Anonymous wrote:I love the "no Mcdonalds but chik-fil-a every week" folks. It's still fast food! Wendy's might be "tastier" than McDonalds, but also, fast food. McDonalds may be the big bad, but it's far from the only bad.

True, but the chicken nuggets (or whatever they call them at Chik-Fil-A) are actual pieces of chicken, unlike McDonald's processed nuggets. Not saying that the breading/frying is healthy, but I'd rather eat a real piece of meat than something that is processed and formed.

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Anonymous wrote:I think you are out of touch, but in a bad way. not having a television in the house?

I have a TV in the house. Two, in fact. I don't turn it on. My other family members love it. I am out of touch with reality TV and all the crap that passes for popular culture. I was always 'out of touch' even as a teen. It's done me nothing but good.

you seem out-of-touch weird to me. no offense. what do you talk about at the water cooler at work? how do you do small-talk? i.e, being completely ignorant with respect to pop-culture is indicative that you may just be a social oddball, and in most walks of life that is not going to be a good thing. depends on your profession I suppose.

My small talk consists of talking to people about their kids and their hobbies, and current events and the weather. I can talk football and college basketball. There are some people who talk about Glee and Dancing with the Stars and The Situation, but not me.

Do you talk about nothing but TV at the water cooler?

how do you watch college sports if there is no tv in your house?

As you can see if you read the quote above carefully, I state," I have a TV in the house. Two, in fact."

love me some Dino Dan. Have learned all about some cool dinosaurs ...

TV: DS = 5 yo. 1/2 hour in the morning and in the evening on weekdays, while I make breakfast and while I cook dinner. More on the weekends. Doesn't really worry me other than I wish DS had a better capacity to entertain himself in other ways.

Fast Food (McDs is really the only we go to because for my DS its really all about the toy). For a while it was once a week on the weekend for lunch but the novelty is wearing off so now its probably about 2X/mo. I don't see any real harm. My son likes his cheesburgers but he also loves chicken, fish, rice an beans at home, veggies, fruit, etc. He gets dessert every night and I'm alway in awe of his ability to eat a few bites of a chocolate cupcake and then tell me he is full and he'll save the rest for tomorrow. All things in moderation I believe.

I love the "no Mcdonalds but chik-fil-a every week" folks. It's still fast food! Wendy's might be "tastier" than McDonalds, but also, fast food. McDonalds may be the big bad, but it's far from the only bad.

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Anonymous wrote:I think you are out of touch, but in a bad way. not having a television in the house?

I have a TV in the house. Two, in fact. I don't turn it on. My other family members love it. I am out of touch with reality TV and all the crap that passes for popular culture. I was always 'out of touch' even as a teen. It's done me nothing but good.

you seem out-of-touch weird to me. no offense. what do you talk about at the water cooler at work? how do you do small-talk? i.e, being completely ignorant with respect to pop-culture is indicative that you may just be a social oddball, and in most walks of life that is not going to be a good thing. depends on your profession I suppose.

My small talk consists of talking to people about their kids and their hobbies, and current events and the weather. I can talk football and college basketball. There are some people who talk about Glee and Dancing with the Stars and The Situation, but not me.

Do you talk about nothing but TV at the water cooler?

how do you watch college sports if there is no tv in your house?

Why are people so angry at the parents who choose not to give fast food and limit (or have no) TV? I've read Fast Food Nation, Omnivore's Dilemma and we all hear in the news about the meat recalls. For me, it is aspirational not to give this food to my kids. The reality of two full-time parents and 2 kids under 3 means that sometimes we eat pizza, taco bell, etc. It's cheap and fast, but it's not like I love doing that and try not to. Why would anybody get mad or hold it against a parent who wants to feed their kid healthy food?

Same with the TV-for me, it is a necessity because I don't have the personality type to engage these kids all the time I am home. It's so nice to turn on Yo Gabba Gabba (which I find annoying but my kids love) and allow me some of my own down time. But I am fully aware that it is probably not the best thing for my kids. I feel less guilty about TV than the fast food though. But, seriously, why all the hate toward the people who limit TV watching. It's insane that people get sooo defensive about their parenting choices and judgmental about others'/

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Anonymous wrote:I think you are out of touch, but in a bad way. not having a television in the house?

I have a TV in the house. Two, in fact. I don't turn it on. My other family members love it. I am out of touch with reality TV and all the crap that passes for popular culture. I was always 'out of touch' even as a teen. It's done me nothing but good.

you seem out-of-touch weird to me. no offense. what do you talk about at the water cooler at work? how do you do small-talk? i.e, being completely ignorant with respect to pop-culture is indicative that you may just be a social oddball, and in most walks of life that is not going to be a good thing. depends on your profession I suppose.

My small talk consists of talking to people about their kids and their hobbies, and current events and the weather. I can talk football and college basketball. There are some people who talk about Glee and Dancing with the Stars and The Situation, but not me.

Do you talk about nothing but TV at the water cooler?

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Anonymous wrote:I think you are out of touch, but in a bad way. not having a television in the house?

I have a TV in the house. Two, in fact. I don't turn it on. My other family members love it. I am out of touch with reality TV and all the crap that passes for popular culture. I was always 'out of touch' even as a teen. It's done me nothing but good.

you seem out-of-touch weird to me. no offense. what do you talk about at the water cooler at work? how do you do small-talk? i.e, being completely ignorant with respect to pop-culture is indicative that you may just be a social oddball, and in most walks of life that is not going to be a good thing. depends on your profession I suppose.

Wait, you need to watch TV to have something to say at the water cooler or to do small talk? I have plenty to talk about with my co-workers (like what's going on in my life, my kids, the news, what I'm reading, people on the metro, whatever). If you feel like you need TV to have something to talk about, I think you might be the social oddball.

Anonymous wrote:Where are all the Chick A Fils people are saying they go to? Full admission that I've never been to one in my life, but my image of them is lowest of the low of fast food, and I only remember seeing them in shopping malls.

Are you kidding? You've never eaten at a Chick Fil A? Delicious! And it started out in the south. So you know it's good!

Almost as good as Zaxbys. Not quite, but almost.

Where are all the Chick A Fils people are saying they go to? Full admission that I've never been to one in my life, but my image of them is lowest of the low of fast food, and I only remember seeing them in shopping malls.

Lots of tv, no McDonalds. Chick-fil-a once every other month or so, but mostly because I want to go there!

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Anonymous wrote:I think you are out of touch, but in a bad way. not having a television in the house?

I have a TV in the house. Two, in fact. I don't turn it on. My other family members love it. I am out of touch with reality TV and all the crap that passes for popular culture. I was always 'out of touch' even as a teen. It's done me nothing but good.

you seem out-of-touch weird to me. no offense. what do you talk about at the water cooler at work? how do you do small-talk? i.e, being completely ignorant with respect to pop-culture is indicative that you may just be a social oddball, and in most walks of life that is not going to be a good thing. depends on your profession I suppose.

I honestly might let him watch more if it didn't turn him into a TV-seeking zombie.

No kidding. I sometimes use the TV to buy myself some free time, and if I do to much, it ends up being a wash -- or a loss. Yeah, I got half an hour to deal with paperwork, but then I had to spend several five-minute blocks saying "No." "Because we're done with screen time for the day." and so on.

Here is an insightful comparison of Chipotle vs McDs:

http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2010/07/06/foodfight-is-a-mcdonald%E2%80%99s-big-mac-healthier-than-a-chipotle-burrito/#comments