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I mean it's 2025 and real hamburgers are edging up in price so that $100 hamburger isn't thaat far away.

by djmips 1y ago

stavros 1y ago
Finally, we managed to progress enough as a civilization that you no longer need to fly somewhere to get a $100 hamburger.
ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
There’s a number of “boutique burger” places around here, where the burgers start at $20, and most diners charge $16 for a normal burger. I hear that NYC can get downright crazy.
- bombcar 1y ago
  Non-NY fast food places have gotten close to or breached $10 for the burger. I still remember the “six dollar burger” at CJ.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
    When I was a teenager, I was in a boarding school (1975 or so). When we went on trips, we’d get $2 for lunch. At McDonald’s, I could get 6 cheeseburgers and a Coke for that (I was a teen. I had no problem, eating them all).
    - kdndnrndn 1y ago
      That's like >$10 in today's money. Significantly more than I would give kids for lunch today 5 EUR (about $1 in 1975) is about the cost of a Döner Kebab which is more than enough for a teenager
      - felurx 1y ago
        Probably depends on the city, but where I'm from it's difficult (but probably not completely impossible) to get a Döner for 5€ :(
      - ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
        > more than enough for a teenager You watched any teenage boys eating, recently? I assume a doner is about the same as a gyro sandwich, around here (usually $7-$10). A good teenager can shovel down two of them, easy.
tromp 1y ago
There's this $5000 hamburger: https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/ https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/
- djmips 1y ago
  Wow!
- Cockbrand 1y ago
  Looking at the photo at https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/#9f8739e7-f637-4e46-873a-ef06f4cda10b https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/#9f8739e7-f637-4e4..., it seems like the person eating the EUR 5,000 burger doesn't have enough money (or taste?) left to buy a decent beer to go with it.
m463 1y ago
Went to betty burger in santa cruz and 2 burgers were close to $100 with the in-burger-purchases (on-burger onion rings for example)

I mean it's 2025 and real hamburgers are edging up in price so that $100 hamburger isn't thaat far away.

by djmips 1y ago

I mean it's 2025 and real hamburgers are edging up in price so that $100 hamburger isn't thaat far away.

Finally, we managed to progress enough as a civilization that you no longer need to fly somewhere to get a $100 hamburger.

ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago

There’s a number of “boutique burger” places around here, where the burgers start at $20, and most diners charge $16 for a normal burger. I hear that NYC can get downright crazy.

bombcar 1y ago
Non-NY fast food places have gotten close to or breached $10 for the burger. I still remember the “six dollar burger” at CJ.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
  When I was a teenager, I was in a boarding school (1975 or so). When we went on trips, we’d get $2 for lunch. At McDonald’s, I could get 6 cheeseburgers and a Coke for that (I was a teen. I had no problem, eating them all).
  - kdndnrndn 1y ago
    That's like >$10 in today's money. Significantly more than I would give kids for lunch today 5 EUR (about $1 in 1975) is about the cost of a Döner Kebab which is more than enough for a teenager
    - felurx 1y ago
      Probably depends on the city, but where I'm from it's difficult (but probably not completely impossible) to get a Döner for 5€ :(
    - ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
      > more than enough for a teenager You watched any teenage boys eating, recently? I assume a doner is about the same as a gyro sandwich, around here (usually $7-$10). A good teenager can shovel down two of them, easy.

tromp 1y ago

There's this $5000 hamburger: https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/ https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/

djmips 1y ago
Wow!
Cockbrand 1y ago
Looking at the photo at https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/#9f8739e7-f637-4e46-873a-ef06f4cda10b https://www.de-daltons.com/the-golden-boy/#9f8739e7-f637-4e4..., it seems like the person eating the EUR 5,000 burger doesn't have enough money (or taste?) left to buy a decent beer to go with it.

m463 1y ago

Went to betty burger in santa cruz and 2 burgers were close to $100 with the in-burger-purchases (on-burger onion rings for example)