McDonalds and the Death of Civilization

[drogulus]

     

There's been some discussion on other threads about McDonalds, consumer culture,  and the lack of appreciation of great art. 

     What about the theological implications, McDonalds and the death of religion? Or McDonalds and the energy crisis? You could probably correlate the rise of fast food burger chains to the rise in autism, which means you should.

     The postmodern angle is worth investigating, too. McDonalds fries are terrible, though sadly it's not objectively true that they are, just a social construct.

[Philoctetes]

McDonalds fries are terrible, though sadly it's not objectively true that they are, just a social construct.

Their smoothies are fucking awesome though! 

[drogulus]

Their smoothies are fucking awesome though! 

    Thus, if the capitalist paradigm of expression holds, we have to choose between socialist realism and subsemiotic nationalism. Any number of deconstructions concerning the bridge between sexual identity and class may be found.

[jowcol]

     
     What about the theological implications, McDonalds and the death of religion? Or McDonalds and the energy crisis? You could probably correlate the rise of fast food burger chains to the rise in autism, which means you should.

     The postmodern angle is worth investigating, too. McDonalds fries are terrible, though sadly it's not objectively true that they are, just a social construct.

[drogulus]

     That's the spirit.

     If civilization is dying I'm going to get all the swag and quarter pounders with no cheese I can.

     Aarrggh!!

[Daverz]

You do have to put out of your mind how the beef is processed.  Even knowing this, I still get a burger at a drive thru very occaisonally.

[jowcol]

     That's the spirit.

     If civilization is dying I'm going to get all the swag and quarter pounders with no cheese I can.

     Aarrggh!!

[Florestan]

At least when they take up residence in the historic parts of German cities, they are somewhat discrete (forced to be, of course)--like the McD on the Hauptmarkt in Trier.

Well, maybe those bloody capitalists are ashamed of trading in Karl Marx's native town?   

[Cato]

I thought the topic was about this incident in Baltimore, one of America's most violent cities:

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/27640819/detail.html

A McDonald's employee recorded the assault, rather than trying to stop it.  Other employees watched and did nothing, except for giving the advice to the attackers that the police were coming, and they should leave quickly.

[snyprrr]

YouTube is ablaze with all kinds of horrible McDs fights and wotnot. An owner was run over when they had their 50,000 hiring thing the other day. Soon the cities will explode.

[DavidW]

I can't remember if this was mcd or bk but there was a true story of someone calling 911 because they got her order wrong!

[Lethevich]

http://www.youtube.com/v/GfKhWzNXdEw

http://consumerist.com/2009/03/mcdonalds-apologizes-to-911-nugget-lady.html

[DavidW]

haha! thanks Lethe, hilarious to hear the conversation.

[jowcol]

This is also a classic--  check out the hair pulling.  WHat has NOT been mentioned to date that the other occupant in the car was none other than "Cholesterol Karl Henning"....


http://www.youtube.com/v/lVH_Gm4fXtg

[karlhenning]

http://www.youtube.com/v/GfKhWzNXdEw

http://consumerist.com/2009/03/mcdonalds-apologizes-to-911-nugget-lady.html

Kyrie eleison . . . .

[karlhenning]

This is also a classic--  check out the hair pulling.

People in Ohio normally are so friendly.

[Scarpia]

There was also a well-publicized incident when a profession athlete assaulted a Taco Bel employee in Los Angeles in a dispute over a Chalupa, as I recall.

[Lethevich]

This is also a classic--  check out the hair pulling.  WHat has NOT been mentioned to date that the other occupant in the car was none other than "Cholesterol Karl Henning"....


http://www.youtube.com/v/lVH_Gm4fXtg

Good god, is that what passes for a newsreader nowadays? He sounds like he can barely keep up with his script Thanks for the link though, that footage is hilarious

[karlhenning]

. . . What has NOT been mentioned to date that the other occupant in the car was none other than "Cholesterol Karl Henning"....

I'm not telling what I gave her to smash the window, either.

[Scarpia]

I'm not telling what I gave her to smash the window, either.

Police found a LeBlanc B-flat clarinet mouthpiece at the scene (with residues of "special sauce" on the reed).