McDonalds and the Death of Civilization

[Daverz]

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"....

What is McDonalds putting in those Chicken McNuggets?  Crack?

[Scarpia]

What is McDonalds putting in those Chicken McNuggets?  Crack?

Well, they do put caffeine in the hamburger buns. 

[karlhenning]

Chicken McCrackets!

[Scarpia]

Taking a step back, who would have thought that the only thing required to destroy civilization is a cheap hamburger?

[Gurn Blanston]

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

He sounds like I've always imagined Sean would sound...

[DavidW]

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

Atonal honking does drive some people to madness.

[DavidW]

He sounds like I've always imagined Sean would sound...

Now I involuntarily thought of Sean saying in that relaxed voice "I rogered a few gals in Thailand, I recommend it if you get the chance."

the horror the horror

[karlhenning]

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

I never play a LeBlanc! (Which I suppose does not mean that I could not have furnished a LeBlanc assault clarinet . . . .)

[jowcol]

I never play a LeBlanc! (Which I suppose does not mean that I could not have furnished a LeBlanc assault clarinet . . . .)

You may not play a LeBlanc, but I'm sure hoods like you carry a "throw down".

You are in beyond your depth, and it's COMPLETELY Transparent.   

You need to reach back into your past, and remember the first tone you ever made on you clarinet sounded like pffft!

[The Six]

So what exactly is the "death of civilization" mentioned in the subject?

[Daverz]

So what exactly is the "death of civilization" mentioned in the subject?

E. Coli?

[drogulus]

So what exactly is the "death of civilization" mentioned in the subject?

     


     


      You missed it, it's dead already. That last corn dog you ate killed it. Are you happy now, you selfish bastard?

      That's a good question. Does anyone know the answer?

[jowcol]

So what exactly is the "death of civilization" mentioned in the subject?

The "McDonald's" theme had shown on as tangents on a couple of other threads-- I figured I'd move it here. But you are right, there was definitely a lot of hype in the title.

[Sid]

If I was in the USA, I'd definitely avoid eating any food made by McDonald's altogether. A couple of years back I read the book Fast Food Nation which exposed many disturbing facts, in particular the unhygienic practices in American abbatoirs. The book was published about 10 years ago, so (some?) things might have changed in terms of regulating the industry. I haven't updated my knowledge of that. At least here in Australia, we have quite stringent food production and handling laws. So in this country, I feel safe eating at McDonald's, but I only do it once in a blue moon. The popularity of McDonald's seems to have waned here over the past 10 years. They even had to close down a shop in Oxford Street (the gay district) because of tough competition from family owned eateries and the like in the area. As a kind of response to this, Macca's have introduced "healthy options" such as wraps, salads, yoghurts, etc. Some stores also have a "McCafe" attached. If these kinds of trends continue, McDonald's might not even be selling French Fries and hamburgers within the next decade. Consumers are being lured by other options that are just as cheap and healthier, and many of them already don't eat the (former) McDonald's standard fare when they go to a McDonald's restaurant...

[DavidW]

Are you talking about the meat packing industries?  I think they're still bad over here (in the US).  As far as McD adding healthy options, that's not specific to your local area, it was a global change to the menus in the wake of supersize me.

[Todd]

it was a global change to the menus in the wake of supersize me.

Really?  The movie had that much influence?  I would have thought it was the lawsuits, pressure from various special interest groups (er, um, public interest groups), and the attendant bad press, rather than that movie which was seen by pretty much no one.  (And it wasn't very entertaining or insightful to boot.)  Well, that and the need for McDonald's to offer a variety of new menu options to stay competitive, which may mean healthier fare.

[Scarpia]

If I was in the USA, I'd definitely avoid eating any food made by McDonald's altogether. A couple of years back I read the book Fast Food Nation which exposed many disturbing facts, in particular the unhygienic practices in American abbatoirs. The book was published about 10 years ago, so (some?) things might have changed in terms of regulating the industry. I haven't updated my knowledge of that. At least here in Australia, we have quite stringent food production and handling laws. So in this country, I feel safe eating at McDonald's, but I only do it once in a blue moon. The popularity of McDonald's seems to have waned here over the past 10 years. They even had to close down a shop in Oxford Street (the gay district) because of tough competition from family owned eateries and the like in the area. As a kind of response to this, Macca's have introduced "healthy options" such as wraps, salads, yoghurts, etc. Some stores also have a "McCafe" attached. If these kinds of trends continue, McDonald's might not even be selling French Fries and hamburgers within the next decade. Consumers are being lured by other options that are just as cheap and healthier, and many of them already don't eat the (former) McDonald's standard fare when they go to a McDonald's restaurant...

I don't recall reading of any cases of people getting sick eating at MacDonalds, the food is mostly pre-prepared and the people working at the store don't have that much contact with it.  I can't say MacDonalds food is very good, but it always amuses me that people portray them as though they are worse than Nazis.

[DavidW]

Really?  The movie had that much influence?  I would have thought it was the lawsuits, pressure from various special interest groups (er, um, public interest groups), and the attendant bad press, rather than that movie which was seen by pretty much no one.  (And it wasn't very entertaining or insightful to boot.)  Well, that and the need for McDonald's to offer a variety of new menu options to stay competitive, which may mean healthier fare.

Alot of the events you're pointing at happened right after the movie.  You say correlation only, I say causation.  That movie that you said nobody saw was completely rented out of the local Hollywood video back then for several weeks.  It seems as if everyone was talking about it, and it brought so much attention to Morgan Spurlock that he landed his own tv show.  To say that it had no influence is disingenuous.

[DavidW]

I don't recall reading of any cases of people getting sick eating at MacDonalds, the food is mostly pre-prepared and the people working at the store don't have that much contact with it.  I can't say MacDonalds food is very good, but it always amuses me that people portray them as though they are worse than Nazis.

That's what is always so fun about browsing the non-fiction area in my local library.  It's filled with tawdry, highly opinionated books that try to convince you that the sky is falling!   I wonder if people get their kicks out of reading those books the same way others do with pulp fiction.

[Scarpia]

Alot of the events you're pointing at happened right after the movie.  You say correlation only, I say causation.  That movie that you said nobody saw was completely rented out of the local Hollywood video back then for several weeks.  It seems as if everyone was talking about it, and it brought so much attention to Morgan Spurlock that he landed his own tv show.  To say that it had no influence is disingenuous.

Yes, I heard about the movie, I think the media buzz was a bigger effect than the movie itself.  Supposedly there is a scene where Spudloch's doctor tells him that if he doesn't stop eating at MacDonalds he will die.  Seems like there should be a lot more dead people if that were possible.  There were several films made afterwards where people made the same experiment and were just fine, one was called "Me and Micky-D" I think.