lol yeah. Skimmed past the OP and read the first couple of replies, so I had to go back, and whew boy...
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Promotion of unhealthy eating in pop culture (extensive spoilers, particularly MCU-related)
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lol yeah. Skimmed past the OP and read the first couple of replies, so I had to go back, and whew boy...
"Titan was like most planets, too many cheeseburgers, too much to go around. And when we faced obesity I offed a solution."
"Nutrition."
"But random, dispassionate to meat and veggie alike. They called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass."
Damn man, wish I could answer but I haven't read Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird, mind waiting eleven years so I can school myself and reply to this?
Ya know I would understand OP's point if Morgan specified a trash-ass burger place like Burger King...but she trusts Happy's taste in burgers well enough to let him pick. She was prolly thinking Five Guys if we're being honest.
Now I know what I'm having for dinner tonight.
"I am inevitable."
D a y u m.
Right but what I'm saying is that many are overreacting like the OP is some weirdo when really he's just someone concerned with obesity and "mildly concerned" about a normalized depiction of seeking processed food for comfort. It's totally reasonable to disagree with the OP, but some, like the one who questioned his ability to be a good parent, are reacting too strongly.
Do you think relatives that say "you're so cute, I could just eat you up!" Are promoting cannibalism?
I know what it's like to lose weight. To feel so desperately that you're hungry, yet to fail to eat nonetheless. It's frightening. Turns the legs to jelly. I ask you, to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Burgers arrive all the same. And now, they're here. Or should I say, I am.
If OP wanted a good faith discussion about junk food in popular media (I have my doubts) then they shouldn't have started with a wholly inappropriate example. The use of Endgame is just to bait people. They just name a generic 'burger' in the movie anyways, and not all burgers are processed junk food.
The picture is already perfect. Add the username into it and it's even better.
Good thing the Marvel movies teaches the kids to be active. Go run, jump, swing, lift a heavy hammer. Play outside kids.
."On your left" shouts the Hamburglar.
Of course, don't you know that Hamburglar is part of the Mac Order?
Nah, the OP's reaction to that Endgame scene was his legitimate reaction from what I see in the other thread. To him it *was* an appropriate example. Most (myself included) don't interpret it the same way, but the most that should garner is disagreement, not a mean-spirited pile-on (not saying that's what you did in particular).
I thought this was going to be about how a peak human killing machine like Black Widow would eat a plain ass peanut butter sandwich for dinner.
You sure about that?
Shawarma isn't unhealthy. Fucking hell.
Wasn't it on white bread too? The horror.
I guess there's an opposite to the problem some people had with the "eat a salad" line. These Endgame takes continue to be surprising.
Arguably, the MCU does promote unhealthy habits, but it has more to do with perfectly chiseled beefcakes they throw up on screen than an innocuous scene about a child and their hamburgers.
Yea Marvel is really adding to the obesity problem.
It would be really believable for Stark to ask for a spring salad when he was free, instead of indulging in something delicious.
The obesity problem stems from a lot of things, but child obesity is upto the parents to control. Kids are only getting food from their parents/guardians.
It would be really believable for Stark to ask for a spring salad when he was free, instead of indulging in something delicious.
The obesity problem stems from a lot of things, but child obesity is upto the parents to control. Kids are only getting food from their parents/guardians.
Parents use unhealthy food to bond and/or comfort all the time.
And that's not bad per se. Chocolate bars belong into the once a day food group not never ever. If the child does not over eat on it that's ok. (E.g. one treat when you pick up your child.) surely, not ideal, but to keep sweets away from your child per se is unhealthy too.
Now to get back to over eating on unhealthy stuff. There are situations in which parents are just glad their children eat anything. Traumatic situations such as losing parents or serious illnesses count as those. Obesity is a problem, a normal weighting child refusing to eat and becoming underweight would be as much of a problem, although not as common.
Furthermore a mither who just lost her partner might not give a fuck, and there are situations in which this is ok.
And that's not bad per se. Chocolate bars belong into the once a day food group not never ever. If the child does not over eat on it that's ok. (E.g. one treat when you pick up your child.) surely, not ideal, but to keep sweets away from your child per se is unhealthy too.
Now to get back to over eating on unhealthy stuff. There are situations in which parents are just glad their children eat anything. Traumatic situations such as losing parents or serious illnesses count as those. Obesity is a problem, a normal weighting child refusing to eat and becoming underweight would be as much of a problem, although not as common.
Furthermore a mither who just lost her partner might not give a fuck, and there are situations in which this is ok.
In honor of OP I went and out and got burgers with my cousins. Hope all of y'all have a great weekend.
Tomorrow for lunch I'm getting a double western bacon cheeseburger from Carls Jr.
You've inspired me, OP.
You've inspired me, OP.
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