Burger King's "Proud Whopper" Heart Warming Gay Pride Promotion

[Jingthing]

“we are all the same inside”

Good stuff!

The promotion.

Not the burger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBkAAortU_g

Sorry if you want one.

It's only in one location in ... you guessed it ... SAN FRANCISCO.

On a non-gay note, a recent survey indicated the least liked fast food burger in the USA is McDonalds.They're NOT LOVIN' it!

On a less heart warming note, imagine if Burger King served a PROUD WHOPPER at a location in Moscow. They would be subject to ARREST for gay propaganda.

Also in fairness, it doesn't take big cajones to do this in San Francisco during Pride time. Why not a NATIONAL release during Gay Pride month?

[onthemoon]

On a non-gay note, a recent survey indicated the least liked fast food burger in the USA is McDonalds.bah.gif They're NOT LOVIN' it!

Citation? Reference?

[sustento]

Proud whopper? They been looking down my trousers again?

[Jingthing]

On a non-gay note, a recent survey indicated the least liked fast food burger in the USA is McDonalds.bah.gif They're NOT LOVIN' it!

Citation? Reference?

Frankly, I saw a news report about this quite recently, but I don't recall the source, couldn't find it quickly on google, so in this case you'll just have to take MY WORD on my recollection about this. Or not. Up2U.

[Jingthing]

Proud whopper? They been looking down my trousers again?

I call mine Dmitri.

[onthemoon]

On a non-gay note, a recent survey indicated the least liked fast food burger in the USA is McDonalds.bah.gif They're NOT LOVIN' it!

Citation? Reference?

Frankly, I saw a news report about this quite recently, but I don't recall the source, couldn't find it quickly on google, so in this case you'll just have to take MY WORD on my recollection about this. Or not. Up2U.

That's a big decision and an important choice in my life.

[Jingthing]

On a non-gay note, a recent survey indicated the least liked fast food burger in the USA is McDonalds.bah.gif They're NOT LOVIN' it!

Citation? Reference?

Frankly, I saw a news report about this quite recently, but I don't recall the source, couldn't find it quickly on google, so in this case you'll just have to take MY WORD on my recollection about this. Or not. Up2U.

That's a big decision and an important choice in my life.

Contrary to stereotype, THIS American gets sarcasm!

[sustento]

Proud whopper? They been looking down my trousers again?

I call mine Dmitri.

I call mine all the time but he ignores me completely and does just what he wants.

[Jingthing]

That's a big decision and an important choice in my life.

Not entirely certain if this is the SAME report about American's lowest opinion of McD's burgers that I had recalled, but the result tells the same story:

The titans of American fast food are in for a supersized reality check. KFC, Taco Bell and McDonald’s were slammed as the worst in their categories—chicken sandwich, burrito and burger, respectively—according to the latest exhaustive survey of American fast-food chains conducted by Consumer Reports.

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/09/which_fast_food_chain_makes_the_worst_burger_in_the_u_s_partner/

http://static3.consumerreportscdn.org/content/dam/cro/magazine-articles/2014/August/CRM_Consumer_Reports_Taste_Champs_08-14.jpg

[kurnell]

Don't you hate it when you're in the toilet at McDonalds and the bloke next to you has a quarter pounder and you've only got a junior burger?

[onthemoon]

That's a big decision and an important choice in my life.

Not entirely certain if this is the SAME report about American's lowest opinion of McD's burgers that I had recalled, but the result tells the same story:

The titans of American fast food are in for a supersized reality check. KFC, Taco Bell and McDonald’s were slammed as the worst in their categories—chicken sandwich, burrito and burger, respectively—according to the latest exhaustive survey of American fast-food chains conducted by Consumer Reports.

CRM_Consumer_Reports_Taste_Champs_08-14.jpg

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/09/which_fast_food_chain_makes_the_worst_burger_in_the_u_s_partner/

http://static3.consumerreportscdn.org/content/dam/cro/magazine-articles/2014/August/CRM_Consumer_Reports_Taste_Champs_08-14.jpg

I'm not surprised about McDonald's (I don't know much about the other categories).

You are mistaken if you think that McDonald's sell burgers. They would have been bankrupt a long time ago if that were their product. They sell an experience, they sell lifestyle. That's what they mean when they say "I'm loving it" - "it" is not the burger but the experience. They also particularly target young children (who get Dopamin from all the fat in the food) with the clown Ronald McDonald doing tricks in the "restaurant", or special kids' birthday parties, so that the kids come back all the time during their whole lives, only remembering that they were happy ("loving it") when they were kids.

And that works. Maybe we should move this to the Marketing forum, though.

[sustento]

Don't you hate it when you're in the toilet at McDonalds and the bloke next to you has a quarter pounder and you've only got a junior burger?

[Jingthing]

And now for some entirely predictable burger-lash: