How come everyone hates McDonalds?

[RiDE]

I'm going to go to McDonalds right now because of this thread.

 

[dbk]

Originally posted by: RiDE
I'm going to go to McDonalds right now because of this thread.

What are you gonna get? Oh, BTW McDonald has rolled out 4-patty Big Macs in Asia.

 

[animalia]

I like McDonald's if I am in a huge hurry and hungry.

 

[QueBert]

m3h to MCD's, but I cannot front they have incredible breakfast sandwiches. I'm not capible of getting up before noon, so unless they go thru with the plans to have breakfast all hours I'll probably go without it

McGriddles are great.

 

[nycxandy]

Big Mac... mm mmmm.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Originally posted by: Amused
Because it's cool to hate McDonalds. Just as it is fashionable to hate Walmart and Microsoft.

You're forgetting Sony

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Amused
Because it's cool to hate McDonalds. Just as it is fashionable to hate Walmart and Microsoft.

dont forget Bush and iPods.


I bet Bush listens to an ipod, shops at walmart, uses Windows XP, and eats at McDonalds.

Probably owns a PS3 as well.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
So if McDonald's really is so disgusting, how is it so successful? All little kids love McDonalds

You answered your own question - young children are extremely impressionable, much more so than adults. Market your brand to them successfully and you're set for a long time...

If you look around just a bit, you'll usually find plenty of places that sell much better stuff at marginally higher prices.

McDonald's appeal to kids goes far beyond marketing (yes, I know, commercialism and capitalism is evil :roll: ). Kids gravitate to that kind of food no matter what. Kids have a very unsophisticated palate. They like simple, calorie laden, fat laden foods and will gravitate toward it naturally. Look at the kids menu at any restaurant. They don't all look the same because of marketing. They all look the same because that's what kids want.

 

[CorCentral]

The Egg McMuffin is my favorite out of McDonalds. Next is the Quarter Pounder.

Kids today like to bash everything. If it was AWESOME 10 years ago? IT SUCKS TODAY no matter what! That's my take on it.

It's a copout for the P*SSY that won't admit it because the media bashes it!


EDIT: My fav fast burger is BK's Whopper w/cheese and onion no condiments!

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: pkrush
I don't eat there very much anymore. Not that there's anything particularly bad about McDonald's, it's just that pretty much every other place is better. McDonald's has beef processed until it has no texture at all, buns with high fructose corn syrup in them, and that nasty stuff that can barely be called cheese anymore. Well, at least it's uniformly bad.

Actually, McDonald's uses 100% beef in their patties, nearly all bread at all restaurants has HFCS and their cheese is no different than the American Cheese you buy in the supermarket.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

R x eleventybillion golden arches

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: pkrush
I don't eat there very much anymore. Not that there's anything particularly bad about McDonald's, it's just that pretty much every other place is better. McDonald's has beef processed until it has no texture at all, buns with high fructose corn syrup in them, and that nasty stuff that can barely be called cheese anymore. Well, at least it's uniformly bad.

Actually, McDonald's uses 100% beef in their patties, nearly all bread at all restaurants has HFCS and their cheese is no different than the American Cheese you buy in the supermarket.

The cheese **LMAO**

No one in here can say that they've eaten at McDonalds and have not picked the cheese off the wrapper. You're in Mc/D denial if you say you have'nt.

The cheese at McDonalds is better than the cheap stuff at the Supermarket and on par with Kraft singles!

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
So if McDonald's really is so disgusting, how is it so successful? All little kids love McDonalds

You answered your own question - young children are extremely impressionable, much more so than adults. Market your brand to them successfully and you're set for a long time...

If you look around just a bit, you'll usually find plenty of places that sell much better stuff at marginally higher prices.

McDonald's appeal to kids goes far beyond marketing (yes, I know, commercialism and capitalism is evil :roll: ). Kids gravitate to that kind of food no matter what. Kids have a very unsophisticated palate. They like simple, calorie laden, fat laden foods and will gravitate toward it naturally. Look at the kids menu at any restaurant. They don't all look the same because of marketing. They all look the same because that's what kids want.

WTF is up with you people? The minute someone voices an opinion that so much as suggests that they don't like some company, a whole army of you shows up to whine in unison. Relax - I'm insulting McDonalds, not your mother or your manhood. :roll:

There is nothing special about McDonald's in particular that children would naturally prefer - they like McDonald's because of the clown, the toys, the playgrounds etc. All the things the company works very hard to promote.

 

[Slackware]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Because there are tons more fast food places that I'd rather eat at over McDs.

Like Burger King, you get a real slab of meat there if you want one.

BTW, here we have a lot of noname hamburger joints, the sizes are 200g pure beef and up, now that is a meal, a 12 gram leaf in a thick bun isn't worth a buck.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
The food is poison, in both taste and health. It is absolute garbage.

The food is no more unhealthy than the same food cooked at any other resturant (in fact, healthier than many sit down places). It is also no more unhealthy than the same foods the average person cooks at home.

Is that so? Care to eat it for a month, 3 meals a day, and see how you feel afterwards?

 

[fustercluck]

Their commercials alone make me hate them.

"These people act like money grows on trees, money they can't find!".

I'll never eat there...food is super fatty anyways.

 

[animalia]

Originally posted by: QueBert
m3h to MCD's, but I cannot front they have incredible breakfast sandwiches. I'm not capible of getting up before noon, so unless they go thru with the plans to have breakfast all hours I'll probably go without it

McGriddles are great.

actually you can't get up before 10:30

 

[Slackware]

Amused, so a white bread filled with mostly saturated fatty acids is your choice for a healthy meal?

Side of french fries?

Who in the FVCK goes to McDonalds to pay for an overpriced bag of vegetables that are nerver really fresh after 8:30?

Get yourself some meat with the bun and not all artificial cheese and sauce that is basically hardened vegetable trans fatty acids and E482.

 

[Slackware]

Originally posted by: animalia

Originally posted by: QueBert
m3h to MCD's, but I cannot front they have incredible breakfast sandwiches. I'm not capible of getting up before noon, so unless they go thru with the plans to have breakfast all hours I'll probably go without it

McGriddles are great.

actually you can't get up before 10:30

At that hour i can get bread still warm from the oven at the cornershop and coffee to go, some turkey, red and green bell peppers and some persillade on that and i'll grab my beakfast and McDonalds breakfast have nothing like it, even their pancakes are horrible.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
The food is poison, in both taste and health. It is absolute garbage.

The food is no more unhealthy than the same food cooked at any other resturant (in fact, healthier than many sit down places). It is also no more unhealthy than the same foods the average person cooks at home.

Is that so? Care to eat it for a month, 3 meals a day, and see how you feel afterwards?

Care to stop watching propaganda films and think you're being witty when you mindlessly parrot their supposed story lines?

Supersize me would have been the same no matter where he ate. He force fed himself 3 times his normal calorie intake.

And my diet has a lot of saturated fats in it because I'm on a high protien diet (I'm a weight lifter) and happen to like beef... I also do not have a family history of heart disease.

But, if you care to pay me, sure: I'll be bored and eat only McDonald's food for a month... and still be just as healthy as I am now. Hell, I probably lose weight since I eat less when I'm bored with food.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Slackware
Amused, so a white bread filled with mostly saturated fatty acids is your choice for a healthy meal?

Side of french fries?

Who in the FVCK goes to McDonalds to pay for an overpriced bag of vegetables that are nerver really fresh after 8:30?

Get yourself some meat with the bun and not all artificial cheese and sauce that is basically hardened vegetable trans fatty acids and E482.

Again, the buns, cheese and meat at McDonalds are virtually no different from the buns and meat at any restaurant... fast food or sit down. The cheese is the same Kraft American Cheese you buy at any supermarket. The buns are identical to 90+% of the buns you'll find at any supermarket and the beef is 100% pure ground beef.

And to further bust your myths: The only trans fats in a McDonald's burger is from the trace of Margarine used on the burgers while cooking and a trace in the buns... which you'll find in any bread served at virtually any restaurant.

 

[Slackware]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
The food is poison, in both taste and health. It is absolute garbage.

The food is no more unhealthy than the same food cooked at any other resturant (in fact, healthier than many sit down places). It is also no more unhealthy than the same foods the average person cooks at home.

Is that so? Care to eat it for a month, 3 meals a day, and see how you feel afterwards?

Care to stop watching propaganda films and think you're being witty when you mindlessly parrot their supposed story lines?

Supersize me would have been the same no matter where he ate. He force fed himself 3 times his normal calorie intake.

And my diet has a lot of saturated fats in it because I'm on a high protien diet (I'm a weight lifter) and happen to like beef... I also do not have a family history of heart disease.

But, if you care to pay me, sure: I'll be bored and eat only McDonald's food for a month... and still be just as healthy as I am now. Hell, I probably lose weight since I eat less when I'm bored with food.

The thing is, is it healthy eating? I say it is not, you say it is.

You explain to me how white bread filled with trans fatty acids and a few grams of beef with a side of fries is healthy eating, especially with HFCS coke to go with it.

Explain to me how that will NOT lower your insulin sensitivity if you keep eating that (and in the end that will cause the LDL to rise, lowered insuln sensitivity always does).

I guess some lard and a keg of beer every night would be even worse but not much.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Slackware

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: ntdz

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: shadow9d9
The food is poison, in both taste and health. It is absolute garbage.

The food is no more unhealthy than the same food cooked at any other resturant (in fact, healthier than many sit down places). It is also no more unhealthy than the same foods the average person cooks at home.

Is that so? Care to eat it for a month, 3 meals a day, and see how you feel afterwards?

Care to stop watching propaganda films and think you're being witty when you mindlessly parrot their supposed story lines?

Supersize me would have been the same no matter where he ate. He force fed himself 3 times his normal calorie intake.

And my diet has a lot of saturated fats in it because I'm on a high protien diet (I'm a weight lifter) and happen to like beef... I also do not have a family history of heart disease.

But, if you care to pay me, sure: I'll be bored and eat only McDonald's food for a month... and still be just as healthy as I am now. Hell, I probably lose weight since I eat less when I'm bored with food.

The thing is, is it healthy eating? I say it is not, you say it is.

You explain to me how white bread filled with trans fatty acids and a few grams of beef with a side of fries is healthy eating, especially with HFCS coke to go with it.

Explain to me how that will NOT lower your insulin sensitivity if you keep eating that (and in the end that will cause the LDL to rise, lowered insuln sensitivity always does).

I guess some lard and a keg of beer every night would be even worse but not much.

My point from the beginning is that McDonald's in no less healthy than the same foods served in any other restaurant, or at the vasy majority of American homes.

Now, if you want to preach a healthier diet, than one would fore-go those types of foods ANYWHERE... not just at McDonald's.

Finally, there is less than 1g of trans fats in a McDonald's Burger. I wouldn't call that "filled."

 

[Slackware]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Slackware
Amused, so a white bread filled with mostly saturated fatty acids is your choice for a healthy meal?

Side of french fries?

Who in the FVCK goes to McDonalds to pay for an overpriced bag of vegetables that are nerver really fresh after 8:30?

Get yourself some meat with the bun and not all artificial cheese and sauce that is basically hardened vegetable trans fatty acids and E482.

Again, the buns, cheese and meat at McDonalds are virtually no different from the buns and meat at any restaurant... fast food or sit down. The cheese is the same Kraft American Cheese you buy at any supermarket. The buns are identical to 90+% of the buns you'll find at any supermarket and the beef is 100% pure ground beef.

And to further bust your myths: The only trans fats in a McDonald's burger is from the trace of Margarine used on the burgers while cooking and a trace in the buns... which you'll find in any bread served at virtually any restaurant.

oh, so there are no trans fats in the dressing or in the cheese at a mcdonalds burger?

Then how come they had to change both here where we don't allow trans fatty acids to be so prevalent?

The buns are white bread and the meat is what, 46 grams uncooked?

You can claim that McDonalds are is healthy food all day but it still IS NOT. Even IF there were no trans fatty acids it would be a horrible meal nutritionally and you KNOW THAT.

It's not good for you nutritionally in any shape or form, get yourself some high fiber bread and some turkey or even roast beef, get some bellpeppers in there, some salad and some persillade, no need for wet dressing, few slices of tomato if you like that, i prefer it as it is, that will last you a while, you could eat McDonalds burgers until you starve to death, it's like eating rice cakes.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Slackware

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Slackware
Amused, so a white bread filled with mostly saturated fatty acids is your choice for a healthy meal?

Side of french fries?

Who in the FVCK goes to McDonalds to pay for an overpriced bag of vegetables that are nerver really fresh after 8:30?

Get yourself some meat with the bun and not all artificial cheese and sauce that is basically hardened vegetable trans fatty acids and E482.

Again, the buns, cheese and meat at McDonalds are virtually no different from the buns and meat at any restaurant... fast food or sit down. The cheese is the same Kraft American Cheese you buy at any supermarket. The buns are identical to 90+% of the buns you'll find at any supermarket and the beef is 100% pure ground beef.

And to further bust your myths: The only trans fats in a McDonald's burger is from the trace of Margarine used on the burgers while cooking and a trace in the buns... which you'll find in any bread served at virtually any restaurant.

oh, so there are no trans fats in the dressing or in the cheese at a mcdonalds burger?

Then how come they had to change both here where we don't allow trans fatty acids to be so prevalent?

The buns are white bread and the meat is what, 46 grams uncooked?

You can claim that McDonalds are is healthy food all day but it still IS NOT. Even IF there were no trans fatty acids it would be a horrible meal nutritionally and you KNOW THAT.

It's not good for you nutritionally in any shape or form, get yourself some high fiber bread and some turkey or even roast beef, get some bellpeppers in there, some salad and some persillade, no need for wet dressing, few slices of tomato if you like that, i prefer it as it is, that will last you a while, you could eat McDonalds burgers until you starve to death, it's like eating rice cakes.

Are you fscking dense?

Where did I say a burger ANYWHERE is "healthy?"

I did not.

My point (and read this slowly now, so you understand):

The foods served at McDonalds are no less healthy than the identical foods served at any other restaurant, fast food or sit-down. Nor the same foods prepared in the vast Majority of American homes.

Now, before your knee jerks again, read that very slowly over and over until you understand exactly what I am saying.

And finally, before making a bigger fool of yourself why don't you go read the ingredients of their cheese and dressing and locate the trans fats for me.

No, wait, let's look at it here:

Pasteurized Process American Cheese:
American cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, milkfat, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), acetic acid, artificial color, soy lecithin and/or corn starch (added for slice separation). CONTAINS: MILK AND SOY LECITHIN

OK, now point out the trans fats there.