Food for thought.

This has been quite an interesting week. I've learned quite a number of new things, some of which I will share, others unfortunately for you, will have to stay a mystery.

Among my new knowledge is a set of English slang vocabulary words (thank Ali and Jesal):

1. Rough-ugly (I suppose its not hiding the beauty within according to them)
2. Fit- hot (although I'm pretty sure if you look up fit in the dictionary or ask anyone else, it has a different meaning)
3. Sleezy- flirting by means to get into her (or his) pants. (almost slutty)
4. Maccys (Mac-ies)- McDonald's.
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From an anonymous source:

American's are abrasive. Speech wise. Apparently, we make quite a number of people cringe, inwardly thinking "please, just shut up".

We are too in your face, too excited to the point of being excessively loud when the person we're speaking to is right in front of you.

Quite interesting food for thought, no?
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From Nemani and Kareen I learned:

McDonald's = Happiness. Although they differ on the taste of the food (one says it's delicious and other that it tastes horrible), both agree that 1. it's bad for you and 2. McDonald's makes them happy.

I thought about what they were saying and I realized, there must be a lot of people out there who think the same. McDonald's makes them happy. Can you imagine what kind of effort and how much money it must of cost McDonald's to create this type of image in everyone's head. In Hong Kong, I've seen plastic toy versions of McDonald's food. What kind of parent would buy that for their kids? But apparently they do.

Everyone knows McDonald's is bad for you, especially after Super Size Me came out, but everyone still eats it. Tonight alone, Ali, Haakon, Luong, and Jesal had it for dinner, and I'm pretty sure Nemani had some too. I'm not sure how McDonald's did it, but I'm pretty damn sure I think that companies out there should study the McDonald's history in advertisement and the company's past and present method for creating such a perception.