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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.

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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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