Happy Meals - the fucking bullshit we've always known them to be.‏

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/12/15/con-mcdonalds-suit.html

While I agree with the comments by some that the responsibility of children's health lies with parents, kids are relentless in demanding something they really want. You only need to give in once and it'll be etched in their minds, because that's how their marketing works. It's designed to rope children in and it's fucking manipulative.


I think it's completely appropriate to have laws in place to prevent corporations from using manipulative marketing practices to induce people to buy their products.

And if the plaintaiffs can show that the toys exist specifically to induce kids to get their parents to take them there (which I know has always been the singular reason they offer toys), then I'd love to see them take them to the cleaners, because there's apparently a law in the county where they are suing that appears to forbid this.

And on that note, I'd rather take our kids to an Applebees before ever stepping into a McDonalds dump again.