I can’t believe I almost missed it… National Hamburger Month!
With the average American eating three hamburgers per week or 60 percent of all sandwiches served, it is no wonder that we have a health crisis and that each year several people take a legal run at McDonald’s for not properly warning them that they would get fat.
Let’s make sure we keep the responsibility where it belongs…
1. It was not McDonald’s fault.
2. No one made you eat countless hamburgers.
3. You knew fast food, in excess, was not healthy.
4. You are not that stupid (at least I hope).
I’m sort of joking about what is a serious problem in America but only from the standpoint that I hate it when someone blames the food purveyors for what we are clearly responsible for ourselves.
I know Krispy Kremes are not good for me. I know that some restaurants give me portions that could feed a family of 12. I know I can find nutritional information on just about anything before I eat it — but that wouldn’t be any fun would it?
I am not overweight but don’t care if you are. People who are overweight know they are overweight. They don’t need anyone preaching to them nor do they need to attack the groups that supply their food choices.
One of the big areas of focus at The Slow Bleed is personal responsibility. It very much applies here.
Now, if you will excuse me, I only have a few more days to grab a burger…
Fine, I suppose this is where you look for some witty insights to my mind. A "bio" of sorts. Here is the deal... I ride motorcycles, smoke cigars, golf, kayak, fly, race my car through the mountains, write (a lot), and travel extensively. I am almost old enough not to care what other people think about me...almost. ~Godfadr
Hey, I like hamburgers and I think McDonalds is responsible for what they put IN the burgers. They should tell us. Maybe we wouldn’t buy them.
I’m pretty sure you can find out the composition of a McDonald’s hamburger. Golden State Foods is their power broker who procures all the supplies for them. But personally I don’t think it’s a whole lot different than asking Big Tobacco what’s in their cigarettes (clearly labeled)…you know what the results can be, so you make the decision and accept the consequences.
Millie,
I love a good hot dog. I do not want a label on it listing the myirad of nasty ingredients. I only want to grill and enjoy. Same goes for McDonalds.
Do you buy a car and then complain because it doesn’t have the number of cup holders you had hoped for. You as the consumer are responsible for learning what you are purchasing before you transfer funds.
Seriously, are McDonalds burgers now being compared with cigarettes? Maybe a surgeon’s general warning is the answer.
Surgeon General’s Warning: This Hamburger may cause obesity, cancer from preservatives, warm sense of satisfied tummy, burn from heat if served fresh, serious desire for large fries and a soft drink, loss of $1 from pocket, as well as a severe need to return to drive thru because it wasn’t big enough to satisfy appetite.
I know what’s in them and I know that eating to many can be bad…I love them and get my fair share…But if it’s Burger Month then I have some catching up to do…
I would really only be in trouble if they made McDonald’s McRib month. Guilty pleasure #231. Yea, I know, fake rib meat molded into a fake rib looking patty.
mmmmmmmmm still good though!
(Salivating profusely): MMMMMMMM, MCRIIIIBSSSSSSS!