• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    still to draw in big families who can’t afford to make dinner.

    What

    How would making food at home be more expensive than McDonald’s ? Is this some sort of an American thing I’m too European to understand?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      How would making food at home be more expensive than McDonald’s ?

      Time is money and if you can’t afford the time to cook and clean, you’re stuck brown-bagging it at a fast food restaurant.

      Is this some sort of an American thing I’m too European to understand?

      It’s a consequence of American suburban life. Transit time costs are enormous. If you’re throwing an hour+ into your commute, you often don’t have time to cook. Fast food lets you grab a meal and eat in the car on the way home.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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      4 hours ago

      Average american parent works (2) 40 hour jobs. So a 2 parent household is working 160 hours a week, and still cannot even afford their 4 car payments on top of the $349 espn sports package.

      Anyway, no one has time to cook! Or even knows how to! Now hang on, I just pulled into chic fil a we’re going to be in line for about 30 minutes before i can get my order in.