McDonalds Ads - tell us how do you feel about them folks?

Most mumsnetters are intelligent enough not to feed their families with deep-fried chewed-up abbatoir-floor scrapings and carbonated diabetes-type-2-u-like so advertise away.

I don't much care about Mucky D's in partic

all the ads get on my tits- particularly the ones what move about

I'd rather we had to pay for the site ourselves than be subjected to fucking Boden and Disney, tbh

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As long as it's not one of those adverts that springs out at you - you know... the ones that kind of grow and move around and flicker if you accidentally let your cursor anywhere near it.

Don't have an issue with it.

The site is marketing to adults rather than children.

Firm believer in everything in moderation, which could include McDonald's, as part of a healthy, balanced diet.

I find this "oh we know it's awful for kids and the environment but hey it's everywhere and we'll make loads of money" attitude totally crap-and sad.I honestly expected better.

Why bother with complaining,campaigning about anything?

Why can't a site support ethical,decent companies,? Is it really that difficult?

Mcdonalds will make money out of it,they wouldn't be approaching mn if they didn't know that. Yes I'm perfectly able to not buy said hideous food but people will be swayed to buy as erm thats what advertising is for. For mn to promote and support such a crap product just sends out dreadful signals.

If Macdonalds are allowed to advertise on here I will be bitterly disappointed with MN.

Of course people have a choice not to buy it, but its 'a treat innit?'

It's not just about the over-processed shit food, that's the least offensive bit. It's everything else it stands for. And the way it is everywhere and so acceptable.

It would definately be time to leave. MN wouldn't be the place I thought it was.

I have no problem with it.

I don't take any notice of the ads anyway, and as long as it's not full of subliminal messages then it's not going to force anyone to eat there is it.

It's an advert, not an instruction.

I have no objection, I am old enough to make my own mind up I think!

I rarely pay attention to the ads anyway.

But, yes, thank you for asking :)

Good god whats the big deal?

Is this advert going to force you to buy it's heavenly goods?

No!

It's an advert!

Frankly I think Boden is a pile of shit....but I couldn't care less that it's advertised!

MNHQ, go for it!

Not the most ethical of businesses but it's your website and I won't object as I'm too lazy to boycott stuff fairly laid back.

However, I would very much like to THANK YOU FOR ASKING - not a lot of websites would do that.

x-post with mila.

It's just revenue. It's no different to, say, tv channels. I don't have anything against, er, ITV, because they advertise mcdonalds or whatever. I understand that it's just a company advertising, it raises the money to pay for the programming.

Same with mumsnet. An advert is not an endorsement. It's not. Not on tv, not in newspapers and not on mumsnet.

I think people take mumsnet too seriously. It's a forum. it's info for parents. it's not our moral guardian or anything. It's a facility we use. If we choose. It is being hyped up like hell and it is getting silly now.

No problems, love McDonalds, there are worse things.

I hate the ads anyway - ban em' all!

Especially that one on atm with the toothy Boden woman in the naff yellow coat.

You do realise, Justine, that if you say yes to Maccy D's you will have no moral leg to stand on when Iceland come calling next Christmas wanting to inflict out-of-condition can-can dancers, bad air guitar and Jason Donovan in fishnets on us all?

Personally I'm agin it, but that's because I spend my life fighting against DD's unshakeable conviction that a Happy Meal is the best food ever - I don't need to see it advertised on MN as well!

I don't know about any of you, but I have never ever, in 38 years of life, seen an advert and been forced against my will to purchase what is advertised.

So if you feel mcdonalds is the devil, then an advert will not change that. It will not make you buy. And you know that.

So that only leaves not wanting other people to see it. Because? You think it's horrible therefore everyone should? Because you know certain unethical business practices so you must protect other people? Because it offends the eye? Because you think that you should control other people's choices and only adverts you approve of should be allowed? Why?

I don't get it. I would understand if an advert forced you to buy, but it doesn't. It doesn't do anything other than tell you the product is available.

Now, I don't think there's a person alive who doesn't know about mcdonalds so I am not quite sure an advert on here will do anything.

And I am also sure that, as fun as mumsnet is, people do not go, well, I used to HATE X brand, they're awful, but they have an ad on mumsnet so I simply HAVE to have one. Mumsnet approves.

I have a big problem with it for many of the reasons on the other thread.I also think it makes it look as if mn has double standards.

On the one hand mn starts campaigns such the Let Girls Be Girls one against commercialisation and over sexualisation of children then it supports companies like Disney and Mcdonalds who must be 2 of the biggest exploiters out.

We're bombarded with this shite,I really don't want to support it on here.

Also who knows what campaigns mn will want to run in the future,advertising McDonalds could come back to haunt in the future. Nobody will take the site seriously.

Was very disappointed with the Disney ad,I'm quite shocked Mcdonalds is even being considered. Poor old Jamie won't be happy.

Don't any decent companies approach mn then or is it just the shite ones like Nestle,Mcdonalds etc ?

Sorry not impressed.

Can't see how advertising fatty greasy fast food is going to benefit anyone. Least of all in the times of childhood obesity. However, we're a group of women "in the know" so I'm sure we'll just ignore it!

No problem here either. Mind you I rarely even notice the ads anyway.

i find it weird that itv had to cancel kids tv because of the 'junk' food ban yet people on this thread have no problem with it.

sad as it will never come back to terrestial tv. (whole other subject)

I don't remember the first time...

For me, I know that McDs used to be pretty awful but actually I think there practices have improved hugely so I'm okay with them now, when maybe I wouldn't have been a few years back.

does anyone else remember when mumsnet asked this question a couple of years ago?

how times have changed.

It's not about what we can afford herb....but about what we are prepared to accept.

If you don't know why some people are unhappy with the idea then this link

will explain just some of the reasons...there are others too.

No problems with it at all.

It's all good, it's revenue raising for MN and if some people are going to get worked up about a bit of advertising for Maccas, then they have bigger ishoos going on, IMO, humble as that may be .

Oooh I could just go a Big Mac right now.