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This article is sparse with “more details soon”; Wikipedia seems up to date with a recent obituary reference; https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/morgan-...

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> By the end of the experiment, Spurlock claimed that he gained 25 pounds and suffered from depression and liver dysfunction.

Important to note that the man was hiding alcoholism at the time.

That site could do to mention his admission to decades of chronic alcoholism in his “MeToo” letter, which of course void the results of his Super Size Me study, in which the doctors repeatedly said he had liver damage “consistent with years of alcohol abuse”, which he then pinned on the McDonalds.

I for one am pissed that his fraudulent hit piece has made it impossible for more than one person to get SuperSize options and share them, resulting in potentially less overall calories than multiple other orders, along with cost savings and less work for the employees.

> piece has made it impossible for more than one person to get SuperSize options and share them

They sell extra large sizes that are basically the same and can still upgrade to it. They just dont call it "supersize" any more or directly offer it. Well, at least the McDs I go to once in a while doesn't directly offer it as I have to ask.

YMMV

Interesting, didn't know that was an option. I'll have to give it a try.

>I for one am pissed that his fraudulent hit piece has made it impossible for more than one person to get SuperSize options and share them, resulting in potentially less overall calories than multiple other orders, along with cost savings and less work for the employees.

Is that really the hill to die on? Regardless of the results, McDonald's is under holy hellfire for more or less quadrupling prices over the last decade.

And of course those profits don't go to employees. When California increased minimum wage for fast food workers, layoffs all around. Hey, less work for the laid off! And more work for the survivors. Bonus: they then try to blame the price hikes on neeeding to pay their labor.

We aren't getting cheap fast food, and employees don't have it better. Morgan didn't really affect that.

I'm not dying on any hills – I'm just upset that the guy knowingly lied to the public, got rich-ish and famous as a result, and we all got screwed over for it.

My point is we're screwed either way and SuperSize me was a small blip in the grand scheme of things. You're missing the forest for the tree.

If a forest has been leveled and I eulogize a particularly beautiful old tree that one was the pride of the land, the pedant who butts in saying “other trees died too you know” isn’t contributing anything much.

Given the order of the conversation here, I believe you'd be the pendant. The top of the chain linked to an obituary, and your first comment is essentially "he hurt my tree, good riddance".

Meanwhile, your tree is long gone by big corporate and Morgan at best swung a bat at it. You understand my POV here when I see that?

The root comment is concerned with details about the individual. I provided details about the man which were not included in the link. I additionally provided a personal anecdote about how the immediate impact of his life work directly affected me, and possibly the fellow reader.

You butted in to talk about how corporate business practices have changed over time in ways that by your own admission have absolutely nothing to do with this guy, and accordingly have no place in this thread.

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