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Post by Chuck on Dec 31, 2005 10:11:54 GMT -5
Has anyone else seen this incredible, very disturbing documentary?
I feel it should be required viewing in all high-school health classes.
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Post by KGB on Dec 31, 2005 11:08:50 GMT -5
A movie which shows that constantly eating fast food is unhealthy??? My god, what next? Will someone do a documentary which shows wrestling promoters are actually carny hucksters who are out for a quick buck and have no regard for the health and safety of their performers?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 31, 2005 14:13:18 GMT -5
While I await VH's rant about KGB's post, I'll answer chuck's question.
I saw it, and was deeply affected by it. For about a week. Then I was right back at Taco Bell.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Dec 31, 2005 14:20:17 GMT -5
If you don't eat the stuff with meat, Taco Bell is actually reasonably healthy...compared to a double whopper, that is.
My favorite part of the movie was the fries that never decomposed after however many months in the glass. Not even a touch of mold.
The rest of it seemed like a fun exercise in extremes. But I thought the guy who lived off of Bic Macs and was still in good health was either an interesting counterargument or just a strange metabolic phenomenon.
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Post by Da Worm Fizzle on Dec 31, 2005 15:55:39 GMT -5
I thought that the guy was an idiot, he went out to prove a point Americans already know and don't care about. With so many people coming up with so many ways to "enlighten" people through scaring them, we've become desensitized, (except for when our government tell us to be frightened of terrorism). What ever happened to cell phones giving us cancer? Did they fix that or did people just forget to worry about that? What about SARS? If you want to see a good documentary, watch "Outfoxed." Now that one woke me up and pissed me off. Keep crazy ass men trying to kill themselves to prove something out of Health class, and keep film strips about not eating under-cooked chicken in! Now that's education.
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Jan 3, 2006 11:48:19 GMT -5
I liked that film. Like most people, I was aware that fast food wasn't healthy, but having just how savagly bad it was so boldly outlined threw me. I highly recommend reading Fast Food Nation and Fat Land for futher outlines of America's eating habits.
I still love McDonald's fries. They treat me so bad, and I love them so good.
mrsphyllistorgo
The first of many burgers today for Mel.
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Post by Da Worm Fizzle on Jan 3, 2006 13:43:58 GMT -5
I'd gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today., (although today is Tuesday, so now I don't know what to do!)
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Jan 3, 2006 19:58:30 GMT -5
I liked this movie a lot. Even though it didn't really tell anybody anything they didn't already know, I thought it was done in an entertaining, funny, charming sort of way. I don't eat much fast food anyway, so it didn't horrify me as much as it probably should have.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jan 4, 2006 8:49:48 GMT -5
Wasn't he actually responding to a claim they made in a lawsuit that their food was healthy for everyday eating? Or am I just misremembering something?
I'll second the idea that everyone should read Fast Food Nation, though. Excellent on a number of levels, not just about food but about how major conglomerates work.
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Post by Emperor Cupcake on Jan 4, 2006 21:47:08 GMT -5
I'll second the idea that everyone should read Fast Food Nation, though. Excellent on a number of levels, not just about food but about how major conglomerates work. And I'll third it -- great book.
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Post by KGB on Mar 26, 2006 19:31:59 GMT -5
Just saw this story about Morgan Spurlock, the man behind this movie. Seems he was invited to speak at a high school and launched into a profane tirade in which, among other things, he made fun of mentally handicapped students sitting in the back of the auditorium. According to Spurlock, ''The greatest lesson those kids learned today was the importance of free speech." Why is it with these people that insulting the handicapped is an example of their courageous defense of free speech, but when there's an actual free speech issue, like say, people being killed over a cartoon, these bozos are nowhere to be found?
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Post by eliservo on Mar 27, 2006 20:48:18 GMT -5
Fast Food Nation is an awesome, yet somewhat disturbing, book. The chapter on slaughterhouses makes you wanna go grab a nice, meaty burger!
Even though this movie seemed to cut the fat a little (didn't McDonald's get rid of the supersized fries and reduce the portions a bit?) I don't think the impression is lasting...I mean, people are still eating fast food. It's cheap, it's fast, it's satisfying. Hell, I saw the movie and as gross as it was, I like to have french fries once and awhile. Moderation is the key. I don't think fast food chains are going anywhere for a long time.
I think even my Econ teacher put down Korten's When Corporations Rule the World at some point and had a McNugget...
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Post by RafaelH on Mar 27, 2006 21:09:22 GMT -5
I really liked the movie. I had fun, it was entertaining and even though it really wasn't something people didn't know, people really like to fool themselves of it. I really like the anti fast food stance and all things because the problem in the US of obesity is real bad and at times I think people try to fool themselves into thinking it's not and then try to baby up and pander to the obese. I thought the movie didn't and I thought it was extreme but then again those fast food companies would really try to change the perception of their unhealthiness.
I don't know. To me I compare it to all those things in the media and stuff that try to pander to them. It reminds me of a news story I saw on Inside Edition about fat people complaining about the fact that they had to buy an extra seat when they flied or that they were asked if they could fit in a seat or had to buy two. They were all outraged and mad at this and how it was so embarrassing, etc etc. All I could think of is the fact I have to fly at times alone and how screwed up it would be if I had to suffer a whole flight all screwed up if one of those real fat persons had only bought the seat next to me. The answer they all proposed was to make airplane seats bigger and I though the report sided with the obese persons. That right there is the problem. Instead of saying the obvious, they go for the one that favors them.instead of addressing the problem. Instead of treating it like smoking or alcohol or other type of problems they treat obesity with another standard and I think the movie doesn't follows it.
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Post by spacechief on Mar 28, 2006 4:12:42 GMT -5
Just saw this story about Morgan Spurlock, the man behind this movie. Seems he was invited to speak at a high school and launched into a profane tirade in which, among other things, he made fun of mentally handicapped students sitting in the back of the auditorium. According to Spurlock, ''The greatest lesson those kids learned today was the importance of free speech." Why is it with these people that insulting the handicapped is an example of their courageous defense of free speech, but when there's an actual free speech issue, like say, people being killed over a cartoon, these bozos are nowhere to be found? I read that as well. I mean insulting mentally retarted kids only proves one thing: You yourself are mentally retarted and a total jerk.
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Post by Melting Manos on Mar 28, 2006 16:53:07 GMT -5
This one kinda creeped me out. I eat fast food just about every day here at work (But I mix it up between quite a few different places including Subway which is supposedly good for me!) and I have to say that put me off McDonald's specifically for a few weeks. I already knew it wasn't good for me, but it was still kinda unnerving nonetheless! It was an enjoyable documentary though. I still don't know how that guy managed to do that...
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