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HurlingDurling ,
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AlexanderESmith ,

I stopped going to McDonalds around 2004 after seeing Super-Size Me (which didn't really convince me of anything other than what I already knew; Fast food in general is gross).

A few years later, I was hanging out with some friends and someone wanted a drink or something, so we walked in, and the smell was overwhelming, and disgusting. It wasn't different, it was the exact same McDonalds smell, it was just gross as fuck.

About a decade after that, I was dating someone who wanted some of their fries (they were having a bad day and wanted comfort food). So I drive over there, just order the fries (everything else she wanted was already at home), and head home. The entire time, my car was filling with this gross, oily, I-don't-know-what smell of those fries. It occurs to me that I could only define it as "smelling like McDonalds".

Mind you, I've gotten fries at Wendy's, Jack in the Box, Arby's, etc. None of them smell gross. They smell like salty potatoes (except any place that has curly fries; they all seem to be from the same supplier, and they're gross).

I haven't been back to McDonalds in probably another 10 years, but I can only imagine that my first reaction would be to wretch, and my second reaction would be to leave. I have no idea how they fucked things up so bad, I had them all the time as a kid. I still eat Wendy's spicy chicken sandwiches, they're fine. wtf.

Sludgehammer ,
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I’m betting what your smelling is the “beef flavor” (actually made of wheat and milk) in their fry seasoning. McDonald’s once used beef fat to cook their fries, so when they switched to vegetable oil they started throwing “beef flavor” on their fries to replicate the meaty flavor.

jprice ,

I agree with that, but to me the McDonalds smell smells like piss from someone who is dehydrated. It’s so gross. 🤮

greenshirtdenimjeans ,

The only good experience I’ve ever had at McDonalds was a food fight in baltimore in 2007. Cops came, it was fucking wild.

MagicShel ,

I don’t care other than economy is a powerful predictor of election outcome. I think we are due for a market contraction, and I’ve been out of work for 4 months, but I’m hoping it can hold on for another quarter.

Track_Shovel ,

Best of luck finding work.

I’m with you, in that I smell a recession. I don’t think it will be cataclysmic, but we have a lot of things pointing to some shrinkage:

Consumers are unhappy with greedflation

Housing is fucking expensive and no one has extra cash on hand

Multiple reports of a large percentage people not being able to make bills or worried about making them.

CobblerScholar ,

Not to mention the mounds of debt people are dragging around that they are unable to pay off

Track_Shovel ,

My mound is small, but it certainly weighs on me. I can’t imagine how people worse off would feel.

Telodzrum ,

Consumer spending continues to show growth and be positive. This is a McDonald’s and fast food generally contraction due to the industry’s greed – pricing of fast food has outstripped actual inflation drastically.

TheFeatureCreature ,
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I haven’t eaten there in nearly 15 years after a period where every time I ate food at a McDingle’s location I got massive food poisoning.

Sounds like I haven’t been missing much.

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AlexanderESmith ,

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sunzu ,

The plebs are not buying our shiti slop... poor corpos, didnfu nuffin to deserve this!!! RHEEE

solsangraal ,

i haven’t been to mcd in years, but my parents were sick with covid and requested i pick up some mcdonalds for them-- JFC how could i have ever thought it couldn’t get any worse–what a fucking shitshow

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