The Confessional Thread

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by ChelseaDagger

Burger grease > whatever the hell kind of chemicals are in all the other burger joint burgers.

Grease/fat is delicious. It's good for your brain and hair too.

That grease is just as chemically as the other stuff you're afraid of. Anyway I wasn't solely referring to McDonalds and their ilk, but also stuff like Habit Burger, Smashburger, or pub food. Do you avoid those too for fear of buzzwords like chemicals?

[ChelseaDagger]

Originally Posted by Frownland

That grease is just as chemically as the other stuff you're afraid of. Anyway I wasn't solely referring to McDonalds and their ilk, but also stuff like Habit Burger, Smashburger, or pub food. Do you avoid those too for fear of buzzwords like chemicals?

Given the prevalency of "crunchy," buzzword-driven trendies who probably couldn't list the names of five different trees if "Mother Earth" herself depended on it, I can understand how you would mistakenly free-associate me in that regard. But I'm not a headliner, I'm a researcher, and whenever I put something toxic inside my body, it's usually a conscious decision I'm afraid.

I'll give you this: I haven't checked into the quality of FGB&F since 2011, so you might be correct about the quality going downhill. So I take back any comments I've made on recent standards.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by ChelseaDagger

If by "pretentious" you mean, that I like my coffee without the enema, then yes, that's quite pretentious of me.

If you're bringing your own creamer then, yeah, that's pretty pretentious. Why not just bring a pair of racing gloves to test drive a Prius?

Originally Posted by ChelseaDagger

Burger grease > whatever the hell kind of chemicals are in all the other burger joint burgers.

Grease/fat is delicious. It's good for your brain and hair too.

Not to mention your arteries!

[ChelseaDagger]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

If you're bringing your own creamer then, yeah, that's pretty pretentious. Why not just bring a pair of racing gloves to test drive a Prius?



Not to mention your arteries!

You're comparing apples to oranges. Bringing creamer to McDonalds is like bringing a gun to a gunfight. It's just good old survival instinct. (Yeah, have fun with that little bone, NSA).

As for the "arteries" quip... Just how many burgers are we talkin? If two burgers a month led to a heart attack, I doubt we'd be having this ridiculous conversation.

[Frownland]

If anyone was feeding you a toxic amount of anything they would be shut down by the FDA. Come on, brush up on that research.

[ChelseaDagger]

Originally Posted by Frownland

If anyone was feeding you a toxic amount of anything they would be shut down by the FDA. Come on, brush up on that research.

I don't yet have you psycho-analyzed thoroughly enough to detect whether or not that statement was made in jest.

[Frownland]

First part is a fact, the second is in jest if you weren't aware of the first one being a fact.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by Frownland

First part is a fact.

You sure?



Serving Size 427g
Calories 1230
Calories from Fat 790
Fat 88g
Saturated Fat 33g
Trans Fat 3g
Cholesterol 195mg
Sodium 2340mg
Carbohydrates 56g
Dietary Fiber 3g
Sugars 14g
Protein 53g

[ChelseaDagger]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

You sure?



Serving Size 427g
Calories 1230
Calories from Fat 790
Fat 88g
Saturated Fat 33g
Trans Fat 3g
Cholesterol 195mg
Sodium 2340mg
Carbohydrates 56g
Dietary Fiber 3g
Sugars 14g
Protein 53g

And those are just the details they are forced to divulge. How do you think those burgers get that (fill in your favorite flavor) flavor?? (Not "you" as in you, Chula). I'm seriously tempted to bring the FDAs "research" on Monsanto into this conversation, but then I'd just be begging for more free-associative labels, now wouldn't I?

Frowny, you lost 3 points just there, but to be fair, you had some to spare. Poorly-timed rhyme unintentional there.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by ChelseaDagger

And those are just the details they are forced to divulge. How do you think those burgers get that (fill in your favorite flavor) flavor?? (Not "you" as in you, Chula). I'm seriously tempted to bring the FDAs "research" on Monsanto into this conversation, but then I'd just be begging for more free-associative labels, now wouldn't I?

Frowny, you lost 3 points just there, but to be fair, you had some to spare. Poorly-timed rhyme unintentional there.

Idk it sounds like you've gotten your information from websites that don't cite their sources while using caps lock and lots of exclamation points . Every restaurant has to disclose its ingredients to the fda in case they're feeding their customers toxic levels of something (which sounds like a terrible business plan to me). Since that is what the fda was created to do: protect customers from shady business practices such as shredding workers into ground beef or putting arsenic on your French fries.

And good god, quit while you're ahead before you being Gmos into the mix.