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[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 32 minutes ago

fuck the shitty us empire.

we are right in not wanting to be bullied by that shitty country anymore.

[โ€“] ellypony@lemmy.world 0 points 1 minute ago

Oh my god please shut the fuck up

[โ€“] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago

Use the Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to ressurect the fucking Dollar Menu

[โ€“] LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I stopped going there ever since they cause the capture of Luigi.

I realized how far they go for anything.

[โ€“] suite403@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I stopped when it became obvious they were price gouging their customers. None of their food is worth the price and it hasn't been for probably close to a decade.

[โ€“] k0e3@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

As a Canadian in Japan, McDonald's is one brand I had a difficult time saying goodbye to after your Shit president threatened our sovereignty, because I genuinely used to have a good experience everytime I went. Clean store, polite staff, decently cheap food, and cool collabs with Japanese IP like Pokemon and Mario.

I'm sad my kids don't get to enjoy a treat there every now and then, but fuck the USA right now and anybody who supports the shitty administration.

[โ€“] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago

As an American, yeah I agree with you, fuck the USA

[โ€“] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 hours ago

I haven't been to McGenocide in a long while

[โ€“] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 17 points 6 hours ago

Have they tried SUING People who ARENT eating there?

[โ€“] garretble@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

That, maybe. But hear me out:

A Double Quarter Pounder meal is now roughly $11-12 dollars. They don't put the prices on the menu half the time, and the people in the drive-through never give you the price. They just say "pull around."

Maybe don't run a shitty business that's overpriced.

A couple of weeks ago I was moving to a new house. I woke up early to move a load of things, and on the way was a McDonald's. I stopped in because it was convenient and got an Egg McMuffin with a hash brown and an OJ. It was $9. $9!

You can't charge outrageous prices and then go, "Man, why aren't people showing up?"

[โ€“] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 hours ago

I can get a burger and fries from several local shops for less than McDonalds. The quality is better and there is more food in the bag.

[โ€“] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago

Tariffs make baby Ronald cry.

[โ€“] hebert@lemmy.world 36 points 14 hours ago
[โ€“] Siresly@lemm.ee 19 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It's nice to hear some good news.

"Consumers today are grappling with uncertainty," McDonald's Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said.

"Grappling with uncertainty." Predictably a writhing scumbag running this gross American company. What we're forced to deal with, is the extremely blatant certainty of the fascist rapist Chris here probably voted for, being a repugnant disaster. Fuck you, Chris.

[โ€“] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I want to ask him if that's how he talks at home.

[โ€“] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

"Consumers today are grappling with uncertainty,"

such a eerily polite way to say that the country is going to shit.

Incoming White House briefing calling McDonaldโ€™s commie traitors

[โ€“] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 24 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

My local restaurant's hamburgers >>> that local hot-dog stand's hamburgers >>> McDonalds

[โ€“] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

don't think I've ever had a burger that was worse than the McDonald's ones.

I'm baffled by why it's it popular at all. their quality is the worse (or at the same level of other junk food franchises).

[โ€“] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 hours ago

Drive thrus and brand recgonition

[โ€“] TheLiveFive@lemm.ee 10 points 13 hours ago

I can get a burger and fries from most places in my area for just a few bucks more. Totally worth it.

[โ€“] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 32 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

After McDonaldโ€™s dumbass trump stunt during the election, the only reason that Iโ€™ll ever go there again is to take a dump in their bathroom on a road trip.

[โ€“] kerntucky@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I missed it, what'd they do during the election?

Trump was doing a McDonalds drive thru gig or something, idk was weird and dumb

[โ€“] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 22 points 15 hours ago

Keep up the good work, boycott all fascist american brands.

[โ€“] nuko147@lemm.ee 19 points 15 hours ago

Anti-American does good to your health!

[โ€“] Etterra@discuss.online 72 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

Nothing says "I'm a greedy whiny bitch" like complaining about a 3.6% dip in profits.

[โ€“] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 28 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (5 children)

I expect it's actually a political piece attempting to further the rhetoric that America is up in flames. And likely so they should.

But also, McDonald's prices are outrageous now. I can feed my family at a sit in restaurant for a similar price.

[โ€“] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 19 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Fast food and major chains have gotten absurd. I used a gift card at Red Robin. It was $19 before tip for a dry burger and bland fries. Two bucks more couldโ€™ve gotten me a gourmet meal at a five-star place just down the street. The value just isnโ€™t there anymore. Eating local almost always tastes better, feels better, and costs the same or less. Why settle for mediocrity when better is right around the corner?

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[โ€“] shekau@lemmy.today 14 points 16 hours ago

Finally some good news!

[โ€“] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 15 points 17 hours ago

McDonald's is a real estate business, that just happens to specialize in generic burgers as a brand. It isn't a surprise that the company doesn't care about a quality dining experience, when repairing icecream machines was a money maker for them.

[โ€“] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 35 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's funny how McDonald's was the crown jewel of Western capitalism/imperialism. I remember media saying that having McDonald's in your country means you are modernized and pro "democracy" and that your country is an ally of the west.

Now McDonald's is a sign of corporate greed and western dominance over your country. I guess that's what you get for letting a real estate company make and sell burgers.

Hopefully, this death dealing business model goes the way of the dodo.

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