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Ah yes. "If only these people would abstain from the joys of eating fucking McDonald's, they'd no longer be poor."

unethical_ban 4y ago
A double quarter pounder meal is $11 with tax in Texas. I'm not poor but I'm realizing just how insane it is to eat out regularly now.
- bluedino 4y ago
  I remember working retail years ago, and having co-workers that would get fast food for lunch. They're spending 3 hours (after-tax) of of their minimum wage pay on lunch. How much sense does that make?
  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    There are multiple subsets of poor. There are poor who are so exhausted and so without capacity to move up that a little enjoyment from fast food is what keeps them going. And there are also poor who are wasting resources they could be using to move up. Such as young kids with stable homes working retail/hotel/other lower paying jobs, but instead of a making a healthy moong bean salad at home for $3 of ingredients and 30min of their time, they order a $25 chipotle meal from door dash everyday at work.
- Mezzie 4y ago
  The poor aren't getting the meals. When I was a grad student, my McD's trips were 'hey I found a toonie (Canada), I can treat myself to a McDouble'.
bluedino 4y ago
I'd first like to respond that McDonalds is terrible and don't see how it brings you joy. I'm also not saying poor people do t get any joy. They just don't get to have every joy they want. Even if you're not poor you don't get to do that. At what point do you see the irresponsibility? Applebees? Ruth's Chris? The French Laundry?
- TeaDrunk 4y ago
  > At what point do you see the irresponsibility? Applebees? Ruth's Chris? The French Laundry? Definitely not the $2 burger special at Mcdonald's, that's for sure.
josephcsible 4y ago
The point is that even the cheapest restaurants are more expensive than preparing food yourself.
- notRobot 4y ago
  Do you actually believe poor people don't know that?
  - josephcsible 4y ago
    Your comment made it sound like you didn't know that.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  Monetarily, perhaps[1], but there's also the time factor - buying 4 McDonalds meals is a lot quicker than preparing, cooking, and cleaning up after 4 people. [1] I wouldn't say it was 100% true - McDonalds is a pretty cheap way of getting calories.
- fknorangesite 4y ago
  This is some tired avocado-toast-level commentary.

A double quarter pounder meal is $11 with tax in Texas. I'm not poor but I'm realizing just how insane it is to eat out regularly now.

bluedino 4y ago
I remember working retail years ago, and having co-workers that would get fast food for lunch. They're spending 3 hours (after-tax) of of their minimum wage pay on lunch. How much sense does that make?
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  There are multiple subsets of poor. There are poor who are so exhausted and so without capacity to move up that a little enjoyment from fast food is what keeps them going. And there are also poor who are wasting resources they could be using to move up. Such as young kids with stable homes working retail/hotel/other lower paying jobs, but instead of a making a healthy moong bean salad at home for $3 of ingredients and 30min of their time, they order a $25 chipotle meal from door dash everyday at work.
Mezzie 4y ago
The poor aren't getting the meals. When I was a grad student, my McD's trips were 'hey I found a toonie (Canada), I can treat myself to a McDouble'.

bluedino 4y ago

I'd first like to respond that McDonalds is terrible and don't see how it brings you joy. I'm also not saying poor people do t get any joy. They just don't get to have every joy they want. Even if you're not poor you don't get to do that. At what point do you see the irresponsibility? Applebees? Ruth's Chris? The French Laundry?

TeaDrunk 4y ago
> At what point do you see the irresponsibility? Applebees? Ruth's Chris? The French Laundry? Definitely not the $2 burger special at Mcdonald's, that's for sure.

josephcsible 4y ago

The point is that even the cheapest restaurants are more expensive than preparing food yourself.

notRobot 4y ago
Do you actually believe poor people don't know that?
- josephcsible 4y ago
  Your comment made it sound like you didn't know that.
zimpenfish 4y ago
Monetarily, perhaps[1], but there's also the time factor - buying 4 McDonalds meals is a lot quicker than preparing, cooking, and cleaning up after 4 people. [1] I wouldn't say it was 100% true - McDonalds is a pretty cheap way of getting calories.
fknorangesite 4y ago
This is some tired avocado-toast-level commentary.