Social Super Size Me scam

[Ruprecht]

Morgan cut weight before his initial weigh-in. Therefore, his weight wasn't his natural "Walk around " weight during his first medical check in.

Also, one of the doctors clearly didn't believe him when he discussed his liver enzyme levels. He straight up told Morgan that he had the liver of an alcoholic and he can't see how fast food would cause it

Really? Why?
It's not like you need to fake it to stack on weight if you're only eating McDonalds and always the largest serves.
I've heard there's salads and other token foods on the menu these days that aren't completely awful, and supposedly they even offer real coffee now (not sure if that was related to the bad publicity of their percolated coffee), but I assume the majority of it is still potatoes, fruit pies, battered fish and battered chicken deep fried in "shortening" along with burgers made from sweet bread, HFCS filled sauce, awful cheese and low quality beef?
Not to mention the thick shakes, soft drink, ice cream, sundaes, flurries and muffins of course.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

As with most things, things turn bad when they are abused.

It's not the healthiest food in the world, but it's not "bad" until you make bad choices with it like have too big of a size, too often, and do not work out.

Some people tend to make bad choices when they have personal freedom. Whether it be food, booze, sex, etc.

It's not McDonald's fault that people abuse it.

- I agree with it.

 

[Madmick]

The documentaries that get nominated for Academy Awards and that trend on Netflix or at the box office are always docudramas.

That's because, as TNT knows well, drama sells. It's primary aim isn't to inform. Unfortunately, the documentaries that probably have the greatest capacity to enlighten and improve society are the most detached, and thus usually the most boring. They typically offer few (if any) conclusions, and don't steer the viewer towards a conviction that there is something to be done about any particular problem associated with their primary topic.

 

[Staph infection]

Not sure how it is in the US, where they seem to show adult employees, but here fast-food is basically the next step after doing a paper round in primary school. I got part time work at Maccas when I was 14/15 and haven't eaten it since.
Didn't take a documentary in the 2000s to make me think it's shit food.

That is how it was until the early 2000's here in the US. It was primarily teenagers that worked there. You would have 15 - 18 year olds doing most of the work, a crew chief or assistant manager that was in their early 20's and then a few older managers. Then the shift started where it would be adults taking a lot of shifts and here in Florida we get a lot of immigrants that can barely speak English who take the jobs. The adults natives that work at fast food in Florida seem to be the ones who were not smart enough to work at WalMart.

 

[SakurabasEar]

Not sure how it is in the US, where they seem to show adult employees, but here fast-food is basically the next step after doing a paper round in primary school. I got part time work at Maccas when I was 14/15 and haven't eaten it since.
Didn't take a documentary in the 2000s to make me think it's shit food.

In major cities, you see more adult employment. Whereas everywhere else its usually just an adult manager with a bunch of teenagers. I worked at a place called Hardee's during and right after high school. Its the epitome of shitty American food. The calorie totals would be north of 1700 for more than half the meals, if you got a large. The people always got large, and some folks would show up multiple times a day. -I worked the window for a while.

I'm not saying this documentary is super valid, but i definitely think Americans are just eating too much of this stuff

 

[curryjunkie]

They may have been shady as hell in some instances, but they produced amazing material directly from the source. It would be a rare occasion where PV didn't share the truth.

I remember their baby parts video. They had nearly 4 hours of straight video, with only an edit for the bathroom break and the usual Leftists claimed it to be "highly edited" and dismissed it. They should have won a Pulitzer and perhaps a few others for their work. But, we know that award is now for Leftist propaganda only.

 

[Ruprecht]

That is how it was until the early 2000's here in the US. It was primarily teenagers that worked there. You would have 15 - 18 year olds doing most of the work, a crew chief or assistant manager that was in their early 20's and then a few older managers. Then the shift started where it would be adults taking a lot of shifts and here in Florida we get a lot of immigrants that can barely speak English who take the jobs. The adults natives that work at fast food in Florida seem to be the ones who were not smart enough to work at WalMart.

In major cities, you see more adult employment. Whereas everywhere else its usually just an adult manager with a bunch of teenagers. I worked at a place called Hardee's during and right after high school. Its the epitome of shitty American food. The calorie totals would be north of 1700 for more than half the meals, if you got a large. The people always got large, and some folks would show up multiple times a day. -I worked the window for a while.

I'm not saying this documentary is super valid, but i definitely think Americans are just eating too much of this stuff

Minimum wage scales up here from 14-21 (one of the few cases where being 21 means anything). 16 and under get $7.48 an hr, incrementing up with each year until at 21 and up the adult minimum wage is $23.23. Not going to see many workers over 16 in fast food.
I do remember when I worked at Maccas there was one single dad that used to bring his kids in for dinner at least 5 times a week, which was just depressing to see. He was actually skinny, verging on cadaverous, but his kids were obese.

 

[Loiosh]

They may have been shady as hell in some instances, but they produced amazing material directly from the source. It would be a rare occasion where PV didn't share the truth.

I remember their baby parts video. They had nearly 4 hours of straight video, with only an edit for the bathroom break and the usual Leftists claimed it to be "highly edited" and dismissed it. They should have won a Pulitzer and perhaps a few others for their work. But, we know that award is now for Leftist propaganda only.

Shady in some instances? You're fucking deluded.

When Roy Moore was facing a host of rape allegations Project Veritas paid a woman to fake an allegation so they could expose it to cast doubt on the other allegations. Speaking of Pulitzers, a reporter won one for reporting on THEM doing this.

You're a reprehensible person supporting despicable people.

They aren't journalists. They pay people to infiltrate and record, and then edit the tapes to be as damning as possible. When they went to PBR they asked them seven times to slant the news to "get" Fox and PBR refused outright. The eighth time they asked the guy from PBR laughed because it was the eighth time, and guess what version PV published?

Are you really this stupid or are you really this evil?

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Fathead is a great documentary. I always recommend it to everyone. It's ultra low budget and DIY though so be warned.

 

[jrams]

One of the most frequent criticisms of Super Size Me is Spurlock's decision to avoid discussing the role personal responsibility played in his results. For example, as the Citizens Council for Health Freedom said in a public statement, “Personal responsibility, portion sizes, and exercise are never discussed in the film.” That's a significant point, as Spurlock intentionally circumvented these things. He never sought to limit his intake at any given meal, and studiously avoided the kind of exercise that might have mitigated his weight gain.

I haven't seen the movie in 20 years, but wasn't that part of it? He was "exercising" as much as the average American at the time:

His rules are simple: For 30 days, eat only foods found on the McDonald’s menu; only supersize meals if asked; eat every item on the menu at least once; and make sure to get three full, square meals a day. To make his experience “average,” Spurlock also limits himself to walking as much as the average person in America, 5,000 steps a day.​

What a dumb thing to complain about. "He did the thing he said he was going to, it's not fair"

 

[Fluffernutter]

Really? Why?
It's not like you need to fake it to stack on weight if you're only eating McDonalds and always the largest serves.
I've heard there's salads and other token foods on the menu these days that aren't completely awful, and supposedly they even offer real coffee now (not sure if that was related to the bad publicity of their percolated coffee), but I assume the majority of it is still potatoes, fruit pies, battered fish and battered chicken deep fried in "shortening" along with burgers made from sweet bread, HFCS filled sauce, awful cheese and low quality beef?
Not to mention the thick shakes, soft drink, ice cream, sundaes, flurries and muffins of course.

He had a conclusion in mind before he began his "experiment". He wanted to show himself packing on the pounds due to the McDonald's diet. So, he cut weight to reach a point lower than his natural weight. That way, no matter what, he would be able to show a weight gain.

Other people have tried to replicate his findings by simply only eating McDonald's for a month, and they couldn't replicate it.

I'm not sure I would eat McDonald's salads. When the kids were little, I bought a couple of happy meals that came with the apple slices. The slices my kids didn't eat, I put in our backward composter. Those apple slices looked the same for nearly a week. They wouldn't decompose at the same rate of the other kitchen scraps. It was odd.

 

[Ruprecht]

He had a conclusion in mind before he began his "experiment". He wanted to show himself packing on the pounds due to the McDonald's diet. So, he cut weight to reach a point lower than his natural weight. That way, no matter what, he would be able to show a weight gain.

Other people have tried to replicate his findings by simply only eating McDonald's for a month, and they couldn't replicate it.

I'm not sure I would eat McDonald's salads. When the kids were little, I bought a couple of happy meals that came with the apple slices. The slices my kids didn't eat, I put in our backward composter. Those apple slices looked the same for nearly a week. They wouldn't decompose at the same rate of the other kitchen scraps. It was odd.

I guess he wanted to exaggerate the results for dramatic effect. I mean according to their nutrition information, a double quarter pounder, large chocolate frappe, large fries and a large fudge sundae is 2415 calories. You're not walking that off three times a day.

Preservatives in their apple slices? Not sure of the impact of all the preservatives in the modern diet. I've heard for decades that the human body now takes much longer to decompose, but that's apparently an old wives tale or urban legend.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Calories in vs calories out.

There was a documentary that came out shortly after super size me where the exact same experiment was run but the guy ended up losing weight because he equated for his calorie expenditure.

People need to start understanding the idea that there are no truly unhealthy foods, but unhealthy habits. What's healthy or unhealthy is relative.

 

[blaseblase]

My biggest takeaway from Super Size Me was that for many communities in the US, the closest thing they have to a playground is the Playland within McDonald's. That's sad

Didn't they do away with those?

 

[blaseblase]

Calories in vs calories out.

There was a documentary that came out shortly after super size me where the exact same experiment was run but the guy ended up losing weight because he equated for his calorie expenditure.

People need to start understanding the idea that there are no truly unhealthy foods, but unhealthy habits. What's healthy or unhealthy is relative.

Yup. It's called Fathead. Calories are more important than where you eat. Which is why I approve of restaurants that have started to add Calories to their menu items.

You could eat a Big Mac every day and still be good if the rest of your diet was on point. It's mostly bread anyway.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Yup. It's called Fathead. Calories are more important than where you eat. Which is why I approve of restaurants that have started to add Calories to their menu items.

You could eat a Big Mac every day and still be good if the rest of your diet was on point. It's mostly bread anyway.

You could eat 4 big macs a day and lose weight.

I'm 198lbs currently, and with my maintenance calories, that puts me at an 800 calorie deficit.
I'd be losing a smidge over a pound and a half a week eating four big macs a day (2000 calories)

 

[blaseblase]

You could eat 4 big macs a day and lose weight.

I'm 198lbs currently, and with my maintenance calories, that puts me at an 800 calorie deficit.
I'd be losing a smidge over a pound and a half a week eating four big macs a day (2000 calories)

I wouldn't recommend it but yeah you could do that. Super Size Me was a guy intentionally eating far more Calories than he would normally and also drinking excessively. It's insane how popular this documentary became to where it made McDonalds change in response.

 

[WhiteMousse]

This may have been shared already as it's old news but this is my first time hearing about it. The guy who made the documentary Super Size Me and blamed the chain for all his health problems was a scam artist. He was an alcoholic and the liver problems he associated with McDonalds were actually caused by his excessive drinking.

How 'Super Size Me' Took The World By Storm - And Fooled Us All

The Golden Arches seemed incapable of losing their fast-food shine. But the success of the McDonald's documentary Super Size Me took away some of the gloss - perhaps unfairly. The 2004 film earned over $11 million at the domestic box office, an astronomical sum for a nonfiction film. Whereas most...

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It's crazy this guy's fake documentary literally caused McDonald's to get rid of their super size. I'm kind of pissed about that, once in a while you just want to pig out on fries and a giant soda.

The documentary was dumb in the first place. Obviously if you pig out on burgers and fries every day you are not taking care of your body. Fathead is a much better documentary.

I do remember when this came out there was a minority, but a vocal one, that outlined how dishonest it was. In 2004 there was still a little of the mysticism around caloric intake and expenditure.

I agree with you. McDonald's isn't a viable diet. But there are days when you either need to get smashed, or have a super sized fries from McD's.

 

[Sinister]

This may have been shared already as it's old news but this is my first time hearing about it. The guy who made the documentary Super Size Me and blamed the chain for all his health problems was a scam artist. He was an alcoholic and the liver problems he associated with McDonalds were actually caused by his excessive drinking.

How 'Super Size Me' Took The World By Storm - And Fooled Us All

The Golden Arches seemed incapable of losing their fast-food shine. But the success of the McDonald's documentary Super Size Me took away some of the gloss - perhaps unfairly. The 2004 film earned over $11 million at the domestic box office, an astronomical sum for a nonfiction film. Whereas most...

www.ranker.com

It's crazy this guy's fake documentary literally caused McDonald's to get rid of their super size. I'm kind of pissed about that, once in a while you just want to pig out on fries and a giant soda.

The documentary was dumb in the first place. Obviously if you pig out on burgers and fries every day you are not taking care of your body. Fathead is a much better documentary.

Tom Naughton did a very good response video to Supersize Me:

 

[WhiteMousse]

Yup. It's called Fathead. Calories are more important than where you eat. Which is why I approve of restaurants that have started to add Calories to their menu items.

You could eat a Big Mac every day and still be good if the rest of your diet was on point. It's mostly bread anyway.

I remember this. I always laughed when he'd talk about the juice diet. Fade to him just passed out still trying to scrub.

It was low budget but so adorable, informative and very effective