# Anyone else here love Mc Donalds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974 "2015-06-19T21:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/81 "2015-06-22T16:20:59Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > That’s _not true!!!_ > > Sometimes we go to Europe. Thanks for the clarification… can you clarify one other thing please? Is Europe Paris or London? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/82 "2015-06-22T18:08:35Z")
Wiener Schnitzel. Gesundheit. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/83 "2015-06-22T18:13:47Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > Wendy’s fries used to be amazing. Like mediocre Wendys fries were better than mediocre McD’s ones. But then a few years ago they changed them and they’re not very good any more. The best batch is not as good as mediocre McDs. Still better than BK, but a pale imitation of what they were 5 years or so ago. I don’t get why Burger King and Wendy’s changed their fries. I guess they had focus groups, etc., and know what they’re doing. Since BK changed their fries (several years ago at least) I don’t go there at all (and I actually prefer their burgers to McDonalds). They’re coated with something gross. Wendy’s went from excellent to “okay” with their recent change. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/84 "2015-06-22T18:33:26Z")
I _like_ Burger King’s fries, but only when they’re very fresh. They are thicker and have a meatier potato flavor compared to McDonald’s, but they kind of suck when you get to the bottom of the bag and they start getting cold. Of course, they’re all “ketchup-fries” in that none of them can be eaten plain. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/85 "2015-06-22T18:34:50Z")
I like McDonald’s, though not as much as I did when I was a kid. The Quarter Pounders used to be better back then (greasier, and probably even less healthy than they are now). Now, it’s hit or miss: sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re dry and too salty. Love the fries, though. And the Chicken McNuggets are good. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/86 "2015-06-22T18:36:49Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I _like_ Burger King’s fries, but only when they’re very fresh. They are thicker and have a meatier potato flavor compared to McDonald’s, but they kind of suck when you get to the bottom of the bag and they start getting cold. Of course, they’re all “ketchup-fries” in that none of them can be eaten plain. This may explain it. I don’t eat ketchup. Maybe they made these changes for people who do. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/87 "2015-06-22T18:54:24Z")
I tend to think the people who like Wendy’s or BK fries are those who either don’t remember the old ones or who just love ketchup. I still love McDonald’s fries when they are hot, but I still remember the old version in tallow that I really wish they would bring them back, even if they had to put all kinds of disclaimers on them. Back to the OP’s question… I enjoy them now and again, but it is usually when making a pit stop when travelling, or on an impulse. There is one less than a mile from my house and frequently my teenage boys will call on their way home and say they are stopping there and ask if I want anything. It takes great will power to not order a cheeseburger and fries. BTW…I don’t have much will power. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/88 "2015-06-22T20:33:04Z")
They are sort of losing me, they keep switching their menu around and getting more expensive. Everything seems like it’s $1.50 (what used to be the dollar menu) or $5.00 without much in between. I went recently to get a grilled chicken sandwich and had to listen to a long spiel on how they don’t offer those any more but these ~$5.00 Artisan Chicken sandwiches are just as good. The way she automatically gave the explanation led me to believe there had been negative reactions from customers. To me McDonalds needs to stick with simple, cheap, and consistently high-quality food. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/89 "2015-06-22T20:47:56Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > To me McDonalds needs to stick with simple, cheap, and consistently high-quality food. I would be perfectly happy if they went back to the 60’s Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Filet of Fish and Fries menu… with the Big Mac and Quarter Pounder added. Ok… they should probably continue breakfast. Egg McMuffin, Sausage McMuffin, and Hashbrowns. Nothing else needed. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/90 "2015-06-22T20:55:31Z")
McDonalds sponsors swimming events quite a bit, and way back in 1984 when they were still doing their promotions where you always won something, _and_ it coincided with the Olympics boycott by the USSR, I was a swimmer. They gave you a promotional giveaway for entering each event, and another for placing in finals, and another for medaling. You could scratchoff to win something for “gold”, “silver”, and “bronze”; sometimes, all 3. That summer my parents left town for a week, and I had enough triple-winners to feed me and a half-dozen friends, every meal for just about the entire week, almost completely free. I loved me some McDonalds. Then, I grew up, and had to cut back on how much McDonalds I ate. This year I had a sausage biscuit with egg when I was starving after a blood-draw fast, and it was… meh. It’d been almost 8 years since I ate at McDonalds. The taste for it has left me. ---
**Author:** ![scruffycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scruffycat/32/200_2.png) [@scruffycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scruffycat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/91 "2015-06-22T21:31:14Z")
I don’t go often at all but I really really like the double cheeseburgers. It’s just a nice plain burger, no salad just a gerkin slice. Simple, tasty and cheap. One of the small joys in my life is visiting a McDonalds in a new country, I’ve been in them all over the place and it’s always interesting to see the different menus. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/92 "2015-06-22T22:48:51Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > I’m-ah like-ah their crispy chicken-ah sandwiches. (Not grilled-ah!) Fries are decent. > -ah. I’m not sure what you’re mimicking but since we’re talking fast food, WTF is up with the latest KFC ads featuring the Colonel? Are they purposely having him laugh that way Jon Stewart does when he is imitating George Bush laughing?! It’s hideous and I love KFC and now I don’t know what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/93 "2015-06-23T01:34:30Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I’m not sure what you’re mimicking but since we’re talking fast food, WTF is up with the latest KFC ads featuring the Colonel? I may be wrong, but I assumed he was mimicking the Colonel in the new ads. ---
**Author:** ![ssgenius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/94 "2015-06-23T03:14:51Z")
On another note, they have a 2.50 double cheeseburger and fries combo this summer How can they make money on that? ---
**Author:** ![knitcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2acd7d/32.png) [@knitcrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knitcrew)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/95 "2015-06-24T08:48:08Z")
Hello! I’ve got no doubt about myself and I really like the fries and pancakes of Mc Donalds over any other food chains:) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/96 "2015-06-24T17:10:46Z")
> [@ssgenius](#): > > On another note, they have a 2.50 double cheeseburger and fries combo this summer > > How can they make money on that? Small fries? Fries are cheap. I know Burger King got in trouble a few years ago for charging $1 for their Jr. Whopper and franchise owners were losing money on each burger. It’s a lot more now. I doubt McDonald’s will charge a rate to lose money for themselves or their owners. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/97 "2015-06-24T17:18:26Z")
When I’m in the mood for fast food, it’s McDonald’s. It boils down to the fries. I love Wendy’s burgers, but their fries disappoint. I love McDonald’s fries, but I just _like_ their burgers. Love + meh \< Love + like. Plus, coke products. I know I can get a Coke or Sprite there, and don’t have to worry about a nasty Pepsi product touching my lips. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/98 "2015-06-24T17:37:23Z")
I _love_ Chicken McNuggets. I don’t care if they’re 100 percent beaks and assholes, they are delicious and the perfect consistency. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/99 "2015-06-24T19:24:06Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I _love_ Chicken McNuggets. I don’t care if they’re 100 percent beaks and assholes, they are delicious and the perfect consistency. They lost a little bit when they switched to all white meat, but I still love them. I haven’t tried it yet because I eat them all in the car on the way home, but I’m thinking mayonnaise sandwich with two McNuggets for the bread. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974/100 "2015-06-24T20:19:12Z")
Yeah Mikkie Ds fans! I love all kinds of fast food, including Ray’s Steakhouse. For breakfast I always get the bacon egg and cheese bagel, but I sub canadian bacon for regular and I just love it. Lunch/dinner is usually a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, but I’ll get nuggets too cuz you can’t beat 10 of em for 2 bucks. Mc D’s is also up there for me because when Ms. Cups and I first started hanging out we would go get Ice Cream and/or McFlurries when one of us had a bad day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-love-mc-donalds/722974.md?page=6)