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[–] _danny@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I personally think it's that people lack the time, motivation, and/or knowledge to cook themselves. I can make a cheeseburger and fries at home for about $3-5 in about thirty minutes, including cleanup. Compared to a $15 meal, it's roughly the equivalent of saving $20/h.

Another issue could be home size is way down. If you live alone, you can't buy one hamburger bun, you have to buy 8. You can't buy a quarter pound of ground beef, minimum package size is usually 1 lb. If you buy the material to cook one meal, you're committing to cook three to seven more within the next 10 days. So you've signed up for leftovers or up to four hours of cooking.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Nah, I cook 300 nights a year for my family. Do the shopping too. I'm very well off and have many options. I'm not Kenji, but I make it a point to bring my wife and I to two or three Michelin star meals a year.

I choose McDonald's as a treat because it's easy, good tasting, and it's a nice quick tasty meal that's at the same quality as any cheap quick sit down place. Getting a happy meal (nuggets, apples, milk) is an added bonus that gets the kid to eat without drama.

Your assumptions are mostly off base.

[–] _danny@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

If you cook 300 meals per year, you're not the primary demographic of McDonald's, at least for my local one. Most people I know who eat there, eat there very regularly.... Like multiple times per week.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems you angered the lemmoids

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I have, this guy makes it his job to follow and harass me on my comments.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

They care enough to follow me around and just troll on whatever I comment 🤷‍♂️