if i get some mcdonald's fries tomorrow i promise to vote for the most fascistic candidate next year.
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
$1 unlimited soda and wi-fi and Sade
― porkpie cokeheads (Eazy), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
burger king fries >>>>>>>>>>>>> mcdonald's fries though
and their chicken tenders are waaaay better than chicken nuggets.
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
gah... now I want McDonalds. Damn you guys!
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
waitwaitwait -- McDonald's plays "Paradise" and "The Sweetest Taboo"???
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
whaaa? i'm too elitist and veg to eat at fast food restaurants these days, but that is so rong. burger king fries are these skinny soggy floppy things
― dell (del), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
burger king fries aren't soggy or skinny! I think you have them confused with McD's fries... BK fries are crisp, salty, delicious.
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i thought it was generally agreed that mcdonald's fries are the one thing that even vegetarian marxists have a sneaking desire for from time to time.
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
why would I eat a Quarter Pounder listening to "The Sweetest Taboo" when I could drink a Pellegrino in Starbucks while reading and listening to "Soldier of Love"? Or is this like choosing between The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, maybe they've changed in the years since i've last had them, or different franchises vary significantly in their quality control...but i remember as a kid being excited for the better burger king sandwiches and c. tenders, but bummed that their fries were so disappointing compared to mcdonald's
― dell (del), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
Hardee's new chicken tenders are really good, but I've only had them once because they're so damn expensive #derail
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
you go to starbucks for their sparkling water??
― dell (del), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
Checkers also has amazing fries:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/3670218203_8d25bd8e73_o.jpg
And Popeyes of course.
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
all national-level fast food fries are bad
― iatee, Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
sort of can't believe that hardee's still exists. it always seemed like a totally moribund lower tier fast food place to me
― dell (del), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i've only eaten from popeye's maybe twice, at a highway rest stop, but they put that magic dust on them
― dell (del), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
the mistake is thinking of them as french fries rather than crispy grease and salt.
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
Burger king fries are just pure batter, no potato
― am I diversified? (blank), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
McD is all "Smooth Operator"--strictly top 5 playlist--and sometimes the a/c keeps the place at cellar temp.
― porkpie cokeheads (Eazy), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
which, you know, sometimes, not always, but sometimes, you just want the most effect way of getting crispy grease and salt into your system
If it means using their free WiFi and not embarrassing their employees, yes.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
I will probably do it tomorrow.
The one here does booming business for breakfast then next to nothing for the rest of the day.
but re the thread question, edible only when hot
french fry scale: wendy's > BK & McD's tie > everybody else except Sonic > Sonic
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
"booming business for breakfast" referring to Hardees btw
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
i always feel kind of unamerican when the fast food threads come up
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
I'd rank Checkers and Popeyes above McDonalds, most definitely... but I LOOOOOVE seasoned fries.
― writing down my vagina’s sorrows for all the world to see (The Brainwasher), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
The best fried potatoes are the ones I make out of a leftover baked potato. Always bake a couple extra spuds for fries the next day.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
Who cares about free wifi? Don't you all have homes?
― am I diversified? (blank), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like you've a profoundly distorted idea of the ilx demographic
― dell (del), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
I do but I also like to watch people while drinking sparkling water.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
xpost
No outlets at home, just lamplight
― porkpie cokeheads (Eazy), Sunday, 24 July 2011 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
This is quite interesting: http://balkanist.net/im-lovin-it-mcdonalds-serbia/
There were also some early cultural barriers to the restaurant’s success. In 1988, the concept of “American-style fast food” hadn’t permeated Yugoslav society. After a meal, even at McDonald’s, people liked to sit, smoke and complain about corrupt government officials for several hours – a time-honored tradition that continues to this day. Americans, on the other hand, call that kind of activity “loitering” — a criminal offense. So in order to prevent too much post-Happy Meal lingering, McDonald’s hired several specially-trained workers whose only job was to make people eat and leave.
Some of the earliest manifestations of the mounting tensions between Croatia and Serbia before the breakup of Yugoslavia were in the songs Serbs sang about their McDonald’s at football matches. One late-1980s chant went “we have a McDonald’s, McDonald’s, McDonald’s, we have a McDonald’s, and where is yours?”
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 28 August 2014 07:05 (nine years ago) link
The tradition of whiling one's time away at a restaurant or cafe is one that is sadly missing in America
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/nyregion/fighting-a-mcdonalds-for-the-right-to-sit-and-sit-and-sit.html?_r=0
― 龜, Thursday, 28 August 2014 12:14 (nine years ago) link
did anti-loitering laws even exist before McD's? I didn't realise the US even had these?
― radioplay vs coldhead (dog latin), Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link
<3 these guys
― j., Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:29 (nine years ago) link
Go to Starbucks then.
― pplains, Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
Doesn't count if you're whiling your time away on a Macbook
― 龜, Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:33 (nine years ago) link
One of my favorite yelper scumbag complaints is whenever a coffeehouse doesn't have readily accessible outlets so people can plug in their laptops.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:42 (nine years ago) link
i'd never yelp about that or formally complain in any way, but it can be frustrating when you bring you go to a cafe to get work done, buy coffee and a muffin, and sit down and realize you can't plug in your laptop.
― lars von (Treeship), Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:46 (nine years ago) link
I read a book called teh Macdonaldisation of Society when I was at University at the turn of teh millenium.That goes into the process of subconsciously making the customer leave as fast as possible. I remember when mcDonalds was first appearing in London in the mid 70s the benches were angled so you didn't become too comfortable and therefore left faster. I noticed that the Macdonalds in the centre of Galway seems to have far more comfortable chairs these days.
The book also went into the standardisation process whereby if you went int a Macdonalds anywhere the menu was going to be the same so you'd know what to expect and what it would taste like. Looks like that has changed a bit as the franchise has expanded into other cultures but it probably remains the same within each of those. Also the layout of the shop would be pretty much standardised. So you'd have some level of subconscious familiarity in any branch you went into.
I haven't eaten in Mcdonalds in years, probably had breakfast in there last time i did. I did eat in Burger King a couple of times a couple of months ago.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
i ate a value meal -- quarter pounder, fries, and coke -- while drunk one recent night. it was amazing.
― lars von (Treeship), Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
Also the layout of the shop would be pretty much standardised. So you'd have some level of subconscious familiarity in any branch you went into.
There's a comic book store in my American neighborhood that used to be a McDonalds.
http://i.imgur.com/eABaMGm.png
There was something about it that seemed just a little off to me, and finally, after a year living around here, I realized it was because the drive-thru window was on the "wrong side" of the building.
I asked around and the people who lived in the long-ago tell me that the parking and eating area was on the left side of that photo and the kitchen was on the right. In the 70s, they added the drive-thru and the only place they could put it was on that side. Apparently, the line of cars would go around the front of the building.
Just weird that there was this one time in history when McDonalds restaurants really were just these hamburger stands and weren't standardized at all.
― pplains, Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:02 (nine years ago) link
is McDonald's serving healthier food and using healthier oils or whatever than when we were kids?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
sure sure
― famous instagram God (waterface), Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
That goes into the process of subconsciously making the customer leave as fast as possible.
That's a thing at chain restaurants like Applebee's, Chili's, T.G.I. McScratchy's Goodtime Foodrinkery, etc: they have the a/c cranked and the music loud so you'll eat it and get out.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
healthier, sure yes
They stick a bag of apples into each Happy Meal, so I guess that's "healthier".
― pplains, Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:04 (nine years ago) link
― lars von (Treeship), Thursday, August 28, 2014 6:46 AM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's on the customer not the establishment, gotta research that shit first.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:06 (nine years ago) link
tarfumes do you have a link on that? I'd like to read more on chain uncomfortable-ization, like not just on fast food places
― Euler, Thursday, 28 August 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link