The New McDonalds Ad

Sleepy · 20-05-2004 10:07PM #1

Anyone else seen the new McDonalds ad with the little brat called Porcshe? This thing seems to promote the idea of stuffing your kids with junkfood to try and bribe them into not being brats. The kid wrecks what is presumably her mother's bedroom with talcum powder and then being brought to McDonalds where she tries to throw water at her mum. I mean ffs, what kind of image does this give kids? Wreck the place and you'll be brought to McDonalds?

Just the most recent in a long line of sh1t ads from the biggest supporters of child abuse in the world.:rolleyes:

Karoma · 20-05-2004 10:20PM

haven't seen it.
sounds like it could be interperted as a punishment...
i thought mcdonalds got in trouble for targeting kiddy audiences?

Verdammt · 20-05-2004 10:27PM

It seems that they have pumped a serious load of cash into advertising at the moment, probably because everyone is on a health bender and their sales are suffering.

They are also trying to say in their ads that their food is healthy, whereas it is in reality the worst thing you can put through your digestive system.

I read today on a very reliable source that an adverage Mc D's meal contains nearly 2300 calories if you get the large option with an icecream flurry thing.
That's the entire days intake for an adult man in one crappy meal.

And I won't even start about the salt and fat intake.

Ajnag · 20-05-2004 10:30PM

Freedom Hater!!!

Sorry couldnt resist, but yeah targeting kids and naive parents has always been a sure fire way to score the revenues.Aint nothing like a kid kickin **** up in public to get you to comply...

Sleepy · 20-05-2004 10:31PM

We all know McDonalds is awful for you at this stage. What really got on my tits about it was the way parenting was portrayed in the ad. There's enough spoilt brats coming into the world without encouraging more people to spoil their kids!

Sleepy · 20-05-2004 10:32PM

Originally posted by Ajnag
Freedom Hater!!!

Sorry couldnt resist, but yeah targeting kids and naive parents has always been a sure fire way to score the revenues.Aint nothing like a kid kickin **** up in public to get you to comply...

As a kid, there was nothing more likely to get me a slap across the arse and I think that's the way it should be!

zag · 21-05-2004 10:17AM

Damn, I love Big Macs though. Sure it's bad for you, but so is drink and ciggies. But I hate walking in there to see kids that are heavier than me stuffing their faces with the crap, and you just know that they are in there way to much.

Ireland's generation of children growing up now are being influenced way more by american slob culture than we were, just think about it. Pretty soon there will be drive-by-shootings(what? You mean that already goes on?) Damn you McDonalds, look what you have done to our youth!!!

Kone · 21-05-2004 10:24AM

Originally posted by Sleepy
As a kid, there was nothing more likely to get me a slap across the arse and I think that's the way it should be!

Damn straight Sleepy! I agree 100%!

Stark · 21-05-2004 10:26AM

And I won't even start about the salt and fat intake.

The fat is probably the healthiest part of the food (Yes I'm being serious). It's the extremely high sugar content (even in the buns) that causes the most damage and makes the food highly addictive. And of course then there's the salt intake (ffs, they don't even give you a choice of having salt on your chips). Sugar is especially harmful to kids, makes them obese, hyper, aggressive, ****s with their concentration, causes them to start slipping in school etc. My old school introduced soda & chocolate vending machines for a few years and the school went to complete shit for those years the machines were installed.

It's disgraceful that people practically spit at their television screens when a drug dealer is mentioned on the news, but are totally content to let the likes of MacDonalds, Coke, Pepsi et tout poison their kids.

whosurpaddy · 21-05-2004 10:34AM

Originally posted by Stark
My old school introduced soda & chocolate vending machines for a few years and the school went to complete shit for those years the machines were installed..

i presume you mean in the states yea? thats one thing i find shocking, that they allow advertising and product placement in the schools. fast food nation is a great read and covers it pretty well.

zag · 21-05-2004 10:37AM

It's disgraceful that people practically spit at their television screens when a drug dealer is mentioned on the news, but are totally content to let the likes of MacDonalds, Coke, Pepsi et tout poison their kids.

In fairness, that's a bit too much of a contrast. There is no comparison between heroin, salt and sugar. I'd agree that McDonald's food does not promote good health, but there is no way McDonald's food could be the cause muggings, robberies, murders, gang wars etc. You cannot be that hard on the parents eithier. Fair statement to say that many parents kop out of providing nourishing food for their kids by taking them there, but it's not imoral or it's not going to cause huge upsets to society.

Stark · 21-05-2004 11:10AM

i presume you mean in the states yea? thats one thing i find shocking, that they allow advertising and product placement in the schools. fast food nation is a great read and covers it pretty well.

No, it was in Cork. One of the new "students council" ideas.

Kobie · 21-05-2004 11:15AM

but there is no way McDonald's food could be the cause muggings, robberies, murders, gang wars etc

Have you ever been outside one at 2am on a Friday night?

Stark · 21-05-2004 11:34AM

hehe. The fact is Coke and Pepsi are addictive to certain people (not too hard to spot each ones). In fact sugar targets the same addictive pathways in the brain as heroin, so they are similar in that way, even if they're not similar in price/intensity. I mean any "drug" that causes people to eat themselves to death has to be considered dangerous. Sugar is also very similar to alcohol in its effects on the body. In short, soft drinks shouldn't be sold to children.

eth0_ · 21-05-2004 11:35AM

Have you seen the little disclaimer at the end of those ads?

SARAH IS NOT A REAL PERSON.

Deadwing · 21-05-2004 12:01PM

If anything by McDonalds is gonna cause mugging or gang wars or whatever its those motherf*cking 'im lovin' it' ads. Jesus, every time i see one of those i feel like throttling whoever gave those f*cking ads the green light.
Two words:
Burger king!!!!!!

jor el · 21-05-2004 12:17PM

Isn't the UK currently passing a law that prohibits advertisments targeted at under 5's? I wonder if this will become a European law too.
There was a program about children's awareness of brand names on BBC a few months back. Scary to see the way children as young as 4 would pick out expensive brands over cheap generic ones on clothes, food and so on.
It'd do no harm to ban all McDonald's ads as they are almost as stomach turning as the food. Blaah :mad:

Quatre Mains · 21-05-2004 12:24PM

- they have another new Irish ad now showing how they've made their nutritional info available in the 'restaurants'. IMO it should be put on the cartons as most of their customers are drive thru. Last year while in the US I had a look at the websites for KFC, McDonalds et al and even tho I knew that big macs and the like were high fat foods I was still shocked,I had no idea they were that bad. Most shocking for me was the sodium content in some of the stuff. Another website which really knocked me back was Starbucks(who are apparently opening here soon), lots of cals in their drinks. These companies are in no hurry to highlight this info, and at present its up to the consumer to find these things out, which IMO needs to change.

eth0_ · 21-05-2004 12:29PM

Originally posted by brocklanders
- Another website which really knocked me back was Starbucks(who are apparently opening here soon), lots of cals in their drinks. These companies are in no hurry to highlight this info, and at present its up to the consumer to find these things out, which IMO needs to change.

Are you serious? You see your drink being made before you in Starbucks and to be honest, you'd have to be a bit slow on the uptake to not realise that lots of cream/syrups/chocolate = lots of calories!

Stark · 21-05-2004 12:51PM

"I'll have a double-caramel-frocha-mocha-choco-latte. Is there sugar in that?"

Nala · 21-05-2004 01:16PM

I used to work in McDonald's and how unhealthy some people's diets are is unreal. It's the same people coming in day in, day out. The reason why McDonalds chips (don't have to refer to them as "fries" anymore

) are so addictive is cos they've sugar added to them. Another thing was as a general rule, the bigger the person, the bigger the meal they wanted. I sure as hell don't miss having morbidly obese people giving out to me because we have no Diet Coke to go with their SuperSize meal and listening to "I want DIET coke, I'm watching my weight!".

Funky · 21-05-2004 01:24PM

Burger King.

zag · 21-05-2004 01:28PM

'im lovin' it' ads. Jesus, every time i see one of those i feel like throttling whoever gave those f*cking ads the green light.

f**king right. I'd love to get geeky fuk who came up with the sound track, nodding his head with his earphones on going "yeah, that's a rap", I'd love to get him in the drive thru window, pull him into my car, restrain the ****er, play the music on my stereo while stuffing bigmacs down his troat while screaming "are you loving it now you stupid bastard??

Stark · 21-05-2004 01:32PM

Originally posted by neev
I used to work in McDonald's and how unhealthy some people's diets are is unreal. It's the same people coming in day in, day out. The reason why McDonalds chips (don't have to refer to them as "fries" anymore ) are so addictive is cos they've sugar added to them. Another thing was as a general rule, the bigger the person, the bigger the meal they wanted. I sure as hell don't miss having morbidly obese people giving out to me because we have no Diet Coke to go with their SuperSize meal and listening to "I want DIET coke, I'm watching my weight!".

Sugar in the fries? Now that is fucking scum. The irony is as well that Diet Coke makes you fat (the evil continues),despite having no sugar it stimulates insulin production, insulin signals your body to store fat and causes a drop in blood sugar, the drop in blood sugar causes you to crave sugary foods. Machevelli couldn't have designed it better.

Sleepy · 21-05-2004 01:39PM

You cannot be that hard on the parents eithier. Fair statement to say that many parents kop out of providing nourishing food for their kids by taking them there, but it's not imoral or it's not going to cause huge upsets to society.

Allowing children that know no better to become grotesquely obese is tantamount to child abuse. In my eyes, at least.

Stark · 21-05-2004 01:52PM

Apparently it's corn syrup they use for the fries. corn syrup would explain the liver damage that guy who ate macdonalds for a month suffered .It's composed mainly of fructose, fructose is metabolized directly by the liver. In the amounts present in fruit it's harmless, but in high concentrations like in corn syrup it can overload the liver

BuffyBot · 21-05-2004 01:53PM

Sugar in the fries? Now that is ****ing scum

Since when? I don't think thats right.

As for anyone who eats McDonalds say in/day out, they deserve what they get. It's fine every now and again, irrespective of how many calories/fat/salt/sugar there is in it, your body will cope with it. Everyday though - that is just stupidity.

Stark · 21-05-2004 01:54PM

Or more accurately - addiction.

Nala · 21-05-2004 01:59PM

It actually says in one of their "Nutrition in McDonald's Food" (what a paradox) leaflets that they add sugar,though I knew long before that.

Sleepy · 21-05-2004 02:03PM

Nope, I'm with BuffyBot on this it's blatant stupidity. The "addiction" cry is just one from the weak-willed, lazy, stupid, Oprah-watching slob sub(human) culture.

Nala · 21-05-2004 02:06PM

No, no apparently they add stuff to it to make it addictive, don't know what it's called but there was days when I wasn't in work where I would be craving it. I was lucky, I worked there for ages and never put on a pound!!!

The New McDonalds Ad

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