this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
1183 points (98.9% liked)

memes

11194 readers
2368 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Me, limping my ass into a McDonalds for the first time in forever: "I'll have 20 nuggets, no meal." (expecting 5$, or something close to it since it had legitimately been a while)

"Yeah, that'll be 12.47"

The fuck???

I've officially stopped going to McDonalds. Their prices make zero sense, and their food quality has dropped to incredible lows.

Only desperate, dumb, or wealthy folks eat at this place in 2025.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

$17.99 for the 20 pc. In Canada. $10.79 for a 10 pc. I about shit when I immigrated here and realized nuggets were off the table. I can't imagine ordering that and picturing one dollar every time I pop one into my mouth. My wife buys me a ten piece for my birthday every year since I won't buy them myself out of protest. Also, my kid is old enough now to finish her 4 pc. Happy Meal, so I don't get to scavenge for uneaten morsels like I did before. It's tragic.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Just eat real chicken at that point...

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

RIP Stalinwolf

[–] moroni@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Where in Canada are you? Here in BC, the prices are quite different from what you mentioned.

[–] kaprap@leminal.space 17 points 3 days ago
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago

And the lines show it. I remember the single drive-throughs being backed up around the building and them putting in the dual-ordering drive-throughs to handle the traffic. There are never more than 2-3 people in line these days and there's almost no one inside. I get it, they're property banks these days.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 7 points 2 days ago

Don't forget about the "meat" wafers on the "burger".

[–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I don't go to fast food often, I walked into a McDonalds for the first time in maybe 1yr +? They had the kiosks for self ordering, I looked at the prices and "deals" and decided that the cost/experience ratio was just not worth and just left. I can go to a restaurant or cook myself for those prices (and I did, cooked enchiladas).

It doesn't seem affordable/worth it even for a one-off now