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You are pretty much describing the liberal guilt trip that is keeping him from occasionally taking his kids to McDonalds. It's pretty clear it's not the healthi
by Erik816 10y ago
You are pretty much describing the liberal guilt trip that is keeping him from occasionally taking his kids to McDonalds. It's pretty clear it's not the healthiest thing you can eat. It's also probably true that you should teach your kids that if, once in a while, they eat something that is not optimally nutritious (say, on a road trip or as a special treat) they are not going to die.
- zepto 10y agoHe's not talking about once in a while - he's talking about several times a week.
- smokey_the_bear 10y agoWe take them approximately once a month.
- zepto 10y agoHow often would you go without the stigma?
- smokey_the_bear 10y agoMaybe twice a month. We typically stop there only when traveling now. We might stroll to the one a half mile from our house for dinner once in awhile otherwise. McDonald's isn't a large part of our mostly wholesome diet. I feel good about what my kids eat on a day to day basis. Also, I'm the mother. It's not really germane to the issue, but everyone in this thread assumed otherwise.
- balls187 10y agoIn all fairness, Smokey was a male bear.
- zepto 10y agoIt crossed my mind that you didn't specify gender. I just copied what the previous poster had used assuming that they knew from other threads. Sorry for making that assumption. I'm curious about how the stigma actually plays out - do people you know actually say things to you about it? Would you actually experience more negative interactions if you just did what you want, or has it been internalized because you know people would disapprove?
- smokey_the_bear 10y agoIt is just internalized for me enough so that we usually make another choice for dinner. Also I don't really want the kids to go to preschool and say they had McDonalds for dinner, at about the same level that I don't want to send them to preschool in a dirty shirt. Once we hadn't been to the grocery store in unusually long, and spent the weekend eating the things in the freezer and the back of the cupboards. We mentioned to the kids that we were out of food. My son went to preschool the next day and congratulated his teachers on always having food available.
- pc86 10y agoDo you feel good about berating someone on the internet for going to McDonald's?
- redthrow 10y agoYeah, Don Gorske ate nothing but Big Mac for many years, and he's still alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Gorske https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Gorske I feel like if people skip sugary drinks and large fries they are eating better at McDonald's than most people eat at home. http://www.marketplace.org/2013/07/03/sustainability/freakonomics-radio/freakonomics-can-mcdouble-save-humanity http://www.marketplace.org/2013/07/03/sustainability/freakon...