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gravity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 11:17 PM
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Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality
Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar




KFC Famous Bowl




Burger King Whopper




More: http://www.thewvsr.com/adsvsreality.htm
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 11:46 PM
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1. Eeeww. The ads look foul enough
Edited on Sun Apr-22-07 11:46 PM by depakid
But the real "food" looks like something out of "Steve! Don't eat it!"

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:18 AM
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8. spent a half-hour laugh my ass off at this guys writing...
that is a funny site...
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-22-07 11:49 PM
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2. Would you like shellac for your fries?
Edited on Sun Apr-22-07 11:50 PM by GoddessOfGuinness
:rofl:
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 12:02 AM
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3. Stunt burgers.
;-)

all of those pics are very unappetizing to me.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:31 AM
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4. I have a hard time telling the difference between the KFC bowl before and after
I eat one.......
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:44 AM
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5. no kidding. It does look like before/after pics.
x(

what begins in a bowl, ends in a bowl.
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:05 AM
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7. It's perfect for mountain climbers!
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:03 AM
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6. Are you trying to tell me that the ads don't show the actual product?
Dang, it's a good thing that I don't eat at Burger King and KFC (though I have been known to make a few Arby's trips). I much prefer the supermarket sushi from both the King's and Wegmans near my office, The Fresh Market when I'm at home. It looks good, and tastes good as well.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:19 AM
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9. The ads do show the actual product (they have to), but it's been "styled."
Food stylists are the ones who make sure the food looks "pretty" and is placed just so.

Personally, the first picture I saw - the ad pic of the beef 'n' cheddar - made me gag.
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:59 AM
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10. That's why I don't eat fast food.
:puke: Nasty stuff.

Ever notice the ads for fast food don't even mention any more that their food tastes better than the competition.
All they talk about is costing less money.
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IA_Seth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 10:31 AM
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11. Holy shit this guy is hilarious!
http://www.thewvsr.com/fastfood.htm

KFC - If there's anything more disgusting than biting into a piece of "fried" chicken and having half a quart of hot water (or something) roll down your chin, I don't know what it is. KFC is fuckin' grotesque. Hard, deep-fried grease shells, "water," snapping veins, people sucking marrow out of shiny bones, great sheets of animal skin hanging from the corner of glistening mouths... it's like something out of a Dean Koontz novel. This is a place for people not fully evolved to exercise their basic animal instincts, and indulge in a bloody feeding frenzy. It gives me the creeps just thinking about it. Oh sure, I'm a proud carnivore and everything, but I'm not a fucking dingo! I just experienced a full-body shiver. Shit! D

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I am laughin my ass off here.


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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 02:53 PM
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12. I find that
irritating...



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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 03:04 PM
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13. That famous bowl looks like one of the most disgusting things ever created...
:puke:
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 03:06 PM
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14. They really don't look that different to me.
Yeah, the real ones have big thumbprints in them. And they're not professionally lit. But you basically get what's in the picture.

This guy should do the same for microwavable dinners.
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