The Big Lie

McDonalds has been fooling us.. (intro short by / @foodlesca )
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[@echoesofmalachor3700]

McDonald's reaction: we must reduce the thickness of the pickle

[@ApexJnr]

facts

[@P0HTAT0]

Better yet just don't give them a pickle in the first place to compare to! Problem solved!

[@fuki999]

ngl they gonna do exacly that

[@CjR88]

"Due to a manufacturing defect our pickles were incorrectly sliced. Making them appear larger. The patty hasn't changed" - McDonald's

[@ShawnG85]

Came to say this. Realized I was too late

[@Mallaien]

Wendy's needs to bring back the "Where's the Beef" AD Campaign.

[@Nioclas64]

And normal pricing instead of surge pricing.

[@Mollikar]

They cant some of their burgers look like the burgers they made fun of in the 80s.

[@johndank2209]

and then your mom walks in

[@lonewulf0328]

just ate a Baconator from Wendys for dinner just now. One Baconator patty is as thick as 3 of those Mac Patties. And a Baconator has two of them, plus bacon.

[@hexapon133]

​@@Nioclas64reduced pricing than surge pricing

[@Kinutrix]

A judge in new york had this court case where the claim was McDonalds and Wendys falsely advertised the size and juiciness of the burgers. The judge dismissed the claims in favor of the fast food chains. I would like to see a retrial. Marketing classes teach you that these companies will use plastic or even glue to maintain the look of food for the photoshoots of the food product. With the 80% increase in price since 2010s its looking like a good lawsuit with paying almost double for smaller food sizes.

[@StreetForged]

My area seems average and the prices are over a 100% increase in the past decade, sometimes 150% or more. McChicken went from 1 dollar to 3.50

[@tunfugl37]

Ads are not supposed to represent reality 1:1, because a reasonable person wouldn't expect them to. It's somewhat a victimless crime, which is why it gets dismissed.

[@triparadox.c]

@@tunfugl37 Right, so let's show a Ferrari with a glimpse of its speedometer doing 250 mph. Then it is found out later that Ferrari is maxed out at 180 mph. No 1:1

[@stagger9660]

Corruption is so clear it's blinding

[@nitotech]

This is assuming there is justice in America.

[@cob1229]

This is the very reason I quit eating McDonalds. I used to get big macs exclusively from McDonalds, but I’ve grown tired of the scam

[@millancche]

Are you an American? I alway wanted to ask one if you have better alternatives? Like, in my country, we have McDonald's, but it's food is crap and expensive. I can get literally two times bigger, cheaper ($2-$3) and less unhealthy variant of burger called "pljeskavica" anywhere on the street.

[@RBFR01]

Here in Australia Mcdonalds is crap but I don't eat Mcdonalds at all so I'm not experienced also it costs way more than it should.

[@phamtrung8507]

@@millancche Same here in VietNam, we eat burger 1 time to know what it's like and we're done. I mean it's fuking garbage not to mention exspensive, for 1/8 of the price of that big mac we can get a banh mi which is way more fuking delicious, more nutricious and doesn't fuk up your digestion system. All that oil and cheese man, WTF.

[@TheIdiotChallenege]

opposed to other places that don't sell big macs?

[@proswithoutcons]

McDonald's CEO: They're onto us, we must thin the pickle

[@talkingtakotaco8611]

Tell you what. Diced pickles. Like the way they dice onions.

[@ryshellso526]

​@talkingtakotaco8611 big mac sauce is just thousand island dressing and onions... ;)

[@talkingtakotaco8611]

@@ryshellso526 lol

[@TacoPoweredTimeTraveler]

​@@ryshellso526Thousand Island dressing is mayo, ketchup,pickles and onions. So Bic Mac sauce is literally just thousand island dressing.

[@billbill6576]

Make the beef patty out of dead mosquitos, it’s the only solution

[@iamthestormthatisapproachi5349]

Mcdonald's straight up denies this, they got called out here in Australia and their spokesperson said we're imagining their burgers getting smaller and that they have always been the same size... what a load of shit.

[@jingli1301]

I can see at least they have the actual bun the same size lol😂 ours is like 30% smaller. Every time I visit a different country the first thing I notice is the Big Mac size is actually big. I must make a video of me measuring them and compare to Australia.

[@user-qq1id7wg1q]

my gf works in a restaurant they even cut the fries down they even put way less fruits in the drinks its crazy...

[@sonicartzldesignerclan5763]

Good that you all still eat at this places that year for years just scam you more Men there was a time with the 1x1 menu You could get 10 things each for 1€ Now each one cost atleast 2 - 2.50 I dont go to this stores Its unhealty, it taste disgusting, its not real food like you dont get anything of it you can drink oil with fat and have more of that. Stop going there and they cant scam you. Il mean you all pay like 3 or 4$ but in the same time you all exceptct a high quality burger thats big For 4$... Men if i go eat a burger i pay for the burger alone 15€ thats around 18$ Do you know why? Cause thats a burger that taste and also i support a true cook and not a multi millionaire company that sell you oil fried in oil.

[@wc3935]

"Its just you guys getting bigger. Fatter that is. Fatter, but not from our food! But from Burger King!"

[@metallboy25]

​@@jingli1301 In the UK the diameter of the Big Mac is definitely smaller.

[@Apw20112010]

The adverts are never the same as the real product, they inject stuff into the food to make it look more substantial, the glue the food in place so it looks better for the picture. They've done this for decades.

[@hongmeiling6065]

These patties are machine pressed. They are deliberately offering less food than advertised lol

[@BlackMita]

Glue cheese

[@mainaccount0007]

In Australia we have guidelines for commercials which require food companies to make the food product they are filming edible at the very least. So they have to use edible food dyes and no glue etc etc

[@drachenaura]

Are you serious? "glue the food" in place Do you listen to yourself? The patties irl are 2mm thick, the ones in the ads are like 1cm. Aka 5x thicker. They don't glue the food, they use complete replacements, plastic, etc. There's no photo of good, it's either just a plastic model or just a 3D model altogether these days.

[@mainaccount0007]

@drachenaura thats a bit conspiritorial, most food used in ads is real, they have food stylists that use real food, but just use exorbitant amounts of fsx because laws require them to use only real food that would actually be servered to the customer. Idk where you are getting your info but there are literal videos showing the ad making process and regulations you can look up.

[@jaredtandle2596]

Guys, the meat was cooked on bacon setting, not 10:1.

[@GoblinBoys]

Depression slapped between 3 buns. Hell is real.

[@VanX0X0]

Good one😂

[@TMind109]

And its here on Earth

[@LeotheJapaneseLion9890]

And it is full.

[@SaraphDarklaw]

Lmao. This is great. I will steal this.

[@LeotheJapaneseLion9890]

@LeotheJapaneseLion9890 *food

[@Nioclas64]

They raised the prices so high no one will pay, then they make the beef thinner than the fucking pickles.

[@sbarter]

Its not even beef. Half filler. They basically tell you that... By telling you the quarter pounder is 100% beef. Its shaped dog food for $12 a meal.

[@exorr81]

​@sbarter where I live the paddies literally taste like paper it's such a scam. 😒

[@BernardWilkinson]

​@@sbarterYeah, bones, balls and everything else from the cow/bull = 100% beef.

[@Redacted_Phantom]

They just cut the paddy in half to make the so call “two paddies”. Cause I refuse to believe that they put two of them in there.

[@badassmofocker97]

Louise rossman 😮@❤❤❤

[@causewaybob3651]

CEO of McDonald’s smoking a cigar “Oh Asmond what an expensive mistake you turned out to be.” Ashes cigar on pictures of him an Asmond.

[@Bob-jm8kl]

My buddy works at an ad agency with a couple fast food chain clients. How they stage and prepare the food for shoot is insane.

[@Luvmee42]

of course they want/can put 1million for a ad of 30seconds but... a real burger its too goddamn complex huh, with all the good beef the world is dumping, instead of eating those ""steaks""

[@foreveryoung8287]

You know what is sad? People getting scammed, knowing they're getting scammed and still going back for more scam.

[@Flavalicious]

Whats sad is the context of the video is comparing the thickness of that dry, crappy meat patty to a pickle, and the implication that the lack of thickness is what makes it bad. Everything shown in this video makes my stomach curl. Lol

[@Shockguey]

Sugar/Salt addiction is a hell of a drug.

[@DaFifaKid]

yuuuup, its the ppl letting it happen. I used to go to el pollo loco like 2-3 times a week for lunch because they had these 5 dollar lunch combos that slap. the other day I went and they got rid of the one I usually get but replaced it with a 7.95 option. Even though i have no problem to afford that, I have a principle to not overpay for food so I said cancel the order and walked out. I think some ppl have like social anxiety about stuff like this and once they go to order they feel bad to cancel it or like admit its too expensive and they just swallow it and pay.

[@elitetripod4188]

Nah it's not sad it's funny.

[@MorfsPrower]

It's a lack of self control. The same reason cigarettes, alcoholism, and various other addictions get out of control. They're enabled and the advertisements dangle that fat patty over their heads. Same goes for predatory gacha games.

[@stephensclater2812]

the biggest lie told in this video is that the sample big macs will be fed to racoons later, in fact we all know that bag will sit right where it landed and will remain there for the next month

[@alexmiller6955]

The fungi will feast

[@Shockguey]

I want a video game where you play a cockroach in Asmongolds room.

[@uao2356]

@@alexmiller6955 nah dude, mc donalds burgers dont age. they are immune to fungi

[@marcosmauricio7805]

Dude will start the irl Knox Event

[@lordhughmungus]

And it will look exactly the same as when he set it down. Not even the bacteria want that trash.

[@vomitkermit3446]

So, for those who haven’t worked at a McDonald’s. Patty is 1/10th of a pound before cooking, and has been since at least 2001 when i worked there. It is the same meat they use for the cheeseburgers and hamburgers .The pickles arrive dehydrated and are rehydrated in a bucket, and can be over hydrated. Also if the meat sits in the warmer too long it will shrink more. Always buy food during busy times and your food will most likely be fresh.

[@luminatrixfanfiction]

So we can establish that McDonalds is a scam? Did you know you can order more pickles on your big mac without paying for it in the phone app. They only give you at least 1 pickle when you order it at the counter but when you use the app, and customize your order, you can get as many pickles as you want.

[@rain4242]

I know! this is not new! i have not ate mcdonalds in over decade but i use to eat mcdonalds and i remember clearly for my 10th birthday in 2014 the patties were already thin.

[@TedTheAtheist]

ooo screenshot, do you use ShareX ?

[@SKizzleAXE]

AD: Big Mac Reality: Lil Mac Gaming publishers: We do this all the time, I don't see any problems

[@pokermitten9795]

You can add on an additional patty in a few months for a small fee.

[@InsomniacsAnonymous36]

@@pokermitten9795 pickles are time savers

[@eevz288]

Lil Mac😂

[@youtubeenjoyer1743]

It's the McBiden

[@CARPETMAN-zj9iv]

Remember the old song 2 all beef patties Special Sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun. I don't think they have actual beef inside their burgers anymore unless it is trademarked. Special Sauce could be anything, I just made some myself. Lettuce apparently is the only thing that he noticed there was a lot of. But again it could be trademarked lettuce. The cheese is simply coagulated oil with some cheese curd at it in. Pickles hopefully they can't mess that up. But of course he noticed there was only one and that may get them sued as they said pickles not pickle. Onions the same. On a sesame seed bun. I haven't had a Big Mac in probably 30 -35 years so I don't know if they actually have a sesame seed bun anymore. All together I would say this burger if you can call it that gets a F -.

[@info8984]

Asmon is the only one who can afford fast food anymore.

[@anima94]

buying actual food is finally cheaper than fastfood, at least it makes us healthier

[@info8984]

@@anima94 you're missing the point of my comment.

[@anolaf]

It's not so bad if you heavily utilize the mobile apps. Lots of good deals and rewards, etc. Almost tricks you into feeling like things aren't outrageously expensive.

[@anima94]

@@info8984 maybe, I thought you were just talking about the insane food prices

[@baurochs2283]

1 simple burger please "ok that'll be 28.36"

[@MizunoYaiba]

The musical commercial around 11:30 was horrifying to listen to. Literally made my skin crawl.

[@user-ws1bx5xb8s]

It really depends upon the location, and the management, I once got a picture perfect burger, and I was so confused. to be fair the advertised photo the pickle and patty size is the same. What makes it look thicker is the fluffy bun, Just get a double big Mac problem solved. Let's also be clear that those advertisers photos cost alot of money and time to make perfect. To expect the same result is just consumer lunacy

[@LordAspectra]

imagine defending false advertising

[@verihimthered2418]

Wait till you order a large fry and half is missing. Never went back

[@lyrand6408]

You're genuinely not missing much anyways. Make burgers yourself, it's less expensive and you can prepare it the way you like it. Same with french fries.

[@shinobixa4]

Exactly 😂😂😂

[@Haseltine333]

19:00 that’s why we have pc viruses and antivirus software 💯

[@thescarletbaroness]

How stupid Mcdonald's really is; the medium fry by average has more food weight than the large, even though the large has that big 'fry catch' at the top. They train their employees to never fill it to the top because no one pays that much attention. Do you expect any better from a company that was founded by scoundrel? Taco Bell 4 Life.

[@lochquatch8896]

to add, i havent had hot fires from mcds in years. I kinda know how they operate and there is no reason not to cook fresh fries, they only take like 2min

[@Max_Ohm]

Michael Douglas tried to warn us.

[@redhusky7439]

Falling down, so good

[@777Nny]

In his defense, he was off his meds for months and was somewhat crazy. lol

[@12LoLproductions]

*I want breakfast*

[@cheehee808_]

The customer is always right

[@BillDownhill]

Have you ever heard the expression, "the customer is always right?"

[@nukem8128]

Cant wait for that scene from "Falling Down" to actually take place.

[@Psycrovv]

Some facts here : The advertised burgers are basicly raw meat just grilled few seconds on each side and addet some paint or make up to look tasty. Also the extra seeds on the bun is glued on for the same reason. The salat is setup with rubberbands to increase the size. So you cant eat these burgers at all. They arr full of makeup products and glue and rubber bands. The injection medicine cost like 150-200 $ once a week but they are creating new types that can be injected 1 month only for less cost. Currently im having shares in the company that makes these :D

[@thomgizziz]

"The advertised burgers" and "The burgers in the advertisements" do not convey the same meaning....

[@ksfallenangel5770]

" *It's the world that's dirty and, I only happen to live in it* " - Asmongold

[@josuemartinez6865]

“Top 10 saddest anime betrayals” ahh quote

[@RBFR01]

It's called delusion.

[@NotsoHardcore1]

Management "Why are the pickles so thick"

[@qwerty6789x]

😂

[@user-ym8jt6pn5t]

This dude only goes to Culver's dog, McDonald's is peasant food...

[@chrisyoung1642]

Not to mention in the commercial it has two picked not just one

[@csmlouis]

"Hun, stop laughing at it. It's not the size of the meat but the girth of the pickle"

[@camillosteuss]

``Bun, stop laughing at it. It`s not the size of the meat but the girth of the pickle`` *

[@scrubclub7138]

"Its not the size of the meat that matters. Its the girth of the pickle.*

[@Persun_McPersonson]

@@camillosteuss Broskironi, stop chuckling, thusly, at mine member. It's naught the cut's mass, but the portliness of the brine gherkin.

[@camillosteuss]

@@Persun_McPersonson Nice one! *tips the top of the hat*

[@justindiffenderfer7484]

I've been asking this for years. Why are all fast food restaurants allowed to put those pictures on their menus and then turn around and sell you something that doesn't look at all similar? They're showing you a 1/4 pound patty and selling you one that's maybe 1/8 or even less. How is that legal?

[@godpigeon]

It's how they "prepare" the ingredients.. it's all there in the real item but they do things like just cook/color the meat so no water/fat loss, put all the ingredients on the side being shot so it looks like more in the ad. It's a legal thing they have to use the same ingredients for promo work but as I said there are ways around it.

[@justindiffenderfer7484]

@@godpigeon They're still selling you one thing and giving you another. Any random person will tell you that what they got does not match what they saw on the menu

[@PopcornMax179]

They'll keep getting away with pushing it as long as it's still fast. Until there's either other places that will make a good burger quickly, and you can get in and out, or even drive-thru and get your food quickly enough. Or, once MacDonalds service gets slow enough often enough that your waiting in your car for long enough you can imagine going somewhere else getting out your car and getting a better meal at the same price in as much time.

[@schmiddy8433]

1/4 pound is the raw weight. All burger patties are measured this way. They lose weight when cooked. If you order a 1/4 pounder from mcd you do get a genuine 1/4 pound burger, but showing those big patties on the big mac is for sure 100% evil

[@jimmanis6717]

Arby's where I live and Hardee's both look identical to their pics on the sign. Bk, McDonald's and Wendy's are way off.

[@Dios67]

The eternal battle.

[@Tall_Order]

That meat patty is so thin, it reminded me of Mickey and the Beanstalk when Donald held up his paper thin translucent bean-slice sandwich.

[@Monoblivious]

So I'm a guy that worked at a McDonalds as of recent, There will be absolutely no difference between every big mac you order. They all use the same kind of Meat Patties. Here in canada (Probably in USA) we use TWO kinds of Patties. We got the Quarter Meat and the Regular. Regular is used for Cheeseburgers, Double Cheeseburgers, and BIG MACS. Quarter which is the big beefy ones that they SHOULD be using for big macs, is used for Quarter Pounders, BLT Pounder, Double Pounder, etc. I don't know why we don't use the Quarter meats on the Big Macs, but its how it is and regardless people will eat it. You could honestly go to a McDonalds and ask them to put Quarter Meat in your Big Mac instead of Regular meat. They allow it here, but i don't know about in the USA. P.S. The ads are always a lie. they're meant to make you hungry and lure you to buying their crap.

[@npcimknot958]

McDonald’s isn’t even worth it anymore.. you’re charging premium food prices now.. might as well go to a mom and pop and get something better

[@erincarson8998]

Big Mac predates the introduction of quarter meat. The quarter pounder was introduced, when McDonald's finally accepted that some customers weren't happy simply buying a second hamburger. In the U.S., the history of McDonald's used to be required training for all employees.

[@WorthlessDeadEnd]

I love the Big Mac sauce. What's it made of? Thousand Island dressing?

[@thebenc1537]

Those smaller patties are a tenth of a pound. The larger one is a fourth of a pound.

[@jeezusgarcia4255]

i used to work at McDonalds to when i was in college, and yea its only 2 patties 1/4 and 1/10 and the 1/10 is the patty that is used for everything like he said. I used to just sub the patty out for the 1/4 pound patty if i ever got a big mac. But just get a quarter or double quarter pound burger and add big mac sauce and lettuce if you really want more beef dont add more small ass patties to a big mac. Just know your order is still gonna be wrong and they make 20 an hour for it. I made 7 an hour back then 😂

[@BerryBabaBear]

Asmon: "I won't eat this dog shit!" Me drinking water in my college dorm: 😢

[@RJ-s41ty]

Mac sauce and lettuce ruin the entire thing, go get you some instant ramen

[@RJ-s41ty]

Pickles suck too

[@Exknight2]

You guys pay 10 dollars for that?!

[@IanGerritsen]

Look up red lentil dahl. You can eat delicious, healthy, hot food really easily for cheap. On Saturday you can add bargain bin meat!

[@XQgint]

What's wrong with water?

[@KittyCatMeowMeowTime]

I still remember the Subway footlong controversy. Given that was about a decade ago I can't imagine McDonald's would have gotten away with this for so long. It's probably recent; a cost cutting measure by McDonald's to compliment their gouged prices.

[@onslaughtmp]

These places have evaded false advertising lawsuits for the most part... It's going way too far now. The pictures don't even look anywhere close to the product. Taco bell and Subway has to be the worst out of the worst at representing what they are selling you in ads versus what you get.

[@nongmar8783]

God we truly live in the Falling Down movie reality. People don’t want more beef, they don’t want to pay $20 when they used to pay $5 for their cardboard food.

[@TwoBs]

I don’t think she likes the special sauce, Rick. That is such a good movie to throw on. Highly recommended for anyone who has never seen it.

[@Lacotemale]

Loved that movie. Good call on that reference.

[@kashourikatsu2543]

​@@TwoBsgood movie, I own the DVD

[@thehoerscorral8565]

That's the part I don't get LMAO like sure the quality is at best the same but seems like it's worse than it was ten to fifteen years ago, okay, but it's McD's we know what we're getting... BUT, not only is it clearly a likely reduced quality, but you pay ten dollars for a medium meal, fifteen to twenty if you want a large with one of the larger burgers... LMAO how is McD's still so popular? Other places have increased their prices too, but Wendy's, BK, etc all seem to be the exact same and in some cases even better, like Jack in the Box which has some real good burgers now.

[@p1zzaman]

"Have you ever heard of the of expression that the customer is always right?" D-Fens

[@shirohige291]

3 Big Macs for 11 Dollar, in Germany they cost 17€ and are even SMALLER

[@sdlife228]

he meant each.

[@flatterpizza]

Also they are not smaller here.

[@acmenipponair]

It's 11 dollars each burger - without fries or drink! And the only reason in Germany for McD to exist is to make your hands dirty on a McRip

[@lynn-joybatenchuk8850]

3 big macs in Canada is $24.16 with tax

[@frederikolsen767]

@@lynn-joybatenchuk8850what. That’s fucking nuts. A Big Mac in Germany costs 5,89€ just for the burger itself. Menu is 9.99€. And that is still VERY expensive compared to many other countries.

[@schmittydAU]

The Big Mac patties look thinner than what they use in Australia. The second ad is Macca's (Australia).

[@Jaker788]

Yep. For commercials the meat is quick cooked on just the very surface and is completely raw inside, makes it much thicker and not dry looking. The other ingredients are not even the same ones used irl sometimes, and they're all loaded at the front of the bun to dramatize it and exaggerate.

[@GengoSenmon]

The craziest part of the video is that McD's will open 10,000 MORE stores the next 3 years. That means customers are actually enjoying this treatment.

[@feelthebern3783]

No, it just means they have monopolized the sector and they can get away with it. They're merely opportunists of circumstance. Every large corporation (ab)uses their circumstances (a.k.a. POWER) to extract as much wealth as possible - from their workers, from their consumers, and from the environment. Corporations don't exist to sell goods or provide a service... those are secondary notions, subsumed by their main goal: maximizing profits. Capitalism is just a numbers game, and YOU are nothing but a statistic in that game. The bigger the number, the better it is for Capitalists. The MEANS by which Capitalists achieve bigger numbers is irrelevant: criminality, fraud, extortion, monopolization, scams, cost cutting, lay-offs, inflation, etc. Under Capitalism, anything goes. They just don't make you a literal slave (yet) because they can't. But they would LOVE to. They fantasize about it, all the time. So the idea that this is the consumers' fault is downright insanity. It's misplaced guilt, it's victim-blaming.

[@bogstandardash3751]

Where? I thought they were losing money everywhere

[@Northex23]

​@@bogstandardash3751franchise model means McD itself is not losing any money, its the franchise store owner losing the money

[@jacobtaylor7506]

​@bogstandardash3751 no, international rose 1.9% Q1 for McD and prices stayed the same. Been comparing prices like KFC in US to Balkan prices. Even though Euro to USD is .08 cent right now.

[@MarkDeSade100]

The McDonald's corporation makes 0 dollars selling burgers and fries. All of their money comes from the rent and license fees paid by franchise owners. The more stores they open, the more money they make. If a franchise owner can't make enough money off the food to stay in business, sucks to be them. McD's doesn't care because someone else will take over the store.

[@bej4987]

The solution? Micro pickles.

[@kokocaptainqc]

thats EXACTLY whats gonna happen

[@user-vk9zj2kw6d]

they already are, to be honest

[@Asymmetrical-Saggin]

Things have always been small at McDonalds... the patties have always been small. I worked there from Freshman year until the start of senior year and the patties were 1/8th Lb (before cooking) and quarter Lb patties indeed being 1/4 but before cooking as well. My friends son works there while in school also and now they are 1/10th Lb. So yeah they've shrunk, but not by much at all after cooking and adding half the total amount of veggies someone eats in a year on 1 sandwich. The prices are whacked nowadays too.

[@Lawtonfl]

Bro even ran his experiment in triplicate. A true scientist

[@malcolmliang]

Clear sign of the 'booming' economy

[@GravitasZero]

Oh, the economy is not doing too terribly, it's just that us common people are getting drilled to keep increasing profits. That's our capitalism at the end of the day. Profits must always be up otherwise the corporation is doing poorly/stagnating. But resources are finite, so how do profits keep increasing? If us common people get a smaller and smaller piece of the pie.

[@Technogeist1987]

Richest country in the world, as long as they remember to raise the debt ceiling again.

[@jeremiahjohnson2784]

@@Technogeist1987 i mean per capita there is another country with far more...

[@stinne5830]

@@jeremiahjohnson2784 per capita, it would be 6-7 more countries i think lol

[@KUSHN-ub6sc]

You people are finally realizing this. the box and sandwich use to be bigger. it has gotten smaller and smaller over the year's. the big mac's 20 year's ago were way better then today's

[@jewii3824]

Than*

[@mdcandronic]

I'm gonna say something controversial. GOOD. Less food per meal means less calories, so people won't get as fat anymore.

[@rolandheinze7182]

​@@mdcandronicYou'd think people would eat out less and lose weight in this crappy economy but I don't see it

[@lootmaster1337]

@@mdcandronic yeh if the price would be less .. oh wait double the price, half the food

[@ThislsaGoodldea]

@@mdcandronicthat’s not how it works. With every portion getting smaller; people are ordering MORE food. So instead of a burger and fries, it’s a burger and fries with some nuggets.

[@WolfRaven-jm1cm]

A McDonald's 10:1 patty; the standard burger patty will always be 1/10 of a pound of beef. The height or thickness of the patty can change during cooking but it's always the same.

[@CeraphineLuna]

I never thought we'd start using big Mac pickle slices as a form of measurement, but here we are

[@d.wolfin152]

McDonald’s is now going to half the thickness of their pickles.

[@WolfRaven-jm1cm]

They look exactly the same as they have in the 90s.

[@robmorgan1214]

I've seen thicker prosciutto.

[@itscoolthough419]

I ate prosciutto last night, traslucent meat is crazy 😂 from how thin it is

[@thomgizziz]

Then somebody screwed up.

[@kainx99]

You should feed both videos or ads into ChatGPT-4o, and ask it if the newer patties seems thinner or thicker than the 1984 patty. Now that is awesome TV!

[@psychozen7169]

When i was kid in the 80 and 90 the patty were twice as thick because of the wendy where the beef commercials. But even wendy have shrunk the beef.

[@IBradFrazer]

It is called shrinkflation. The prices go up, and the quality/portions go down. You are paying more for less. And all for food that won't ever fill you up because it isn't real food.

[@Max_Ohm]

I often wonder if there's any way to stop it from happening other than total economic collapse. Historical examples don't fill me with much optimism.

[@GravitasZero]

Usually shrinkflation means sizes going down but prices remaining the same. This is even worse, sizes are going down AND prices are going up.

[@Meachop]

the issue is that the cost of a foods have come down; and the portions are still shrinking while prices rise at a consumer level

[@DoctorOklich]

@@Max_Ohmthe federal reserve needs to lower interest rates

[@invictrum]

wow we have a term for it now the problem is solved!

[@leerylapine3728]

17:00 literally says you need two patties to make the same burger as the old size, then insults people for being fat for wanting the same amount of burger

[@randybobandy9828]

​@@davidtock6903 McDonald's says they don't use frozen beef anymore

[@leerylapine3728]

@@davidtock6903 I can't say anything about the thickness of them, or how it is in the USA, but in canada the patties used to reach the end of the bun and now there's a good cm gap between the edge and the patty

[@StyxAnnihilator]

It's so easy to make a burger from grounded meat, much better quality, probably cheaper and healthier. The bun and slaw are also crap, rather have some other carbs along a precut salad mix (if feel for it).

[@emp0rizzle]

They're gonna start slicing the pickles thinner so now you can't use it as a frame of reference.

[@iiTzLos]

Can't believe I just watched a whole Big Mac investigation 🤣

[@RagingL00ny]

McDonalds: "so you're saying the pickles too thick?"

[@Jon-jw4ii]

The beginning was like a scuff Joe is Hungry weight test.

[@ingrowsmith5148]

FYI: The entire US agricultural system grew out of trying to dispose of all the military surplus after the end of WW2. We're not talking about guns and ammo, we're talking about entire towns and, in some cases states, dedicated exclusively to making bombs and nervegas (yes the USA had a substantial chemical base for mass producing neurotoxins). However after WW2 you had 10 million people coming home, and they were kinda hungry. So the government quickly funneled the stuff into agriculture. Bomb plants made fertilizier and the chemical plants made pesticide. This way, you had a super-heavy government push for cheap food production, and farmers were very agressively pushed to plant monocultures of both plants and animals. Also, the more you made the better, Uncle Sam footed your bill. Now of course things calmed down, and were refined after that quick rough fix, but even today the USA has an immensely cheap food market. For the raw building blocks at least (corn, soy yes a really, and beef). tl;dr Big gutfilling burgers should cost the meaximum of 2 USD. It's literally built on the military industry that defeated German and Japan at the same time.

[@dominicdeluca6378]

Cool story bro

[@SalvadorButtersworth]

What did they eat before they left for the war

[@kalkhalinzhui1753]

​@@SalvadorButtersworthMost likely Depression-era meals involving cheap and common ingredients like potatoes, canned meat, and a few vegetables, all of varying quality. Stews were popular, especially Hoover Stew. I read that the situation got a little better near the end of the 1930s when war loomed.

[@AZ-rl7pg]

The saddest thing is that it only costs McD like $1 to make each burger since they buy everything in bulk. They could 100% improve the meat size at no extra cost and still make huge profits. Also sample size isn't really a question since it's all mass produced anyways, it's not like they're forming each patty individually.

[@windatar6351]

How much does it cost to make one McDonald's burger? The buns are about $0.05, the meat is $0.30, cheese about $0.15, condiments $0.05, pickles and onion $0.05. $0.25 to $0.30 goes to labor and overhead. Jan 21, 2023 Disclosed information from quarterly reports to shareholders and franchise owners.

[@sutenjarl1162]

how is it sad, people buy garbage and get garbage

[@AZ-rl7pg]

@@sutenjarl1162 Sad in that they're making like 900% profit per burger yet still keep raising prices.

[@jeppe9821]

​@@AZ-rl7pgso dont buy then? Theres tons of bad deals eveeywhere doesnt mean you need to take them

[@basillah7650]

Costs less than 50 cents a burger to make the costs come in the delivery,staff and rent costs but number 1 costs that is more than all of them combined is shareholder cost have to make shareholder happy so get less for your money to make more profit.

[@Revoku]

for pictures they use fake plastic burgers sprayed to make them look real, when I was a teenager had a manager who used to laugh when someone in the staff asked him why the burgers didn't look like the pictures

[@Max_Ohm]

Exactly

[@harpiessnow]

That's advertisement in general for food. They use shit like glue and other stuff to make it look super good, so it sells better.

[@Chopstorm.]

​@harpiessnow Yeah like the cheese for pizza commercials is glue.

[@TemmiePlays]

you're so wrong, they literally HAVE to use REAL food in EVERY advertising campaign anywhere for a very long time. your ignorance shines through here it's literally against the law to advertise with fake food

[@Chopstorm.]

@@TemmiePlays That's not true really. If you're advertising cereal, sure you have to use real cereal, but you *don't* have to use real milk. If it's not the product you're selling, but is still a part of the picture, it does not have to be real.

[@CJFromGroveSt09]

I cannot wait for them to not even rely on doctored pictures anymore

[@jdzazz4155]

I think the precooked weight could be the same, but it’s now using fattier meat, so more of it melts and is left on the grill after cooking, resulting in a smaller cooked patty.

[@dabluflcn]

Feeding a raccoon that trash should be considered animal cruelty if not for the fact it’s so insubstantial. I just looked this up and it’s even already been litigated. I don’t think anyone is going to like the judge’s decision. Quote “no reasonable person would be tricked by the ads.” Which to me reads that we should be so used to being lied to that a reasonable person would realize their ads are false. We live in the worst timeline.

[@shadowpathfinder7723]

The judge's decision was seriously "You should be so used to false advertising by now that it no longer is false"?

[@SleepyRPGman]

They don't fake the ads. The workers don't give a shit what the burger looks like. McDonald's spends hours picking out the best looking ingredients for the burgers. They don't over cook the patties for the ads. The average worker doesn't have time nore the want to do that.

[@Asd-tk2if]

@@SleepyRPGman They don't cook the meat in the ads. They sear the sides of the meat and leave the middle part uncooked so meat does not lose its weights.

[@thomgizziz]

@@Asd-tk2if No they don't. There is no reason to do that. They can arrange everything to look the way they want. They have done shows on what they do and they cook the meat just less than they do normally.

[@thomgizziz]

@@SleepyRPGman The ads aren't "fake" but they are very very careful about presentation to the point that you can't eat it, they patty is undercooked, toothpicks are holding things in place and extra oil and water is brushed on the food to make it look better. Back when I worked at McDonalds if you gave me an extra 30 seconds on a big mac I could make it look pretty close to the advertisements.

[@koiv4U]

as someone who used to work at mcdonalds there's no point in trying to see if any of the patties for the burgers are of different sizes. there are TWO types of burger patties that we used to work with. 10-1 and quarter pounders. every burger EXCEPT for quarter and double quarters use 10-1 which is 10 patties of this size equal ONE pound of burger meat. and when we put them on the grill (which was pretty automated, was a clamp shell grill) they all get cooked evenly.

[@JoseRodriguez-pm9et]

I think she ordered her patties well done because it’s burnt and flat because when I us to work in one that’s how they would look when the costumer wanted it well done I even remember this old men who wanted it pressed down like 3 times lol

[@MB-ln4yx]

@@JoseRodriguez-pm9etI worked McDonald’s too on the grill. The grill is timed. It’s like a big press. Presses on all the burgers till a certain time. It’s the same way a lot of the other things are. For instance the cups with liquid and ice. They’ve just automated it. I say this to tell u that I’ve never seen a burger made to order at a McDonald’s.

[@davidtock6903]

Yeah. I worked at McDonald's and the patties all come frozen and pre-sliced. 10:1 for small ones and 4:1 for the quarter-pounders and such. The clam-shell grill is timed so all the patties are cooked exactly the same. Because they are timed, we never did well-done or anything like that. Once the meat is cooked, the patties go into a holding oven, which may degrade their freshness. But there are holding times on those, too. Even once the patties are made into burgers, the burgers have holding times. Once they're slotted into the feeder for the cashiers to grab, a metal tag is slotted in behind them and corresponds to time they were put there. In my experience, the best time to go to McDonald's is during a rush. The food is moving so fast, that pretty much anything you order is going to be fresh. Other than that, the best thing to do is order a "grill", which basically anything that is custom, like no lettuce or extra mustard. That kind of thing. You'll have to wait a little bit longer, but it will be a lot fresher.

[@JoseRodriguez-pm9et]

@@MB-ln4yx it’s been a long time when I worked at McDonald’s but I do remember that old guy who was a regular and he would always asked for his patties to be pressed three times lol his was more flat and burn then the ladies but I can’t say for certain that she ordered it like that but hers did look like it was pressed again

[@thomgizziz]

@@MB-ln4yx I have and I have done it...

[@Scheckler27]

What you see on a commercial is VERY different than what you receive

[@alexdoey6931]

When I say I don’t enjoy eating, people look at me like I’m crazy

[@itskyansaro]

First Mistake: Eat at McDonalds. Second: Eat at McDonalds in the US.

[@user-qq1id7wg1q]

its he same her ein Germany

[@iz5808]

In Ukraine it's the only thing we've got beside KFC and the other shitty European fast food chains

[@GravitasZero]

@@iz5808 In my small town in France we also have a dominos to add to the McD, then there is a KFC some 30-40 minutes away in the nearest bigger city. There are a lot of small restaurants that serve higher quality foods for similar prices to McD that aren't fast food and where they actually serve you at a table. Then we have a lot of bakeries and other similar places that sell delicious sandwiches (they have more than just 37 different breads) and still it costs less than McD for things that are not only tastier but also fresher (bread used for sandwiches often made that day or unsold leftover bread from the day before)

[@GravitasZero]

@@iz5808 Also, right?! why are EU fast food chains so often garbage lol. Not that McD isn't bad too

[@iz5808]

@@GravitasZero I feel like that's a universal thing throughout Europe, the local food places that formally are not considered fast food will easily provide with food that is both cheaper and better nuntrients-wise/in quality. But when it comes to the fast food chains sometimes I feel like it's just McD paying them to produce the burgers that are garbage so McD stuff looks better in contrast. If you thought McD burgers has thin patties then you haven't seen what they have at Hesburger, those patties are so thin you can cut stuff with them

[@baxxtab2429]

They really do need to make this false advertisement illegal.

[@DillonMeyer]

It is, but good luck winning a case against a megacorporation as a regular citizen.

[@Riane74]

those commericals use glue to make the burger look bigger then it is

[@TP-pq9xx]

One side of government is always fighting against any consumer protections like that.

[@blumenbeet92]

​@@Riane74Not only glue, the hole burger is fake

[@PiousMoltar]

@@DillonMeyer Well, it worked against Subway because their footlongs weren't a foot long. And now they are.

[@erik1993]

It's like opening pokemon packs, when you open the box you hope to get an actual well made big mac.

[@thomgizziz]

That makes zero sense. When you open pokemon packs are you hoping to get well made cards? Nobody is thinking that when they open a pack... heck severe misprints would be more valuable.

[@michaelhasse2568]

Probably depends on the location of the restaurant, the owner may tell them to make the patties thinner

[@Stedman75]

McDonalds Reaction: "The "Big Mac" refers to the size of the Pickle."

[@Vyperus69]

It's called Shrinkflation... reduce the size or weight of the product (without telling customers) but charge the same or more that they did for the larger version. Then reintroduce the older size as a more expensive "value" version. Other examples from here in the UK is 1. during the 90s and early 2000s you could get a 250g Chocolate bar for £1, then out of nowhere the Chocolate companies reduced it to 200g and still sold it at £1. Its now like 100g-150g 2. prepacked fruits and vegetables in Supermarkets reduced in weight/quantity for the same price, then a few months - couple years later the Supermarkets introduced the "family value" sizes, which weigh or have the same quantity as the originals but at a higher price.

[@Miokomata]

Same goes with all the bags of chips.

[@WolfRaven-jm1cm]

It's not true. It's a 1/10 of a pound patty and they look like that after cooking. They didn't change it.

[@GoblinatingGoblinator]

Watching Asmon compare the thickness of the pickle vs the burger thickness was like watching him do pulls in gatchas but better.

[@tonyharrison3222]

You can't go by advert picks. You should see the doc on how advertisers manipulate the products

[@thomgizziz]

The out of date one which would land you in all kinds of legal trouble if you tried that today? That documentry is decades old at this point and the laws have changed. Get with the times grandpa.

[@d.wolfin152]

Still never got over the day those mofos cut the pickle longways and it was 80% skin. That was just evil.

[@peters4115]

200% the price for 50% of the food is nasty work

[@WolfRaven-jm1cm]

Except nothing has changed about the size of the burger.

[@rg975]

Restaurants and food chains will see this and wonder why people are opting to make their own food these days.

[@ManticMako]

I'm literally eating a big Mac right now re-thinking my life's decisions.

[@Apercu]

To be fair, the beef patties have always been pathetic. The problem is the price you have to pay for that crap.

[@randomaccount53793]

Yep, they are horrible. I would rather have one patty that is twice as thick compared to 2 slivers of "meat". At least thet way it would probably taste less like mildly soggy chalk.

[@Akakiryuushin]

the big mac patties are 1/10 a pound before grilling them and the big mac has 2. the quarter pounder has a 1/4 pound patty before cooking. the quarter pounder is bigger than the big mac

[@banhammer3904]

I won't eat the garbage that passes for beef at the store, either.

[@Avxt1n]

@@randomaccount53793 if you're in alaska they make a big mac except it has 2 quarter pound patties. I think its called McKinley Mac if i remember right. Its gas

[@ericstaples7220]

Prices were fairly low before the plandemic

[@TheSwoopster]

to be fair, ozempic doesnt make you magically lose weight, the reason it helps as a weight loss drug is mainly in how it makes you want to eat less while on it - if you can truly go hog wild on big macs while drugging on ozempic you’re built different

[@amiedoll60]

Exactly, I really doubt anyone on Ozempic is chugging burgers on the regular.

[@Knoxerboy101]

I mean, there's no way Asmon actually knows that, though. Dude has a very bad relationship with food/nutrition in general.

[@monkeyboy275bobo8]

@@Knoxerboy101 And he doesnt do drugs either.

[@AbnerG787]

exactly, asmon missed the point of ozempic, it makes you less hungry. Some people are fat because addiction some are fat because of illnesses out of their control, including mental health.

[@AbnerG787]

@@Knoxerboy101 100%

[@xwaltranx]

its not just the patty the buns are so small too! i always quarter pounders because technically they can't make it lighter but the bun is basically half the size as pre-covid

[@PwncakeOW]

Love big macs, but they have always had skinny patties. Also a meal costs $7 and change in a decent are with the app.

[@NCSGeek]

With fast food getting this much more expensive, you might as well buy the higher quality places.

[@alexanderfreeman3406]

For real. I went to BK for the first time in ages last week, and was *shocked* at how much better the burgers were than at MD. And for like, two bucks more.

[@Solid_Snail]

@@alexanderfreeman3406 I dont know if he meant BK when he said "higher quality places"

[@Bananaman-jm4xl]

My locals grocery store has a cafe in it and you can get a burger, fries, and a milkshake for $4.99, just the burger and fries for $3.99, or just the burger for $2.99. You can get any veggies or condiments you want on it, and bacons $0.50 extra. If you want an extra patty it’s $1 extra. You can also choose between fries, wedges, and onion rings. Their good too, and only take a couple minutes to make. I haven’t gotten a fast food burger in a decade.

[@iluvyunie]

@@Bananaman-jm4xl same but with vietnamese pork roll places

[@rayarayson3381]

Fuckin thank you if I Grubhub it’s quality food

[@NevanSlone]

21:41 Best line ever.

[@kelsiel6147]

the big bag is 17€ to 20€ in europe and are smaller than those

[@Zuranthus]

i don't know how food advertising is legal when they literally fake the product, using crisco butter for ice-cream, motor oil for syrup, paint to make things look better, plastic food etc, this country is a joke

[@wickian9571]

I have a thing where I cannot tolerate eating food made by strangers where I can't watch them cooking it. I can handle factory produced things like canned beans and such where machines handle almost everything, but I haven't eaten at a restaurant in a LONG time. I just cook my own food.

[@youngsomalia1511]

@@wickian9571 Sometimes the debuff stacks high enough that it actually becomes a buff. You didn't want to eat that shit anyways, it was better off in the end to not get hooked in the first place.

[@clipsedrag13]

We used to get told it was movie magic. Made it sound very artistic and impressive. In reality it’s deception and theft.

[@maeror1022]

I did food photography for a while and yeah... its wildly inaccurate to the real product. You know how to get whipped cream to stay up and not melt under hot camera lights? Put PVA glue in it.

[@chromeinox]

In Europe they use beetroot juice to make the meat look red for longer, especially in minced meat.

[@Rezuvious]

According to a website, a Big Mac Meal in the USA is $13.99, another website claims that a large size Big Mac Meal in Australia is $13.95, if these prices are accurate and you do a currency conversion. In the USA you are paying $21 Australian Dollars, while in Australia you are only paying $9.30 USD. As of this message $1 USD = $1.50 Australian Dollars

[@randybobandy9828]

No the prices in the US vary wildly. A big Mac meal here in eastern Washington state is $9.50

[@thedegoose]

Well i rarely ever eat at McDonalds and just found out they charge £7.99 for a large Big Mac Meal which is just over 10 US dollars. To me that is insanely expensive for the food you actually get. I think the last time i did go which was 3 years ago i bought 2 cheeseburgers and some fries and cost me about £3. For what is classed as fast food i would not spend 8 quid on a maccy d

[@ilikeshiba]

Just a Big Mac in Taiwan is $80 NTD (after tax) which is $2.49 USD. The meal is $161 NTD so double that. Though the US dollar is extremely strong right now so any comparison to foreign currencies will make everything look way cheaper everywhere else. For the money you can get better food here even among fast food, like sukiya. Sukiya is top tier fast food. Can’t believe it’s not everywhere in the US yet.

[@abaddon1371]

Danish price for a Big Mac medium meal is 65kr (kr= kroner = crowns) which is approximately 10 US dollars. A single Big Mac is about 32kr or 4.90 US dollar. So here we pay more for the medium soda and fries, than the burger itself :D Haven't touched McD stuff for quite many years, so can't say anything about the patty size though. Edit; corrected "paddy" to "patty" No fine irish people where harmed in the making of this example :) Damn autocorrect!

[@Just_Pele]

@@randybobandy9828 The Big Mac meal is $7.98 here in TN. The difference is in cost of living, taxes, and regulations.

[@Branniganslaw143]

I got a Big Mac recently that the patty was so thin, it actually had holes in some spots. Wasn’t even a solid disc.

[@TheKikivia]

Editor should rename this video to The Thin Lie

[@MaXiMoS54]

McDonalds is F-tier, idk why anyone still buys this rubbish

[@amberheardslawyerprofessor5266]

We all know you just used the app stop 🧢

[@OmarFW]

​@@amberheardslawyerprofessor5266 why is it hard to believe that some people think mcd's is disgusting overpriced trash when it is

[@Amoogus]

Hangovers

[@rolandheinze7182]

​@@Amoogusgross but acceptable

[@Diogo85]

It's good in the UK.

[@chriscunanan]

If you haven't seen this scene from Falling Down essentially being depicted, watch it.

[@Dusterdimmu81]

Damn i love that movie

[@HotPockets-40k]

Perfect haha

[@LoneW0lfe]

The burger patties in the Big Mac are the exact same ones in the Happy Meal burgers.

[@TheCutiePatrol]

3 is a great amount to compare, seeming as you got them at the same time, to evaluate further, you would need to replicate this at different times and days.

[@elhijodeandres]

I worked at McD for 7 years. 6 years as a manager. Back over 10 years ago. I can verify all of this.

[@thebenc1537]

You think the patty got smaller? It is and always was a tenth of a pound.

[@Uryendel]

@@thebenc1537 grown men use to eat at mcdonalds with only a cheeseburger and a fries, with current portion sze it's not enough to feed a child

[@thebenc1537]

@@Uryendel When was that? The current portion size is the same. The small patties were always a tenth of a pound. They havent chaged it.

[@Uryendel]

@@thebenc1537 at the beginning when it was the only item on the menu

[@thebenc1537]

@@Uryendel you mean 80 years ago? Yeah, we as a species has grown since then. They were tiny manlets. We are on average 5cm taller. Even back then it was still a tenth of a pound. The patty was always a tenth of a pound. It never changed. Its an outright lie to say it changned.

[@bgko91880]

In-N-Out burgers look like the pictures they advertise.

[@daveruhe4031]

Are we entering the Dystopian world of 'The Demolition Man' where Taco Bell is the only chain to survive the fast food wars and is fine dining?

[@snowrum]

The middle bun is thicker than the 2 patties

[@V4Now]

I stopped eating burgers at McD's about a decade ago. A wise decision.