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Just a paper bag now. At this point they’re gonna bring back the supersize but it’ll just be a large lol
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A large fry is almost $5 now where I live. It is probably .10 of potatoes .15 of oil and .30 of labor. The mark up is incredible.
Fuck Ray Kroc, that whole company is rotten to it core. Stop supporting these giant shitty companies.
I guess ‘Large’ now stands for ‘Large Disappointment.’ Shrinkflation is getting out of hand.
Good. Smaller portions are what many need these days. And the high price of fast food is a great incentive to eat at home.
Mcdonalds these days suck ass.
The 2010s were great. Very nostalgic and McDonalds was one of my first and my best memories of America. Glad I got to enjoy them before they went to shit, cuz otherwise kid-me would’ve have the impression that “all western foods suck”. (I mean it’s hard to even know how to look for local non-chain “western” restaurants… since the reason I know what a McDonalds is because back in China, we also had them, but I think it tasted different… don’t remember)
I mean seriously, is it just me or does like Papa Johns and Dominos and even Pizza Hut all went to shit?
P.S. I remember my mom telling about the Pizza we had in Pizza Hut in China… like she said it was expensive and it was only a very small pizza (like individual-size). I don’t even remember having it in China
Glad I got to enjoy them before they went to shit, cuz otherwise kid-me would’ve have the impression that “all western foods suck”.
… This is like someone saying “Guys I thought American chocolate was awful, but have you tried this Hershey’s stuff?!? It’s so good!” Like I’m glad you had a good experience but… but I’m sorry that was your good experience.
For real. It’s like when people think Kraft Singles are representative of American cheese
We did slip up a tiny bit by literally calling it “American cheese”. Slight strategic error on that one.
They can’t call it that anymore
Not sure I understand, I’m sorry.
Kraft is literally not legally allowed to call Singles “American cheese”
Oh, yeah. “American Cheese” (and other processed cheese) does technically have to be made from primarily cheese, which is a concerningly low bar for “cheese based consumable products” to fail to meet.
I mean, for context, I was like 8 years old when I first got here. I didn’t really know the difference between fastfood vs “real” restaurants so I just categorically grouped them all together.
Honestly, I still don’t really know what “real” western food is.
I remember going along with family to a cousin’s sweet 16 birthday party and I think its was western cuisine or something… like I heard they spend a lot of money on it (the cousin’s parents were kinda middle class rich) and I disliked most of the food they served, didn’t eat much, don’t even remember what they served. Ended up going home kinda hungry lol.
I think I just go so used to Chinese food, I didn’t feel confident exploring other types of “western” food… other than like burgers, pizzas, cheesesteaks, subway sandwiches / hoagies. Which I know, living here for like over a decade, I still don’t feel quite “American” because of my picky eating habits.
Honestly, I still don’t really know what “real” western food is.
French cuisine is the most classically famous example, but pretty much every western country has hundreds of years of it’s own extremely distinct culinary identity (ex: Germany, Spain, Italy, even the UK (despite the jokes)).
If you just mean the US though, it doesn’t exactly have it’s own unified thing going on beyond what you’ve listed (burgers, pizzas, etc) but there are plenty of foods, and even a few entire genres of food, that are very closely tied to the american identity (Texmex is the best one I can think of). The most “american” american food I can think of is probably hotdish which… I don’t actually recommend seeking out (please don’t hurt me, I just don’t think the majority of casseroles are all that great)
Don’t forget barbecue
Isn’t that primarily a spanish invention? US has a culture built around it absolutely, but most places also incorporate it somehow, especially oceania and any former spanish colonies. It’s not really an “american” food per se as far as I’m aware.
I’m specifically referring to American barbecue, which is absolutely it’s own unique thing (or several things since it varies by region)
Ah, I was indeed specifically talking about the meats - I did forget there were all the other traditional accouterments that go along with American barbecue.
Well the West is know for their baked goods and pastries. Like croissants, donuts, churros, etc. Like in East Asia and South East Asia a lot of the pastry that is for sale is based on Western recipes and they are different from the local pastry recipes.
its mostly meat, and maybe some kind of bread, very high incidence of type 2 amongst western countries, after asians started incorporating alot of sugar in thier diet, type 2 was in the rise in them too. vegatables are lacking in thier cousins, much like with European ones.
they changed after renovating thier stores in '19 to have those kiosks, it was never the same.
“Large” is a state of mind now 😅 If you’ve got the receipt, it’s worth a quick feedback ticket—sometimes they’ll toss you a replacement or coupon.
don’t paper bags give more?
That’s awful but bro… please… clip your nails. I’m begging you…
Genuinely had to scroll up to see what the problem was… Those are genuinely some of the least offensive nails I’ve seen (the temptation to say “this year” is unreal, I feel like I now understand the primal urge to make dad jokes)
Give money to shitty company, get a shitty product.
I’m so glad that so many fast food chains are disappearing in my city. There’s so much local cuisine here.
Compared to when I was in the Midwest, where there was a dozen of each franchise.
Yeah, last time I went there was over a year ago and had a similar experience to op, now I go to my local shop. Same price now as mcds, but I get almost 2x the food and it’s better quality.
You can get a burger and fries (or a bunch of other things) at many of bar and grill type places around here for less than mcdonalds. Several of the ones near me will do carry out if you want to call ahead and put an order in too. Hell, I got a steak dinner for like 15$ a few weeks ago.
I’ve eaten there three times in five years. Each time was due to a social situation. Overpriced and nasty is how I rate them.
I actually miss mcdonalds here in Japan because it’s actually pretty tasty and did pretty fun collabs with IPs my kids and I like (except the pokemon and chiikawa ones, those were just stupid and irresponsible). Haven’t had it in a year or so to keep my elbows up and support my Canadian brothers and sisters.
Now, I just go to MOS burger or just make my own. Unfortunately, the independent ones are a bit too pricey for my food budget.
Other countries with standards held out a lot longer. Still, it’s a megacorp that prioritizes profit above all else.
Exactly. I shouldn’t get too attached to any megacorp, even if I enjoy their products or services.
Did McDonalds leave Japan in the last few months? I was there last year and McDonalds was nice because free wifi and some locations are open 24/7, not the worst place to get work done during US business hours.
Oh no, sorry, they’re still around. I meant I avoid it because I’m avoiding as many American products as I can.
Wife doesn’t like burgers, had never been to Steak n Shake. (Must be a Filipino thing because she cant’ cook 'em either.)
First bite, “This is the burger I have been looking for!” She loved the seasoning so much she bought 2 bottles, $5 each.
Forget what we paid, but it was on par with McDonalds, including the $5 tip. The restaurant itself and waitress kinda sucked, “Do you have coffee?” “We’re out.” So make some? This is a restaurant. Something else basic was out, I forget. But the point stands, a proper sit-down meal was the same cost as McDonalds, except delicious.
And don’t start me on local Mexican dives and trucks. I can get 3 deluxe street tacos for $10, less than some of the gross combos at McDonalds. And that place is a little high!
…is Steak n Shake considered a proper sit-down meal? Thats still fast food. Most of them have drive-thru’s.
Yeah, weird in-between dining model. Still beats McDonald’s inside where they have purposefully run off dining customers in favor of drive thru.
Still, way better food, brought to you and cleaned up, same price.
Soon:
wait until they can feed you paste but make you think it tastes good.
This is how I feel about certain expensive meal replacement supplements.
soylent mignon is made out of rocks!
“That’ll be $39.99 with our special in-app-only deal.”
$59.99 without the app
plus tip
“You want a tip? Here’s your tip: ‘Fuck You, Clanker, I’m eating!’”
Plus value added tax, city tax, and over the counter delivery fee.
Plus $20 handling fee
Is this a miniature or one of those things where they make actual tiny food?
This is the original. Polymer clay.
Nah, it is just a really big hand
Anything is edible if you believe it.
OK, Art Vandelay.
Ai generated?
It sucks how ai cheapens ALL art like this. There has to be a word for when something is mistaken for AI.
yeah sorry… I also don’t know it anymore… I just didn’t know it was AI or real anymore… its horrible.
“Slop rot”
Thought of it when listening to npr mentioning the last two year’s Webster dictionary words of the year. Brainrot (2024) and Slop (2025).
I like it
I found this image dating back to 2014, it’s probably even older, so not AI generated.
This is the original, 2011.
I went to the website and apparently it’s a miniature, the artist has been doing this way before the A’I’ craze: https://www.aiclay.com/philosophy
“What is this? Fast food for ants? It needs to be at least…three times bigger.”
In Belgium, when you go to a ‘frituur’ and you order 2 small fries you get this amount of fries:
Lots of them, but man they’re all little nubs. That would annoy me.
If you’ve never eaten Belgian fries, they’re really good
As it bloody well should be. More than one order of fries of any size should be a life-altering amount of potato
That’s like 5 Guys burgers in the US
Calm down with the inaults
its called that because you need 5 guys to finish 1 meal!
Thats like five guys
Similarly, any chip shop in the UK outside of greater London. I’ve taken to ordering a medium chips for my wife and I, because a large is just Too Many Chips.
In London, however, they serve a tragically small amount of chips in many chippies. Fuck London.
a large is just Too Many Chips.
I’ve yet to encounter such a phenomenon.
I think I’ve gotten too old for a large. The spud, coupled with a beers leaves me feeling uncomfortably bloated.
They really go overboard.
Like even the smallest portion, you can eat with 4 persons and all be full.
Yeah I was in Belgium last year and them OG fries were the best. Really good quality mayo too.
Wasn’t even in Belgium but in France near the border and there was one of these shops setup in a kinda temporary thing on the highway. Still felt a bit peckish after the tiny triangle sandwich so ordered a small fry, was greeted with not much less than pictured here haha. Had to share them to get through it.
Sounds like a classic australian fish & chip shop. “Minimum fries” gets you a bag the size of your head.
Except they will give you a parcel of chips instead of fries
Who the fuck goes to a chippy and orders a “Minimum fries” lol???
Wtf, that’s a medium from like pre-covid.
Oh well, restaurants were neat, time to learn how to coom.
EDIT:
… cook.
… … … god, damnit.
9 yo me could’ve helped a lot
… sigh …
Of all the degenerate things I’ve done as a horny kid, fucking my McDonalds meal is not one of them.
… but, its a fucking hilarious typo, so it stays, lol
Picturing that makes me grimace.
god damnit i had to read this a second time, 2 hrs later, to realize what you did there.
That sloppy bun with the mayo spilling over the sides
His tramp stamps were between the rolls, so I aimed.
“Oh, Hamburgler!”, he cried
9 yo
Damn, kids really be starting young these days
I ORDERED ONE LARGE FRY AND YOU GAVE ME A BUNCH OF FUCKIN LITTLE ONES
I acknowledge there are lots of regional differences, but that is absolutely not a large fries here in the southern US. Here, a medium(regular) fries comes in a cardboard envelope style container and they overfill it so there are fries all over the bag.
They do it to make us feel like we are getting our money’s worth, but in reality, potatoes are cheap as shit for them. Here, a large McDonald’s fries is almost a meal in itself. Eating a supersized McD’s meal here is almost enough to make you throw up.
Guessing OP’s picture is from Europe or a Micky D’s inside of a theme park.
I’m in the US and my fries come as pictures. San Francisco Bay Area
I ate at a McD last week in NV and the fries were in the expected cardboard carton and not as pictured.
Yeah. These are from the San Francisco Bay Area as the other commenter said lol
That’s wild to me, but good info to know.
