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I’m up in Canada and since the start of the pandemic I’ve stopped going to fast food places. But after things got back to normal, I thought why should I go back to ordering food at McD’s … as I thought of it more, I realized it didn’t make any sense.

Fast food is basically unnutritious food made by underpaid workers who don’t like their work … the food doesn’t do me any good and its too expensive … I have to trust the underpaid employee didn’t mess up my order … I waste money by degrading my health only to spend more money to try to get back some good health

I realized it was cheaper in the long run of my life to not eat at these damned places.

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icecreamtaco@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
mcdonalds is the literal worst burger option though

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- cows_are_underrated@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  If you’re vegan this applies even more. From what I heard McD only has like 3 vegan options while, in comparison, Burger King had the whole menu available in a vegan form.
  
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  - Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    The fries aren’t even vegan at McDonald’s, they use beef products as part of their flavoring
    
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    vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Depends on the country to be clear, although it’s true in the US still for whatever reason.
    
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    ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yup, some Indians got pretty miffed about that: Maybe even angry.
    
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  - ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Oddly enough, asides from apple wedges and I think the side salad, the hot apple pie is technically vegan, not that I’d eat anything that came out of one of those kitchens.
    
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- Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah and a combo at Five Guys is $25 bucks so it’s not like a good cheeseburger is even accessible to most people anymore.
  
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yeah, McDs sucks and I haven’t been in years, but I do go to fast good restaurants that have decent quality and pay workers reasonably, like In-N-Out, Five Guys, etc. We don’t go very often, maybe once or twice per month, so we’re happy paying a little more for better quality.

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- azulavoir@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  How’s the worker pay on Culver’s?
  
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  - AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    It’s bad. They’re also famous for using child labor. They actively recruit as young of children as legally allowed.
    
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    azulavoir@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Ah. Damn.
    
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- AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  youtu.be/3u04LYvGQjw?si=FiveGuysOff
  
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  - sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Love Hank Green. :)
    
    And yeah, as someone who tends to look at calories before ordering to get the best value per dollar (more calories per dollar), this makes complete sense to me. Also, I tend to eat out with my whole family (5 of us), so I think more in terms of the total bill than individual orders since we can share fries or whatever. But given Hank’s reaction, this apparently isn’t how most people approach it.
    
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blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I made a similar decision around 20 years ago.

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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Last year, I got to march, and realised I hadn’t had a McDonald’s in over 3 months.

So I decided to just stop going there.

I think it was all the price hikes: When it’s £7 for any half decent burger and fries, I might as well be spending a bit more and going to a local place.
Or getting something better than a burger!

Or spending the same, and getting slightly better at Wendy’s.

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