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I don’t go to McDonald’s, but this looks like cherry-picking data to force a narrative to me. Are Big Macs really $8 for just the sandwich these days?

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Depends on where you are.

Just shy of $9 by me, and $15 for the meal.

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$5.29 near me. And you can get 25% off if you use the app.

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Yeah totally. I went to one just outside of Chicago about a month ago for my nieces birthday and the Big Mac there was over $8. A damn happy meal was $14!

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I don’t either (can’t actually eat there anyway due to allergies).

Anyway, its $8.69 by me, so yes.

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Did a little research and found a Big Mac costs around $4.49, or $7.49 for a meal. Really hard to check prices without downloading their app, btw. Though, I’ve heard that McDonnalds is a lot like Subway, in that anyone not using the app and coupon codes for every order is getting ripped off big time.

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No they are not and the median wage is up almost $16 over that same period. This image is a lesson in why you don’t lie or make a point that is already sound — it kneecaps your entire argument.

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This isn’t about median wage; this is about minimum wage.

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Using the median wage to prove life is good is like using the median temperature of mass in the solar system to to prove its hot.

Spoiler: it’s fucking not.

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Yeah every now and then (like once a year) I’ll get a weird craving. Last time I went in there, shit was crazy expensive. That was like two years ago. I haven’t gone back since because of the price.

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We should compare the rate of inflation, joblessness, etc, against the state of the world just before the pandemic

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After eating Big Macs I think the numbers are roughly equivalent

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When my Crohn’s is flaring up I’ve probably hit those numbers.

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A big Mac wasn’t .50 in 1980. I remember it being at least $1. The earliest I can find sources for say $1.6 in 1986.

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The New York Times previously reported that a Big Mac in New York cost 85 cents back in 1974.

a simple Big Mac cost just $1.60 in 1986, according to The Economist, which introduced its Big Mac Index that same year.

From this article.

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a big mac right now in my expensive west coast city is only $6, must have been hawaii to get to $8 justa couple years ago!

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This gives a whole, sad new meaning to “i can haz cheezburger”

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