching a few buses or scoring a lift with one of my mates and it's not worth the hassle, but when we do venture to the golden arches I eat. Everything.
Actually, I heard that business increased for McDonalds as a result of that film. Mind you, that's probably because it forced McDonalds to change their menu a bit and introduce more healthy options.floppylobster said:
I don't eat the stuff personally, not even the so-called "healthy" McCafe items. I stopped eating food like that when I was 18, I'm now 37 and I still don't eat it. I used to love it when I was younger and have fond memories of my parents taking me to McDonals when I was a kid, but once I grew up it's like I woke up one day, bit into one of their burgers and something in my brain suddenly went "actually, I'm eating shit, this tastes awful". I'll never eat it again, if I'm on foot and McDonalds is the only restaurant that's close and open I'll happily walk for over an hour to find something else to eat.
Same goes for KFC, Burger King/JHungry Jacks, etc. I will eat pizza but not if it's from a pizza chain, only if it's from a local pizza place that uses fresh ingredients. That's about as fast-food as I get, and it's probably why at 37 years of age I'm not overweight even though I do fuck-all exercise.