Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

[dkgojackets]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

if it doesn't taste like ****, look like ****, smell like ****, nor feel like **** than you're gonna have a tough time convincing me that's what it is, regardless of what numbers an author trying to sell books brings up.

[TheGamingChef]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Why the hell do people always come around preaching about the evils of fast-food every time there's a thread about it?

We know it's not good for us. We know we shouldn't eat it every day. I'm proud to say that I have cut down from two or three times a week to a strict once a week. So you don't have to keep reminding us that it will kill us. Great for you if you don't eat it, it really is, but it's not relevant whatsoever.

Some people seem to think that it's their duty to spread well-known knowledge to people they don't even know. On the Internet, no less. This thread isn't called "Fast Food - Is It Healthy?" Feel free to make one of those; just know that I won't be stopping by to read it.

And on topic - I have a tough time finding a better $1 deal than the double cheeseburger at McD's.

[born_bad]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

if it doesn't taste like ****, look like ****, smell like ****, nor feel like **** than you're gonna have a tough time convincing me that's what it is, regardless of what numbers an author trying to sell books brings up.

Yeah, because people don't really get e.coli and food poisoning. Those are all just fictitious props for this guy to sell books. People that have worked with and seen the conditions of the slaughter-houses and explain how sh*t gets into the meat every single day are just making it up for fun.

Why are people getting upset? The original question and topic is asking about "value", so I think it is fair to bring it up. The real cost of fast-food goes beyond what you pay at the counter.

[dkgojackets]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Yeah, because people don't really get e.coli and food poisoning. Those are all just fictitious props for this guy to sell books. People that have worked with and seen the conditions of the slaughter-houses and explain how sh*t gets into the meat every single day are just making it up for fun.

Why are people getting upset? The original question and topic is asking about "value", so I think it is fair to bring it up. The real cost of fast-food goes beyond what you pay at the counter.

Of course, because you can't get food poisoning from food at a sit down restaurant.

[ehh]

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Why the hell do people always come around preaching about the evils of fast-food every time there's a thread about it?

We know it's not good for us. We know we shouldn't eat it every day.

Because the bolded sentence is inaccurate. Just read through the last few pages, you'll see multiple posters who eat fast food saying the opposite.

[injunwal]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Why the hell do people always come around preaching about the evils of fast-food every time there's a thread about it?

We know it's not good for us. We know we shouldn't eat it every day. I'm proud to say that I have cut down from two or three times a week to a strict once a week. So you don't have to keep reminding us that it will kill us. Great for you if you don't eat it, it really is, but it's not relevant whatsoever.

Some people seem to think that it's their duty to spread well-known knowledge to people they don't even know. On the Internet, no less. This thread isn't called "Fast Food - Is It Healthy?" Feel free to make one of those; just know that I won't be stopping by to read it.

And on topic - I have a tough time finding a better $1 deal than the double cheeseburger at McD's.

[born_bad]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

That's the point - yes, you can get it (food poisoning) anywhere and it's mainly due to the way the meat-packing plants/slaughter-houses have had to change in order to accodomate the fast-food industry. It's based on greed and having to meet demand while keeping costs low. So, while it may only cost you $1 for that double-cheeseburger, the whole industry is less safe (and the animals are treated in ways that define pure evil) so that it can only cost you $1.

That's the whole big picture that you're choosing to ignore. That's fine. You can choose to ignore whatever you want. I'll never convince you of something you don't want to believe, so I won't even try.

[TheGamingChef]

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I'll never convince you of something you don't want to believe, so I won't even try.

There's my point, ehh. People like born_bad, who obviously have only the best of intentions, are not going to convince a person who eats fast food every day and doesn't think that it harms their body anything. So please stop wasting all of our time. Thank you.

[J.R. Locke]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Just because people know things are not good for them doesn't mean they will take responsibility for the consequences when it becomes time to pay. It also may be our responsibility to spread the word considering the cost of health care is directly related to the lack of "health care" by individuals in the preventative stage.

You fattys are costing everyone thousands of $$$$$ :wink:

Wendy's bacon cheeseburger was the best deal for $.99 until they raised the price

[3rdAnswer]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Tell me this though, fellas.

You're a college student, and you don't have a lot of money. You basically have a tapeworm in your stomach and you're hungry. What else can you really afford to eat while you take a break from studying or whatever it is you're doing?

I eat fast food. I won't eat McDonalds (I would eat it for breakfast 3/7 days of the week though). Every now and then I'll eat Taco Bell, Wendy's or Dunkin' Donuts. If I have the time, I'll go to the store and bring something home to cook, but if I'm in a rush, one fast food meal every now and then won't kill me. Neither will eating it everyday, but it will make me a lot less healthy.

That said...Taco Bell has the best dollar menu.

The 1/2 pound burrito saved my life while I was at DePaul University. I was so broke that I could eat 1 of those for a day and be fine. I'd eat half of it around 3pm and the other half around 10pm.

[dieselboy]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Why the hell do people always come around preaching about the evils of fast-food every time there's a thread about it?

We know it's not good for us. We know we shouldn't eat it every day. I'm proud to say that I have cut down from two or three times a week to a strict once a week. So you don't have to keep reminding us that it will kill us. Great for you if you don't eat it, it really is, but it's not relevant whatsoever.

Some people seem to think that it's their duty to spread well-known knowledge to people they don't even know. On the Internet, no less. This thread isn't called "Fast Food - Is It Healthy?" Feel free to make one of those; just know that I won't be stopping by to read it.

I eat fastfood, maybe once a week. If that, but.....

My favorite $1 value would have to the be the chicken sandwich at Jack In The Box. Oh something funny, I just found out like last month that JITB was not nation wide, or even close to it.

[dieselboy]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Tell me this though, fellas.

You're a college student, and you don't have a lot of money. You basically have a tapeworm in your stomach and you're hungry. What else can you really afford to eat while you take a break from studying or whatever it is you're doing?

To be honest, in college is where I have learned to cook.

You can cook a meal for a deal. I'm not talking about Ramen.

[skitch]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

To be honest, in college is where I have learned to cook.

You can cook a meal for a deal. I'm not talking about Ramen.

IIRC, 3A was in a dorm last year, though. It's hard to cook without an oven.

[DaveDQ]

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Anyone remember the "59, 79, 99" promotion at Taco Bell in the nineties? You could load up something fierce for under five bucks!

A shame that inflation has sent those cheap prices and the $2.99 value meal to the dustbin of history

I remember it. You know, I never ate at Taco Bell until I got to college. It was there I had my first chilli-cheese burrito. I loved those things.

They have since taken them off the menu.

[jmood88]

Re: Whats the best $1 value in fast food?

Tell me this though, fellas.

You're a college student, and you don't have a lot of money. You basically have a tapeworm in your stomach and you're hungry. What else can you really afford to eat while you take a break from studying or whatever it is you're doing?

I eat fast food. I won't eat McDonalds (I would eat it for breakfast 3/7 days of the week though). Every now and then I'll eat Taco Bell, Wendy's or Dunkin' Donuts. If I have the time, I'll go to the store and bring something home to cook, but if I'm in a rush, one fast food meal every now and then won't kill me. Neither will eating it everyday, but it will make me a lot less healthy.

That's exactly my situation. Whenever I do have money I cook for myself but on days like today where all I have with me is $3.00 and there's nothing in the house, I'm going to hit up the dollar menu. Buying things to cook is expensive, especially when you don't have money.