Once viewed as a quick, affordable meal, fast food is increasingly seen as a luxury by many Americans due to rising menu prices, according to a new LendingTree survey. The financial advice website …
  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    There was an immigrant friend of the family who during the Bush era (this was during what I would call the ‘height’ of the Muslim panic), who basically made the argument to me that even with all the hate, all the war-mongering, all the bullshit, that the US was the best country in the world. When we pressed him for why, his argument was basically, “The McDonald’s Dollar menu”.

    This is decades ago, but his argument was that in-spite of everything else, he knew that in Amercica, at least his children would not starve, because they would always be able to afford ‘something’, however unhealthy, from the dollar menu.

    I don’t think that America exists any more.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      You’re supposed to be cutting quality in exchange for price and speed. If the prices are up there’s no incentive to get it at all. If I wanted 100x the recommended monthly sodium intake all in a single meal I’m sure there are cheaper ways to find it.

      • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Also McDonald’s seems to take forever these days. I had it in February in Portugal, and waited 20min for my food. Same experience when I have it here in Germany (maybe 1-2 per year)