McDonalds is still around? I've stopped going altogether after:

• jacked up all their prices for everything
• removing soda stations so you have to beg for refills
• like seriously any day you're like "well im gonna goto the good mcdonalds" well fuck you they removed the soda machine this week.
• Most restaurants I goto, the Coke Zero, Dr. Pepper, etc. taste pretty much normal. All the McDonalds I know of that haven't removed their soda machines have weird shitty soda. It's not the usual carbonation-out-quick-fix, it's something else. All of their competitors taste normal. Everything I can find on Google is about "Joe Rogan said McDonald's Coke Zero is magically good tasty". Nobody is talking about this. I live in Atlanta, where the fucking Coke Headquarters is. WTF???

They saw McDonald's driving away customers with their new "beg for refills" policy and thought they could one them up.

I've gotten unauthorized refills by hiding cups I found in the trash under my jacket, does that count?

what about coke zero?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPZ4yah3ROU

stole $120 million worth of soda technology secrets

:CommiePOGGERS: pogging so hard right now :soypoint-2:

I think it will have the opposite effect. They just remodeled my local McDonald's. No Soda machine. Now you have to beg for refills. It's not the first McDonald's I've seen this happen to this year. It's a worrying trend, and basically the main reason for the local youth to go there instead of Chikfila.

Sure, this one detail is meaningless by itself, but it's the 1000s of relentless degrading of IRL that are happening across the board, now you have to be diligent about every good experience you remember in the past being replaced with shittier ones in random unpredictable ways. And everything costs 20% more now on top of that.

The stress of this leads to one thing: why should I even bother going outside?

I kind of want to print out fake barcodes so I do things like pay $8.99 for the $22.99 sushi box, or get the 2 for $20 deal on coke products but it's actually a pepsi product with a fake coke barcode.

:sicko-flipped:

But also I don’t really understand buying it - it’s pretty simple to do homemade.

I've never heard of homemade mayo, I just grab extra mayo packets at restaurants/gas stations so I never need to buy it.

I have several older comments, I have no idea why they've been 1984'd.

Obviously, if I'm fat, it's because my city isn't walkable...

Soda prices went through the roof in the last few months, luckily this doesn't affect me.

some commuters to bring in a 32oz+ refillable big gulp cup into their local gas station every morning to refill it for $1-$2

some of us do it for free :sicko-flipped:

Hardest part is finding a way to not pay for the ticket. But after you get in, paying for first ticket or not, it's just TOO EASY to sneak into any 2nd or 3rd movies. Grab a large drink and popcorn bucket from the trash, I'm assuming your theatre does free refills on the big popcorn buckets and hopefully has a bigass juicy thicc free-style soda machine not secured behind an employee register.

Every chance you get, either concealed carry or dumpster dive for a cup, barge into a restaurant, cup hidden in bag/jacket or not, then just help yourself to a refill of your favorite drink on tap. I do this as much a possible. Everywhere I drive, I'm always eyeballing restaurants to see if I can access the drink machines. If the machines are far enough from employee visibility, I tuck away my and move in for that cold refreshing beverage. I prefer big cups, something about soo much cold refreshing beverage just lifts me off. I have several favorite spots. I'm always politely nodding in public, holding doors for grandmas, etc. and nobody knows that I didn't pay for my drink that I'm slurping under my mask with a shit eating grin. I like to spend a long time at the fountain, trying flavors, even though I always settle on the one. I don't mind that paying customers have to wait a little bit on me. I don't take that long anyways. But I could go a really long time, if circumstances allow.