Honestly who is still eating McDonald's knowing it's fake meat?
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2026
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I don't eat McDonald's because of its shitty business practices, but why does it matter if it's real meat as long as the person eating it enjoys it? Also, they are actually 100% real beef, just basically a blend of different cuts merged into one.
IIRC, it's Grade D meat, which is below prison meat (and pet food, too?)
It's been a while since I rabbitholed that one, and noped out after the adjacent revelations, NGL.
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It's not fake, at least not in countries with food safety standards -- or standards in general -- but I can't confirm whether it's always 100% beef in the patties that they claim is.
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Why do you say it's fake meat?
Honestly who is still eating McDonald's?
This is what needs answered. 😅
Finally someone comes along and gives me validation instead of defending McDonald's meat. I hope your pillow is cold ❤️
What do you mean with fake? Is it not meat? Is it meat, but not of the animal advertised? Is it meat, but of abysmal quality? Is it cardboard?
That's offensive to cardboard.
Mother....fucker... Is this from WHAT'S HAPPENING????????
Yeah, it is, funny show :D
That is a deep cut....a deep deep cut and shows you (our?) age. Hey Rog.... Thank you for that.
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Diet.
Where's the beef?
Original "Where's The Beef!?" Wendy's Commercial, January 10, 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6_eWWfNB54
Seems like every year I keep finding out some new development in the shitty old child food industry I used to eat back before I was old enough to feed myself
don't eat it... return it for a refund citing theft and never return to 'fast' food ..
Just u wait, them pickles will be shredded to shreds.
This is probably a good thing, health-wise.
Honestly probably not. Your getting less useful protein. While likely still getting the same amount of bread and sauce.
So it's even less healthy. If the buns wernt just low grade white bread it wouldn't be the worse, or if the sauce wasn't just ketchup.
But your basically giving up protein for no return or replacement.
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And they will keep degrading the food supply until we're eating something that barely counts as food.
Uh, we're way past that already.
Yet somehow the customers still keep getting thicker.
Well yeah. The patty itself is one of the healthy parts of the burger. When you have to eat 3 of them not to be hungry that's a ton of bread/carbs and sauces consumed vs protein
Nevermind the default size of the sugar-slurrup "drink" and the popular "meal" w/ double-fried grease sticks.
Or, that the habit engineered by this food™ co. and similar is akin to addiction, and is the result of decades of research to do exactly that.
They don't even have the decency to call it a smash burger when they stretch the patty into transparency
🎶 '2 all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onion on a sesame seed bun.'. 🎶
2 mm, you mean
Stop going to McDonald's ❤️
your body will thank you
Ohnh, baht eet eez wayfaer theen, ser
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