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McDonald's UK CEO Blames Video Games for Childhood Obesity
BoingBoing is reporting that Steve Eaterbrook, McDonald's UK CEO, says that video games are leading the charge in obesity. He does have the decency to at least admit fatty foods are a part of the problem, but points the finger at interactive games for keeping kids indoors and not out burning off energy. "According to The Times, McDonalds UK is 'on the brink of its best year for two decades'. The firm has enjoyed six per cent like-for-like sales growth in the last year. More than 88 million visits were made to McDonald's restaurants last month, up 10 million on the previous year." Don't forget, we have known for ages that video games make us fat and mean.
Violent diarrhea maybe...
He must not have heard of the Wii ;)
Just -1, Troll talking to another.
The tobacco industry claimed that great sex causes lung cancer.
1) Philip Morris say video games are promoting smoking among children.
2) KKK Grand Wizard says video games are making children racist.
3) Exxon-Mobil says video games make children averse to renewable energy.
4) McDonald's CEO is a peen.
I like basketball!!1!
In a statement made by the United Video Game Designers of the UK, stated ...
"Clearly our reliance on fast food, particularly McDonald's, has caused us to become unimaginative and lackluster in our new game designs. By buying initially from the value menu and then going to super sized items we have replicated this trained up-sell response in our own games. We haven't made an original game since Doom. We even tried watching Super Size Me 10 times, but that only made one designer go completely mad and make a copy of Burger Time. We can only hope that McDonald's changes the way they sell food items so that we can again create new and innovative games that people around the world will become lethargic blobs of goo playing. Thank you."
Actually, seeing as AIDS (or rather HIV) is a sexually transmitted disease I'd say videogames are doing a great deal to fight AIDS.
Slashdot, of course, does far more.
It does when it's 1 minute past breakfast and I'm trying to get an egg McMuffin.
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