Why is McDonald's an Olympic partner?
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You know, a burger at McDonald's every so often isn't going to kill you. You just have to take it in moderation, just like many other things. It's just that health psychos who take it too far the other way and eat nothing but small salads every meal of every day tend to overblow the situation and come up with the wrong solution in the process by advocating banning fast food. People can enjoy food and still be healthy. If you can't enjoy what you're eating and have a break from a strict diet regimen once in a while, eating for health only becomes more difficult. Plus, McDonald's itself isn't the source of the obesity problem in the US. Eating it every day is part of it. But whose fault is that? Not McDonald's. There's no secret narcotic in their food to make us dependant on it. Nobody's forcing Big Macs down our throats. The real culprit is, as another poster mentioned, human stupidity and laziness. If you're not getting up and moving around, it doesn't matter what you eat, you're going to get fat. If you eat a double cheeseburger and fries, it just means that you're going to have to work harder to work it off than if you had eaten that small salad dieticians and vegans say we should only ever be eating.
Fanboy? You bet your well-sculpted tushy I am. I grew up with DOOM.health-bar said:
Misguided? I don't think I am, honestly. Completely separate of the Bethesda/id partnership, I've never cared for Bethesda's games and found them all really boring.
I've played games from both developers, love one and dislike the other, so I'm not entirely sure where you get off insulting me for my opinion.
You obviously haven't eaten at my local McDonald's then. People joke about how Taco Bell food doesn't contain any real meat; but that is nothing compared to the McDonald's here. Yet for some reason it is still popular. I never figured that one out. Maybe it is the college students keeping them afloat.ninjastovall0 said:
My best (non-serious) guess for McDonald's Olympic sponsorship -- since all the good, serious answers have already been accounted for-- is the pure irony of the fact. Face it, you remember that McDonald's sponsors the Olympics more clearly because it is so absurd. Because of that, it makes sense.
Sometimes things are just so silly or strange that they make sense when you think about it.
McDonalds wants to fight decades of being labeled fatty, junk food by sponsoring an event dedicated to physical health and athletics. Same reason kids are always playing sports and being happy and healthy in their commercials and run charities for child health.
And the olympics need money, and McDonalds is willing to give.
Also, I like their milkshakes. It's the only reason I'd ever go there (if there is not a ColdStone nearby).
And the olympics need money, and McDonalds is willing to give.
Also, I like their milkshakes. It's the only reason I'd ever go there (if there is not a ColdStone nearby).
I wasn't insulting your opinion, I was laughing that you seemed excited for RAGE and then got mad and started sulking because Bethesda was involved.Harry Mason said:
As if they were some corrupting devil that would tarnish your nostalgia trip.
I found it rather amusing.
You mean like People Can Fly working on a game with Epic? Do you see!? DO YOU SEE!?health-bar said:
THERE ARE DEVILS CORRUPTING MY NOSTALGIA TRIPS EVERYWHERE!
Micheal Bay! Those fucks at Disney who made a Wrinkle in Time movie! They are re-recording the voice overs for Silent Hill 2! Duke Nukem sucks! SOMEONE IS REMAKING THE CROW! These devils! THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! The Madness THE MA-HA-HA-HADNESS!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHH!
...So, yeah, you're pretty much right.
Isn't it part of McDonalds's marketing to kind of promote a healthy lifestyle? I know they do some support for sports around here, and it really makes sense (I mean, they serve junk, this kinda makes up for it from their standpointAndo85 said:
) so yeahh
McDonald's funds the athletes and volunteer work surrounding the Olympics that is all there is to it. As for it being contradictory, yes people get fat if they eat that stuff all the time. The fact of the matter there is it's all about moderation and exercise.
If I can remember correctly McDonald's started out as some sort of military contract to supply cheap mass-produced food quickly.
If I can remember correctly McDonald's started out as some sort of military contract to supply cheap mass-produced food quickly.
Money funds the Olympics, and McDonalds gives plenty of it. Nothing really more than that, really. If the Olympics cared about how McDonalds is crap that Athletes wouldn't eat, the Olympics wouldn't exist right now.Ando85 said:
The Olypmics need money, McDonald's has money. McDonald's needs advertisement, the Olympics get a lot of viewers to show the advertisements to.