# Morgan Spurlock Dies at 53 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033 "2024-05-24T18:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/21 "2024-05-25T15:56:16Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > The “positive” changes being reduced serving sizes and increased prices, and further legislating away people being able to make informed (instead being served misinformation) choices about their diet/purchases. As far as “healthy” options go, there is some subjectivity and individualization and the food pyramid people were probably never that great. McD’s had things like salads and grilled chicken long before his stunt, and in moderation (like most things) a single hamburger or a Big Mac isn’t that terrible and things like Egg McMuffins are probably superior to most at-home breakfasts in the USA. Unfortunately a lot of those things were killed by Covid when they shrunk their menu again. I really like their Cobb salad. With the light dressing it was relatively low calorie and healthy. I of course went the other option often and got the good dressing. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/22 "2024-05-25T17:42:24Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Between that and the rape he confessed to, I think he was a pretty douchey guy. I think he aspired later in life to be less douchey, but I often wonder if his “confession” was trying to get ahead of the story before it broke. > > I still feel kinda bad for him. That sums up how I feel really well. I never liked him and when it was revealed that he’d lied about so much and done such awful things I really despised him. But I also feel somewhat bad for him. Just a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/23 "2024-05-25T19:39:39Z")
(When in the USA) I always supersized. Coke, fries. If they could make a quarter-pounder a half-pounder - do it. That movie kept the UK McD’s from offering the SS option which is definitely why I need to add an ‘X’ to my shirt sizes. They stayed small - I did not. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/24 "2024-05-25T20:02:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > > [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > > > The “positive” changes being reduced serving sizes and increased prices, and further legislating away people being able to make informed (instead being served misinformation) choices about their diet/purchases. As far as “healthy” options go, there is some subjectivity and individualization and the food pyramid people were probably never that great. McD’s had things like salads and grilled chicken long before his stunt, and in moderation (like most things) a single hamburger or a Big Mac isn’t that terrible and things like Egg McMuffins are probably superior to most at-home breakfasts in the USA. > > Unfortunately a lot of those things were killed by Covid when they shrunk their menu again. I really like their Cobb salad. With the light dressing it was relatively low calorie and healthy. I of course went the other option often and got the good dressing. Pre-pandemic, McDonalds had all-day breakfast, which I liked, as the Egg McMuffin is my favorite thing on the menu. But no longer. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/25 "2024-05-25T20:02:54Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Eating nothing but McDonalds for 30 days was just a framing gimmick for an otherwise accurate and informative documentary. What was accurate? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/26 "2024-05-25T20:16:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Pre-pandemic, McDonalds had all-day breakfast, which I liked, as the Egg McMuffin is my favorite thing on the menu. But no longer. They still had them here the last time I checked, but I haven’t been to McD’s in many months. But I imagine that ordering an Egg McMuffin (or better, a Bacon’n’Egg McMuffin) in the middle of the afternoon might get you shunted to the side of the drive-through for longer than normal! But yes, an egg-whatever McMuffin with a cup of coffee is probably one of the healthier things on the menu. OTOH, I can easily make stuff like that at home. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/27 "2024-05-25T20:24:24Z")
The only time I eat McDonalds is when I’m on the road, far from home, so “making stuff like that at home” isn’t an option. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033/28 "2024-05-29T18:37:28Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Pre-pandemic, McDonalds had all-day breakfast, which I liked, as the Egg McMuffin is my favorite thing on the menu. But no longer. > > They still had them here the last time I checked, but I haven’t been to McD’s in many months. But I imagine that ordering an Egg McMuffin (or better, a Bacon’n’Egg McMuffin) in the middle of the afternoon might get you shunted to the side of the drive-through for longer than normal! But yes, an egg-whatever McMuffin with a cup of coffee is probably one of the healthier things on the menu. OTOH, I can easily make stuff like that at home. They had just started all day breakfast here before the pandemic. Covid killed that and it hasn’t come back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morgan-spurlock-dies-at-53/1002033.md?page=1)