McDonald’s is proof of the susceptibility of most people to propaganda. I don’t understand how anyone can still eat anything there. It’s not good, it’s overpriced, it makes you feel like shit, and you’re hungry again 2 hours later. The nostalgia factor is definitely real because once a year or so someone will suggest getting it and I’ll think, hey I used to like it, and then every single time it’s incredibly subpar food that usually isn’t even made well because the staff hates their life. Stop fucking buying McDonald’s, Jesus.
I fall for it every year. Every. Year.
Submitted 13 hours ago by shalafi@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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emeralddawn45@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 5 hours ago
The nostalgia factor is definitely real
It’s not just nostalgia. Parents will take kids to McDonald’s as a reward and then they get a toy and it’s very quickly ingrained in them that “McDonald’s = fun”. Where I grew up we didn’t have it so for me it was always just another place with bad food but I remember once overhearing some kids on a bus talking excitedly about going McDonald’s and what they are going to order there. It was like a special occasion for them.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 hours ago
Pretty sure it’s mostly so 12 year old boys can go there together and eat slop that doesn’t taste of anything and feel like a grown up for an hour.
It used to actually be fast food that I can see the appeal of if you’re in a hurry, but now it’s just poor quality slow food.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
Idk, it’s better than Hesburger and those were the only real fast food options till KFC and Burger King came here around 5 years ago. Sometimes you just want something you can eat quickly in the comfort of your car and drive on.
db2@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
McShitheads donated a large amount of money to the morons in the white house, I haven’t been there all year. They can shove the Mcrib up their collective asses sideways.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 hours ago
That photo of RFK having to hold a Big Mac is still the funniest thing out of this government.
Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Where do you think they’re coming from in the first place?
frizzo@piefed.social 12 hours ago
I heard it’s not earlobes but actually foreskins.
davidagain@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Content not viewable in your region.
Could you provide an alternate link? Or maybe use the image button to upload it to your instance so it’s out of the control of some corporation?
(Imgur deleted a bunch of content for the crime of not having a paid subscription, and they geoblock my country because the data protection commission threatened them with a fine for selling children’s browsing history and they’d rather take it out on users than simply filter the accounts they auto-tagged as children out of the data they were selling. We left reddit for a reason. Imgur is no less moneygrabbing.)
DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Earlobe meat. Such a random description, but it makes complete sense.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I read a tweet once that said that Burger King’s chicken nuggets tasted like “deer ankles.”
Another apt comparison.mkwt@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
It’s funny because earlobes are, like, all gristle.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 7 hours ago
never tried it. I’m more of a fish eyeball kinda guy.
CoffeeSoldier@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
I’m hoping it’s random, but this is Lemmy. Guy might really eat earlobe meat. Whole point here might be why buy a mcrib when you can grab an earlobe off a homeless drunk guy under a bridge?
FatVegan@leminal.space 5 hours ago
I’ve only ever seen the McRib in shows like the Simpsons, i don’t think that was a thing over here back then. When i saw it on display i tried it, and it has to be one of the grossest things I’ve ever paid for. Like even for McDonald’s fastfood slop it was so rancid.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
The McRib is proof that enough barbecue sauce can make anything delicious. If you get a bite that isn’t swimming in sauce it’s much worse.
Madison420@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I actually like the school lunch/prison food version of the same thing. I’m not gonna pay like 7 dollars for it or whenever mc Donald’s is up to now but there is something about it’s unique horrible-ness that gets me.
rosco385@lemmy.wtf 7 hours ago
Draegur@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
If i want McRib, i skip the middle man and just buy q bulk family-size tray/tub of frozen microwaveable riblets and go to fucking TOWN
prettybunnys@piefed.social 13 hours ago
We used to get something like the McRib regularly in school as a kid.
When I had my first McRib is was so disappointed. Idk how people are into them
FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
McRibs taste exactly like these to me. A reminder of growing up poor. I’d say I can still taste the potatoes but they were totally devoid of flavor.
gigachad@piefed.social 2 hours ago
When I first looked at the image I couldn’t make out the potatoes? As an European I was really interested in the ingredients of this. I knew US food safety is debatable and the regulations are much weaker than in the EU, but what the fuck is this? This is the most insane ingredient list I saw in my whole life. How is it possible you do not glow green and shit silver colored liquids after digesting this? It makes me really sad that people really have to eat such garbage. The US is such a shithole for poor people. (Still loving you, at least the portion that stayed sane)
BBQ Sauce
- Water
- Tomato Paste
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Brown Sugar
- Corn Syrup Solid
- Molasses Powder
- Molasses
- Wheat Starch
- Soy Flour
- Soy Lecithin
- Modified Corn Starch
- Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavor
- Salt
- Onion Powder
- Ground Black Pepper
- Caramel ColorMashed Potatoes
- Rehydrated Potato Flakes And Granules
- Water
- Potatoes
- Mono-And Diglycerides
- Citric Acid
- Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate
- BHT
- Sodium Bisulfite
- Water
- Cream
- Margarine
- Soybean Oil
- Water
- Salt
- Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
- Monoglycerides
- Sodium Benzoate
- Soy Lecithin
- Medium Chain Triglycerides
- Vitamin A Palmitate
- Beta Carotene [Color]
- Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol)
- Natural Flavor
- Soybean Oil
- Sugar
- Salt
- Nonfat Dry Milk
- Monosodium Glutamate
- Xanthan Gum
- Guar Gum
- FlavoringRib Shaped Patty:
- Pork
- Mechanically Separated Chicken
- Water
- Textured Vegetable Protein Product
- Soy Protein Concentrate
- Zinc Oxide
- Niacinamide
- Ferrous Sulfate
- Copper Gluconate
- Calcium Pantothenate
- Thiamine Mononitrate
- Vitamin A Palmitate
- Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
- Riboflavin
- Cyanocobalamin
- Soy Protein Concentrate
- Brown SugarLess Than 2% Of :
- Dextrose
- Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavor
- Salt
- Paprika
- Sodium Phosphate
- Natural Flavors
- Caramel Color
- Citric AcidCorn:
- Corn
- Water
- Sugar
- SaltDraegur@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
They are literally those.
yopyop@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
“Backyard bbq meal”
Mmmm…press X for doubt
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If you add salt, pepper and butter the potatoes are good. Because they taste like salt, pepper and butter
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Mix the corn and potatoes for flavor
pebbles@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Hey salt is flavor enough
the_tab_key@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Same at my school. The first two bites in the thing tastes amazing. The rest would be the most revolting thing ever.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
The prevailing theory is that McDonald’s brings the McRib back whenever pork futures are down, because it maximizes profit. That is usually seasonal- in the early autumn, when grilling season is over.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
And why Germany, which has low pork prices, has the McRib year round
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
In fact from what I’ve picked up over the years it’s kind of a meme in finance ie, “The price of X follows the return of the McRib!” when really both X and the McRib are just driven by the same larger economic factors and not by each other.
Gonzako@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Man, I went to a mac Donald’s today since maybe years. Everything’s smaller and pricier! Why’d anyone eat there instead of a regular restaurant
SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 13 hours ago
McRibs are the shit.
I eat fifteen a day when it’s McRib season and it’s literally all I would eat if they served it year round.
I want a McRib McGriddle or a McRib McMuffin just to complete the day because I can’t eat them from two am to eleven am as it stands.
X@piefed.world 12 hours ago
It’s a hell of a bit to commit to, but commit you did.
That’s about it.
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Try the BBQ banquet tv dinner… Then you can have whenever you want.
cowfodder@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Speedway BBQ rib hoagie is identical and they have them pretty much all the time.
Ledivin@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I tried exactly one and it wasn’t even bad, but there was literally nothing interesting about it.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 11 hours ago
Sweet mushy meat bbq sandwich
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That might actually be the appeal.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
My friend showed up with a mcrib the other day saying it’s been forever and the advertising got him. Took a few bites then said basically this and asked if i wanted it. For free ur wasn’t bad but yea agree
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Obligatory:
ratel@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
Thank you for this.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 12 hours ago
In Germany you can get them year-round but I’ve never seen anyone actually eat one.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 7 hours ago
I liked them but that was quite a while ago. I believe they’re not even on the menu anymore?
chris@l.roofo.cc 28 minutes ago
They are. They are okay. But very messy to eat.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I actually love the mcrib. You can buy them from the store. This year imma try to make them in the air fryer and use some high quality sauce and see if I can make a better version.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I would 100% try earlobe meat.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 hours ago
Coincidentally, I have two earlobes that I’m not using for anything - how much are you offering?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
that depends.
How much you charging for a nibble? Also, do you have McRib sauce?
ccunning@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
It’s not bad.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 5 hours ago
Crunchy!
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 11 hours ago
Tastes like McRib without the sauce
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
👁️🗨️ 👄 👁️🗨️
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
These are places that distribute food as nutrition … they dispense edible product that momentarily provide a flavour sensation to your mouth and tongue.
CannedYeet@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The pickles onion and barbeque sauce are nicely balanced and crunchy though
kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I liked them with lettuce and tomato way back when. Haven’t eaten at mcds since the whole thing with potus tho and dont plan on changing that for the rest of forever
Son_of_Macha@lemmy.cafe 39 minutes ago
Instant downvote for imgur links