No, McD’s has publicly changed various formulations over the years. Never for the better. Even just a couple years ago when they went to “never frozen” beef for some of their sandwiches - they tasted worse IMO, but I’m sure somehow it saved McD’s money.

We’ve got a pub near us that costs about only 10 bucks more in total to carryout from there and feed my family on burgers and fries than if we go to McDs. But we get a large hand shaped patty cooked to our individual preferences, on a bun from a local bakery, generous portion of thick cut fries, and a better experience all around.

It’s insane that McD’s prices are within spitting distance of the place. The drive-thru (and its related convenience) is the one and only benefit to McDs. I have reluctantly loved McD’s for most of my life, but there’s no doubt it’s gone downhill a few times, and for sure in the past few years. If they hadn’t also jacked up their prices it wouldn’t be so bad, but it’s really hard to justify eating there now.

They’ve become as infested with corporate greed as every other company of any significant size.

Really that renders the “defense” of their prices pretty meaningless.

It’s a smart play. Anything going to come of this other than angry comments on messageboards from folks such as ourselves? Nope.

I’m sorry that you aren’t reading my replies at all. Let’s end this here. Have a nice day!

It’s Biden, he won’t actually DO anything, just talk about it and not actually do it

I’m not a Biden cheerleader aside from thinking he is 1000x better than Trump, but this meme is getting tired.

Once everyone was safe and all, I refuse to believe that gondolier didn’t have a satisfying moment of thinking “serves you right, assholes!”

I do completely agree with your overall point, just had to point out that it was a very recent change.

I mean, if by “right side of history” you mean history from May of this year.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/29/texas-crown-act-law/

It would be great if you could critique his comment by some other metric.

No no, financial ruin is included there. They’ll care about that part.

You are simply desperate to pretend that the Republicans are correct to not exclude Fascists from running their party. They are not. Nazis should be excluded.

No Sir, I’m desperate to help you understand that if they want to exclude Fascists from running their party they should use language that only excludes Fascists from running their party, not broadly applied to whoever they don’t want at that time.

You are so hung up on the fact that I used the word “ban” one time (as did the article) that it’s all you can reply to.

As a side note, I see no evidence nationally that Republicans don’t want fascists running their party, and Texas Republicans can start with Greg Abbot if they’d like to convince me otherwise.

Edit: I’ll include this bit again since you clearly didn’t read it the first time.

Am I an antisemite because I think Israel is off the hook currently? Some people think so. Does it make me a Nazi, or as you say a “nazi simp”? I find that idea laughable, but maybe those same people think so. Maybe you do too. Or maybe someone in power a year from now will think so. I have no desire to participate in the Texas Republican party, nor any Republican party, but 100% any such resolution is going to open the door to weaponize those definitions, and the topic at hand is a current-day example.

And here’s another article to back up my perception of measures such as these:

Republicans’ Dangerous New Bill Would Try to Muzzle All Criticism of Israel

And this student’s hair is interfering with other peoples’ schooling by…

I’d almost guarantee the original TOS had a line like “we can change the TOS at any time.”

Having said that, I also thought I’d seen quite some time ago that burying undesirable restrictions in the fine print of a TOS doesn’t help companies who fuck up as much as they hope it will in court because it’s been acknowledged that so few people thoroughly read them.

IIRC they scare people into thinking they have signed away legal rights more than they actually have. I could be wrong, but that’s my recollection.

Edit: Just a quick search - https://www.rocketlawyer.com/family-and-personal/personal-finance/consumer-protection/legal-guide/your-rights-if-a-business-changes-its-terms-of-service

Consumer protection laws

Federal law and many state laws protect consumers from a wide range of deceptive, fraudulent, or unfair business practices. As mentioned earlier, businesses can enforce their TOS even if their users did not read them in their entirety, but only if the terms are reasonable and fair. Hiding unusual terms deep in the fine print of the TOS could be considered deceptive.

I don’t blame cops

and trying to keep internet sleuths from getting too involved.

That’s a great point I hadn’t even thought of that.

I’d seen this earlier, but didn’t read the article until tonight. The sadness and anger are each far too familiar.

I hope it is acceptable to you that I read that in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.

Break out your bingo cards everyone!

“We have to obstruct justice”

Seriously, how is this not grounds for immediate repercussions?

This is 100% a slave generating structure.

And if you’re upset about it, or don’t behave 100% correctly, you will be arrested and imprisoned.

100% exactly that, and I’m sorry do this, but not only one but two of your points are explicitly in the same song that’s been at the top of my “most played” list lately. Snippets:

Nothing can save ya, you question the reign
You get rushed in and chained up
Fist raised but I must be insane
cos I can’t figure a single goddamn way to change it

…

Only two generations away
from the world’s most despicable slavery trade

Pioneered so many ways to degrade a human being
that it can’t be changed to this day
Legacy so ingrained in the way that we think we no longer need chains
to be slaves

Uncle Sam Goddamn