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Anon visits America (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] Earflap@reddthat.com 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Wait until anon discovers a hamburger with a glazed donut for a bun and the entire thing is deepfried.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Where do I find this?

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[-] radix@lemmy.world 155 points 6 days ago

Wait 'til you see the child size soda.

It's 512 ounces, or roughly the size of a two-year old child, if the child were liquefied. It's a real bargain at $1.59.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 48 points 6 days ago

Straight from the orphan crushing machine. Delicious

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 40 points 6 days ago

512oz = 15.14L. Literally soda in a size of a child.

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[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 5 days ago

I'm currently vacationing in Japan and have slimmed down a lot in just a week of walking, eating smaller healthier meals, and taking the train everywhere. America has a truly fucked standard of living. I don't want to go back to driving and eating shitty oversized unhealthy meals while also tipping.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 19 points 5 days ago

you've "slimmed down a lot" in a week? did you also give birth this week? or is this a bias?

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 5 days ago

It's not a bias it's a fact. My shirts are way more loose on me and I've been walking an average of 15,000 steps a day. What's it to you anyway? Are you upset someone's making a valid criticism about American transportation and eating habits?

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 52 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Because it's a week lol you're talking about losing water from sweating, stored sugars in muscles from exercising, and a teensy bit of fat loss. you haven't "lost a lot" you're just on vacation

what's it to me? I like to tell people when they're wrong in the internet. you said something stupid. hello.

lifestyle change and public transit are great but you're just on vacation. and this is coming from someone who lived over a decade in the Americas and Asia both.

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[-] godot@lemmy.world 103 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Between 1975 and 2016, the prevalence of obesity in Europe rose 138%, with a 21% rise between 2006 and 2016. The prevalence of overweight rose by 51% between 1975 and 2016, and by 8% between 2006 and 2016. It is expected that by 2030, over half of Europe will live with obesity – up to 89% in some countries. No Member State is on track to reach the target of halting the rise in obesity by 2025.

https://www.eufic.org/en/healthy-living/article/europes-obesity-statistics-figures-trends-rates-by-country

The proliferation of unhealthy eating is a big problem for most of Europe, too. They’re on the same path as the US for mostly the same reasons, just a few steps back.

That said, if I’m going to be fat, I’d rather it be because of schnitzel the size of a dinner plate or cacio e pepe over a Monster Burger.

[-] ddplf@szmer.info 30 points 6 days ago

That said, if I’m going to be fat, I’d rather it be because of schnitzel the size of a dinner plate or cacio e pepe over a Monster Burger.

Do you actually believe that these numbers are from common people eating quality food?

[-] godot@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago

No. I think it’s for the reasons outlined or suggested in the link I included: increased cost of healthy ingredients, decreased accessibility to the same, people struggling to find time to eat well in the increasingly fast paced world, etc.

My mentioning my personal preference is mostly a concession to nuggets of truth in the 4chan post. It’s also true; there is nothing common about how I would prefer to consume quality food.

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[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 30 points 5 days ago

Malnourished european can not handle a real meal.

[-] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 5 days ago

fun part is americans are fat AND malnourished….

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

Explain how we are malnourished when ONE burger contains EVERY food group. You can't.

[-] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago
[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago

That's what we got flintstone gummies for bruh.

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[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 50 points 5 days ago

Anyone who looks at the U.S. and thinks it's a fucked up country because of the food just isn't paying attention.

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

It may not be the only issue but it is definitely on the list.

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[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

The food stands out. Like Australia has too many fat people too, but our restaurants don't cater to them like America's - don't try to feed everyone a meal suited to a 200kg man trying for 300.

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 73 points 6 days ago

visit America
get shot
bystanders start clapping

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[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 69 points 6 days ago

I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 28 points 6 days ago

All you have to do is follow the damn train...

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Aw shit, here we go again...

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[-] Trantarius@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 5 days ago

Big food is kind of a marketing thing in America. Restaurants want to give their customers more " bang for their buck" (or at least appear to), but they don't want to lower prices. Instead, they increase portions. This has lead to a size arms race where every restaurant wants to claim they have the biggest food in town. This is especially the case for burger joints. It doesn't matter to the restaurant if customers eat all their food, since they pay for all of it either way. I'm guessing Americans are more culturally susceptible to this marketing tactic, since bigger-is-better is common here, and hence things have been taken further than in other countries.

This seems to be another case of someone throwing reason out the door for the sake of insulting Americans. There is no way you would be getting "shit eating grins" for ordering a kids meal. And if your large burgers are smaller than a kids meal, you either have very little size variation, or the small would be like a single bite.

[-] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah, that worker is one of two in the entire restaurant. She has to take your order plus the five behind you, the drive-thru orders, make fries, bag it all up, take your monkey, clean tables, make coffee, refill the ketchup/soda/milkshake/yogurt contraptions with their various bags of sugary goo, restock counters/tables with all the varied plastic and paper geegaws, take out the trash, stock the walk-in, clean the bathrooms somebody sprayed with liquid shit, then count out and get to her other job by 3pm so she can then do it all again tomorrow. She doesn't give a fuck what anyone orders, it's just a blur of colors and lower back pain.

If she makes a face it's probably the best she can do to fake a smile because you might be a secret shopper who is going to ding her points for not saying, "Welcome to McDonald's Home of the McFlurry™ now with DoubleStuff™ Oreo™, what can I get started for you today because It Just Tastes Better!!℠" with the proper amount of obsequiousness.

There's plenty of reasons to hate the hellscape, no reason for anon to invent some.

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 28 points 5 days ago

I REALLY wish they would have went to Five Guys.

Guy 3/5: fills 32 ounce cup with fresh hot, salt slathered fries. Drops cup in a large bag. Takes another full scoop of the fries and throws them in the bag. Easily 4-5 potatoes worth.

The cup of fries should be 1300 calories, they easily put twice as many in. That's a daily food intake worth of calories for the side alone.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The calorie count is accurate for what they give you, not what fits in the cup. They just use a cup that's way too small to trick you into thinking they're giving you more than what you paid for.

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[-] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

They didn't give you a pack of cigarettes with your meal? How un-yurapeein!

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 48 points 6 days ago

I'm up in Canada and since the start of the pandemic I've stopped going to fast food places. But after things got back to normal, I thought why should I go back to ordering food at McD's .... as I thought of it more, I realized it didn't make any sense.

Fast food is basically unnutritious food made by underpaid workers who don't like their work ... the food doesn't do me any good and its too expensive .... I have to trust the underpaid employee didn't mess up my order ... I waste money by degrading my health only to spend more money to try to get back some good health

I realized it was cheaper in the long run of my life to not eat at these damned places.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Americans shop for calories per dollar.

Please don't look at why they do that, we're the best country ever!

[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 23 points 5 days ago

It's interesting reading responses on this because I'm gathering a lot of Europeans/non-americans think that burgers are always fast food?

When an american thinks of a good burger I think most of us are picturing our favorite bar and grill's burger, not a chain fast food one.

Are burgers pretty much only at fast food chains in other countries?

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[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

It's the gateway drug to insulin. Corn syrup infused fats, no vitamins or any other important stuff.

[-] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Falsified and homosexual. No Yuroopeens allowed

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 27 points 6 days ago

Erhm well back in the day fat people were the peak of social hierarchy because they had enough money to buy enough food to be fat, therefore spending $12 on a burger to get fat makes me mega rich

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 18 points 5 days ago

I don’t even think the stereotypical giant american burger is a thing anymore unless you go to places that specifically market a special large burger. Now a $12 burger is just regular sized. And an $18 “artisanal” burger has a thin disc of meat and is taller than it is wide.

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[-] quixotic120@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

American burgers are the king of all burgers, bottom line

That said 2 things I absolutely agree with:

A burger should be small enough to easily bite. It’s okay if you have to smoosh it down a bit with your hands to do so, but if I have squash it to shit or take it apart or cut it or eat it weird you’ve fucked up such a basic thing

If you already have ketchup, mustard, mayo, bbq, etc then why do I need “burger sauce”? Your burger sauce is probably just some variation on mayo and ketchup anyway. Thanks for making my burger a sloppy piece of shit akin to eating ribs

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[-] Zementid@feddit.nl 15 points 5 days ago

Ragebait, am European, love American Food!

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