« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped  (Read 4149 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline soleil

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2151
  • Reputation: +57/-31
Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« on: August 31, 2010, 06:03:29 PM »
Dude goes off on McDonald's because of Fox news being on. Read please.  I think you'll get a laugh. And I have to say that superduperfarleft nails it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9051231
Logged

Offline SSG Snuggle Bunny

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 23049
  • Reputation: +2233/-269
  • Voted Rookie-of-the-Year, 3 years running
Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2010, 06:14:09 PM »
Quote
El Supremo  (1000+ posts)      Tue Aug-31-10 07:39 PM
Original message
I went to McDonald's to eat their garbage today. I hit the ceiling when I saw that they had a TV...
 that was new and was tuned to Faux News. I totally lost my cool and used bad language such as "It's a ****ing conspiracy! Every place I go to lunch has that ****ing propaganda channel on!"

I'm surprised they didn't call the police. But it worked. They changed it to MSNBC. 

I'm going to part with the typical bouncy critique and say I actually believe this jackass acted like a jackass.

However... he is soon called out for his jackassery.

Quote
ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 07:45 PM
Response to Reply #4
8. totally not the point...
 the point is the OP was an offensive ass in a family restaurant...if my kids had been in earshot the police would have been called.

Quote
ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 07:56 PM
Response to Reply #10
20. offensive ass is a descriptive of the behaviour displayed...
 sorry...but there really is no other way to phrase it...served no point other than to make a scene and probably just pissed off everyone within earshot.

Quote
DainBramaged  (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 08:00 PM
Response to Reply #20
23. Yup, and that mirror you are staring into only shows your image 
 sorry they didn't behave to your liking. Just like the food police, restaurant police, smoking police, food stamps police, you've now become the behavior cop of DU.


We have become pudding, and it's YOUR fault.


"Become"?!?!   :confused:

Quote
superduperfarleft (1000+ posts)      Tue Aug-31-10 10:21 PM
Response to Reply #161
165. He's not talking about Republicans.
 He's talking about the underpaid, over-worked wage slaves in a McDonalds and the random customers who are unfortunate enough to be standing in line to get their Big Macs when some Super Awesome Fantastic Activist loses his shit.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9051231

Mostly it's PJM taking a lot of flak but then there was this:

Quote
Subdivisions  (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 09:58 PM
Original message
All of you who are not ready to fight or are too cowardly in the face of the opposition
 should just stay out of the way. If you're not willing to FIGHT for this country anywhere and anytime, then we don't ****ing need you.

This is no time for cowards who would rather stand down that stand up for our beliefs.

I've seen some astounding cowardice displayed here today all because a guy got sick and tired of seeing fox news everywhere he went and decided to make a scene about it. It's an acceptable form of protest.

I salute you, El Supremo. At least you are not afraid to fight back. Thank you. 

Quote
flvegan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 10:14 PM
Response to Original message
7. The irony of a tirade against Fox in a McDonald's.
 (facepalm)

I beg to differ. It was not a tirade; as a tirade is at least marginally coherent.

What el supremo had was a tantrum.

Quote
Starbucks Anarchist  (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 10:15 PM
Response to Original message
8. Because going apeshit over Fox News at a McDonald's seems normal.
 I didn't realize it put someone in the pantheon of civil-rights heroes.

Quote
madinmaryland  (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 10:16 PM
Response to Original message
10. Un-reccing for the inanity of this post. Screaming at a bunch of innocent
 minimum wage earners makes you a tough guy!!

Quote
Subdivisions  (1000+ posts)        Tue Aug-31-10 10:24 PM
Response to Reply #13
16. If we're going to win in Nov, we don't need the help of weak-assed pansies. n/t

 
Quote
deaniac21 (1000+ posts)      Tue Aug-31-10 10:29 PM
Response to Reply #16
19. No, we need very strong petunias!


You win the internets for a day.

Quote
TK421  (1000+ posts)      Tue Aug-31-10 10:28 PM
Response to Original message
17. This didn't accomplish anything...it only made the person look like a psycho
 if I was sitting in a McDonald's ( which is rare ) and Fox news was on I wouldn't let it interfere with my meal...would you? Ridiculous...absolutely ridiculous...

Even more ridiculous to throw a tantrum like that in front of others who were not in the least bit interested in what was on the TV...and all they wanted was a Big Mac...IN PEACE, but apparently THAT is too ****ing much to ask for these days, isn't it? ISN'T IT?!!

Really...think about this why don't you? and think about how counterproductive this persons reaction was at a fast-food restaurant and what it made them look like to others...what was the supposed message to be sent there, hmmm?

I BELIEVE IN THE PRINCIPLE, BUT THE METHOD STINKS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9052201

What is the world coming to when even DU busts your balls for having a hysterical meltdown over FOX News?
Logged
According to the Bible, "know" means "yes."

Offline soleil

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2151
  • Reputation: +57/-31
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2010, 06:15:51 PM »
Yours is better than mine. I posted about it, but I don't know how to highlight certain posts!! It is full of win though!!  :-)
Logged

Offline soleil

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2151
  • Reputation: +57/-31
Re: This thread is just full of win!
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2010, 06:17:31 PM »
I guess this can be deleted. Mr Snuggle Bunny's post is better than mine!  :p
Logged

Offline JohnnyReb

  • In Memoriam
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 32063
  • Reputation: +1997/-134
Re: This thread is just full of win!
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2010, 06:19:43 PM »
Damn! That's a long one..... :lmao:....Keep up the good work Fox News.....to hell with the polar bears and global warming....DUmmies will be extinct by November.
Logged
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940, 1944 and 1948

"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within."  Stalin

Offline Ballygrl

  • Lipstick Renegade
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14934
  • Reputation: +983/-120
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2010, 06:21:20 PM »
I don't know of 1 McDonalds that has a TV, I call :bs:.
Logged
Quote
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats

Offline SSG Snuggle Bunny

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 23049
  • Reputation: +2233/-269
  • Voted Rookie-of-the-Year, 3 years running
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2010, 06:24:45 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on August 31, 2010, 06:21:20 PM
I don't know of 1 McDonalds that has a TV, I call :bs:.

Actually, I've seen a few and yes, they have been tuned to FOX.

Of course the volume has been turned down so all it does is serve as a moving picture.

At least the FOX news-babes are--well--babes.
Logged
According to the Bible, "know" means "yes."

Offline LC EFA

  • Hickus Australianus
  • In Memoriam
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4527
  • Reputation: +414/-33
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2010, 06:27:31 PM »
Why the hell is he going into McD's (who last i checked were one of those evil rich-mega-multinational companies) when he admits their food is crap ?

Logged

Offline crockspot

  • In Memoriam
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1985
  • Reputation: +80/-7
  • Bite me, libs.
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2010, 06:44:49 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on August 31, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
Actually, I've seen a few and yes, they have been tuned to FOX.

Of course the volume has been turned down so all it does is serve as a moving picture.

At least the FOX news-babes are--well--babes.

I've seen TVs in the McDonald's around Montreal, but they are tuned to CNN. They weren't allowing Fox News on the Quebec cable systems at that time, maybe not still, and maybe not Canada wide.

The one cool thing about McD's in Quebec was, they use freshly chopped onions instead of the dried reconstituted ones.
Logged

Offline Ballygrl

  • Lipstick Renegade
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14934
  • Reputation: +983/-120
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2010, 06:46:08 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on August 31, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
Actually, I've seen a few and yes, they have been tuned to FOX.

Of course the volume has been turned down so all it does is serve as a moving picture.

At least the FOX news-babes are--well--babes.

I'm very surprised to hear that some McDonalds have TV's.
Logged
Quote
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats

Offline soleil

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2151
  • Reputation: +57/-31
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2010, 06:56:29 PM »
Really what others have on their TVs is a non-issue for me. Unless it is just blatantly disgusting, then who am I to say anything? What if the majority of those there wanted Fox on? I guess I can just ignore it better than others. And no, I don't watch Fox news. I don't watch MSNBC either. I probably wouldn't have even noticed the tv myself. BUT if I did have a huge problem with what was on, there is this thing called tact, and that is how you deal with things in a proper manner.
« Last Edit: August 31, 2010, 07:03:44 PM by soleil »
Logged

Offline jukin

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15751
  • Reputation: +1724/-170
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2010, 07:01:53 PM »
If, and that's a big if, true then the DUchebag pushed a bunch of independents to the republican camp.
Logged
When you are the beneficiary of someone’s kindness and generosity, it produces a sense of gratitude and community.

When you are the beneficiary of a policy that steals from someone and gives it to you in return for your vote, it produces a sense of entitlement and dependency.

Offline true_blood

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6221
  • Reputation: +652/-817
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2010, 07:03:35 PM »
From the link above;
El Supremo  (1000+ posts)      Tue Aug-31-10 07:39 PM
Original message
I went to McDonald's to eat their garbage today. I hit the ceiling when I saw that they had a TV...

So,...it is true. Garbage sticks with garbage!! :bird: :censored:
Logged

Offline AllosaursRus

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11672
  • Reputation: +424/-293
  • Skip Tracing by Contract Only!
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2010, 07:29:19 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on August 31, 2010, 06:27:31 PM
Why the hell is he going into McD's (who last i checked were one of those evil rich-mega-multinational companies) when he admits their food is crap ?



Don't let 'em fool ya! Most DUmmies work at McDucks! He's prolly the guy who had to turn it to FOX!
Logged
I'm the guy your mother warned you about!
 

Offline NHSparky

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24431
  • Reputation: +1278/-617
  • Where are you going? I was gonna make espresso!
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #14 on: August 31, 2010, 07:59:32 PM »
Quote
Grateful for Hope  DU Moderator Donating Member  (1000+ posts)  Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Tue Aug-31-10 08:14 PM
Response to Original message
252. We are locking this
   
It is consensus that this thread is inflammatory.

Thanks for your understanding,
Grateful For Hope
For the DU Moderators



D'OH!!!
Logged
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”  -Henry Ford

Offline IassaFTots

  • In WTF-istan, I am considered a
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13972
  • Reputation: +768/-274
  • Oh well, I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway.
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2010, 08:06:30 PM »
Quote from: crockspot on August 31, 2010, 06:44:49 PM
I've seen TVs in the McDonald's around Montreal, but they are tuned to CNN. They weren't allowing Fox News on the Quebec cable systems at that time, maybe not still, and maybe not Canada wide.

The one cool thing about McD's in Quebec was, they use freshly chopped onions instead of the dried reconstituted ones.

yum.
Logged
R.I.P. LC and Crockspot.  Miss you guys.

The infinite is possible at zombocom.  www.zombo.com

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ~ Martin Luther King
 
“Political Correctness is about turning a blind eye to painful reality because your comfortable feelings are more important to you than saving lives and providing quality of life to people who work their ass off to be productive and are a benefit to this great American Dream"  ~Ted Nugent

Offline Chris_

  • Little Lebowski Urban Achiever
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 46845
  • Reputation: +2028/-266
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #16 on: August 31, 2010, 08:08:48 PM »
About half of the McD's around here have TVs in them and they're almost always on CNN.
Logged
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

Offline NHSparky

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24431
  • Reputation: +1278/-617
  • Where are you going? I was gonna make espresso!
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #17 on: August 31, 2010, 08:14:59 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on August 31, 2010, 08:08:48 PM
About half of the McD's around here have TVs in them and they're almost always on CNN.

Say one thing for McD's, they get those people OUT FAST.
Logged
“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”  -Henry Ford

Offline USA4ME

  • Evil Capitalist
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14589
  • Reputation: +2286/-76
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2010, 08:22:03 PM »
Some funny stuff.

Quote from:
superduperfarleft

80. I'm reading this subthread and thinking, "Are we really talking about screaming the f-word in the middle of a McDonald's?"

Looks like a couple of posters need to cut down on their caffeine intake, or get a punching bag, or something.

Quote from:
sailor65
Response to Reply #80

91. Yeah, sadly that's what we're talking about.
 
And my entry into the thread was pointing out that we seem to have a surge lately of what I call the "Look what a hero I am....." threads. "I flipped out in the McDonald's/Checkout Line/Department store..... and boy did I show them! They didn't dare stand up to me!"

The last week or so seems to have produced a bunch of these. I wondered whether we had started a contest or something. This one does have a whole lot of anger in it, though.

They're called "bouncys."  Feel free to use the term on the island.

Quote from:
superduperfarleft
Response to Reply #91

96. Nevermind the fact that 99% of these are total Internet Tough Guy BS.

People that are truly this unhinged are rarely let out in public without their mittens tied to their coats.

Quote from:
Bonhomme Richard

85. What I find interesting is that they put on MSNBC because they assume you are a liberal and they also assume that MSNBC is liberal news.

Quote from:
crazyjoe
Response to Reply #85

104. good catch, El Dopey is full of it

Yeah, I noticed the switch to PMSNBC as being fishy, too.  Several call the OP a liar.

The DainBramaged and Subdivisions primitives go bonkers on that thread and get into their internet tough guy routine.  Notice they have yet to post their real names, addresses, and phone numbers so they can be tested on just how tough they really are.

.


Logged
Because third world peasant labor is a good thing.

Offline AllosaursRus

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11672
  • Reputation: +424/-293
  • Skip Tracing by Contract Only!
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2010, 08:50:07 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on August 31, 2010, 08:06:30 PM
yum.

Anybody who would eat onions would eat............

Sorry, I just think they are the nastiest things one can put in their mouth!

"Toots" loves the things, I refuse to get near her afterward! At least until she washes the damn things off her lips and breath!

ONIONS! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYUUUUUUUUUUUUck!

My latest grand daughter eats 'em right off the cuttin' board! I tell her they're nasty! Don't matter! Must be a Nana Kid!
Logged
I'm the guy your mother warned you about!
 

Offline Ballygrl

  • Lipstick Renegade
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14934
  • Reputation: +983/-120
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #20 on: August 31, 2010, 08:54:07 PM »
Quote
sailor65
Response to Reply #80

91. Yeah, sadly that's what we're talking about.
 
And my entry into the thread was pointing out that we seem to have a surge lately of what I call the "Look what a hero I am....." threads. "I flipped out in the McDonald's/Checkout Line/Department store..... and boy did I show them! They didn't dare stand up to me!"

The last week or so seems to have produced a bunch of these. I wondered whether we had started a contest or something. This one does have a whole lot of anger in it, though.

Oh my! so the DU is thinking these type of threads are either started by moles or are :bouncy:?
Logged
Quote
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats

Offline Ballygrl

  • Lipstick Renegade
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14934
  • Reputation: +983/-120
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #21 on: August 31, 2010, 08:55:04 PM »
Quote
Grateful for Hope    (1000+ posts)             Tue Aug-31-10 08:14 PM
Response to Original message
252. We are locking this
   
It is consensus that this thread is inflammatory.

Thanks for your understanding,
Grateful For Hope
For the DU Moderators

:lmao:
Logged
Quote
"The nation that couldn’t be conquered by foreign enemies has been conquered by its elected officials" odawg Free Republic in reference to the GOP Elites who are no difference than the Democrats

Offline Airwolf

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11547
  • Reputation: +615/-163
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2010, 10:09:00 PM »
The McDonalds around here in the Omaha Area have TV's and all of them I have seen have Fox News on them but little or no sound. They sometimes have a smaller TV with kids programing on it, I wonder if the kids in that McDonalds thought crazy boy was talking about their TV's? And another thing I want to mention. With all the high profile shootings in fast food resturants the last thing I would want to do is start screaming and becoming the center of someones attention ,might lead to some kind of injury.
Logged
MOLON LABE

"Someday, when all your civilization and science are likewise swept away, your kind will pray for a man with a sword."-- Conan the Barbarian

Clint Eastwood - Because God wanted Chuck Norris to have nightmares.

"I am not a Number,I am a free man"

"He's my hero, you don't put away your heros, you honor them!"

Offline Chris_

  • Little Lebowski Urban Achiever
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 46845
  • Reputation: +2028/-266
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2010, 10:27:19 PM »
Yeah.. and I've gone into Dunkin Donuts and CNN was on their television.  I didn't start freaking out and throwing a fit about it.  I just didn't look at that television, ordered my caramel iced latte and went on my merry way.

Next time get food at Dunkin Donuts.  I've seen Fox News on so many televisions.  It actually surprised me to see CNN on for once.  lol

This guy needs to get off his period.
Logged
If you want to worship an orange pile of garbage with a reckless disregard for everything, get on down to Arbys & try our loaded curly fries.

Offline vlad335

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 197
  • Reputation: +19/-3
Re: Anti-FOX tantrum in McDonald's Bouncy doesn't pan-out way author hoped
« Reply #24 on: August 31, 2010, 11:22:37 PM »
Never once have I felt the need to have the channel changed on a public TV. However, all true lefties see Fox news displayed in a public place as a direct threat that must be silenced. Why is that?

Now all this time I thought we were the fascists.
Logged
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »