Gizmodo posted a video done by a New Yorker named Sally Davies who bought a McDonalds Happy Meal, left it uncovered on her table and took a picture of it every day for 6 months. Here it is. (Clicking will take you to another page, but then come right back and we’ll chat about it):
Listen, we all know that McDonalds is gross. We’ve all seen Super Size Me, some of us even twice in the theater because we inexplicably lied and said that we hadn’t seen it because we didn’t want to argue about what movie to see and it seemed like less of a hassle to sit through a documentary that makes one physically ill rather than just go and look up other movies. (Bad decision, obviously. DAMN YOU, SPURLOCK!) But we continue to eat it, especially when we’re hung over and driving back from a wedding and it seems like a delicious road side option. And it is. It is so delicious. We eat it at our own risk and, thus far, I THINK I’m OK. Clearly if you eat it three times a day, every day for a month (SPURLOCK!) you’ll have issues. Speaking of food lasting for a long time, I have a tin of sardines in my cupboard that I’ve had for about 6 months. I do not think that’s OK either. It’s probably not OK. Wait, I’m gonna throw that out right now…I’m back.
Anyway, I still find this video interesting, but more as a work of art. The meal is frozen in time. It’s like that Damien Hirst shark, except it would never have to be replaced. Because it would never decompose. (Incidentally, that piece of art is also the reference for my most pretentious headline to date. See above).
Honestly, the grossest part about this for me is that Ms. Davies left food out in the open in her NYC apartment. That makes me want to die. Do you know how gross New York City is? It’s so gross. Rats, cockroaches, mice, silverfish. They all want to eat our food and then us and then our belongings and sometimes they just want to hang out. So, rather than prove a point that has already been made (SPURLOCK!), I think Ms. Davies should’ve just enjoyed her Happy Meal and moved right along.
