How 'Eeeeevil' is McDonalds

[Taverner]

[baldguy]

1. They're not any worse than any other soulless multinational corporation.

Which is to say, on a scale of 1-to-10 they'd about an 8.

[Taverner]

2. Yes soulless corporations suck the life out of humanity

But besides that, they do know how to hit the flavor spots of your tongue

[rurallib]

3. but when i eat one it stays in my gut for days

like a lump of cement.

[Taverner]

4. Yes there is that

Its the fat content

Good Ol' Natural fat, not good for you at all

If someone is going to make healthy food taste good, however - it would be these guys

[elleng]

5. They may be 'soulless' because they're a corporation,

but they provide useful goods and services, they do it well, and they employ many who might otherwise not be employed.

(I only have their coffee, occasionally.)

[applegrove]

6. Years ago there was a study done on McDonald's. The result was that

if you ate at McDonald's every day you would be dead in one year. Don't know how they did the testing. LOL! Now they have salads and such, which I understand are also high in calories.

[newcriminal]

7. That's just plain silly.

You can't honestly believe that.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Gross mistelling of the idea behind "Supersize Me."

This is how urban legends got started in the dark ages before the internet.

I don't know what the excuse is these days.

[applegrove]

11. No I think it was in the newspaper 10 years before Supersize Me. I think they

just studied the fat content or something in the food and predicted death after a year of cholesterol increase. I wasn't trying to be disingenuous. At worst I am gullable, which I am.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. My cousin's roommate's dentist says eleven.

[applegrove]

9. I can't remember the source. But I thought it was true at the time. Then again I'm gullable.

[namahage]

13. Tell that to this guy...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Gorske

Gorske claims that after getting his first car, the first place he went was to McDonald's on May 17, 1972. He purchased and ate three Big Macs at lunch time. He then returned two more times that day to consume a total of nine Big Macs the same day he discovered the sandwich. He further claims to have eaten 265 Big Macs in the following month, an average of 8.5 Big Macs per day. If true, this would be equivalent to over 4,600 calories and 247 grams of fat daily, for a total of 143,100 calories and 16.9 pounds of fat in one month. He also claims to drink almost nothing but Coca-Cola and, according to Super Size Me, he rarely eats the fries. At first, Don kept all the boxes of Big Macs he ate in the back of his car. He met and married his wife, Mary, at a McDonald's in 1973. Gorske also states that he as only eaten several Whoppers in his life and will never eat one again.

In 2003, Don Gorske ate 741 Big Macs, an average of 2.03 Big Macs per day. Gorske is 6 foot 2 inches tall, 185 pounds, and claims a cholesterol level of 140. His claimed average daily consumption of two Big Macs amounts to 1,080 calories, according to the nutritional information published by McDonald's; this does not take into account his energy intake from fluids. The USDA recommends about 2,200 calories per day. Gorske consumes mainly calorie-rich food, but he maintains a stable weight by eating fewer calories than the average American.

On August 17, 2008, Gorske ate his 23,000th Big Mac at his favorite McDonald's restaurant in Fond du Lac. He claims that since he ate his first Big Mac, there have only been eight different days in which he did not eat a single Big Mac. One of these days was the day his mother died, and he did not eat a Big Mac to respect her request. Other days included a "Snow Day" when McDonalds was unable to open due to snow, a Thanksgiving, days he was traveling and could not find a McDonalds, and various days Gorske had to stay at work past midnight. Gorske has since started keeping an "emergency stash" of Big Macs in his freezer for emergencies and snow days. Don Gorske also records when and where he eats his Big Macs in a notebook that he carries with him all of the time. Gorske has kept every burger receipt in a box.

[Kali]

15. I dare say there are probably a half continent's worth of hungry people

who would be glad to have a big mac every day

I like more variety and have the choice and luxury to eat a little better, but I have no doubt a human could survive for a long time on junk food. With physical labor/exercise (and maybe an occasional multi vitamin) they would probably even be perfectly healthy.

[mix]

10. death of civilization evil, fuck that corporation nt

[Mudoria]

14. 2 Quarter Pounders, Fries and a Coke please...