Post by Reflecto on Jul 3, 2013 15:50:45 GMT -5
While we're on topic. What I don't get is why only McD's? Why didn't he binge on all locations, like McDonald's on Mondays, Burger King on Tuesdays, Pizza Hut in Wednesdays, KFC the next day and so forth. It would have helped get his point across. Still absurd, but it could have said more.
That's what got me too. Not to say he didn't have a point, but McDonalds is far from the only place to get unhealthy food and (at the time the documentary was made) probably far from the worst food options as well.
That's what got me too. Not to say he didn't have a point, but McDonalds is far from the only place to get unhealthy food and (at the time the documentary was made) probably far from the worst food options as well.
At the time of the documentary, more lawsuits were going against McDonald's for making people fat [so they were at the forefront]. In addition, if you're doing any type of scientific experiment, having it as straightforward as possible [and only using one fast food restaurant] is much easier to get a conclusion- if he went to different restaurants, then there'd be too much plausible deniability from the conclusion [if it was McDonalds/Burger King/Pizza Hut/KFC/etc. per day: the conclusion "fast food made this happen" is there- but there would be the question "which place's food was WORST?")