Like a Fat Kid Loves McDonald's

Sometimes, I hear funny sayings like..."I love you like a fat kid loves ice cream". What does that even mean? "I love you like a fat kid loves McDonald's".

Does that mean McDonald's is making all these kids fat? ON PURPOSE? What evil plot is this? Just kidding. No, but really, it's absurd that The Center for Science in the Public Interest blames the little toys in Happy Meals for the increasing number of child obesity.

I remember as a kid, I liked those cool little toys in Happy Meals. It didn't call to me and say, "ASHTYN. COME GET ME. AND EAT THESE LITTLE CHICKEN MCNUGGETS, TOO." I just wanted the toys. It just happened to come with my lunch. I'm pretty sure that even without those little toys, kids would be eating just as many hamburgers, french fries, and chicken nuggets as they do now. The toys? Now that I'm seventeen - they're just advertisement for movies and t.v. shows and games. Yes, after watching "How to Train Your Dragon," it's cool to have all the matching dragon toys from McDonald's, but it's the parents' faults if they take their child to McDonald's and buy them the meal, that happens to come with the toy.

Nobody is forcing people to eat junk/fast food. People are free to make a choice. No matter how much psychology you analyze or habits of mankind you study, it really just comes down to the person who is making the choice to eat a giant hamburger.

So, let's all stop blaming the cool toys. We all know that those McDonald's chicken McNuggets are pretty dang good.