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> McDonald's salad famously has more calories than the big mac. Almost all salads have high calories when you account for the large amount of dressing most peo
by orev 2y ago
> McDonald's salad famously has more calories than the big mac.
Almost all salads have high calories when you account for the large amount of dressing most people use. But you can control how much dressing you use, and they also have a lot more fiber than a Big Mac.
> an extra-large is the same size a super sized item
One of the points of the movie was that he would always have to say yes when asked if he wanted to super size. THAT is a big difference between just ordering a larger size. After someone already decided on the size they wanted, the clerk would then ask that question. Most people are conditioned to be polite, and many no doubt said yes simply to avoid being seen as disagreeable. This movie caused McDonald’s to stop doing this.
- maximus-decimus 2y ago> But you can control how much dressing you use Can you? If people could control what they eat, we wouldn't have the obesity problem in the first place. I would argue it's harder to control how much you consume something (let's say alcohol) than not consuming it at all, so relying people to dose their dressings based in calories is a losing proposition. Also I think people go for the bigger size not because they're asked but because it's priced a stupidly small amount higher so people go "wow, why buy a small dose of poison for $2, when I can buy a gigantic amount of poison for $2.10? I get way more poison for my money with the second option!". TBH, I'm pretty pissed at pizzerias for trying to get me twice as much pizza as I need by making 2 pizzas literally the same price as one. Just sell me one pizza (which is by itself my whole day's worth of calories already) a person can eat for a reasonable price. Please.