I hate you San Fran.

[MassHavoc]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101103/od_nm/us_mcdonalds_toys_odd



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children.

 

[MassHavoc]

NY, You are ok in my book. Maybe we should just make this a Frivolous lawsuits thread?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101103/od_nm/us_starbucks_lawsuit

 

[Ymono37]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101103/od_nm/us_mcdonalds_toys_odd



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children.

I'd be REALLY interested to see who makes up "The Center for Science in the Public Interest "



Groups like this really grind my gears... apparently, the "public" is too stupid to govern itself when feeding it's children.

 

[MassHavoc]

I'd be REALLY interested to see who makes up "The Center for Science in the Public Interest "



Groups like this really grind my gears... apparently, the "public" is too stupid to govern itself when feeding it's children.

Exactly, it's ridiculous, and my second link shows where NY achieved where AZ failed.

 

[the canadian dream]

They still have happy meals?

 

[LordKOTL]

I'd be REALLY interested to see who makes up "The Center for Science in the Public Interest "



Groups like this really grind my gears... apparently, the "public" is too stupid to govern itself when feeding it's children.

The public en masse is too stupid, too lazy, and shirks responsibility...



...unfortunately the "remove the safeguards protecting people from themselves and let nature take it's course" s not a popular option.

 

[Tater]

The public en masse is too stupid, too lazy, and shirks responsibility...



...unfortunately the "remove the safeguards protecting people from themselves and let nature take it's course" s not a popular option.

What's funny is the snobs in San Fran probably think they're above this anyways.

 

[mill500]

The part of this that is government getting more involved in individual decisions just makes me nuts.



But then there's the part that at some point I'm probably going to be paying for these fat ****'s health care, which just gets me more nuts on a whole different level.

 

[MassHavoc]

The part of this that is government getting more involved in individual decisions just makes me nuts.



But then there's the part that at some point I'm probably going to be paying for these fat ****'s health care, which just gets me more nuts on a whole different level.

Yes, I get that last part, but if that's the case and that's what it's really about, why not just legislate that they HAVE TO BE HEALTHY happy meals. Instead of half assing it and saying unless they are healthy you can't have toys. What's the difference between telling them what they have to serve, and what they can't give away. It's just ridiculous. They wanted to to do something to force fast food to provide healthier food to children, so instead of doing something about that, they half-ass it and say well unless you start serving healthier food, you can't give them toys. Whooppie fucking do. The kids meal toys have turn to utter shit since the late 80's anyway.

 

[Ymono37]

Yes, I get that last part, but if that's the case and that's what it's really about, why not just legislate that they HAVE TO BE HEALTHY happy meals. Instead of half assing it and saying unless they are healthy you can't have toys. What's the difference between telling them what they have to serve, and what they can't give away. It's just ridiculous. They wanted to to do something to force fast food to provide healthier food to children, so instead of doing something about that, they half-ass it and say well unless you start serving healthier food, you can't give them toys. Whooppie fucking do. The kids meal toys have turn to utter shit since the late 80's anyway.

Totally agree with that! Remember when they had fucking LEGO's?



I'm a pretty left-leaning guy and I even I think this is bullshit. Part of being a kid is eating crappy food.



While I disagree wth KOTL's description of the public as stupid - I do think it comes down to an accountibility issue and frankly, McDonald's just supplies the grub - they don't force it down my fucking throat. I decide to eat it.

 

[MassHavoc]

The legos were fucking awesome. They gave you a full set of something with instructions. You could make your own shit or make the thing it's suppose to be. Fucking awesome. And back in the day, real METAL hot wheels... SHhhheeeeeeeeeeeit. I think they even had pez dispencers at one time.

 

[canucklehead]

As late as the turn of the milennium they gave away little handheld electronic games, like the ones we had to pay out our arse for back in the early 90's/late 80's. you know, like those racing car games where the traffic came at you at varying speeds/patterns and you had to navigate it simply by pressing left/right to change lanes?

 

[TSD]

When i was 16 in 1997, I worked at McDonalds for a stint. That summer I thought I was going to get anal raped by middle aged soccer moms trying to get the fucking beanie babies.



Seriously, they tried to bribe us, to get the whole set. Even if I wanted to I couldnt, they were literally Locked up and only the Owner of the franchise had the key. We only released one at a time when those were out, wed bring out a new one, but seriously these ladies would offer employees 200 bucks to grab them the set (all of us employees got a full set of them, I just gave them to my mom alot of people sold them.)

 

[MassHavoc]

When i was 16 in 1997, I worked at McDonalds for a stint. That summer I thought I was going to get anal raped by middle aged soccer moms trying to get the fucking beanie babies.



Seriously, they tried to bribe us, to get the whole set. Even if I wanted to I couldnt, they were literally Locked up and only the Owner of the franchise had the key. We only released one at a time when those were out, wed bring out a new one, but seriously these ladies would offer employees 200 bucks to grab them the set (all of us employees got a full set of them, I just gave them to my mom alot of people sold them.)

Oh shit, I had forgot about those. Wasn't it Transformers or something for the boys too? The Beanie Baby crazy was out of control and there were fights and shit at McD's when they ran out. I forgot, because I was never into them, and you would think too old at the time, but sadly no.

 

[mill500]

The legos were fucking awesome.

They absolutely were, then the dumb ass parents let the kids start eating the damn Lego's along with the fries and that was the end of that. McDonald's fault again.

 

[MassHavoc]

They absolutely were, then the dumb ass parents let the kids start eating the damn Lego's along with the fries and that was the end of that. McDonald's fault again.

Fucking McDonalds, when will they learn to take responsibility for the children of the people that buy their products.

 

[Tater]

Fucking McDonalds, when will they learn to take responsibility for the children of the people that buy their products.

 

[supraman]

I hate this world. Seriously, whole fucking planet sucks. Anybody want to come help me colonize Mars? Bring some bitches so we can populate the place

 

[Ymono37]

I hate this world. Seriously, whole fucking planet sucks. Anybody want to come help me colonize Mars? Bring some bitches so we can populate the place

I dunno - last I heard Mars needed women.



That's a joke for anyone who enjoys classic sci-fi.

 

[supraman]

I dunno - last I heard Mars needed women.



That's a joke for anyone who enjoys classic sci-fi.

I admit to it being over my head.