President Donald Trump

McDonalds prices have always been artificially deflated due to subsidies.

I would assume that the average poster here is above averagely well off so this type of "you people" grandstanding is likely wasted on this crowd, but in general:

The avocado toast sentiment is nonsense

A large starbucks latte is about 8$, a large starbucks latte every single day of the year is ~3,000$.
3,000$ annualized at 5 +/-3% for 10 years is 43,000$

Would the average individual be better off saving 43,000$ over drinking 3650 lattes from Starbucks? Sure.

But that isn't whats keeping your average wage slave from living in financial freedom

I went there yesterday after like 20 years of absence , 2 burger and a milkshake.
26$ !
I was like WTF ….

I can buy 3 whole chicken at Costco for the same price !!

Damn sure I won’t got there for the next 20 years again …
I can have an amazing healthy and much higher quality slushy meal for the same price .

/ ukrayne Russia war in one day .

Are we there yet ?

that i don't know, it wouldn't surprise me either way as protests tend to be violent and destructive - even the ones the news was calling peaceful in that clip shows people taking flags down and burning them - fact they brought big jugs of gasoline is not a coincidence

and tear gas and protests just go hand in hand - i spent summers in south america as a kid, you'd see them all the time and knew to stay clear because if you stand too close and observe or decide to take a shortcut and walk through or nearby you run a real risk of getting tear gassed because it wasn't if they would get tear gassed, it was when

well it's not just the latte though.

Very implausible that someone who splurges on that doesn't splurge on other avoidable stuff as well.

start adding "better electronic devices than necessary" to the list, high frequency of delivered food and other stuff and you end up with "not having student loans anymore" vs "I only paid interests on my student loans" in 10 years.

and that is the avocado toast sentiment and it does make sense.

but I saw various data in the last 2 years and it appears that gen z is much more savvy than millennials were at the same age wrt these consumption patterns

Yes, I've seen this tweet reposted about 500 times on r/workreform and r/whitepeopletwitter, too, but there's a lot more than an $8 daily latte involved in people being broke. If that's your only vice, you got off easy.

Plus, a full 30% of Starbucks orders are mobile/delivery. That's just insane. Your $8 drink is now $15.

in Italy we had various waves of protests with 1m+ participants across the years that had 0 violence.

this was unions in Circo Massimo in 2002 (against a labor law reform)

neutral sources said it was almost 2m (unions said almost 3m) people

the USA are truly insane though, a 50 eur takeaway order becomes 53 with delivery in Italy usually.

At least in my city

almost like regulating delivery apps is a good idea

I mean, going out for drinks one night a week is about 2000$ per year

Going out to eat one day a week is 1500-2000$ per year

Going out to eat a few nights a week is 4-6000$ per year

Is saving 150,000$ over 10 years worth giving up what these people likely consider the highlights of their week? I dunno, thats kind of up to the individual. Its still not the difference between being destitute and financial freedom

most fast food places have adopted the coupon tactic using apps so the rich white folk such as your self who can afford to pay $26 and would rather just order what they want without installing an app and looking for deals will be charged the max while poors like me scan the apps and find the most cost effective purchase

that's what people don't understand about coupons - the price with the coupon is the real price, the price without the coupon is a way to milk those who can afford to pay more - basically no different from colleges putting up enormous price tags with the sole intent of getting max money from the wealthy parents knowing fully well more than half the students won't pay anywhere near that number

it's super sophisticated, each person gets different offers based on purchase history - ie if you exploit the $1 fries or free fries with any purchase and just get the fries or a really cheap item for the free fries repeatedly you'll see those offers stop appearing etc because they see what you're doing and will start steering you to make larger purchases

your ordering will be severely restricted, but the deals make everything pretty affordable - and there's a number of items which are bogo for $1

As someone who exclusively orders bogo deals and 5$ meals from mcdonalds, they haven't altered my offers in the slightest over the last two years

IIRC McDonald's pricing structure basically means the regular customers are subsidizing the app users.

celiac so my options are very limited - even the fries themselves are not gluten free because they have some wheat in the beef protein powder they put on them but it's not enough to be an issue so i can eat anyway so if i'm a bit peckish i'll swing through the drive through and just get the $1 fries or free fries with any $1 purchase

that was 99% of my orders, only time i got anything else was if a child wanted a mcflurry on the way back from little league or something

and they've been pulled so now i'm hitting up other fast food places for reduced cost celiac friendly options because every offer i have no is for stuff i can't eat or discounts on large purchases, and no, I'm not going to be ordering $20 worth of french fries

iirc someone in the fast food thread said his friend worked on the mcdonald's app and confirmed they do profile each customer and some get different offers than others

Amateurs around here. In the McDs app, you can get 2 double cheeseburgers and a large drink for $5 by taking advantage of their deals and rewards.

Been a couple of months since I've indulged, but:

I can't believe fellow 2+2 posters would eat in fast foods.
Disgusting most of the time, mcdonalds among the lowest you can find.

Also I don't use apps for that but I suspect clearing cookies works the same as airlines companies.

I think it's pretty likely you were overcharged and you didn't notice. Also, how do you let this happen? If I ordered two burgers and a milkshake and they said 26$ I'd laugh in their face.

I wouldn't be bragging about being a rewards member at McD's.

This is me. While some apps make my life better, I generally hate installing/using them. Yes, I am old.

Lol at McDonald's. Haven't been inside one since high school. Don't you guys know how to slice a dozen apples?

lololololol says the guy who thinks the cops should be able to point a gun at anyone who takes their picture and quivers in fear when his family sees more than one dark person

Unsweetened Iced Tea is so American

If you aren't sure if someone thinks they are better than you, just mention that you've ever eaten at mcdonalds, they will make sure to tell you.