Unoriginal people to the left
I am seriously sick of people doing "experiments" on McDonald's foods. I just saw an article in The Toronto Star about an artist who took a picture of her happy meal every day.
So you find that it doesn't rot; it just turns to stone. What's the point? Is everything that's healthy supposed to go bad? What are you trying to prove here? It's cool that it doesn't rot, but who cares? I have some dehydrated mushrooms that aren't going to go bad any time soon. I think I'll take a picture of them every day and see how they change. Or not.
I think what pisses me off the most is the person who wrote about her 12-year-old burger. "Ladies, Gentleman, and children alike - this is a chemical food," wrote the burger-owner, Karen. What exactly is a "chemical food"? Aren't all foods made of chemicals? Isn't EVERYTHING made of chemicals?
Do you really need to convince people that McD's is bad for you? I think everybody knows this already. So what are you trying to do? I feel like they're trying to say, "See, SEE?? It's bad! That's why I don't eat it!" as if they were trying to defend their eating choices. It also stirs up the cognitive dissonance of people who love McDonald's and will now defend it.
I'm now reading some of the comments left on the page and I feel a bit better. Not everyone is buying it, which gives me hope. Thank you, critical thinkers! Karen commented too:
Not sure what is misleading about a picture of a 12 year old McDonald’s Hamburger. I personally have nothing to gain from sharing.
This person's response sums up how I feel:
Nothing to gain from sharing except publicity, traffic to your website, and scaring people into using your services. IF the hamburger really is 12 years old, it’s not a “lack of nutritional value” that prevented it from decomposing; as other commenters have pointed out, it’s the fact that you let it dry out in an airtight environment. A completely preservative-free organic burger would look the same after 12 years if stored in similar conditions. This is a cheap gimmick-you’d do better to be honest and well-informed with the information you provide rather than relying on scare tactics and pseudoscience to try to “teach” your audience about health and wellness. Shame on you.
Great, now I am craving McDonald's. But not because I want to choose something healthy but because it just tastes good. Sigh.
So you find that it doesn't rot; it just turns to stone. What's the point? Is everything that's healthy supposed to go bad? What are you trying to prove here? It's cool that it doesn't rot, but who cares? I have some dehydrated mushrooms that aren't going to go bad any time soon. I think I'll take a picture of them every day and see how they change. Or not.
I think what pisses me off the most is the person who wrote about her 12-year-old burger. "Ladies, Gentleman, and children alike - this is a chemical food," wrote the burger-owner, Karen. What exactly is a "chemical food"? Aren't all foods made of chemicals? Isn't EVERYTHING made of chemicals?
Do you really need to convince people that McD's is bad for you? I think everybody knows this already. So what are you trying to do? I feel like they're trying to say, "See, SEE?? It's bad! That's why I don't eat it!" as if they were trying to defend their eating choices. It also stirs up the cognitive dissonance of people who love McDonald's and will now defend it.
I'm now reading some of the comments left on the page and I feel a bit better. Not everyone is buying it, which gives me hope. Thank you, critical thinkers! Karen commented too:
Not sure what is misleading about a picture of a 12 year old McDonald’s Hamburger. I personally have nothing to gain from sharing.
This person's response sums up how I feel:
Nothing to gain from sharing except publicity, traffic to your website, and scaring people into using your services. IF the hamburger really is 12 years old, it’s not a “lack of nutritional value” that prevented it from decomposing; as other commenters have pointed out, it’s the fact that you let it dry out in an airtight environment. A completely preservative-free organic burger would look the same after 12 years if stored in similar conditions. This is a cheap gimmick-you’d do better to be honest and well-informed with the information you provide rather than relying on scare tactics and pseudoscience to try to “teach” your audience about health and wellness. Shame on you.
Great, now I am craving McDonald's. But not because I want to choose something healthy but because it just tastes good. Sigh.