Originally Posted by
wolfchild
MacDonalds is evil. They offer these cute little toys with their meals and have play areas to attract little kids and force them to eat their junk. But that's not the worst part. The other bad thing is that fast food companies spend a lot of money to hire chemists who make fast food very addictive. It's like a drug, people keep eating it because it tastes so good and creates cravings to come back for more.
I agree in a way. They certainly work to make their food hyper-palatable. Having said that, pretty much every food corporation does that, so you can hardly single them out of the crowd any more than any other fast/convenient food. They peddle salt, grease and HFCS, that's pretty much the extent of it, but if you walk the aisles of any local supermarket you'll find plenty of the same.
It's sad, really, that people know and/or care so little about what they eat.
My kids have had McD's a couple times and they don't care for it. I seem to have indoctrinated them successfully.