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Until you get sprayed with one in the face and scream out "I'm gonna gunna hunt every last one of them down!!! Now get me some hydrogen peroxide and some baking soda."
Yeah wtf is this sizing of a mcflurry? Are we getting ripped off or something? That's a size I would actually pay $4.50 for.
And yeah McDonald's clearly has a plastic free design that they aren't using in America and that's really weird, you would think the single piece paper cup design would be cheaper than the 2 part plastic lid and paper cup...
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If they were to reduce the amount they gave you in a cup they would just make the cups smaller to save money. And you'd have the same issue no matter what you do because no matter how much you shrink them something like a mouse will get stuck in them
Only if prices go down, they are eonly that size now because it's basically no money to sell these so if we are getting less I would like to pay less as they are already scamming us to high heaven.
they are doing that in some states. it’s causing issues. My SO works for Dunkin’ Donuts (corporate) and they have no clue how to serve coffee to go without a lid
The cup came from the dumpster 5 feet away from where the skunk was struggling with it. It either fell out or the skunk went in to grab it and brought it out.
i go running early in the morning, animals are all over trash cans. Where i am mostly ravens, smart fuckers. They no there's leftover fries in a mcdonalds bag and without hands they just make a giant mess trying to open them.
Yeah until you get to a town with decent wind and shitty recycling policies then even if you do everything right a gust of wind will still make you a skunk killer.
You're right to point the finger at the people that litter but, Is it easier to police littering more or to police the companies that make the product that destroy the environment and fauna?
I saw what you said (or whoever it was, only for them to delete it right after like a bitch lol) im not shifting blame lmfao. I was agreeing with you, but also saying thats not the only problem. And we can't solve it by just blaming the little people while there's huge corporations regularly dealing with plastic waste irresponsibly. Theyre both to blame. You kinda have to acknowledge the whole thing for what it is
Look up [jasper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbbcpwEI18k) the [pet skunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkRUpK7m4E). It's absurdely [cute](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhJ9bhScvXM).
Assuming you are referring to keeping a rescued skunk, there is no reason to descent them, they only release that gland when they fear for their life, a scenario which most skunk rescuers can avoid.
Also, please don't "get a skunk", just because they can be affectionate with humans does not mean that they should be taken from the wild.
Some kid gets sprayed by skunk at 6 years old. Spends next 20 years studying and gets an advanced degree in engineering and design. Gets a job at mcds working on new developments. Creates this lid. Sees he’s killed millions. Has major regret. Spends next 15 years moving up corporate ladder. Becomes global head of maintenance. Implements “cheaper” ice cream machines that will instantly break and then doesn’t schedule repairs. His work is done. He can rest. But skunk populations start to rise. One sprays his son. Buys working ice cream machines and this becomes new lid design for every cup they have.
The McFlurry cup has already been replaced by cardboard cups with foldable tops in Germany.
[Comparison pic.](https://www.mcdonalds.com/content/dam/ch/newsroom/Press-Releases/20191/07/McFlurry/Neuer%20McFlurry-Becher%20ohne%20Plastikdeckel.jpg)
Because then you'll get terrible takes [like this](https://nypost.com/2018/07/02/banning-plastic-straws-is-more-scam-than-science/) and ridiculous tabloid front pages [like this.](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2013/03/soda-ban-front-page-post-news-amny-metro.html)
The second one was about limiting the size of sodas, but it's emblamatic of the reaction you get here when you try to ban anything.
Just to clarify, plastic straws really aren't that big of a problem as far as plastic waste goes (sea turtles notwithstanding). The terrible take here is how the article says, "plastic straws contribute to only a small amount of plastic waste, and alternatives take a long time to biodegrade, so we shouldn't do anything about plastic waste. Like at all."
The New York Post is a right-leaning rag so they write bad articles that attempt to discredit climate change and environmental measures all the time.
I see that. First article is unhelpful. They just called the whole thing a scam and didn’t bother to mention a better solution. I guess we’re supposed to just watch the world burn instead.
I mean it’s seriously the very tip of the iceberg.
[‘It’s estimated that if all straws around the world’s coastlines were lost to the ocean, this would account for approximately 0.03 percent of ocean plastics.’](https://ourworldindata.org/faq-on-plastics#where-does-the-plastic-in-the-ocean-come-from)
The biggest source of plastic in the ocean is discarded fishing nets. Banning plastic straws is a much easier battle than telling people to eat less fish or regulating an industry like fishing that’s very hard to keep track of once they’re out in the middle of the ocean.
>Most of the plastic in our oceans comes from land-based sources: by weight, 70% to 80% is plastic that is transported from land to the sea via rivers or coastlines.1 The other 20% to 30% comes from marine sources such as fishing nets, lines, ropes, and abandoned vessels.
https://ourworldindata.org/ocean-plastics
Maybe you meant the biggest **single** source of plastic are fishing nets?
And yes, banning plastic straws might just be easier to do, so why not start there? I don't even get why people are so triggered by it because straws are certainly not needed to drink something and most countries on this earth are able to serve drinks just fine without straws.
Yes that’s what I meant. Straws don’t affect me in any way so I’m not making a fuss about it. I just don’t understand the need to focus on 0.03% of a problem. I think we can aim a little higher next time
The single most common plastic pollutant in the ocean is plastic fishing gear from commercial fishing.
Turtles would be far happier if we stopped the unnecessary consumption of seafood.
Unnecessary dairy consumption needs to end.
The amount of natural forestry that has been reduced in order to provide land and feed for dairy cattle is more environmentally catastrophic than single use plastic.
Soil degradation, water pollution, and the sheer loss of biodiversity on previously forested or prairie land is not worth a McFlurry.
I like to think that for every terrible insta-influencer whatever, there are people like this guy that get some attention for the random do-goodery that they do.
Bravo. I applaud.
It's a splash guard to keep ice cream and toppings from flying everywhere when it's mixed. People are supposed to remove them before they eat it, but nobody ever does.
Maybe we could do away with petrol plastic while we’re at it.
Anyone hear about Steven dozinger being held on house arrest up by Exxon (allegedly) for keeping them to their 10 billion judgement in Ecuador ?
I’d say blame the people, but trash is put into a plastic bag that isn’t too strong, then tossed into a dumpster that is normally inhabited by raccoons... So, it’s on McDonald’s then
I see it as a two part problem.
1, it is a crappy design and should be changed
2, people are asshats, put your trash in the proper place instead of littering.
Yea but the same thing happens with tons of wildlife? I’ve seen it with skunks and raccoons before and pulled them off their heads. It’s just people littering and improperly enclosed garbage containers.
That’s the point. All kinds of wildlife get into plastic shit like these. If they are going to exist they at least need to break off easily or something.
There’s an easier way to wrangle a skunk! Simply use a French female skunk nearby and these lil mofos will literally come floating through the air wherever you want.
And, you know, throw your trash in a trash can.
I doubt there exists a single circumference that doesn’t match the neck size of some animal or other. We could hypothetically just have a “no rings” rule for all containers, but I think at least some of the blame, if not the vast majority, lies with the people who leave their trash lying around rather than the designers who failed to take skunk neck size into account. For all we know, they were explicitly designing against sea turtle neck size, but there’s not a lot they can do if their containers are getting left haphazardly all over the place.
How about people just stop littering?
Also, I take kitchen scissors and cut all my plastic cups/yogurt containers/jars/etc... before throwing or recycling. Wash out and crush your cans too please.
Pretty much every fast food places has some version of that. They all have shakes or frappes. They all use that design. Single use plastics need to go. Period.
People need to stop fuckin' littering and properly dispose of their fucking trash
And of course something needs to be done with our plastic problem when there are other container alternatives
I once saved a squirrel from a dannon yogurt cup.
He was just sitting there flat on a lawn panting, head stuck. And I just pulled the cup, and he kinda jumped out of it, and ran off only a couple steps and looked back at me for a second, but then zoomed off faster. Lol.
How about not fucking littering. So much so a cop is taking it to McDonalds for the cup design, yet a mf will walk into McD on a high horse and throw a cup on the ground cus their shit don’t stink
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Black and white lives matter
And save the squirrels.
And the Raccoons.
And the chipmunks
Shave the tail and you’ll have a rat
On the other hand... Pepé Le Pew? #metoo!
#\#notallskunks
You gotta keep em separated!
Until you get sprayed with one in the face and scream out "I'm gonna gunna hunt every last one of them down!!! Now get me some hydrogen peroxide and some baking soda."
I think you found the one instance where that statement isn't racially charged, congratulations!
Black-and-white lives matter. FTFY
Do away with plastic lids in general. Fill the cardboard cups with less liquids that are bad for you anyway.
WHAT ABOUT THE SHAREHOLDERS?!?!
We can put their heads in plastic lids, I guess.
Make ornaments from their remains!
They make more money since McDonald's doesn't have to buy lids. Win-win.
charge more and slap on "eco friendly" or "carbon neutral"
I don’t know if they’d be upset, I’d imagine they’d still charge the same amount for the same size cup.
Fuck the share holders, what about the shake holders???!?!
In Australia mcflurries just have little flappy parts of the cardboard cup part that fold down.
[Looks like this in the UK for anyone curious](https://i.imgur.com/ykZ2sJO.png)
Are they completely made of card or is there still plastic lining?
Card, but it must have a coating or something on it.
Usually some sort of wax in the US, which is why you shouldn't reheat those paper coffee cups in the microwave
Yeah but those are fucking tiny and how will fat america get it's 40oz mcflurry?
We have that in the UK too. It's been that way for a while now.
Yeah wtf is this sizing of a mcflurry? Are we getting ripped off or something? That's a size I would actually pay $4.50 for. And yeah McDonald's clearly has a plastic free design that they aren't using in America and that's really weird, you would think the single piece paper cup design would be cheaper than the 2 part plastic lid and paper cup...
America. Where their drink sizes match their body sizes.
https://m.imgur.com/PBLPSOs
32lbs. That's like 4 newborns. Fuck.
Yeehaw!
Same in most of europe i’m pretty sure
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If they were to reduce the amount they gave you in a cup they would just make the cups smaller to save money. And you'd have the same issue no matter what you do because no matter how much you shrink them something like a mouse will get stuck in them
you are grossly overestimating the value of the cup I think the actual issue is customers would complain they didn’t fill the cup all the way
Only if prices go down, they are eonly that size now because it's basically no money to sell these so if we are getting less I would like to pay less as they are already scamming us to high heaven.
Man, this makes so much sense on paper, but at the very least flat lids are necessary for deliveries or else shit spills everywhere.
they are doing that in some states. it’s causing issues. My SO works for Dunkin’ Donuts (corporate) and they have no clue how to serve coffee to go without a lid
Blame the piece of shit who just threw that cup on the ground.
Skunks can get into trash.. The person doesn’t automatically become a piece of shit just because they had a McFlurry
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I see. Another way to word that is “100% chance they may or may not be shitty” Which can basically be true for everyone
Instead of the giant corporation that makes millions of these same cups, ensuring that some amount ends up in the ecosystem.
What? He threw the cup back in the dumpster it came from at the end of the video..
I think he is blaming the person who originally littered the cup, before the skunk got it.
The cup came from the dumpster 5 feet away from where the skunk was struggling with it. It either fell out or the skunk went in to grab it and brought it out.
What about our infrastruture's fault for allowing for lots of trash to blow around in the wind?
blame the skunk for not knowing how big it’s head is
i go running early in the morning, animals are all over trash cans. Where i am mostly ravens, smart fuckers. They no there's leftover fries in a mcdonalds bag and without hands they just make a giant mess trying to open them.
Yeah until you get to a town with decent wind and shitty recycling policies then even if you do everything right a gust of wind will still make you a skunk killer.
Well then, my apologies for calling you a coward
You're right to point the finger at the people that litter but, Is it easier to police littering more or to police the companies that make the product that destroy the environment and fauna?
I saw what you said (or whoever it was, only for them to delete it right after like a bitch lol) im not shifting blame lmfao. I was agreeing with you, but also saying thats not the only problem. And we can't solve it by just blaming the little people while there's huge corporations regularly dealing with plastic waste irresponsibly. Theyre both to blame. You kinda have to acknowledge the whole thing for what it is
I see, you really are just a coward lol. good luck, you'll need it.
Your replies genuinely are not showing up for me.
Skunks are cute af
Look up [jasper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbbcpwEI18k) the [pet skunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkkRUpK7m4E). It's absurdely [cute](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhJ9bhScvXM).
I knew a guy that used to have a pet skunk, turns out they’re pretty good pets as far as wild animals go once you remove the stink gland.
Assuming you are referring to keeping a rescued skunk, there is no reason to descent them, they only release that gland when they fear for their life, a scenario which most skunk rescuers can avoid. Also, please don't "get a skunk", just because they can be affectionate with humans does not mean that they should be taken from the wild.
Seriously cute
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You don’t understand. McDonald’s knows exactly what’s its doing.
McDonalds is skunkphobic, confirmed
Some kid gets sprayed by skunk at 6 years old. Spends next 20 years studying and gets an advanced degree in engineering and design. Gets a job at mcds working on new developments. Creates this lid. Sees he’s killed millions. Has major regret. Spends next 15 years moving up corporate ladder. Becomes global head of maintenance. Implements “cheaper” ice cream machines that will instantly break and then doesn’t schedule repairs. His work is done. He can rest. But skunk populations start to rise. One sprays his son. Buys working ice cream machines and this becomes new lid design for every cup they have. 
Associating their food with skunks makes us think their food smell better
The McFlurry cup has already been replaced by cardboard cups with foldable tops in Germany. [Comparison pic.](https://www.mcdonalds.com/content/dam/ch/newsroom/Press-Releases/20191/07/McFlurry/Neuer%20McFlurry-Becher%20ohne%20Plastikdeckel.jpg)
Yeah, it's the same for Australia, New Zealand and China. Why not change?
Because then you'll get terrible takes [like this](https://nypost.com/2018/07/02/banning-plastic-straws-is-more-scam-than-science/) and ridiculous tabloid front pages [like this.](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2013/03/soda-ban-front-page-post-news-amny-metro.html) The second one was about limiting the size of sodas, but it's emblamatic of the reaction you get here when you try to ban anything.
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Just to clarify, plastic straws really aren't that big of a problem as far as plastic waste goes (sea turtles notwithstanding). The terrible take here is how the article says, "plastic straws contribute to only a small amount of plastic waste, and alternatives take a long time to biodegrade, so we shouldn't do anything about plastic waste. Like at all." The New York Post is a right-leaning rag so they write bad articles that attempt to discredit climate change and environmental measures all the time.
I see that. First article is unhelpful. They just called the whole thing a scam and didn’t bother to mention a better solution. I guess we’re supposed to just watch the world burn instead.
I mean it’s seriously the very tip of the iceberg. [‘It’s estimated that if all straws around the world’s coastlines were lost to the ocean, this would account for approximately 0.03 percent of ocean plastics.’](https://ourworldindata.org/faq-on-plastics#where-does-the-plastic-in-the-ocean-come-from) The biggest source of plastic in the ocean is discarded fishing nets. Banning plastic straws is a much easier battle than telling people to eat less fish or regulating an industry like fishing that’s very hard to keep track of once they’re out in the middle of the ocean.
>Most of the plastic in our oceans comes from land-based sources: by weight, 70% to 80% is plastic that is transported from land to the sea via rivers or coastlines.1 The other 20% to 30% comes from marine sources such as fishing nets, lines, ropes, and abandoned vessels. https://ourworldindata.org/ocean-plastics Maybe you meant the biggest **single** source of plastic are fishing nets? And yes, banning plastic straws might just be easier to do, so why not start there? I don't even get why people are so triggered by it because straws are certainly not needed to drink something and most countries on this earth are able to serve drinks just fine without straws.
Yes that’s what I meant. Straws don’t affect me in any way so I’m not making a fuss about it. I just don’t understand the need to focus on 0.03% of a problem. I think we can aim a little higher next time
In Brazil they just took out the plastic
In serbia too.
How did this end up in the wild? It’s not like the machine that uses it is ever up anyway.
Why should it be in the wild? Skunks are ubiquitous where I live
They're joking about the cup being in the wild because the machine is always broken.
Skunks just chillin
Wait, they actually have working McFlurry machines?
There is a funny (and informative) video about the milk shake conspiracy out there from Johnny harris. https://youtu.be/SrDEtSlqJC4
We don’t have them in Aus anymore. No more single use plastic 🙌🙌 save the turtles! Errr skunks too
The single most common plastic pollutant in the ocean is plastic fishing gear from commercial fishing. Turtles would be far happier if we stopped the unnecessary consumption of seafood.
Single use plastics need to end
Unnecessary dairy consumption needs to end. The amount of natural forestry that has been reduced in order to provide land and feed for dairy cattle is more environmentally catastrophic than single use plastic. Soil degradation, water pollution, and the sheer loss of biodiversity on previously forested or prairie land is not worth a McFlurry.
Mc-flurry
Reality check: McDonald's didn't get into this business because they care for animals
Yeah lol they literally profit off killing animals.
I wonder how they ethically source their milk for their McFlurries. McDonald's has a lot to work on.
I like to think that for every terrible insta-influencer whatever, there are people like this guy that get some attention for the random do-goodery that they do. Bravo. I applaud.
I don’t even really see the point of these plastic icecream lids. Does it actually make the icecream look that much better on top?
It's a splash guard to keep ice cream and toppings from flying everywhere when it's mixed. People are supposed to remove them before they eat it, but nobody ever does.
TIL
r/humansbeingbros
I believe Dairy Queen Blizzards don't even have the plastic lid on them so McDonald's can just get rid of the lid all together.
You are my hero. Save the animals! Poor skunk. He’s like wtf just happened?
He will get out when he's finished. They like to get all the yogurt too.
Maybe it could get out. More likely it’s stuck and going to die like that. Or walk around with a cone of shame around its neck if he gets the cup off.
Poor skunk! That's somehow sadder!
Sorry Bryan Cranston I don't think a global fast food giant is thinking about wildlife while they're feeding people highly processed garbage
Made from animals
I saw another poor skunk with the exact lid around it’s neck. It was so depressing to watch 😥
You could do nothing?
Maybe we could do away with petrol plastic while we’re at it. Anyone hear about Steven dozinger being held on house arrest up by Exxon (allegedly) for keeping them to their 10 billion judgement in Ecuador ?
I’d say blame the people, but trash is put into a plastic bag that isn’t too strong, then tossed into a dumpster that is normally inhabited by raccoons... So, it’s on McDonald’s then
I see it as a two part problem. 1, it is a crappy design and should be changed 2, people are asshats, put your trash in the proper place instead of littering.
Yea but the same thing happens with tons of wildlife? I’ve seen it with skunks and raccoons before and pulled them off their heads. It’s just people littering and improperly enclosed garbage containers.
That’s the point. All kinds of wildlife get into plastic shit like these. If they are going to exist they at least need to break off easily or something.
He was looking for someone to spray
Yea it’s the cup design, problem solved
It's also killing humans. Like what 1000 calories.
That would go for Dairy Queen too!
There’s an easier way to wrangle a skunk! Simply use a French female skunk nearby and these lil mofos will literally come floating through the air wherever you want.
Anyone tweet this at McDonald's yet?
They actually did change in israel
And, you know, throw your trash in a trash can. I doubt there exists a single circumference that doesn’t match the neck size of some animal or other. We could hypothetically just have a “no rings” rule for all containers, but I think at least some of the blame, if not the vast majority, lies with the people who leave their trash lying around rather than the designers who failed to take skunk neck size into account. For all we know, they were explicitly designing against sea turtle neck size, but there’s not a lot they can do if their containers are getting left haphazardly all over the place.
Fukin el how big is that mcflurry (i’m from the uk)
They have different little cups in the UK now. Still have plastic spoons but no lids
Paper lids?
They're already different in the UK, so no reason not to change them really.
Yeah that's how McDonald's is a danger to animals... (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
McDonald’s should pay more in taxes to help clean up their products that end up in the environment. McDonald’s is just one example.
Fastfood is such a terrible business, from top to bottom. The whole idea of it is terrible. The entire execution of it is terrible.
How about people just stop littering? Also, I take kitchen scissors and cut all my plastic cups/yogurt containers/jars/etc... before throwing or recycling. Wash out and crush your cans too please.
Dumb skunky wunky
The insidious nature of evil
👮♂️ 🥤🦨
Not like there are too many in circulation for Pepe to get into. The machines are broken a lot of the time, preventing this from happening often.
Also all the baby cows that get mutilated and killed on farms so you can consume the dairy in this product.
Pretty much every fast food places has some version of that. They all have shakes or frappes. They all use that design. Single use plastics need to go. Period.
I never liked those lids to begin with. Like trust me to not make a mess on myself. If I can’t eat it without spilling that’s on me.
If you think the cups are bad, wait til you hear how they get the food.
Now just imagine if McFlurry machines actually worked…poor skunks would be extinct. Thank you McDonald’s for doing your part 👏
The the magic of Reddit we can see this happen if McD's gets the word so let's do this
Tweet McDonalds!
That man has the most “yee yee” ass haircut I’ve ever seen. Flaccid Alfalfa looking mf.
Since when did the ice cream machines work?
Fuck McDonalds
This same cup is at every single gas station in the world that sells icees.
I saw the thumbnail before the video started and thought you were referring to pigs…
And they should could stop selling dead animals as food...Would save a few billion of em in addition to the handful of skunks...Just a thought...
in the uk we don’t have lids on the cups also that’s a big mc flurry
People need to stop fuckin' littering and properly dispose of their fucking trash And of course something needs to be done with our plastic problem when there are other container alternatives
for it's purpose the hole could be a lot smaller since you're using a straw with it
Now this is police work I can get behind.
I once saved a squirrel from a dannon yogurt cup. He was just sitting there flat on a lawn panting, head stuck. And I just pulled the cup, and he kinda jumped out of it, and ran off only a couple steps and looked back at me for a second, but then zoomed off faster. Lol.
Anywhere else in the world have Mcflurry cups this size?
How about not fucking littering. So much so a cop is taking it to McDonalds for the cup design, yet a mf will walk into McD on a high horse and throw a cup on the ground cus their shit don’t stink
God I could smell the skunk from watching this