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(LA Times) Interesting Fast food and obesity have no connection to poverty but rather the middle class. Still doesn't explain why there are more McDonald's in Compton than the rest of the country combined   (latimesblogs.latimes.com) divider line 101
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2011-11-10 09:41:04 PM
Big Mac's are farking gansta yo.
 
2011-11-10 09:41:23 PM
Dem folks love dey chicken nuggets.
 
2011-11-10 09:42:52 PM
Who cares?! The McRib is back!
 
2011-11-10 09:44:14 PM
Cuz' when dey trashed, they only operate at 10% of peak efficiency, hence you need 10x as many:

2.bp.blogspot.com
 
2011-11-10 09:44:30 PM
You do realize Compton is 65% Hispanic, right?
 
2011-11-10 09:45:17 PM
I don't recall an inordinate number of McDonald's or obese people in Compton.
 
2011-11-10 09:47:24 PM
I don't believe it. Back in my hey day I dated alot of girls from the ghetto and found it odd they always wanted to eat at Mcdonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, etc. No whey you would get that taking a middle class white girl out. Much easier on the wallet tho.

Seriously though. For the lower classes Fast food is a staple diet. This data is intentionally biased. Social sciences should be held to the same standard as medical sciences. Namely: clinical trials. I'm sure this study was done many times over until the author got the results he wanted.
 
2011-11-10 09:47:39 PM
FAT (new window)
 
2011-11-10 09:48:26 PM
It's not really cheaper to eat out so the actually dirt poor people don't do it. Once you enter the middle class you can pay for the convenience of driving through.
 
2011-11-10 09:48:39 PM
CaptSS: You do realize Compton is 65% Hispanic, right?

Hispanic's don't like fast food?
 
2011-11-10 09:49:16 PM
jingks: CaptSS: You do realize Compton is 65% Hispanic, right?

Hispanic's don't like fast food?


I have no idea where that apostrophe came from.
 
2011-11-10 09:49:28 PM
Fast Food Restaurant Locations

Uncheck everything but McDonalds, then start zooming in to LA.
 
2011-11-10 09:49:31 PM
I thought it was all Chuch's and Popeyes.
 
2011-11-10 09:50:06 PM
Wow, racist subby is racist
 
2011-11-10 09:52:16 PM
Eunuch Provocateur: Wow, racist subby is racist

Not to mention likely illiterate.
 
2011-11-10 09:53:10 PM
jingks: CaptSS: You do realize Compton is 65% Hispanic, right?

Hispanic's don't like fast food?


I meant to reference the Boobiess as they seem slanted towards referencing successful and attractive people. My bad.
 
2011-11-10 09:54:11 PM
Fast food is not the only available junk food. In fact, it's not even the worst. The absolute worst things are candy and sugared drinks, and you can buy those at any convenience store or grocery store (or Walmart or pretty much anywhere).

I remember going into a small convenience store in a poor part of town once. There was this young black kid, probably like 15 or 16, who must have weighed like 250+ pounds and was buying a big wad of chocolate. He was huffing and puffing just standing in line, it was so painful to listen to that I wanted to just grab the chocolate away from him and tell him he was killing himself.
 
2011-11-10 09:54:53 PM
CaptSS: jingks: CaptSS: You do realize Compton is 65% Hispanic, right?

Hispanic's don't like fast food?

I meant to reference the Boobiess as they seem slanted towards referencing successful and attractive people. My bad.


WTF? I typed "first two posts" and it shows up as "boobies?" Misspelled at that???
 
2011-11-10 09:55:32 PM
Probably the same reason that there are more Del Tacos in San Diego and Taco Bells in El Paso than the rest of the country combined.
 
2011-11-10 09:56:08 PM
poor people are fat because their diet mostly consist of bread, bread is cheap, and versital, and also beer
 
2011-11-10 09:57:25 PM
Fifteen years ago, my dad and his wife took a cruise around South America and in the 14 ports their ship stopped at there was always a McDonalds visible. It became a game to them as to who would spot the Golden Arches icon first. McDonalds is everywhere, my Farkfriends.
 
2011-11-10 09:57:39 PM
blondski: It's not really cheaper to eat out so the actually dirt poor people don't do it. Once you enter the middle class you can pay for the convenience of driving through.

Actually dirt poor people do eat at fast food a lot, its amazing to me since its unhealthy and you can cook more cheaply at home then have it last longer.

There are a huge number of fast food joints in poor areas, when we don't feel like cooking we go for hibachi or just go drink at the bar.
 
2011-11-10 09:58:05 PM
CaptSS: WTF? I typed "first two posts" and it shows up as "boobies?" Misspelled at that???

WTF? you been here for 4 years and you havent figured that one out yet?
 
2011-11-10 09:58:32 PM
haywatchthis: poor people are fat because their diet mostly consist of bread, bread is cheap, and versital, and also beer

Poor people are fat because they are lazy
 
2011-11-10 09:58:51 PM
Mugato: I thought it was all Chuch's and Popeyes.

don't say one thing about popeye's you racist sonofabiatch
 
2011-11-10 09:59:45 PM
I don't recall an inordinate number of McDonald's or obese people in Compton.

Appetite and metabolism tends to change when you're on crack and meth.
 
2011-11-10 09:59:58 PM
cksewell: Fifteen years ago, my dad and his wife took a cruise around South America and in the 14 ports their ship stopped at there was always a McDonalds visible. It became a game to them as to who would spot the Golden Arches icon first. McDonalds is everywhere, my Farkfriends.

Don't ever tell that story again. It's awful.
 
2011-11-10 10:00:03 PM
cksewell: Fifteen years ago, my dad and his wife took a cruise around South America and in the 14 ports their ship stopped at there was always a McDonalds visible. It became a game to them as to who would spot the Golden Arches icon first. McDonalds is everywhere, my Farkfriends.

Yeah we went to europe and avoided the mcd's everywhere but we broke down and ate at one in Amsterdam, because the munchies get ya and we didn't want to wait.

God I miss Amsterdam.
 
2011-11-10 10:00:07 PM
You can easily judge the type of people that eat at mcdonalds. 9/10 its mcd's trash thrown out of a car, dumped in a parking lot etc....
Same goes for beer. You never see bottle of black butte porter on the side of a road it's a mgd or coors can/bottle.

/just sayin
 
2011-11-10 10:00:17 PM
steamingpile: haywatchthis: poor people are fat because their diet mostly consist of bread, bread is cheap, and versital, and also beer

Poor people are fat because they are lazy


yea that too
 
2011-11-10 10:01:03 PM
ChuDogg: CaptSS: WTF? I typed "first two posts" and it shows up as "boobies?" Misspelled at that???

WTF? you been here for 4 years and you havent figured that one out yet?


Easy sparky. Apparently I have never typed the magic words to cause this, so I just had my cherry popped. Yes, it happens later in life to some of us!

/hold me
 
2011-11-10 10:01:25 PM
CaptSS: Fast Food Restaurant Locations

Uncheck everything but McDonalds, then start zooming in to LA.


Look at downtown LA
 
2011-11-10 10:01:52 PM
As long as I'm not around the poor and the fat -- I really don't care.
 
2011-11-10 10:01:56 PM
steamingpile: haywatchthis: poor people are fat because their diet mostly consist of bread, bread is cheap, and versital, and also beer

Poor people are fat because they are lazy


I know. If only they got up off their asses and got some exercise. As a bonus it would help reduce unemployment because a certain percentage would get shot in the streets.
 
2011-11-10 10:02:14 PM
CaptSS: CaptSS: jingks: CaptSS: You do realize Compton is 65% Hispanic, right?

Hispanic's don't like fast food?

I meant to reference the Boobiess as they seem slanted towards referencing successful and attractive people. My bad.

WTF? I typed "first two posts" and it shows up as "boobies?" Misspelled at that???


Welcometofark.bmp
 
2011-11-10 10:02:31 PM
CaptSS: Easy sparky. Apparently I have never typed the magic words to cause this, so I just had my cherry popped. Yes, it happens later in life to some of us!

/hold me



First toast!
 
2011-11-10 10:03:36 PM
FTA: "As income rises, so does fast-food consumption, study finds"

So fast food consumption keeps pace with inflation.
 
2011-11-10 10:04:01 PM
Furious Styles explained it all regarding minorities/poor targeted by ads and business placement. Plus, his name is Furious Styles. I can't doubt the name.
 
2011-11-10 10:04:17 PM
peewinkle: Eunuch Provocateur: Wow, racist subby is racist

Not to mention likely illiterate.


And bad at math.

/per capita?
 
2011-11-10 10:06:31 PM
Britney Spear's Speculum: CaptSS: Fast Food Restaurant Locations

Uncheck everything but McDonalds, then start zooming in to LA.

Look at downtown LA


Just between 3rd & 7th... there are 5 McDonalds. And we laugh about Starbucks on every corner.
 
2011-11-10 10:08:26 PM
ChuDogg: I don't believe it. Back in my hey day I dated alot of girls from the ghetto and found it odd they always wanted to eat at Mcdonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, etc. No whey you would get that taking a middle class white girl out. Much easier on the wallet tho.

Seriously though. For the lower classes Fast food is a staple diet. This data is intentionally biased. Social sciences should be held to the same standard as medical sciences. Namely: clinical trials. I'm sure this study was done many times over until the author got the results he wanted.


Carl Johnson would agree, though you sometimes have to dance to Hollywood Swingers
 
2011-11-10 10:09:18 PM
steamingpile: Actually dirt poor people do eat at fast food a lot, its amazing to me since its unhealthy and you can cook more cheaply at home then have it last longer.

The poor eat at fast food more because they're lazy, not because it's cheaper. Duh.
 
2011-11-10 10:09:31 PM
CaptSS: Just between 3rd & 7th... there are 5 McDonalds. And we laugh about Starbucks on every corner.

Yo dawg, I heard you like McDonalds. So we put 5 McDonalds within 4 blocks so you can look at McDonalds while you eat at McDonalds.
 
2011-11-10 10:10:50 PM
the real poor does't eat fast food but does drink beer, and may have a few extre pounds but not farking sit on the couch eat ice cream and potatoe chip obese
 
2011-11-10 10:12:48 PM
blindpreacher: steamingpile: Actually dirt poor people do eat at fast food a lot, its amazing to me since its unhealthy and you can cook more cheaply at home then have it last longer.

The poor eat at fast food more because they're lazy, not because it's cheaper. Duh.


that's the middle class that has just enough money to turn into a stiming pile of shiat
 
2011-11-10 10:13:16 PM
Subby must have never been to Manhattan or seen "Just Supersize Me.". Rent is a bit expensive there, must have had all the Starbucks blocking his view.
 
2011-11-10 10:15:09 PM
haywatchthis: Mugato: I thought it was all Chuch's and Popeyes.

don't say one thing about popeye's you racist sonofabiatch


Hey, I love Popeye's but I'm not going to pretend that I don't fear for my life whenever I try to go to one.
 
2011-11-10 10:16:55 PM
Mugato: haywatchthis: Mugato: I thought it was all Chuch's and Popeyes.

don't say one thing about popeye's you racist sonofabiatch

Hey, I love Popeye's but I'm not going to pretend that I don't fear for my life whenever I try to go to one.


i'll dodge bullets every couple of months for some popeye's
 
2011-11-10 10:19:52 PM
Judy Small wrote and recorded this song in the late 80s.

Every seventeen hours somewhere in the world
The doors are flung wide open the banners are unfurled
The table tops are gleaming the crew are standing by
With uniforms all freshly pressed and a twinkle in their eye

Chorus:
Golden arches across the world
Golden arches across the world
Ronald McDonald is here to say
Some fries with that? Now have a nice day!
Golden arches march across the world

Every seventeen hours from Waikiki to Spain
From Melbourne to Chicago the menu is the same
In Auckland it's a Beg Mec, Le Big in gay Paree
Makudonarudu-San in Tokyo but it's hamburger to me

Chorus

Another true blue nephew of his dear old Uncle Sam
Spreading yankee doodle dandy throughout every land
It's wonderful to travel, to see a place or two
But nicer still to know there's golden arches there for you

Every seventeen hours on every continent
From Africa to Asia golden arches represent
The finest in our young folk, the flag and apple pie
The world will be as one when golden arches fill the sky

Chorus (twice)

"Golden Arches" by Judy Small, from "Home Front"; (c) 1988 Crafy Maid Music, (c) 1990 Larrikin Music Publishing
 
2011-11-10 10:22:28 PM
I actually rolled through Compton while on vacation in LA and it's not that bad.
 
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