What is the point of fast food anymore
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ERROR: Earth.exe has crashedreplied to Stamets last edited by
I mean...
Chick Fil A is still good
Panda Express is still good
Its mostly just Mcdonalds being garbage
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Queen HawlSerareplied to ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed last edited by
As long as Chic Fil A is at the throats of LGBT people, no the fuck it aint.
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Queen HawlSerareplied to [email protected] last edited by
Sonic Boom predicted it with Meh Burger
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I'm gonna agree that cleaning sucks ass, as does the time of it.
I made do by usually having to have something stimulating my dopamine-addicted ADHD ass while I'm washing dishes. Youtube documentary video, podcast, whatever is at least 30 minutes so I can just grind thru. Upgrade the dish tools as well, I really like these ikea dish brushes so much more than a sponge because I feel like I can actually clean with it and not constantly go through sponges, and replaced the flip top dish soap with one of those squeeze bottle ones. Big secret is you can refill those with whatever you want, you don't have to buy a new one when you run out.
Yes there is still the time factor with cooking, but I like to cook enough that I can make 2-4 servings so it's more like cook once and minimal work for the reheating. Also as for the time, idk how it is in your area, but where I'm at ever since COVID drive thru and in store times suck ass now for ordering. If you're on an hour lunch break or on the way home where I'm at it always takes them 30 minutes or even longer to get my order ready from ordering to out the lot. At that point, I might as well just go home and cook the damn thing myself, that's what set it for me.
Lastly for food waste, a few things learning to change how much you make so that you "use up" the materials is helpful. Same with freezing things, turns out most things can be frozen and thawed with minimal change to the item. For example I now buy bacon in a bulk pack but split it up into bags of 4 slices, keep all in freezer except one. Now I would only have four slices going bad instead of the whole package. A few other things I do is sometimes dried herbs / seasonings in a shaker are better than fresh ones that will go bad, learn what you use less of so you buy less (like I only buy eggs in a six pack because I don't go through enough), etc. I also get my groceries delivered, it helps me time and money wise because I'm not shopping in the moment and only buying what I need, and now the whole process of grocery store shopping that I hate is gone. No more traffic to the store, no parking lot spot searching, no walking around the whole store and dodging slow people stopping in the middle of the aisle to have a conversation, no bullshit line for checkout or receipt checks and packing / leaving. Now it's literally just order only what I need and it shows up at my door.
I do like the idea of "take home meals" though, sometimes that just hits the spot I get it. For me sometimes I'll do that and just get some store made chips and queso and fuck it I'm eating that while being a couch potato that night. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good enough
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HOLY SHIT wtf did I miss?
Is every company going nazi?
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It sounds silly, but when I'm on business trips I almost really like the Darden style restaurants for this reason. Think like Olive Garden, Chili's etc. Sure it isn't great food but damn is it a lot for a little. I've gotten a big ass bag of chips dipping sauce on top of burgers fries dessert for about the same as a small meal from Taco bell and a quesadilla from there. It's almost double the amount of food for the same price, and they're almost easier to deal with because they now all have online ordering. Place the order online as I'm about to leave work, go stop on the way and go pick it up, done deal and I got something for the next day too. I almost prefer takeout style restaurants like this now over "fast" food that's anything but in their drive thru line.
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There's little hacks for certain foods too if you can't cook worth much or don't want to bother to. For example I don't want to bother with cooking a chicken, so I'll go get one hot off the rotisserie chicken counter at Walmart or HEB. $6 for a whole ass chicken already hot cooked and ready to go, take it home and shred it. If it's hot the skin and legs taste good as a snack of itself while you're processing it and you can hand shred the breast / thighs / etc and save it for using in meals. It's how I make quesadillas or chicken alfredo really quickly.
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They've been Bigot Chicken for decades now. Sorry.
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Queen HawlSerareplied to ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed last edited by
This is sadly not news, the feud between the LGBT and Chic-Fil-A is pretty long
It goes like this
-2011-
Chic-Fil-A: Our money goes to Christian charities
LGBT: Well that's fine, you are the Jesus Chicken place, pass me some waffle fries my man
Chic-Fil-A: Sure, that'll be a dollar, a dollar that prevents gays from getting married
LGBT: Wait, I thought you said charities
Chic-Fil-A: We lied
-2015-
Chic-Fil-A: Okay Gay Marriage is legal and Caitlyn Jenner + Lavrene Cox seem to be getting the ball rolling on trans rights. I guess we have no choice but to abandon "Traditional Marriage" and other such causes and just stick to charity work...
Caitlyn Jenner: I'm the worst human being alive, I hate all other transpeople, the only moral transition is my transition, and I am literally guilty of vehicular homicide but am too rich to be charged with it!
Chic-Fil-A: Okay just Lavrene Cox then... So you hungry my rainbow friend?
LGBT: Oh thank God, I can finally have a decent chicken sandwich, God what is your secret?
Chic-Fil-A: Why the lies we tell about what we fund go into every mouth-watering bite of our Homophobic Chicken!
LGBT: What?
Chic-Fil-A: Shit, did I say that out loud? Fuck, okay you got us, we're still funding Anti-LGBT causes we're just trying to be quieter about it, also we don't think abortion should be legal and are lobbying to have that banned to.
LGBT: WHAT!?! I'M PROTESTING YOU SO HARD!
Left-Leaning Americans: And we'll help!
Fox News: Chic-Fil-A, which is not homophobic at all, is being protested because Democrats are mad that a store is closed on Sundays because they hate the bible! No really, this is a spin we actually went with to demonize our political enemies!
Right-Leaning Americans: I believe that whole-heartedly because I have no ability to question any information that sounds like it's even remotely true unless it comes from a Democrat. I always knew that gays hated Jesus and will now give all my money to Chic-Fil-A.
-2025-
Chic-Fil-A: So uhh now that we're all being mask off, can I interest in you a lemonade, you must be very thirsty after playing in girl's sports you filthy degenerate.
LGBT: Oh fuck off, you know damn well we don't and that you don't care about women's sports anyway, how are you still in business?
Chic-Fil-A: Actually we're making record profits because of those guys
LGBT: What guys?
Left-Leaning Americans: We know it's homophobic, but we're addicted to fast food and it tastes just so fucking good. Your suffering is no reason for me to be slightly inconveinced, even though everyone from McDonalds to KFC has a chicken sandwich just like theirs...
Right-Leaning Americans: MAGA! MAGA! MAGA! GOTTA PWN THE LIBS! WHITE LIVES MATTER! I'M ORDERING EXTRA SANDWICHES JUST TO SPITE THE DISGUSTING FREAKS... cut off by the munching of fries WHO... slurping coke ARE COMING FOR OUR KIDS!
LGBT: Okay yeah that sadly tracks...
And that's basically the whole story
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True. Even ignoring that though, chic fil a is fine at best but overrated if you ask me. Their best menu item is the shakes, everything else is mid. Not bad just mid.
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It's definitely overrated. Where I live a solid meal will set you back $12-$14, and it's always super crowded and hence slow. Instead, I can just walk a few minutes, and get better chicken for cheaper ($10-$12) and faster at the local place.
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Impressive, you figured out it was a university coop cafe. Maybe I should have edited out the text to avoid doxxing myself haha.
True, the coops are one of the cheapest options. I also eat quite often at one of the beef set meal chains (one of sukiya, yoshinoya, or matsuya). Solid choice too.
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It's actually rice topped with an omelette, and the with some sauce thing made thick with potato starch. It's called tenshinhan, which is a Japanese reimagination of the food they have in Tianjin, China. As far as I know this dish is just named after that city in China, but it's not actually from there.
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Been there. Cheaper than Boston but not really cheap.
Image is from 8 months ago. It's 9.99 for a cheeseburger. 4.49 for a little fry. 2.09 for a regular drink. $16.57 even considering 0% sales tax in portland.
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lmao true, I think Little Ceasars is actually good for the value. The $5 hot and ready box was an almost unbeatable deal.
I really prefer Domino's, but their prices are outrageous so I don't go there anymore. If I'm going to pay a shitload of money for pizza, I get a whole New York Style pizza so I can really enjoy it. Might start making my own now though, tbh. How hard could it be?
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Whoops. Yeah it has egg too: from their website: āGrilled sausage, American cheese, Applewood smoked bacon, a fresh-cracked free range egg, (deep breath) more cheese and more bacon all covered in our signature cheese sauceā
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Looking at you five guys.
Story time. We t to five guys, go up to the country asked for a burger combo. Person behind counter says they don't have combos so I have to say out loud: lemme get a burger fries and a coke.
Like I get it but a combo is a burger fries and a coke.
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A while ago, I was charging at a highway stop, so I decided to quickly get something to drink at McDonald's. I just asked ordered a drink, nothing more. One lady started preparing the drink and put it somewhere behind the counter. I was right there, but she didn't hand it to me. I asked if she could give it, as it was the only thing I had ordered. She mentioned she was not allowed to hand over the order to customers, and she was waiting for someone else who was allowed to. It took roughly 10 minutes before I had my drink, it was very frustrating, especially for a "fast" food chain.