McDonald's: Yes or no? debate

[Jimmy Neutron]

Well I think her point was, on the video is that they could be feeding us stale food...

[Imzadi83]

I like the food but can't have it anymore as I'm gluten-free and there's almost nothing I can eat there. There's some back and forth wether the fries are g-free or not but I wouldn't trust the kitchen staff enough to avoid cross contamination for as many times as I've had orders screwed up there. I don't eat fast food at all anymore. I miss it. My parents weren't fond of it anyway and out of respect wouldn't bring it home but my grandmother had moved in with us and brings it home. The smell drives me crazy! I mean I know it's not healthy but I miss being able to induldge once and awhile.

[Nanorat]

McDonald's doesn't treat their animals right?: That's a crazy idea really. It's really not like the chief boss of McDonalds signs an order "all workers must be mean to the animals we raise, beat them, feed them poorly and kill them violently". There are many different animal breeding factories, run by different people. Some dont pay much attention to animal care, some do. Some first invest into bigger buildings, some first invest into better holding pens. Some simply have no idea how animals should be cared for properly. Every food provider is like that.
Extra (Optional): You should remember - it Fast Food, not a real restaurant. Fast Food means, when you dont have time for proper food. It's meant to be a quick snack on the way, it's high on calories quite because of that, and, to my opinion, even some unhealthy food is better than going about starving. It's worse for your health to go around hungry for hours, than to eat one not-so-healthy snack and give your stomach something to work with. McDonalds isnt the best place for, say, spending a child's birthday in, but it serves it's fast food purpose fairly well. The virtue is to take everything in sane amounts - if you eat there 3 times a day, of course it's going to be bad for your health, but, if you only eat carrots and nothing but carrots, it will be just as bad for your health.

[rattus]

I've never liked the taste of the food, it just tastes fake to me. Whenever I eat it I'll feel sick for a few hours. They aren't healthy anyways so yeah~

[Jimmy Neutron]

I've never liked the taste of the food, it just tastes fake to me. Whenever I eat it I'll feel sick for a few hours. They aren't healthy anyways so yeah~

ditto

[music is my life]

i like mcdonalds and yes it is unhealthy but as it is the only fast food place were i live then it good enough but i wish it did have more healthy food

[Twisted Illusions]

We have a few fast food places within reasonable driving distance, but I only either go to Burger King or Subway, and that's only once or twice a year now. I went to Macdonalds a few years back and the meat wasn't cooked properly, so I never went again. I don't mind too much whether it's too unhealthy or not, since I wouldn't go enough for it to have a huge impact on me.

[music is my life]

thats true i only go up to 5 times a year at max

[Onew~]

McDonald's doesn't treat their animals right?: That's a crazy idea really. It's really not like the chief boss of McDonalds signs an order "all workers must be mean to the animals we raise, beat them, feed them poorly and kill them violently". :what: There are many different animal breeding factories, run by different people. Some dont pay much attention to animal care, some do. Some first invest into bigger buildings, some first invest into better holding pens. Some simply have no idea how animals should be cared for properly. Every food provider is like that.

McDonalds is very cheap. For meat to be cheap it has to come from a cheap source, even cheaper than how much the meal costs.

McDonalds does not buy their meat from high quality ranches and farms where cows roam free on quality pastures. That would be extremely expensive meat. I guarantee you their meat sources are NOT how an animal should live, considering most, even "humane" major farms are not how an animal should live(for example, cage free. A giant, dusty barn packed full of chickens is NOT how an animal should live, but it's considered 'more humane'.)

No, McDonalds doesn't "sign an order" to be inhumane. Quite frankly, they don't care how well the animal is treated. Keeping animals in a humane way(happy+healthy) is very expensive, needs more land, and takes more work. Do you think their suppliers give two craps about how their animals are treated? They just want to make the most meat with the least amount of work and money. It doesn't matter how the animal is treated, they just want the cheapest way of supplying McDonalds and America in general with meat.

McDonalds also doesn't own a farm, they get their ingredients from suppliers. Therefore, they can't even treat their animals right or wrong-- the only thing they could do is only accept meat from good suppliers, but they wouldn't do that. They think they're doing pretty good-- after all, there are more than 30,000 of them worldwide, and they're making a huge profit.

The only fast food place I go to is called "Burgerville"(it's only in the Northwest of the United States), they're more reputable and have better, generally healthier meals. Plus their milkshakes are to die for. Sometimes I might go to Burgerville but not McDonalds. I used to enjoy eating their breakfast meals, but now I've done my research and the thought of eating from there disgusts me.

[Jimmy Neutron]

McDonald's doesn't treat their animals right?: That's a crazy idea really. It's really not like the chief boss of McDonalds signs an order "all workers must be mean to the animals we raise, beat them, feed them poorly and kill them violently". There are many different animal breeding factories, run by different people. Some dont pay much attention to animal care, some do. Some first invest into bigger buildings, some first invest into better holding pens. Some simply have no idea how animals should be cared for properly. Every food provider is like that.

McDonalds is very cheap. For meat to be cheap it has to come from a cheap source, even cheaper than how much the meal costs.

McDonalds does not buy their meat from high quality ranches and farms where cows roam free on quality pastures. That would be extremely expensive meat. I guarantee you their meat sources are NOT how an animal should live, considering most, even "humane" major farms are not how an animal should live(for example, cage free. A giant, dusty barn packed full of chickens is NOT how an animal should live, but it's considered 'more humane'.)
No, McDonalds doesn't "sign an order" to be inhumane. Quite frankly, they don't care how well the animal is treated. Keeping animals in a humane way(happy+healthy) is very expensive, needs more land, and takes more work. Do you think their suppliers give two craps about how their animals are treated? They just want to make the most meat with the least amount of work and money. It doesn't matter how the animal is treated, they just want the cheapest way of supplying McDonalds and America in general with meat.

McDonalds also doesn't own a farm, they get their ingredients from suppliers. Therefore, they can't even treat their animals right or wrong-- the only thing they could do is only accept meat from good suppliers, but they wouldn't do that. They think they're doing pretty good-- after all, there are more than 30,000 of them worldwide, and they're making a huge profit.

The only fast food place I go to is called "Burgerville"(it's only in the Northwest of the United States), they're more reputable and have better, generally healthier meals. Plus their milkshakes are to die for. Sometimes I might go to Burgerville but not McDonalds. I used to enjoy eating their breakfast meals, but now I've done my research and the thought of eating from there disgusts me.

I've been waiting for some one to say this... That's why I included the question.
They are cheap so cheap if they have the opportunity to save a penny on a burger and have animals packed to the max without a limit no breathing space: they will. And they do. When they take the animals away some are already dead because of the circumstances. It doesn't matter where you live there's thousands of acres for this inhuman actions. They put chemicals on them to make them fatter with in fewer days.

Most of their animals never see daylight.


I assume you've seen food inc. hey said most of thehings oh said.