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TorLin · 09-23-2009, 04:38 PM

13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean
By Mark Wilson, 2:20 PM on Wed Sep 23 2009

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5365915/13000-mcd...-us-into-ocean

No, this map isn't charting swine influenza outbreaks but something far more deadly—all 13,000 "or so" McDonald's restaurants in the US. How simultaneously gross and delicious.

Auron · 09-23-2009, 05:05 PM

wow. im not a fan of mcdonalds at all. even around here in toronto i've seen many. im more of a wendys guy

Eric32 · 09-23-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TorLin

13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean
By Mark Wilson, 2:20 PM on Wed Sep 23 2009

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5365915/13000-mcd...-us-into-ocean

No, this map isn't charting swine influenza outbreaks but something far more deadly—all 13,000 "or so" McDonald's restaurants in the US. How simultaneously gross and delicious.

Those restaurants probably killed more people this year in America than the swine flu

ecotec83 · 09-23-2009, 07:40 PM

I personally refer to them as McPukes

If i need to have some fast food it's Harveys or a local burger or pizza place. Their food is better, fresher, cheaper and i'm certain healthier.

zookeeper · 09-23-2009, 07:44 PM

There's a very definite dividing line right down the middle isn't there?

SilentLoner · 09-23-2009, 08:57 PM

I heard on the news that there are now more Subways than McDonalds. Love to see that map. (and Subway ftw).

UltraShy · 09-23-2009, 10:27 PM

What's the point of the map? Is it to suggest that an abundance of places to buy Big Macs results in an abundance of Big Butts?

Amocholes · 09-24-2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by zookeeper

There's a very definite dividing line right down the middle isn't there?

Population density

Ospi · 09-24-2009, 02:57 AM

I always laugh when people (usually soccer mums) go on and on about how fast food places need to be shut down and all advertising on tv stopped because it is making their kids fat. Yet they are the ones who take their kids to these places to begin with. Discipline people!!!

Btw I had a Maccas chicken burger yesterday and it was win.

Hoth · 09-24-2009, 03:45 AM

McDonald's burgers aren't very tasty so I normally avoid them, but I ate at Burger King almost every day in college and never gained a pound. I would've loved to, but apparently they don't have enough fat. If I had been fat, I would've had the sense to not eat there while dieting.

The solution to fat is not to remove all non-diet foods from the world, it's for the fat people to not eat them.

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Originally Posted by SilentLoner

I heard on the news that there are now more Subways than McDonalds.

Not exactly a scientific sample, but there are three Subways and only one McDonald's in my zip code.

shyvr6 · 09-24-2009, 12:17 PM

This makes me want to go out and get a cheeseburger.

UltraShy · 09-25-2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by zookeeper

There's a very definite dividing line right down the middle isn't there?

Yeah, because there is little population west of the Mississippi till you get to the west coast.

Havalina · 09-25-2009, 01:01 PM

Something about that image reminds me of little blood clots.

KennethJones · 09-25-2009, 04:57 PM

When I think about Mcdonald's wide coverage in the restaurant industry I find it almost laughable. The food is really not that good but people just keep coming back.

stylicho · 09-25-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SilentLoner

I heard on the news that there are now more Subways than McDonalds. Love to see that map. (and Subway ftw).

Subway is overrated. Quiznos much better.

WineKitty · 09-26-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoth

McDonald's burgers aren't very tasty so I normally avoid them, but I ate at Burger King almost every day in college and never gained a pound. I would've loved to, but apparently they don't have enough fat. If I had been fat, I would've had the sense to not eat there while dieting.

I just googled it and the whopper with cheese has 64 grams of fat, 30 of that saturated and 2.5 of trans fat. NO ONE should be eating things this high in saturated fat. You might not have gained weight but one doesnt have to gain weight to clog one's arteries. That is a real myth I wish I could dispel. I work in the cardiac ward at my hospital quite a bit and MOST people on the ward ARE NOT super fat.

http://nutrition.about.com/od/rateam...hoppermeal.htm

britisharrow · 09-26-2009, 12:16 PM

I'm one of those people who hates the idea of McDonalds but deep down thinks it tastes good.

Brightpaperwarewolf · 09-27-2009, 05:01 AM

I ate McDonalds for the first time in a couple of months, had a big mac and one of those angus burgers. God I feel like **** a day later.

finster · 09-27-2009, 06:02 AM

I am as guilty of eating a ton of junk/crap type food as anyone. I definitely prefer Wendy's now, though I am trying to cut down.

Now my point: I swear that the hamburger at McDonalds sure as heck doesn't taste like anything I've ever seen at the grocery store. Seriously, what is it. It literally makes me feel ill when I eat it. It has to be low grade beef with a ton of filler. I actually saw that movie "Super Size Me" on TV and thought he might've been exagerrating when he went to the doctor and the doc said he was getting very ill, but now I think the same thing would happen to me.

You know how they say that the tobacco companies have a ton of secret ingredients in their cigarettes but won't tell anybody what they are? Well, I think McDonalds does the same thing.

Just my two cents.

Zirnitra · 09-27-2009, 09:58 AM

Supersize Me.

09-23-2009, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
TorLin Status: MayTheForceBeWithYou Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Gender: Male Posts: 17,058	13,000 McDonald's Locations in USA 13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean By Mark Wilson, 2:20 PM on Wed Sep 23 2009 Source: http://gizmodo.com/5365915/13000-mcd...-us-into-ocean No, this map isn't charting swine influenza outbreaks but something far more deadly—all 13,000 "or so" McDonald's restaurants in the US. How simultaneously gross and delicious. __________________ MTFBWU (May The Force Be With You) - TORLIN AIM, MSN, YIM: T0RL1N Skype: Tor_Lin Visit me at; ToryLing.com \| LivingAnxious \| Facebook \| Myspace \| Last.fm

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Auron Status: Fade to Black Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 656	wow. im not a fan of mcdonalds at all. even around here in toronto i've seen many. im more of a wendys guy __________________ My Poetry and Photography Website! "What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence" - Christopher Hitchens

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ecotec83 Status: Ascending from the dark Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Belleville, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 26 Posts: 367	I personally refer to them as McPukes If i need to have some fast food it's Harveys or a local burger or pizza place. Their food is better, fresher, cheaper and i'm certain healthier. __________________ ~Our greatest battles are those with our own mind.~

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zookeeper Status: The floor is lava!! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Soap Fortress Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 1,066	There's a very definite dividing line right down the middle isn't there? __________________ You leapt into the abyss, but find It only goes up to your knees, ~ Nick Cave

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SilentLoner Status: Otaku Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lost in thought, though occasionally I may be located at an anime convention. Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 2,452	I heard on the news that there are now more Subways than McDonalds. Love to see that map. (and Subway ftw). __________________ "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” -Plato "When a cold wind blows it chills you - chills you to the bone. But there's nothing in nature that freezes your heart like years of being alone." OTAKU UNITE! “We honor Dr. Tiller’s legacy of service to women.” Dr. George Tiller 1941 -2009 Memorial Web Page http://www.iamdrtiller.com/ http://www.remembertiller.com/

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UltraShy Status: Accident of Birth Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI (Atheist, Libertarian) Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 24,572	What's the point of the map? Is it to suggest that an abundance of places to buy Big Macs results in an abundance of Big Butts? __________________ Nothing is ever the way it should be What we deserve we just don't get you see http://www.insureyourgunrights.com/

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Ospi Status: Swoit Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,499	I always laugh when people (usually soccer mums) go on and on about how fast food places need to be shut down and all advertising on tv stopped because it is making their kids fat. Yet they are the ones who take their kids to these places to begin with. Discipline people!!! Btw I had a Maccas chicken burger yesterday and it was win. __________________ "Racing is life. Anything that happens before or after...is just waiting"

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Havalina Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Niagara Falls Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 426	Something about that image reminds me of little blood clots.

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KennethJones Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 123	When I think about Mcdonald's wide coverage in the restaurant industry I find it almost laughable. The food is really not that good but people just keep coming back.

09-26-2009, 12:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
britisharrow Status: 3rd SAS Battalion Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Glasgow, UK Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 455	I'm one of those people who hates the idea of McDonalds but deep down thinks it tastes good.

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Brightpaperwarewolf Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Gender: Male Posts: 928	I ate McDonalds for the first time in a couple of months, had a big mac and one of those angus burgers. God I feel like **** a day later. __________________ Happiness is only real if shared.

09-27-2009, 06:02 AM	#19 (permalink)
finster Status: Painfully Shy Guy Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southeast Michigan Gender: Male Posts: 316	I am as guilty of eating a ton of junk/crap type food as anyone. I definitely prefer Wendy's now, though I am trying to cut down. Now my point: I swear that the hamburger at McDonalds sure as heck doesn't taste like anything I've ever seen at the grocery store. Seriously, what is it. It literally makes me feel ill when I eat it. It has to be low grade beef with a ton of filler. I actually saw that movie "Super Size Me" on TV and thought he might've been exagerrating when he went to the doctor and the doc said he was getting very ill, but now I think the same thing would happen to me. You know how they say that the tobacco companies have a ton of secret ingredients in their cigarettes but won't tell anybody what they are? Well, I think McDonalds does the same thing. Just my two cents.

09-27-2009, 09:58 AM	#20 (permalink)
Zirnitra Status: Hyperion Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: My Mind Gender: Male Posts: 91	Supersize Me.