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Say hello to Australia’s canniest marketer.
Over the past ten years, Aussies have had every reason to turn their noses up at Maccas.
We started to get more worried about our waistlines. Maccas and the fast food industry got the blame. We became more sophisticated in our taste in food. Mickey D’s isn’t the place you go for a guava and custard apple snow egg. And we’re a nation of caffeine addicts. So we weren’t lovin’ the shortage of short blacks.
But when confronted with every fear we’ve had that could’ve damaged their business, McDonald’s have made sure that our Happy Meals still make us happy.
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I can feel the prod of pitchforks, the heat of flaming torches and suction of rampant breast pumps to nether regions already, but here goes.
A. I am no prude, and
B. I’m not a woman, so
C. I’ve never had a baby (Where’s the fetus going to gestate? You going to keep it in a box?”) So obviously therefore,
D. I’ve never breastfed.
There. A few disclaimers to hopefully delay said prodding, heat and suction. I understand the evolutionary purpose of breasts, that they shouldn’t be sexualized, I get the whole feeding is natural, women shouldn’t be ashamed, blah blah, I get and concur with all of that.
What I don’t get and strongly un-concur with is why a woman would choose to graphically breastfeed her baby in a crowded city café at lunchtime (ours as well as the baby’s apparently).
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mark says:
Imagine my surprise…. wandering through a major city in the Islamic Republic of Iran. A woman is sitting on a seat in the street - breastfeeding (shock, horror!) this isn’t some poor street dweller, we’re dealing with a middle class woman, sorta covering herself while she does what she has… Read more »
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Cate says:
Why are we even discussing this? This is what the world has become. Everything is extreme. I can’t keep up with what goes on. I don’t encourage it. I simply go the equanimity path. Whatever. Nothing surprises me much anymore, but apparently there is much more to come so my… Read more »
Recently I was out for dinner with friends and the bread basket duly arrived. It was a cracker: lovely thick slices of sourdough – some studded with olives, others with caramelised garlic. Next to it was a generous slab of butter and a bowl of gorgeous, grassy olive oil.
But here’s the thing – no one touched it. Even the men. Like me, my companions were all famished, but that innocuous wicker basket may as well have been a nuclear reactor, such was the contempt and suspicion that greeted it.
When did bread get such a bad rap?
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notSue says:
Coeliac disease (a malabsorption syndrome affecting the gut lining, cause by an allergy to gluten) and gluten intolerance (bloating and pain caused by gluten) are quite prevalent in society these days, it’s true. However, the cause of the rising statistics has, as far as I’m aware, not been pinpointed. From… Read more »
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Kirk says:
What utter rubbish. The “human body was not built to digest grains”?? Three things: (a) Every heard of fibre? The indigestible parts of plants are vital to human health - cleaning out the gut, preventing bowel cancer and “have been shown to benefit diabetes, blood cholesterol levels and weight control”.… Read more »
It’s a scary thought, knowing that you have no idea where your food has come from. It may look and taste like you would expect, but it may not have been created the conventional way.
Genetically modified foods are weaselling their way into the diets of unsuspecting Australians. That is, any food product that includes genetically modified organisms.
While there are some labelling laws in place to help consumers identify genetically modified (GM) food products, there are still many instances where the public remain oblivious.
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Joe West says:
Amazing reading this articles response from readers. Do we all accept now in November of 2010 that GM foods are straight out poison or do we still need more research? Read more »
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anna says:
I remember watching that documentary about the dogs how they are being farmed for looks that they can barely walk. Most used to look extremely different to how they are today. Just look at a pug dog it didn’t used to look like that before animal organizations like the one… Read more »
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