NEWS: McDonald's: Our Food Isn't Shit

CULTURE: McDonald's: Our Food Isn't Shit

In a new ad campaign, McDonald's will attempt to inform its customers that its burgers, for example, are actually made out of beef, and you might not get poisoned from one of their burgers.

My feeling about this is that if McDonald's feels that they really have to go out of their way to assure customers that their food meets the most basic standards for safety, they're fucked. I'd personally like to see them replace the greaseball burgers and shitty, oil-soaked fries with nutritious, fresh food. Maybe if they did that, a lot of concerns people have about them would vanish.

Yes, the concerns would vanish - along with their customers.

maybe they are trying to set an industry standard of quality assurance?

Fuckin' McDonalds, making this country fat, what with them force-feeding Americans unhealthy food. Those poor, poor people who have no choice but to eat crap.

excellent point. mc Ds controls such a huge stake in the american meat-packing industry that they can basically call all of the shots. mc Ds is also the nations second largest purchaser of chicken. ConAgra (the company that supplies mc Ds with its hamburgers) is 100% dependant on mc Ds purchasing their beef.

No partisan seminar is going to alter the fact that the food tastes like roadkill and wet cardboard.

i remember that urban legend when i was a kid the burgers were made from worms . haha

umm I disagree

Mcdonald's has actual half decent stuff in the meat. I worked there, I also know exactly what parts go into the hamburgers (mind you i would never eat this stuff normally, but ground up..mmmmmmm)

It is americans that have made americans fat. It is the choices that americans have made as a whole that have led down that path.

Eating a big mac with all the sauce that is on it...will make you fat. Cut out the sauce and you are down to a regular ground beef burger with lettuce, onions and pickles...do you really need those 4 ounces of pure greasy sauce? The same sauce that you easily could do "without sauce" and make it a grill order?

It is the choices that have been made by a society that has done it.

hmm i wonder what kind of meat they serve in the mcdonald's down the street from me here in italy? usda i'm sure!

umm that was my point

I was being sarcastic. Notice the part about "force-feeding"? That should've been your first tipoff.

I haven't eaten there in literary over 10 years. I still think everything about the place is disgusting. They're even trying cater to vegetarians now with that stupid McVeggie crap. No Thanks! Most fast food is pretty gross when it comes down to it.

Yeah. This stuff kind of makes me laugh. Sure, McDonalds food isn't made from disgusting this or bacterial that but so what? That just means that people are still getting fat as fuck off their "high-quality" food. What the fuck is this notion that "high-quality" means "won't turn you into a blimp"?

But yeah, I totally agree that it isn't McDonalds turning americans into fat fucks. It's americans turning americans into fat fucks. We let our kids watch TV for 70 hours a week and then have the nerve to say, "Why are you brainwashing our kids, stop brainwashing our kids!" Stop sitting your fat fuck children infront of the TV. Kick their asses out the house and tell them not to come back till it's dark outside. And when they come back, feed them, make them do their homework, and tell them they can either go to bed or read. That's it.

Oh, and don't give them an allowance. That'll keep them from buying bad shit at fast food resteraunts when they don't like mom's meatloaf.

Jeez, I'm gonna be an evil hypocritical parent. I look forward to it.

Wtf, man.
Whattaburger is the originator of this ad campaign.

Give MrDaft a break, sarcasm is easily lost in typed words.

And I've actually heard your exact argument used for real. "The poor people can't afford to eat anywhere else"

I say pffff to that. A package of ramen noodles costs 49cents. Last time I checked thats less than any McD's value meal.

Plus, I'm poor and I can't afford to eat out very often, even fast food. 17$ for a meal for two is too damn expensive.

[Edited on Oct 24, 2005 2:13PM]

double post!

[Edited on Oct 24, 2005 2:11PM]

I like McDonalds. I've never/will never eat their "beef" but I like their "chicken" and "fries". And I'm fat. I can afford it yo.

I like McD's fries...and their egg mcmuffins. But the rest of that shit is shitty. I mean I dont care if its greasy or unhealthy. It taste like shit. I mean atleast whataburger's crap tastes like a burger!

Mmmmm egg McMuffins! I love those too. I dig their breakfast but I rarely wake up before noon. Unless I stay up til 7AM I cannot indulge in the fattness.

I only eat burgers from real restaurants, or Fuddruckers Mmmm liquid cheeeeeese.

Why does some place need to use that much greese and oil? Why must it be so unhealthy.

Why after I eat it at work must I feel hot as hell, groggy, and feel like my arteries are about to explode.

Why cant they make it just... healthier... It isnt that hard. I meen christ.

And could the employ someone who actually looks happy, and not about to kill me.

Nothing says Hiya how you doin when the same cashier made your burger without gloves and YOU KNOW they have been handling cash.

Especially in NEW YORK.

I have actually encountered this and refused to give them a dime after they tried to hand me my food and have me pay for it. Simply walked out the door.... called the FDA hotline and the inspector in that region... next day I know... 21st and 6th was closed for about 3 days.

I ate a McGriddle meal last week and it was like heaven on a bun. I have the utmost confidence in its nutritional value. Maple syrup and sausage is good for you, right?

I had one of those once and it was indeed heaven. It's only 3948769 calories. Worth every one I decided to only eat one in my lifetime though. The memories will last me forever.

Why must you eat it in the first place?

Is McDonald's really in danger of losing customers over health issues? I mean really?