What's killing off "gameified" communities (yes I made a post of my tweets, suck it)
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Most of them around here are open 24 hours now. Do you live out in the sticks?
I don't think they've EVER sold actual food...
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Most of them around here are open 24 hours now. Do you live out in the sticks?
No but now that you mention it, each of the times I can remember going into a McDonalds in the morning was out in the sticks, during a road trip.
Nothing beats country fried steak and eggs, of course. (Which McD's don't sell.)
Yeah, my beef with McDonalds breakfasts has probably always been that they're worse than a) traditional breakfasts and b) McDonalds burgers. I've never actually judged their breakfasts fairly, because every time I've eaten one I've been thinking of something better that I could have been eating.
Sounds like a whoosh, except I don't think @Buddy was joking per se. I buttumed he meant "while they're still serving breakfast".
Maybe some of the 24 hours ones sell burgers right thru?
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Maybe some of the 24 hours ones sell burgers right thru?
Well, they probably stop selling non-breakfast foods in the wee hours, because they're not generally set up to be able to cook breakfast and otherwise at the same time--I gather there's not enough grill space.
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I gather there's not enough grill space.
Does McD's still use grills? I thought they just reheated everything that came in precooked? Except their fries.
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Does McD's still use grills?
Got me. I remember reading a while back that one reason they don't do breakfast all day like the other fast-food chains are starting too (and, obviously, non-breakfast during breakfast hours) is that they don't have the grill space to cook breakfast and burgers. Perhaps they do the reheating on--well, not grills, but stovetop or whatever you call it.
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Does McD's still use grills? I thought they just reheated everything that came in precooked? Except their fries.
They do. One I visit from time to time is laid out so that you can see them cooking, at least the grills and fryers. It's almost fully automated. Minimum-wage guy throws frozen "meat" patties on the grill and pushes a button. A lid closes and cooks the "meat" from both sides. After a preset time, the lid opens, minimum-wage guy removes the "meat" patties and sticks them in stay-warm trays until someone orders a burger.
I almost always regret going in there; I wind up with a stomach ache.
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It's almost fully automated.
Given how McD's has been moving that way for a couple of decades, I bet if $15/hr minimum wages ever become reality, they'll be firing most of their staff the next day. They've probably already got robots and computers ready in warehouses, just waiting.
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They've probably already got robots
If you're not in a self-serve situation (i.e., at the drive-through window), the soft drink process is already fully robotized. The machine selects the correct size cup, positions it under the dispenser, dispenses the appropriate amount of the chosen beverage, removes it so the next cup can be filled, and (I think) puts a lid on it. All the human has to do is hand it out the window to you.
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I almost always regret going in there; I wind up with a stomach ache.
Same here. I feel lethargic and useless for hours afterward.
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They've probably already got robots and computers ready in warehouses, just waiting.
If not, it would not be terribly difficult to make it happen.
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The machine selects the correct size cup, positions it under the dispenser, dispenses the appropriate amount of the chosen beverage, removes it so the next cup can be filled, and (I think) puts a lid on it. All the human has to do is hand it out the window to you.
The employee puts the lid on it. The rest is automated though. I know this about the lid because you usually have to lock it down yourself. The employee only does it 90% of the way. Presumably so it ends up in your lap.
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You should sue.
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Can we put a dollar value on testicle thawing?
Seriously, I don't want to know. Down that path are nothing but fetish sites...
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If you're not in a self-serve situation (i.e., at the drive-through window), the soft drink process is already fully robotized. The machine selects the correct size cup, positions it under the dispenser, dispenses the appropriate amount of the chosen beverage, removes it so the next cup can be filled, and (I think) puts a lid on it. All the human has to do is hand it out the window to you.
I've seen those. You know what I meant, though: replacing the burger griller/assembler and the cashier.
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If not, it would not be terribly difficult to make it happen.
That's what I was thinking of. If you told me McD's already had a version of it ready to truck in to the store and drop in, I'd consider that believable.
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You know what I meant, though: replacing the burger griller/assembler and the cashier.
Somebody still has to clean the grillbot, floor, toilets and tables so they couldn't go fully automated.
Not to mention watching the grillbot to be sure it doesn't get confused and start grilling the local wildlife, or rise up against its masters.
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* CBA to look up the Unicode point for thorn
If you're on Windows, it's alt+0222. I know this because I used to play RuneScape.
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How about
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Yup. Well, that wasn't OS dependent, was it?
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I'm not saying they're the best breakfasts ever. But they're still really good.
Those grey rubbery squashed sausage discs and cubes of egg? Seriously?
I'm not one of those "all fast food is garbage" people but their breakfast stuff looks vomit inducing. I felt ill just watching friends eat it.
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They have a steak breakfast thing that's actually pretty good on a biscuit. No gravy, of course, but still pretty tasty.
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Those grey rubbery squashed sausage discs and cubes of egg? Seriously?
I can't speak for other countries, but in the UK, the eggs are British free range, and are quite tasty. The meat's pretty nice too; it's cheap meat for sure, but it's British pork, and no worse than a normal British sausage
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it's cheap meat for sure, but it's British pork, and no worse than a normal British sausag
The burger shaped sausages amuse me.
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Those are quite tasty.
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Sounds like a whoosh, except I don't think @Buddy was joking per se. I buttumed he meant "while they're still serving breakfast".
I agree. That was a whoosh you heard.
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Yeah, my beef with McDonalds breakfasts has probably always been that they're worse than a) traditional breakfasts and b) McDonalds burgers. I've never actually judged their breakfasts fairly, because every time I've eaten one I've been thinking of something better that I could have been eating.
These all look like English words that I recognize, but when I put them together, well...
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Same here. I feel lethargic and useless for hours afterward.
What a bunch of pussies.
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Those grey rubbery squashed sausage discs and cubes of egg? Seriously?
Huh? No, that's not what I get at all when I go. Now I'm thinking you guys have been brainwashed by dishonest documentaries.
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Yeah, my beef with McDonalds breakfasts has probably always been that they're worse than a) traditional breakfasts and b) McDonalds burgers. I've never actually judged their breakfasts fairly, because every time I've eaten one I've been thinking of something better that I could have been eating.
Relevant quote:
CHOW™ contained spun, plaited, and woven protein molecules, capped and coded, carefully designed to be ignored by even the most ravenous digestive tract enzymes; no-cal sweeteners; mineral oils replacing vegetable oils; fibrous materials, colorings, and flavorings. The end result was a foodstuff almost indistinguishable from any other except for two things. Firstly, the price, which was slightly higher, and secondly, the nutritional content, which was roughly equivalent to that of a Sony Walkman.
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For some reason, I'd never read that book before a few weeks ago. It's now corrected, and I'm glad to understand the reference
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that's not what I get at all when I go
Seeing how much their food varies between countries, I'm willing to believe it varies by region as well. McDonald's in the UK is pretty darn good :)
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It was really the upgraded version of CHOW™, (which was MEALS™ if I remember correctly) that reminded me of McD's: CHOW with added sugar and fat, and if you ate too much of it you'd get fat while dying of malnutrition.
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Seeing how much their food varies between countries, I'm willing to believe it varies by region as well.
It can vary by restaurant. I remember going to one years ago in Richmond, and someone got a Big Mac that had the tiny patties on there. That was a horrible McDonalds.
But it really seems to be an exception, IME. The real story here is that it's cool to hate McDonald's.
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The real story here is that it's cool to hate McDonald's.
I've never really understood this. It's fast food, and it's not the greatest fast food. But it's not bad; it used to be, at least, pretty decent. The stomachache I get from it is, I think, due at least as much to stuffing too much of it into my face too quickly too late at night when I too tired and too lazy to make anything myself, as it is to the inherent quality of the food.
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I've never really understood this. It's fast food, and it's not the greatest fast food. But it's not bad; it used to be, at least, pretty decent.
Well, we're not allowed to hate so many things. Our betters had to find something for their two minute hate.
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Who has fried chicken for lunch every day and has the metabolism of rabbits on meth.
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Who has fried chicken for lunch every day and has the metabolism of rabbits on meth.
One out of two ain't bad.
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Who has fried chicken for lunch every day and has the metabolism of rabbits on meth
SHAFT
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Huh? No, that's not what I get at all when I go. Now I'm thinking you guys have been brainwashed by dishonest documentaries.
Naw, though admittedly I was judging from looks, not taste. It certainly looked vile.
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Naw, though admittedly I was judging from looks, not taste. It certainly looked vile
I'll admit that some people have different tastes. I have it on good authority that there are people who consider fish to be really good food.
If you think greasy meat isn't good food...well, maybe you have more of @flabdablet's chimpanzee genes than I do, or something.
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Chimpanzees do not object to greasy meat.
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— ABC News
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Greasy meat is awesome. I will gladly demolish a McDonald's double cheeseburger.
It just shouldn't be that kind of sickly grey or rubbery though. That weird egg block thing, I could never eat either.
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hat weird egg block thing, I could never eat either.
"egg block thing". You know it's just a fried egg cooked in a mold to get a consistent shape, right? Shit, you can buy them at the grocery store now. They're nice because the egg will fit in an english muffin without anything slopping over the side.
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"egg block thing". You know it's just a fried egg cooked in a mold to get a consistent shape, right? Shit, you can buy them at the grocery store now. They're nice because the egg will fit in an english muffin without anything slopping over the side.
I wonder if you could make one yourself with a greased cookie cutter inside your egg pan...
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Again, the one I saw was rubbery and awful looking, I'm happy to accept I just saw a horrible example of the form
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I wonder if you could make one yourself with a greased cookie cutter inside your egg pan...
I can't imagine why not, but you can get 2 of the rings for a couple bucks, so why try to make your own?
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So you can make snowflake-shaped eggs