Is there really a target market for this abomination? (TikTok screencap)

The exterior of a Wendy’s restaurant with a window advertisement showing “T-REX BURGER
Go Big or Go Extinct.
$29.99” with a picture of a giant 9-patty hamburger accompanying the caption.

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[–] 87 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Reminds me of 'why do Americans eat like they have free universal health care?'

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  • [+] -61 points 1 year ago (15 children)
  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)
  • [+] -17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Free at the point of use isn't the same thing as free.

    Edit: genuinely curious why I'm getting downvoted? I'm in the UK, I love the NHS, I think it represents fantastic value, but I'm not labouring under the impression I'm not paying for it.

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  • [+] -36 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago*

    Last time I replied to a comment here my comment got deleted for violating "be civil' rule. I'm going to violate again and tell you.. Are you really this dumb? Cant you comprehend what people mean when they say free healthcare you muppet?

    P.s. Mods: are you going to implement a "don't say dumb things" rule ? Why do we have to be civil against obvious empty buckets for brains?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Can you please go to some forest already, where you don't have to pay taxes, so the rest of us can have a civilization and support each other like actual people.

    We can even try to make taxes a subscription thing. We will pay for the roads you walk on for free, you have to deal with the other bullshit using private companies. You don't get healthcare unless you can pay for it, electricity, water, even justice. All of that will have to come out of your pocket.

    Meanwhile, we will go forward without you into the future.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Here's the thing, it's already paid for from your taxes. Some countries choose to feed the military machine where a few billion lost here and there isn't an issue. However, when it cones to healthcare, it's an insurmountable cost.

    Know what the best thing about national healthcare service? I don't have to think about it. It's there. How much it costs? Doesn't matter? Will I become destitute if severely ill? No. Do I allow my fellow countrymen to be supported in times of need? Absolutely. Do I obtain natural hedging benefits from pooling risks into a bigger pot rather than having broken risk pools managed by thousands of insurance companies? Yup. Do countries with national service have greater costs than for-profit insurance healthcare? Nope, quite the opposite. Is life expectancy shorter in countries with national service? No, on the contrary, people live longer.

    Making sure everyone has access to treatment when in need should be viewed as a large achievement of societal living and a great patriotic duty, your fellow citizens are protected.

    But sure, without insurance middlemen milking people dry some people won't get to enjoy their third mansion. Well, only if someone doesn't have preexisting conditions otherwise you're on your own and left to get treatment when in need and filling bankruptcy at the same time. The pinnacle of human development.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Even those who don't work 3 jobs?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Even those that aren't residents and happen to be visiting or on a visa.

    “Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.”

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Teenage stoner me would have destroyed that

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Teenage stoner me wouldn't have had $30 dollars to spend on that... if i did I was buying another g.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Dude, with the t-shirt included, you'd be stupid not to do it

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Apparently the Dave's Triple only existed to make the Dave's Double seem more reasonable. And it worked

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Kids, the internet tells me that I can get 10 regular Wendy's cheeseburgers for $27.90

    So it a $2 upcharge for them to use less bread and pay the marketing team.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Your 10 cheeseburgers don't come with a sick shirt though.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is there really a target market for this abomination?

    Given Heart Attack Grill exists, I'd say so

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    This is one of the most american things I have ever seen

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)
    [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Go Big Or Go Extinct

    whynotbothgirl.gif

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Where in middle america are you?

    also, I guess wendys is trying to give the heart attack grill a run for their money.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I could also imagine a local burger joint doing this as a novelty item, but not Wendy's

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A local joint in my area did something like this last year. A five dollar burger with two patties, and one dollar per extra patty, no limit.

    I'm sure in practice there would have been a limit, but we got a lot of burger for twenty dollars that day. It came skewered and served on its side in what I'm guessing was a submarine sandwich tray.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    I don't understand what the problem is

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Heart surgeons

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    WTF?! The marketing department at Wendy's is trying really hard.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    My partner and I would get that and buy a pack of buns and have burgers for a week

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    $30/9 is $3.33 for just 1 cooked patty and cheese. So each of these DIY burgers of yours is maybe $3.50 -$4

    How much is just a single a Wendy's cheeseburger? Edit: looks like under $3

    So marketing scam confirmed.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Bulk savings. Buy once, only drive once, no further transport for a week; no waiting for food to cook (just reheat), no prep time or cooking time. 4am and hungry, burger. Noon, burger. Evening, burger. Have a pet that is running low on food? Burger.

    And they say "time is money" so actually it's like -$3 per burger once you do the math. Galaxy brain ain't got shit on this.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    unhinges jaws come to Papa

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    that many patties and no bacon? what am I, some kind of peasant? pfft

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is this safe for my pet T-Rex to eat? I don't know if it's too much sodium.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Let's be real: how would one eat this? It's got to be fork and knife and that's a burger line that shouldn't be crossed in my book.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If you want to be real, each patty is about 1/3" thick after cooking. That's only 3 inches of meat, a joke that people need to get on immediately.

    There's probably fancy burgers with onion rings on them that are the same size or larger in your hands.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Calling BeardMeetsFood on YT: A snack for you!

    Do they offer cheesecake at Wendys?

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    A regular Wendy's meal prob close to $20

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    deer fuck I want it

    but I know wendy's sucks and I'm going to a local place to get a better burger soon anyway, but just LOOK AT IT

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Super size that bitch, I got a defibrillator on standby.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Link Yes it was very real and it was very much Canada lol

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm currently planning a night out with friends where we plan to eat an abomination like this as the "fun thing before we go drinking". Mind that this is not the US, so half this size is the worst we could find.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I mean, back in 2004 a guy bought a 100x100 from In-n-Out. (100 patties, 100 slices of cheese.)

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