• Farid
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    583 months ago

    As a european, fast food is just like a category of food, and more of an occasional treat for me. Normally, I just eat my own homemade food, which is even cheaper. So I guess I see it a little differently, and fast food is allowed to be not cheap if it’s “good”.

    Hell yeah, gimme that cancer patty and those artery clogging fries, baby! But make the obesity water size “for kids”.

    • @samus12345
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      543 months ago

      “Fast and cheap” as in cheaper than buying precooked food somewhere else. Of course stuff you make at home will be cheaper.

      • @[email protected]
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        233 months ago

        The thing is that at least in my corner of Europe, fast food costs about the same as a filling meal in a sit down restaurant that doesn’t deep fry or microwave everything.

        There is an exception but they only have 3 locations in one single town. They’ve barely raised their prices in the last decade, they’re actually pretty fast, and there’s nearly always a bunch of people queued up.

        • @TheEighthDoctor
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          3 months ago

          True, McDonald’s is so expensive now that for 15€ I can go to Mc or I can go to a bib Gourmand restaurant for lunch (dinner is more expensive)

    • @[email protected]
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      173 months ago

      For many Americans it’s just lunch. If McD’s costs $5 they’re buying. If it costs $15 they’re packing.