Supersize Me.

ParaKiss_Groupie · Post by **ParaKiss_Groupie** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:35 pm

peachvampiress wrote:Slrjoecool
Actually, we do have Tim Hortons here. It's owned by the same company as Wendy's.
You do? Damn, Canada's losing the cool aspects of it's culture

Oh, silly Peach....Canada never had any cool aspects to its culture. <3

I find it stupid that someone's trying to prove that McDonald's food is good for you. I don't know anyone who doesn't know that fast food is bad for you. People eat it because it's convenient and it tastes good. Not because they want to be healthy. I love salads, and I like eating healthy food. But sometimes, a greasy, nasty cheeseburger just sounds appetizing. As I said before, it's all moderation.

NameGoesHere · Post by **NameGoesHere** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:00 pm

I have never seen the movie, but it sounds like something I'd be interested in seeing. Something like that shouldn't be needed to tell people that fast food is not good for you, though. Unfortunately, people like to ignore all of the "watch out for flying bricks" signs until a brick actually whacks them. Then they sue the brick maker.

I don't eat at Mc Donald's or Burger King because I don't like they way their food tastes. If I eat fast food, it will be from a Jack in the Box, a Sonic, or a Wendy's. Sonic has this really wonderful blue coconut slushie that...

Ahem.

Anyway, I am a firm believer that you should eat whatever you want, as long as you do it moderation. I love super fattening warm brownies covered in two scoops of ice cream and M&M's. I also walk a total of three hours a day, at least. It's all about using the energy you consume, and not letting it settle on that junk pile on your ass.

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:23 am

While it may seem stupid to have to tell people how bad McDonalds is...recall that the US today is a world of seemingly moronic class-action lawsuits, filled with lazy soccer-moms and dads that want to pass off the parenting to TV, video games, the internet, and worse, the government. It's gotten to the point where people need to be hand-held throughout their entire lives, lest they step on a tack and sue the earth for having the gal to hold it down onto the floor rather than reversing gravity to send it toward the sun.

isaisa · Post by **isaisa** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:23 am

Ah! I saw that movie in my last semester econ class. I was already distancing myself from McDonalds due to the mayonnaise story my friend told me, but after Supersize Me...I was grossed out. And I realized that a lot of Americans are IGNORANT. One of the kids didn't know who Jesus was!!! OMG!!! But all of them could recognize Ronald McDonald. Oh yah, and I was freaked out by those clown pictures of Ronald. But then again...I'm scared of clowns....

The guy...I forgot his name...but his liver turned into FAT!! Gross! I thought he gained like 20 something pounds though. I agree with a lot of the people who say that fast food should be eaten in moderation, but the thing is, when you're at a limited budget, fast food is pretty much all that is affordable. When I go out with my friends after school for lunch, all we can afford is fast food. It's like the only thing that you can get for like less than 5 bucks. And, people just don't want to give it up. But I'm started to hate burgers...I think they're kinda gross...but I love me fries!

peachvampiress · Post by **peachvampiress** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:43 am

Yeah, the scene at the school that showed them serving all that high calorie food was disturbing. I don't remember much about it, but I remember be disgusted at how the schools handle the food they serve. My school is kind of like that. They used to have a lot of healthy and good food like chicken wraps, but the fatty foods were a lot cheaper. And when you're a penny pinching, frugal bitch like me, you tend to go for what's cheap. But now they've started to raise the price of healthy food while getting rid of some of it, while introducing more crap food at a cheaper price. The chicken wraps went from $2.50 to $3.50. The iced tea went from $1.25 to $2.00 and some other things rose, but I don't know by how much. Here' a little bit of advice for my school; When the entire student population has nicknamed one of the fat kids who always eats from your cafeteria "Poutine", it's time to change the menu.