• an_onanist@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    From the article - they believe eating fast food should be cheaper than eating at home, but isn’t. What kind of fucked up belief is this? No wonder they view fast food as a luxury.

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      5 months ago

      Fucked up? It’s not a matter of what “should be.” It was reality for decades. When were you born?

      When I was growing up dominos did the “5-5-5” deal. $15+tax for 3 medium 1-topping pizzas. You can feed like 6-10 people with that depending on their age. You’re talking like $2 a person.

      $1 menus included 1-2 sandwich options. Usually a chicken sandwich (obviously fried not grilled).

      Meals with fries and drinks were $4-6 all in.

      This was the 90’s and 2000’s. You could feed a family of 4 with $10 or less without much thought.

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        5 months ago

        No it wasn’t, a frozen pizza was always cheaper than dominos. And I don’t know what kind of little only eat one third of a medium pizza.

        I usually finished one myself. Well okay, I’m a big man, but still.

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                5 months ago

                I definitely get the appeal of fast food. It might also depend on what a “Medium” pizza is.

                6 people for 3 medium pizzas doesn’t seem too bad, especially if there’s other snacks or food. But if I had 10 people with 3 medium pizzas, I think I’d have 10 hungry people and 0 pizzas left, haha

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                    5 months ago

                    I’m not anyone who was arguing with you about fast food vs. cooking, and I’m on the same side as you on that. I just couldn’t imagine 3 medium pizzas feeding 10 people to satiety, haha

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        5 months ago

        It was possible to feed people for less than $1/serving then. Fast food has always been more expensive than home cooking on a per serving basis.