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The only McDonalds I eat is non american McDonalds.


like night and day....

 

[miyuru]

You guys are such pansies. After Supersize Me, I was hungry for McDonalds :lol

It's not that dangerous. It's not like we all eat McD's 3 times a day, for however long. No, just no! Honestly, you guys are retarded if you're avoiding McD's like the plague b/c of Supersize Me.

 

[mrklaw]

Oh woe is me! I bit on a bit of animal. I thought I was eating lettuce.

I don't like biting on cartilige(sp?) or bone, but you get it in everything, even -gasp-real meat.


And I just had a lovely breakfast of Fruit Toast and porridge from maccy d's, so no hate from me.

 

[thorns]

It's pathetic to get disgusted because you found a piece of bone in meat. In case you didn't know meat does not grown on trees and is obtained from animals, which have bones.

McDonalds (and most of other fast food places with the same concept i.e. Burger King, Wendy's etc.) are shit, but not because of some bones , but because the food is very unhealthy. If you don't eat there more than once a week I don't see anything wrong with it though.

 

[Red Dolphin]

:lol :lol :lol :lol @ this topic. Most of the experiences you guys are describing sound so ridiculous they can't be true. But on the other hand this is America. McDonalds over there is 10 times worse then it is here in Australia.

I remember when I watched Super Size Me and that lady that was showing the interviewer the size of the different fries you could get including Small, Medium, Large, and Super Size. The fucking Medium size in America is the LARGEST one you can get in Australia :lol :lol And LMAO @ the drink sizes over there. Your largest drink is like equivalent to a 2 litre bottle of Coke! Simply ridiculous. No wonder half of your populartion is obesse.

Do you remember when Mc.Donalds used to cook the burgers fresh similar to Wendys?

Now the are all pre-cooked somewhere and sit in plastic containers... now I order a burger and they place it in a microwave to heat it up again.

They suck... and now they put pepper on the burgers, when did they start that? If I wanted powdered pepper on my fucking burger, I would ask for it.

Nothing tastes or looks fresh at Mc.Donalds to me...

I loved it when you got the toasty hamburger bun with a fried burger off the grill... now that was Mc.Donalds...

Give me Wendy's anyday...

The cooking standards are different in Australia too. I have worked at Maccas for 5 years both in the kitchen and in customer service (although I just got a proper IT job recently I still do the odd weekend shift) and I can tell you there's no such thing as a "microwaved" burger, at least not in Australia. Everything is cooked fresh when the burger is made. I think Hungry Jacks (Burger King's name in Australia) does the "microwaved burger" though.

It's funny, I played rugby throughout highschool and when I had just graduated I got a job at Maccas when I was 17. For 5 years I played no sport or did any real exercise and usually ate a meal at Maccas when I worked more then 6 hours and never became fat. I'm anything but fat! Must be good metabolism.

At the end of the day it's pretty obvious ANY take-away is bad for you. It's common knowledge and you should have enough common sense to know you shouldn't eat it every day. It should be used as a "treat" or just eaten ocasionally.

 

[Bishman]

McDonald is fine, just balance what you eat there. For example, order a Big Mac, salad, and water. Perfect amount of carbs and protein. If you really like fries though, it will not hurt you if you only eat McDonald like once a week. Then get off your ass and exercise.

 

[FortNinety]

I've never had any problems with Wendy's chicken sandwitches, but after reading this thread, now I'm afraid of getting one of those veins. Yuck.

 

[demi]

Ignore Diablos. He thinks Wendy's employees' favorite bands suck. I'm heartily enjoying my chicken sandwich, and the vein is the best part!

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

I hope you watch out for little girls on bikes...

Hahahaha! The first time I saw this commercial, I laughed out loud. I seriously thought it was supposed to be funny and have some joke or something after it happened, but apparently.. it's serious and I'm a sick fu*k.

I do occasionally laugh even when I see it now.. it's just... funny.. I don't know. It's like the video that's shown near the beginning of Harold and Kumar go to White Castle with the kid smoking pot and shooting himself.. hilarious (although I think that one is meant to be)..

 

[levious]

I would feel reassured if I bit into a vien, bone, or cartilage when eating a meat product from a fast food restaurant.

 

[BorkBork]

Seriously, I don't know why people freak about a bit of cartilage in their food. It IS meat (hopefully), you know. Just really strange to see that the entire food culture in North America nowadays seems to have no idea or just doesn't care where the food comes from as long it's all standardized in burgers, fries, and other processed foods.

I watched Super-size Me awhile ago, totally disturbing, and I work part time at a fast food joint. I heard the main criticism of it was that "oh, who's going to eat McD's everyday for breakfast, lunch and dinner?" Looking at the trends in obesity and childhood diabetes rates, I would say A LOT more than you would expect. Even most nutritionists in the movie said that fast food had NO place (not even in moderation) in a normal healthy diet. Just crazy.

*Carl Weathers* And you get free refills on your drinks too!

"Don't throw that bone away! Throw it in a pot and you got a stew!"

:lol :lol Arrested Development = Best show on TV. WATCH IT!

 

[sasimirobot]

You guys are wimps. I was visiting the GF's family in NE Thailand and saw what I thought was a young boy eating an icecream cone, turns out he was gnawing a boiled chickens foot on a stick.

Whatever. If you eat meat dont be a pussy. Cow, pig, chicken, dog, rat, roach, other countries/cultures dont have such a hang up on what is "decent" for a dead animal for a meal. Bones and cartilage "omg! its icky!", give me a break...

 

[Mr. Blonde]

At BK(and I assume it's the same at McD's) the burgers aren't frozen when we put them in the microwave, it's just used to make it extra hot and to melt the cheese.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

maybe it was a bone from a boner.

I only eat the salad from McDonald's from the Salad Plus range. And that's only when I'm hard up for food.

Heh hope you ate that without the dressing otherwise you might as well eat a big mac.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Heh hope you ate that without the dressing otherwise you might as well eat a big mac.

Uh, the salads only have as much fat as a Big Mac if you get one with crispy chicken and ranch or caesar dressing. Get the cobb dressing, or the low fat one, or the grilled chicken and the calories and fat are way lower than a Big Mac.

 

[teh_pwn]

McDonald is fine, just balance what you eat there. For example, order a Big Mac, salad, and water. Perfect amount of carbs and protein. If you really like fries though, it will not hurt you if you only eat McDonald like once a week. Then get off your ass and exercise.

You've demonstrated that you know nothing about nutrition.

"Perfect amount of carbs and protein" -- with an insane amounts of low quality saturatedfats/fats. Not to mention the proteins and carbs your getting are the absolute worst fucking carbs and protein possible. It has about the nutritional quality of sugar (white bread) on dogfood/butter (McD meat patty).

Furthermore it has pratically no nutrients. So you ate some iceburg lettuce with some tomatoes and cheese and oily dressing. There's nothing in there but some low quality fiber and maybe some traces of lycopene.

Your body is not getting any essential vitamins or minerals. And a multivitamin is not going to help you there because all popular American multivitamins are made of low potency synthethetic materials, and lack way too many things from natural foods like fruits, whole wheat grains, vegetables, and herbs.

If you want a decent salad from a fast food place, try Chic Fila's Grilled Chicken salad. Do not use fatty dressing.

 

[hippie]

The only McDonalds I eat is non american McDonalds.


like night and day....

No kidding. I've been in Japan the last couple of years and let me tell you, their McDonalds meals are literally picture perfect. Soooo tasty. The only American fast food I eat comes from Taco Time and Dairy Queen.

 

[Hitokage]

Oily dressing is good for you, creamy dressing not so much. Don't go about confusing omega-3, unsaturated, saturated, and trans fats... because they are all different nutritionally.

 

[teh_pwn]

True, but it seems like so many people get a salad covered with buttermilk ranch dressing and cheese and actually think they're being healthy.

 

[Morts]

Do you remember when Mc.Donalds used to cook the burgers fresh similar to Wendys?

Now the are all pre-cooked somewhere and sit in plastic containers... now I order a burger and they place it in a microwave to heat it up again.

The meat isn't pre-cooked and shoved in a microwave, it's cooked on the grill from frozen. You're right though, other places still have fresh meat.

 

[Wendo]

American food in general is shit. Even produce is getting worse because farmers are trying to optimize quantity and appearance without any concern for crop quality.

I strongly believe that most of these medical problems that people are having are because of malnutrition. Depression, ADD, allergies, sexual performance, chronic disease and whatnot.

I myself have ADD, but with a good diet it isn't as bad. I'm going to try this stuff soon to see if it helps:


http://dan.xtend-life.com/products.asp?product=nl&page=ingredients#header

I'm somewhat skeptical it'll work.

Hey PUNK, ever heard of ORGANIC FARMING?

 

[Wendo]

I hope you watch out for little girls on bikes...

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Sullichin]

You guys are such pansies. After Supersize Me, I was hungry for McDonalds :lol

Agreed.

I love McDonalds, I'm pissed they got rid of supersize and their wonderful mozzarella sticks. I like cheap, greasy food, and a tasty #3 or #7 always fits the bill! Also, their hotcakes are fucking great.

 

[WARCOCK]

Im avoiding Mc'D because of BSE, e.coli 0157: h7 and other wonderful illnesses.

 

[teh_pwn]

Pansies? The pansy is the one that has no self control in eating shit.

Hey PUNK, ever heard of ORGANIC FARMING?

Yea, unfortunately it's not widely available. I've been to organic farms where you can pick your own blueberries. Those were so damn good.

 

[Hitokage]

True, but it seems like so many people get a salad covered with buttermilk ranch dressing and cheese and actually think they're being healthy.

No argument there.

 

[OmniGamer]

Just saw SuperSizeMe on Showtime tonight(it's coming on again on Showtime2...or just Showtime for the west coast crew). Damn Texas got a fat ass!

Thinking back, I was never much of a fast food either by myself, the only time would be on the weekends when my crew of friends and I would hit up the arcade and/or movie, and there was a Burger King right there...still though, I was the "nutrition neddy" of the group...i'd always try to get one friend to NOT super size(or whatever BK's variant was called), or NOT add cheese, or tell them easy on the mayo, or NOT get the free refill, or NOT get fries, etc...but, y'know...kids, we don't listen, not even to each other. I would also try to get us to at least walk more, after we leave the arcade, instead of taking the first bus to the second bus...it was a pretty substantial walk to, i'd say at least 30mins.

Oh, and my building was in the movie for a few seconds, pretty surprising.

 

[FortNinety]

I'm annoyed that I bit into a bone and I'm a pussy? Whatever.

And I just want to say once again what a fucking shitty movie Super Size Me was. I played along till he threw up on... what, day one? Then I knew everything was for show.

 

[radios shipping overview]

I never eat at McDonald's simply because I can always find something that's both tastier and better for me when I eat out. There's no reason for me to eat there, at all. Supersize Me just reinforced my reasons for avoiding it.

 

[Bebpo]

Thinking back, I was never much of a fast food either by myself, the only time would be on the weekends when my crew of friends and I would hit up the arcade and/or movie, and there was a Burger King right there...still though, I was the "nutrition neddy" of the group...i'd always try to get one friend to NOT super size(or whatever BK's variant was called), or NOT add cheese, or tell them easy on the mayo, or NOT get the free refill, or NOT get fries, etc...but, y'know...kids, we don't listen, not even to each other. I would also try to get us to at least walk more, after we leave the arcade, instead of taking the first bus to the second bus...it was a pretty substantial walk to, i'd say at least 30mins.

Errrr, wtf. You tell your friends what to eat?

......

wow.

 

[Bishman]

You've demonstrated that you know nothing about nutrition.

"Perfect amount of carbs and protein" -- with an insane amounts of low quality saturatedfats/fats. Not to mention the proteins and carbs your getting are the absolute worst fucking carbs and protein possible. It has about the nutritional quality of sugar (white bread) on dogfood/butter (McD meat patty).

Furthermore it has pratically no nutrients. So you ate some iceburg lettuce with some tomatoes and cheese and oily dressing. There's nothing in there but some low quality fiber and maybe some traces of lycopene.

Your body is not getting any essential vitamins or minerals. And a multivitamin is not going to help you there because all popular American multivitamins are made of low potency synthethetic materials, and lack way too many things from natural foods like fruits, whole wheat grains, vegetables, and herbs.

If you want a decent salad from a fast food place, try Chic Fila's Grilled Chicken salad. Do not use fatty dressing.

I know that. But if you are going to eat there, might as well try to eat healthy and not go overboard. And I am talking about if you go to McDonalds like once a week or every other week.

 

[soundwave05]

Once in a while McDonalds is OK, but I really don't eat there ... well almost never at all.

If I do, I usually get the Chicken Fajitas or something a little leaner.

I have to admit though, I still love their fries.

In And Out Burger probably isn't any healthier, but when I'm in SoCal, I usually prefer that.

 

[LinesInTheSand]

Just saw SuperSizeMe on Showtime tonight(it's coming on again on Showtime2...or just Showtime for the west coast crew). Damn Texas got a fat ass!

Thinking back, I was never much of a fast food either by myself, the only time would be on the weekends when my crew of friends and I would hit up the arcade and/or movie, and there was a Burger King right there...still though, I was the "nutrition neddy" of the group...i'd always try to get one friend to NOT super size(or whatever BK's variant was called), or NOT add cheese, or tell them easy on the mayo, or NOT get the free refill, or NOT get fries, etc...but, y'know...kids, we don't listen, not even to each other. I would also try to get us to at least walk more, after we leave the arcade, instead of taking the first bus to the second bus...it was a pretty substantial walk to, i'd say at least 30mins.

Oh, and my building was in the movie for a few seconds, pretty surprising.

Wow. You sound like the kind of guy nobody would want to be friends with.

 

[CrystalGemini]

No burger thread is complete without at least one comment on In'n'Out.

They're the best.

 

[soundwave05]

No burger thread is complete without at least one comment on In'n'Out.

They're the best.

I beat you to it already, but man, I'm craving one of those right now. Too bad I'm not in Cali right now

 

[CrystalGemini]

You're not missing anything right now. It's about 3am in the morning so they're all closed anyway. ; _ ;

 

[OmniGamer]

Errrr, wtf. You tell your friends what to eat?

......

wow.

Wow. You sound like the kind of guy nobody would want to be friends with.

Can you people read? We ALL ate at burger king, I didn't bring a bag lunch with tofu squares and celery for them...I simply SUGGEST(look it up if you need to) they'd/we'd minimize the damage by not super sizing or getting unnecessary add-ons, and/or hoofing our fat asses for the first half of our route back, which we usually did anyway because we were usually amped taking about the games we played and/or the movie we saw, so better to walk'n'talk than be on a crowded bus full of people not in our demographic. Typical GAF...surface analyzation+overreaction.

 

[belgurdo]

better to walk'n'talk than be on a crowded bus full of people not in our demographic

*cue What Dog*

 

[psycho_snake]

You guys are such pansies. After Supersize Me, I was hungry for McDonalds :lol

Same, me and my friends went to watch it and after the film we headed straight to mcdonalds and ate an XXL big mac meal

 

[OmniGamer]

*cue What Dog*

Because old people on the bus really want to hear conversations about that awesome combo in Street Fighter Alpha 2, replete with typical teen explitives....naturally.

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

For Super Size Me, I think he was damn lucky for all those liver problems to happen. It was a good movie but I already wasn't eating fast food for months before. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser is a much better read, such as 76% of all burgers the USDA tested had remnants of

Spoiler

shit

in them. It also dogs the Reagan and Bush administration. Also some worrying news about something much worse than shitting out water.

I haven't had McDonalds in a long time. Then I stopped in and figured "Ah, what the hell." and got two Double Cheeseburgers and Value Fries. $3.20. So I eat it and it was the nastiest thing I ever tasted. It tasted sweet first off (wtf?), slimy, and the bun was almost pure liquid from the amount of grease that soaked into it. Took another bite and felt like I was going to throw up. Decided to eat the other burger and the same thing happened. Tried some fries. It was so salty that you needed to take two gulps of a drink to continue. Have yet to eat there again.

The only fast food that I now enjoy is either Quizno's or Subway.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

I had McDonald's twice yesterday. Sausage and Egg McMuffin for brekky and McChicken for lunch. :lol

Normally I only eat fast food a couple times a month, though.

 

[Cubsfan23]

Mcdonald's sounds pretty good right now

 

[teh_pwn]

To follow up on the XTEND-LIFE supplements...they work so far. I'm taking their Men's plus (3/day), Neurological formula (3/day), and Omega3/DHA esters (2/day).

I quit taking Ritalin cold Turkey on Monday evening as soon as my supplements arrived. I tried gradually doing this a month ago and failed because I'd be so sluggish and tired without it.

I have more concentration than I did before with Ritalin. On top of that, my sinuses and allergies are lighter. I've been waking up before my alarm clock feeling rested, and that's unusual for me because yesterday I did a work out and I usually have to drag myself to work normally, let alone any day following a workout.

This is just after two days. I obviously had a bad diet (or my body is too weak to process some foods) if its working this fast. I can't wait to see how well it works in the long term.

 

[Red Dolphin]

I laugh at the people who get a large meal with a DIET COKE! I think their theory is that the diet coke balances out the bad food they are consuming. They are usually fat too ;p

 

[Takuan]

I had their beef provalone deli sandwich today. I advise all of you to stay away, it's pretty disgusting. Next time, if there is a next time, I'll get the turkey BLT.

 

[3phemeral]

Officials: Object found in chili is finger

ORIGIN REMAINS A MYSTERY

By Dan Reed, Chuck Carroll and Sandra Gonzales

Mercury News

Santa Clara County health officials this afternoon confirmed an object found in a bowl of restaurant chili is a human finger.

During a 2:30 p.m. press conference, they said they aren't sure whose finger it is. But they plan to trace the ingredients in the Wendy's chili back to the sources in an effort to track down where the finger came from.

The inch and a half long finger tip was allegedly found in a bowl of chili purchased Tuesday night at a Wendy's restaurant on Monterey Road in San Jose.

Wendy's could not be immediately reached for comment following the press conference.

But earlier the fast-food chain sent out a statement.

``Food safety is of utmost importance to us,'' spokesman Joe Desmond said in a statement. ``We are cooperating fully with the local police and health departments with their investigation. It's important not to jump to conclusions. Here at Wendy's we plan to do right by our customers."

Devina Cordero, 20, was with her boyfriend at the Wendy's fast food restaurant at 1405 Monterey Road Tuesday night when she said the woman, who has not been identified, began gasping and ran up to her saying: ``Don't eat it! Look, there's a human finger in our chili.'' Cordero said the object appeared cooked and seemed to have a long fingernail at the end. All three people soon became sick.

``We went up to the counter and they told us it was a vegetable,'' Cordero said. ``The people from Wendy's were poking it with a spoon.''

Source

Bon Apetite!

 

[lexy]

I don't eat at McDonalds or Burger King. It's not some elitist "I'm too good for their food" thing. And I'm already in shape so I'm not too worried about the health aspects of their food either. I genuinely don't like their food (and Burger King makes me sick - hives). The only fast food places I go to are In and Out, Baja Fresh and Quiznos.

 

[Porridge]

I love White Castle's.

 

[BlackMage]

Now and forever, Wendy's forever, yo.

:lol :lol :lol :lol