So I suppose quickly killing yourself with Grand Slams at Denny's is right out, too?
And if that's too slow for you, there's always the Pork Store Cafe on Haight Street in San Francisco, but they're too busy serving hoards of self destructive people to let them hang out for hours after poisoning themselves.
This makes no sense, from the beginning of time people would be hanging out at pubs and watering holes - places that primarily sell alcohol - a poison technically speaking.
If anything hanging out at McDonald's is a positive development compared to hanging out at the bar
if you read this article (or just looked at the pictures) or others about groups that meet at McDonald's, you'll notice most individuals consume little more than coffee.
And "slowly killing people" is vastly over-dramatizing McDonald's effect on the vast majority of its customers. It's actually healthier than many similar options.
And an article that could have very well been sponsored by said "community builder" is not proof of being such.
Anecdotes are not validation of a pattern.