Do the people who claim they hate McDonald's really dislike the food, or is their distaste about something deeper?
I try not to judge people based on superficial traits, viewpoints or ideas. You like Marvel movies? Fine. I’m sure you have plenty of other good qualities that make up for that small flaw. But there are a few that cross the line for me: Not being obsessed with cats. Not preferring train over other forms of transit. And, perhaps most importantly, not liking McDonald’s.McDonald’s.
Who I do judge, though, are the people who claim not to like the food the ubiquitous chain is known for. I’m sorry, but I just don’t buy it. The food at McDonald’s has been designed to taste as good as possible; there are scientists whose literal job it is to make sure you want to take another bite of your Big Mac. McDonald’s food is at the height of: It’s so full of salt, fat and sugar that our bodies struggle to turn it down.
It’s not that I want to encourage people to eat mass-produced fast food on the regular, but when I hear someone say they think food from McDonald’s is gross, it raisesalarm bells for me. McDonald’s is affordable, convenient and accessible for many people who don’t have a lot of other options. For some, this level of accessibility is something to look down upon, to mock, to ridicule. To admit that you too enjoy McDonald’s is to associate yourself with something that poor people enjoy.
If someone’s disgust at McDonald’s doesn’t fit into the classist category, it probably fits into the fatphobic one. By this point, I don’t think anybody is under the delusion that the chain is serving up anything particularly healthy. But people can enjoy a calorically dense meal from time to time if they want to. In fact, they can do it for every meal if they’re so inclined, whether they’re stick thin or very fat.
Maybe there are valid reasons for disliking the way the food at McDonald’s tastes. Perhaps some people don’t like juicy burgers, salty fries and sugar-spiked McFlurries. If you’re someone who falls into that category, I guess you just have bad taste, and bad taste is not a moral failing. But otherwise, if you’re the kind of person who talks about McDonald’s food as if it’s deeply unappetizing, maybe you should think more critically about why you feel that way.
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