# The true root cause of all wars, pogroms, and inquisitions \[can be found in a fast-food restaurant\].

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 20, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359 "2011-01-20T18:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/21 "2011-01-21T00:58:27Z")

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Fries are terrible if you let them get cold, but burgers (and most other sandwiches) remain OK. So I always eat the fries first. And if it comes with a pickle spear, I eat that in between.

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**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/22 "2011-01-21T02:21:40Z")

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While hot fries are better than cold fries, they are only ancillary. I want the burger first. I don’t go someplace because I’m hungry for fries. I go because I want a burger. That is my primary focus.

That said, I go back and forth between burger and fries as well.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/23 "2011-01-21T03:34:10Z")

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**Ogre** , I get hyperbole for humorous intent, but please, try to make the thread title have \*something \*to do with the damn thread. I added the bracketed info to yours.

Thanks,

**twickster** , Cafe Society moderator

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-root-cause-of-all-wars-pogroms-and-inquisitions-can-be-found-in-a-fast-food-restaurant/568359/24 "2011-01-21T04:07:09Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> **Ogre** , I get hyperbole for humorous intent, but please, try to make the thread title have \*something \*to do with the damn thread. I added the bracketed info to yours.
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> Thanks,
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> **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator

But why, when you did it so much better than ever I could have?  
😉

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