In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto community centers

Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by Erik816 on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:46PM (#11903820)

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.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by redthrow on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @03:59PM (#11904869)

Yeah, Don Gorske ate nothing but Big Mac for many years, and he's still alive.

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/freakon...

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by zepto on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:52PM (#11903875)

He's not talking about once in a while - he's talking about several times a week.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by smokey_the_bear on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @01:59PM (#11903932)

We take them approximately once a month.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by zepto on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @02:08PM (#11904006)

How often would you go without the stigma?

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by smokey_the_bear on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @02:28PM (#11904159)

Maybe 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.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by zepto on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @05:38PM (#11905521)

It 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?

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by smokey_the_bear on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @06:37PM (#11905894)

It 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.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by balls187 on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @02:33PM (#11904195)

In all fairness, Smokey was a male bear.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by pc86 on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @02:46PM (#11904298)

Do you feel good about berating someone on the internet for going to McDonald's?

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by dang on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @06:48PM (#11905975)

I understand why it seemed that way but in this case the charitable interpretation, that zepto was genuinely curious about what the OP meant about stigma, seems also to be the correct one.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by zepto on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @05:35PM (#11905506)

Can you point to one thing I've said that has anything to do with berating?

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