• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I refuse to go to a Starbucks or McDonald’s when I’m abroad. I also refuse when I’m in my home country, but especially abroad. Parasitic franchisees.

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      4 months ago

      As much as I want to avoid McDonald’s, they are (were?) often the only fair-priced food place when you’re in a large, touristic area.

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        4 months ago

        I’m going to bring up Taiwan again, specifically Taipei. Food there is amazing and cheap and I’m honestly shocked that the couple McDonald’s I saw can stay in business. There are restaurants and food stalls every 10 feet. You can get a full meal in a couple minutes (or seconds depending on the stall) for like $2usd even in the touristy areas

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          4 months ago

          It depends on the location. I admit I’ve been to McDonald’s in Asia, just because my stomach couldn’t take the pain anymore. The price of a small menu was the same as a full meal elsewhere, but they treat you like you’re in a fancy place.

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            4 months ago

            Huh. When I’ve been to Asia, my stomach was healthier than never before, despite only eating local kitchen. I’ve been to McDonald’s too, but only to test their food.

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              I got food poisoning at least 4 times in the couple of months I was in Asia. I even found a place where they stored their “fresh” ingredients next to the toilet. I still have stomach issues >10 years later and I think my Asia trip may be related to that.

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                  4 months ago

                  For me Indonesia was the worst, I had constant stomach problems. Vietnam just some light issues, other countries were mostly fine actually.

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                    4 months ago

                    Interesting! I had absolutely no problem in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand or the Philippines. Maybe I should just move there lol

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      4 months ago

      It’s kind of hard sometimes. They’ve basically cornered the market on fast food. Local fast food places do exist, but they are rare.

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        4 months ago

        Maybe in the US. Go to London and you’ll get some really good takeaway from Indian, Pakistani, West Indies, and many other nationalities that are so much better than Mc Donalds. Same goes for pretty much any place outside of the US. Walk into pretty much any bakery in France, Croatia, Lithuania, Finland or Poland and they’ll have better stuff.

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        4 months ago

        For health reasons I stopped eating fast food more than 10 years ago. I’m still amazed so many people do. It feels like something you do when you’re a kid to me. I know it’s not that way for many. It is very unhealthy food though. I highly recommend not going. Best of luck.

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          4 months ago

          Fast food is very definitely unhealthy, but eating it in the rare instance when you have 20 minutes to find food and eat isn’t that bad.

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        4 months ago

        McDonald’s hasn’t even cornered the market in the USA.

        I have yet to travel somewhere that didn’t have a local fast food chain.

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      23 days ago

      I don’t know about your Sbix and WcDonalds but ours are absolutely unpalatable ever since they started doing mobile orders, the counters are all lined with trash melted drinks nobody ever picks up and it takes ten years for your order because they have to make a bunch of drinks nobody ever picks up.