131
Miracle Whip is better than mayonnaise (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
76 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 8 points 10 months ago (6 children)

You probably think McD makes the best burgers too.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

    To be fair, no one in their sane mind thinks this.

    McDonald's doesn't sell quality they sell consistency.

    The fact that you can get a cheeseburger from McDonald's basically anywhere in earth and have the expected experience is nothing short of astonishing.

    Same goes for Budweiser, hostess, etc.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I respectfully disagree with your opinion that McDonald's is consistent. Sometimes their Big Mac is delicious and other times I've had them be just meh. Same goes for their fries. I've occasionally got some fries that just aren't salty enough.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    I can without clouded judgement agree with your assessment

    Where we are failing to see eye to eye is... Think of your favorite most consistent burger.

    How many locations do they have?

    How consistent is it?

    How does that compare to mcds numbers.

    It may seem trivial given my agreeing with you, but it's not.

    I say this as a level II cicerone (beer sommelier). Beer snobs shit on Budweiser. Real beer snobs don't. And we don't say it's some amazing flavor either. It's consistency.

    I digress. I agree, but I think you'd agree with me as well if we agreed on terms rather than split hairs.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    McDonald's in Japan is actually pretty good.

    Which speaks more to the general quality of food in Japan rather than the quality of Japanese McDonald's. You can get better food at basically any other restaurant in the country.

    But still, it tastes like actual food, unlike American, Australian, and Italian McDonald's.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Basically all American fast food places in other countries are infinitely better than the US. Because they almost always have to deal with more stringent advertising and quality requirements and actually have to compete with real restaurants.

    Hell the only real advantage in the US used to be price, but they're now the same price as a full restaurant option, and take about as long. The only reasons they still have customers are nostalgia/habit and people just assuming that because McD's prices went up so much during the pandemic-era inflation, everywhere else must have as well.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I remember my local bar had a burger and fries basket. $6. This was prepandemic. We always joked that it was cheaper to get a burger/fries and a coke from the bar than it was from McDonald's (for a quarter pounder).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent