• LeZero [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Funny since a common argument against a fed minimum wage from the right was that prices would increase, and then they increased anyway

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    I have become the old man reminiscing about the days of my childhood when mcdonalds had specials running on thursdays, I think, of 14cent burgers and 19cent cheeseburgers.

    BACK IN MY DAY!!! UPHILL BOTH WAYS! chomsky-yes-honey

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    Becoming unaffordable is truly the greatest sin that McDonald’s can commit. People are generally aware that it’s addictive garbage food used to fuel a massive real estate company, but it’s cheap so people can afford to eat it. Take that away and what’s left?

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    I know this is meant as a joke and I normally never get burgers from McDonald’s, although I do buy and love their breakfast sandwiches, but just a couple of days ago I was craving a burger and went to McDonald’s specifically for the first time in maybe decades and was shocked at how expensive it was. I think all fast food is really expensive now. Might as well buy a real meal for basically the same cost.

    Anyway, point being, I can afford to waste money on a meal like that but I just wondered what poor families who sadly live off cheap fast food are doing to eat now.

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    The worst thing about “inflation” is how it’s completely manufactured and every single fucking person pretends that this is just the all holy market behaving rationally

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    I’ve heard they subsidize the prices pretty heavily through in-app offers/deals to get you into their ecosystem

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      most of the bigger fast food chains do this now. Taco Bell even does it. I only have the McDonalds app (because I fucking love their french fries sue me) but it is genuinely insane how a large fry and mcflurry outside of the app is like $9 but you can get that down to like $3.00-5.00 depending on the day and deal used.

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    WTF? I thought fast food down in america was supposed to be dirt cheap. Above the 49th I’m also consistently shocked that the A&W coupons are increasing in price so rapidly, I swear each one that comes out, the combos go up a dollar. I only eat fast food when my work is paying lmao, it’s a fuckin racket

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      burger king did this too, but like they also sell their burgers for like 2-3 dollars in bundles for absolutely no reason.

      Like OK- it’s 30 dollars for two people to get a whopper combo. Which is nuts

      But if you take away the drinks that cost burger king 20 cents, and then order one additional whopper, three additional regular cheeseburgers, and one additional order of fries, you know how much that costs you? They will hand you 10 to 12 dollars. It is literally negative 10 dollars for what burger king considers 20 dollars worth of food.

      It’s all so made up

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    the taco bell $5 combo is the last thing i can somewhat consistently afford now because its $5 and fills me for like almost the whole day. the food cost situation in america is making me miserable.

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      If it’s in a city like NYC, maybe. Anytown USA and it’s more likely $12-13 for the large meal which is still absurd.

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    If McDonald’s switched to a bean-based patty without telling anyone they could slash that price in half and also be secretly vegan and nobody would be able to tell.