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Akasazh , (edited )
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The soda serving sizes used to be so big in the USA that I always wondered how people actually managed a refill.

AnUnusualRelic ,
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Here's your supersize meal, your seven litre drink with extra sugar, forklifts are in the corner, you can refill over there.

Aolley ,

when the food has 2 days worth of sodium in it, you get thirsty. Many people don't drink enough water so then your thirsty and have your liter-of-cola and you can down it easily at that point

3ntranced ,

I'm sadly in the demographic of obscene soda consumption.

By no means am I overweight, more underweight actually, but since probably 12 ive averaged about 6 cans of Coke (Sam's cola ftw) a day. The biggest issue is the teeth wear. I'm 25 now and I only have ~3 or 4 natural teeth, everything else is caps crowns and bridges.

Soda is realistically as damaging as meth just without the psychosis.

Graphy ,

Have you tried switching to diet sodas?

My wife had an eating disorder from her teens to her thirties. To get a feeling of being full she would drink diet sodas. It’s a habit she still keeps even though she’s able to eat less restrictively these days.

People with EDs generally don’t have great teeth so she’s always been super paranoid about hers. Her dentist said to counter the acid she should drink with a straw and finish it in one go then wash her mouth with water.

Probably not helpful but just incase

possiblylinux127 ,
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Still bad for you

Best answer is water

Graphy ,

No shit

possiblylinux127 ,
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It also depends on area and parenting. When parents let there kids drink sodas to young it implants a dependence. It also has to do with tap water quality.

OutsizedWalrus ,

Soda is absolutely nowhere close to as damaging as meth.

ChickenLadyLovesLife ,

6 cans of Coke (Sam’s cola ftw) a day

Damn, that is 960 calories a day of soda. If you're an average-sized man, that represents 40% of your daily diet (around 2500 cal per day).

possiblylinux127 ,
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Sodas are the reason Americans are so fat on average. Prove me wrong.

Akasazh ,
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I will not! Tyvm

ThePowerOfGeek ,
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I have no idea why anyone still goes to McDogsbreath (I'll likely hear some reasons in responses to this comment, but I've heard them before and don't buy them). Back in the day I rarely had positive experiences when I was dragged out there reluctantly. Plasticy food of subpar quality, and very uncomfortable, plastic furniture.

And in recent years, between the prices quadrupling, the limited menu for people who don't like burgers, the shite Wi-Fi, and now them not even being willing to lose 10c on a relatively small % of customers who get a soda refill... Why go there at all! There are so many better fast food options than that disaster of a chain.

MrQuallzin ,

Sometimes I just have a hankering for fresh McDonald's fries.

wreckedcarzz ,
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How are you traveling back in time 20 years?

JamesTBagg ,

Their fries just fucking get me. They carry the meal. I don't eat McD's often but the fries always deliver the exact disappointment I'm expecting and I eat every single one.

MrQuallzin ,

Gotta eat them fast or they go sad and floppy in 5 minutes

JamesTBagg ,

I believe you're thinking of in-n-out.

ColeSloth ,

Their fries used to do it for me. A long time ago they were fried in tallow and they had a better ratio of longer fries. They also used an amount of salt that tasted good right after getting out of the fry oil so it would stick to the fries, but the huge difference was the oil. They tasted so much better. Now my favorite fry choice is Arby's curly fries.

EatATaco ,

I'm not sure if they changed, or my taste changed, but the fries are almost inedible to me now. They smell fantastic still, but they just taste so fake.

Blisterexe ,
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They did change at some point in the 2000s, they used to use meat in the cooking, they don't anymore

0x0 ,

I go there maybe twice a year. It's the apple pies.

IsThisAnAI ,

It's cheap, quick, and good for a burger delivered to your window.

Spoke0thedevil ,

But it's not cheap anymore

IsThisAnAI ,

It's gone up but the ranting that is over $20 is overblown. I can get 2 bacon egg and cheese bagels for 4.50. Or I got a triple quarter pounder meal and a happy meal for like $20.

lightnsfw ,

I agree with you that it's shitty. The reason I go there is because the one near my house is the easiest place to get in and out of on the way to the highway when I'm going to my friends after work and need to grab something for dinner. 2 Mcdoubles is pretty cheap and have decent amount of protein. $6ish for dinner I can eat in the car.

possiblylinux127 ,
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The problem is that the soda machine takes maintenance and gets destroyed. They make a huge margin on Soda so I doubt that's the problem.

ColeSloth ,

I rarely get McDonald's, but one of these ones was built near where I live a couple years ago (replacing an old one). It is always a complete ghost town inside. No one eats there. They have all the parking and all the seats. Just none of the customers.

possiblylinux127 ,
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Its terrifying when you go to the American south and west. People treat McDonalds like really food and they treat soda as a water substitute.

m13 ,

I boycott McGenocide months ago and it was surprisingly easy. There’s much better food to eat out there.

possiblylinux127 ,
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McGenocide is definitely a new one. Honestly you probably shouldn't be eating fast food more than once a month. It is a McGenocide to your insides.

LodeMike ,

Oh just in case you don't know a soda costs like 10-15¢

njm1314 ,

Less unless their costs have tripled.

LodeMike ,

It was mostly an anecdotal number.

scottywh ,

Anecdotal doesn't mean made up

art ,
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10 years ago when I worked at a movie theater the paper cups ran us about 30¢ each. The soda was about 5¢.

Num10ck ,

i think the ice can be the difference

over_clox ,

Oh, good. Serves them right, for limiting the 'free WiFi' to only browse their menu.

I can find better places to get fucked in the ass, thank you.

Gamers_Mate ,

They actually did that? I havnt been to Maccas in years due to no vegan options besides coffee with soy milk though their coffee is not that good anyway. I dont expect the wifi to be fast but I expect to be able to use it for stuff other than looking at the menu.

over_clox ,

Here in my area, southern Mississippi, yes they've done that. You can connect to their network, but only for mcdonalds dot com...

☹️

VirtualOdour ,

People were using their wifi to do crimes

over_clox ,

No different than any other public WiFi though.

Honestly I think they did that more because people would just lurk there, like buy one single cheap item and then sit there for 6 hours on their laptop browsing Facebook or whatever.

IsThisAnAI ,

Individual owners can mostly do what they want. Locations in poor communities have lots of challenges with homeless folks using the restaurant as home base.

HubertManne ,
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did not realize that myself.

toomanypancakes ,
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I can find better places to get fucked in the ass, thank you.

If you have suggestions I'm all ears!

over_clox ,

obscurest vinyl

https://youtu.be/n1SGvnvMYwM

wreckedcarzz ,
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Hello.

MrVilliam ,

Sounds like you should be looking for suggestions for places to get fucked in the ears then.

MrQuallzin ,

Don't have them in my area

cupcakezealot ,
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this really only works if the business has a good relationship with the customers. we have a pizza place near us that has been around for like 50 years and they have a self serve soda machine but they also charge .25 cents for refills. it's not much but it still helps them out and the majority of people have no problem with it.

possiblylinux127 ,
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That's not surprising as it was likely to be abused on day one

Gamers_Mate ,

The problem with cold drinks is they cannot sell it hot enough to give 3rd degree burns so the free refills must go.

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