Absurd: McDonalds doubles up the chips

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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I want it. NOW.

    Wanna share? :smooched:
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    If only there were some sort of readily available information database where the calories and macro/micronutrient information of fast foods (or even "real" foods) were stored, so that a person with - for example - internet access via some sort of "smartphone" device could educate themselves about their food choices. . . .

    McD would collapse in a month if people actually acted on educated food choices. They don't. Providing crap food to the farm animals is driving up costs for everyone.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    Man... 1,142 calories of... nothing. The thing that really knocks me out about food like that is how little it actually fills you up. I mean, 1200 calories of healthy food is a *pile*. Twelve hundred calories of junk food can fit in one hand.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    If only there were some sort of readily available information database where the calories and macro/micronutrient information of fast foods (or even "real" foods) were stored, so that a person with - for example - internet access via some sort of "smartphone" device could educate themselves about their food choices. . . .

    McD would collapse in a month if people actually acted on educated food choices. They don't. Providing crap food to the farm animals is driving up costs for everyone.
    And your proposed solution is. . . .
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I'm confused they are calling it chips so is it going to the UK market or is it going to the Japan market. I dont understand what the big deal is they print the calories on the menus now just dont eat it or eat a *gasp* smaller portion!
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    This just in: Something at McDonald's is unhealthy.

    If you care enough about your calories to actually give a crap about any of this, you shouldn't be frequenting fast food joints.

    Unreasonable portion size + uneducated population = increased health care costs. That impacts most everyone.
    If only there were some sort of readily available information database where the calories and macro/micronutrient information of fast foods (or even "real" foods) were stored, so that a person with - for example - internet access via some sort of "smartphone" device and educate themselves about their food choices. . . .

    Only with McDonald's it's more like, "if only I could read the menu above the cash register, I would know how many calories are in that food . . . "

    or look at the back of the tray liner...everything you would want to know right back there.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    There's obviously a demand for it...'cuz companies don't just willy nilly go out and introduce something new. Supply and demand. I'll be ok though...no problems here...I haven't set foot in a McDonalds in about 5 years...way before I ever even contemplated trying to get healthy and lose weight. I quit eating there when I started noticing a trend of eat McDonalds...get the ****s.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    If only there were some sort of readily available information database where the calories and macro/micronutrient information of fast foods (or even "real" foods) were stored, so that a person with - for example - internet access via some sort of "smartphone" device could educate themselves about their food choices. . . .

    McD would collapse in a month if people actually acted on educated food choices. They don't. Providing crap food to the farm animals is driving up costs for everyone.

    angry poster is angry
  • quiltlovinlisa
    quiltlovinlisa Posts: 1,710 Member
    I could buy one and divvy it up between all the kidlets, FABULOUSLY EASY!
  • ThatSoundsHard
    ThatSoundsHard Posts: 475 Member
    I hope this comes to Canada. I doubt it will though. I'd LOVE to be able to buy one order of fries for the whole family. That would be awesome.

    Also, don't buy it if it bothers you. Super simple, I know.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    And your proposed solution is. . . .

    Nanny state to levels comparable with traffic systems and fire codes. And/or economic incentives.

    Or we could just let fat/poor people die instead of providing health services. Because freedom.
  • Tiff050709
    Tiff050709 Posts: 497 Member
    I don't think companies should be blamed for people's choices. Whether it's a Big Gulp, fries, king size candy bar, etc, the companies don't MAKE people eat it. People need to accept more responsibility for their own choices/actions.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    If it bugs you, don't buy them. I, however, will wait hopefully for them to arrive. No longer will my sister, cousin, and I have to buy 3 individual medium fries (or 3 larges, lol) when we split a 20 piece nugget. I presume one mega will be cheaper than 3 mediums or 2 large sizes.

    Basically this. When my husband and I take our 3 year old for nuggets, we'll be able to share a 20 piece and a this mega potato or whatever.

    The calories for this stuff is printed on the menu.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    I don't think companies should be blamed for people's choices. Whether it's a Big Gulp, fries, king size candy bar, etc, the companies don't MAKE people eat it. People need to accept more responsibility for their own choices/actions.

    That's all fine and dandy, except the people impacted by McD portion sizes generally can't pay for their choices/actions.

    So if you pay taxes and have health insurance, you are paying for their choices.
  • thinkfreee
    thinkfreee Posts: 16 Member
    Natural selection I s'pose... :/
  • crista_b
    crista_b Posts: 1,192 Member
    I don't think companies should be blamed for people's choices. Whether it's a Big Gulp, fries, king size candy bar, etc, the companies don't MAKE people eat it. People need to accept more responsibility for their own choices/actions.

    That's all fine and dandy, except the people impacted by McD portion sizes generally can't pay for their choices/actions.

    So if you pay taxes and have health insurance, you are paying for their choices.
    Well that's a whole different debate... :laugh:
  • Mmmmona
    Mmmmona Posts: 328 Member
    I've never eaten fast food and I never will. The smell alone makes me want to vomit. I have no clue why people pay to put this crap in their bodies.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I love McDonald's fries
    I don't.

    Last time I had them it felt like I swallowed the North Sea.
  • NikkiSixGuns
    NikkiSixGuns Posts: 630 Member
    And Costco sells enormous muffins by the DOZEN, Pizza Hut sells 16" pizzas, and grocery stores sell Coke in 2-liter bottles. Does that mean I HAVE to buy them? Does that mean that I HAVE to consume them all at once and not share them?

    The point: massive portions of something being available isn't the problem. It's how people handle it being available that is or isn't THEIR problem.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    Do you think they'll hand out extra ketchup with them?:laugh:

    I eat McDonald's once a week and eat a few fries. Love the fries.

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  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    This just in: Something at McDonald's is unhealthy.

    If you care enough about your calories to actually give a crap about any of this, you shouldn't be frequenting fast food joints.

    Unreasonable portion size + uneducated population = increased health care costs. That impacts most everyone.

    Sooo...why don't we just educate the population then? Why jump to legislation?
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Double post weirdness yay
  • crista_b
    crista_b Posts: 1,192 Member
    Do you think they'll hand out extra ketchup with them?:laugh:
    Only if you pay extra. :laugh:
  • clockthatticks
    clockthatticks Posts: 4 Member
    I think this part is the kicker
    "According to Japan Today, the Mega Potato is being advertised as "perfect for sharing" and is launched after the director of nutrition for McDonald's insisted that its menu can be good for you. "

    This is being marketed to Japan and that fact actually has significance as to why this is even being put on the market. In east Asia (Korea and Japan in particular) there's a fad called "potato party" going around right now. Young people will go to McDonalds and buy a whole bunch of fries and then spread all of them out on the table and eat them all (of course divided up among many different people). It's been causing some trouble in Japan because it's seen as rude. This is probably to combat that trend.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I don't think companies should be blamed for people's choices. Whether it's a Big Gulp, fries, king size candy bar, etc, the companies don't MAKE people eat it. People need to accept more responsibility for their own choices/actions.

    That's all fine and dandy, except the people impacted by McD portion sizes generally can't pay for their choices/actions.

    So if you pay taxes and have health insurance, you are paying for their choices.

    The people impacted by McDonald's portion sizes are the people eating McDonald's. I can assure you as a fairly regular consumer, that I not only pay taxes, I also pay dearly for my own health insurance. Since I don't feel like a strike today, I won't tell you what I think of your statement, only that I am living proof that it's incorrect.
  • crista_b
    crista_b Posts: 1,192 Member
    I think this part is the kicker
    "According to Japan Today, the Mega Potato is being advertised as "perfect for sharing" and is launched after the director of nutrition for McDonald's insisted that its menu can be good for you. "

    This is being marketed to Japan and that fact actually has significance as to why this is even being put on the market. In east Asia (Korea and Japan in particular) there's a fad called "potato party" going around right now. Young people will go to McDonalds and buy a whole bunch of fries and then spread all of them out on the table and eat them all (of course divided up among many different people). It's been causing some trouble in Japan because it's seen as rude. This is probably to combat that trend.
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    rude.jpg
  • Sycoholic
    Sycoholic Posts: 282 Member
    Look, if there wasn't a market for it they wouldn't be selling it.

    Oh, McDonalds has high calorie food, that's why America is fat..... is a b.s. argument. America is fat because people eat in excess and have no damn self control. You can go to a mom&pop restaurant and eat food much higher in calories than McDonalds... not to mention plenty of appetizers loaded with calories and dessert... They just have that big yellow bullseye.... it's pc to bash a major corporation because "they're evil" while a it's not pc to bash a mom&pop because they're just normal people... Wake up people. As a matter of fact, go watch the documentary Fat Head. It's on Netflix and Amazon Prime.... Go watch it... If you really want an open ended opinion on fast food, not created by the fast food companies, then watch it.
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I like it when they sell stuff like this. It is cheaper to get the bigger size than multiple of the smaller sizes. We split it between everyone at the table. Right now, my kids are young enough that a small or medium is still usually enough for the three of us, but someday.....
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    Sooo...why don't we just educate the population then? Why jump to legislation?

    The US has had a food education program in schools for 70 years. Obesity is through the roof.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I think this part is the kicker
    "According to Japan Today, the Mega Potato is being advertised as "perfect for sharing" and is launched after the director of nutrition for McDonald's insisted that its menu can be good for you. "

    This is being marketed to Japan and that fact actually has significance as to why this is even being put on the market. In east Asia (Korea and Japan in particular) there's a fad called "potato party" going around right now. Young people will go to McDonalds and buy a whole bunch of fries and then spread all of them out on the table and eat them all (of course divided up among many different people). It's been causing some trouble in Japan because it's seen as rude. This is probably to combat that trend.
    o-MCDONALDS-FRENCH-FRY-PARTY-570.jpg?15
    rude.jpg

    Oh, those overweight Japanese will eat anything . . .

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