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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
What's worse than a Hummer? McDonalds selling toy Hummers to kids.
Ya know, I'm not a fan of huge corporations. I'm not saying they are all bad, but really the entire idea of a company that large is set up for failure and corruption. Corporations have the rights of people but about a million times the resources at their disposal. That's scary stuff. Things get particularly complicated when corporations combine forces, whether for a simple marketing gimmick or a huge lobbying campaign.
Two particularly nasty corporations are McDonald's (makers of cheap, overly-processed, factory-farmed garbage that is helping fuel our lovely obesity epidemic) and General Motors (makers of really heavy, gas guzzling SUVs including the behemoth HUMMER). Guess what McDonald's is enticing kids with in their Happy Meals? Toy HUMMERs.
Well, regardless of your thoughts on this, why not have a little fun while telling McDonald's & GM just what you think of them on RonaldMcHummer.com. You can learn about why HUMMERS are less than savory for the environment and kids themselves and create your own McDonald's sign and send it to Mc-D's. I went for the long-winded but passionate approach for the first picture. It's not likely that I will ever set foot in McDonald's again (if I'm lucky) so they're not really losing any business from me... but promoting gas-guzzling cars as "cool" and "fun" to impressionable youngsters while filling them full of chemical-laden, cruelly-produced processed crap is just about as low as it gets. So I had to say something. Come on! Do it for the kids!
My second attempt at a sign is a philosophy I've developed over the years by observing men that drive huge SUVs simply because they are cool or make them look macho (i.e. people that definitely don't need that gas-guzzler): they seem to be compensating for something. As I always say, the bigger the truck, the smaller the dick. Hehehe.
Be sure to check out the other signs that people have created and vote for your favorites. I think my fave is "Would You Like a War With That?" Other classics include "Destroying the Planet, One Burger at a Time" and "Supersize Your Ecological Footprint Today!" Making fun of corporations sure is fun, and as I have found out in recent years, boycotting companies you don't agree with is quite satisfying as well.
Labels: activism, art/culture, corpo-consumerism, environment/sustainability
I used to get so amused when guys would race by in their sportscar or hummer - every once in a while when they were really obnoxious about it, I'd yell "you must have a very large penis" at the car as it roared past.
Good blog. I just linked to it :)
LOL!
& thanks for the link :)
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