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Is McDonalds in America expensive and crap?

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Today, a McDouble is $2.79 in my area and drinks are $1.59, $1.79, or $1.89 depending on size. I'm looking at a minimum of $7.17 for the same meal I used to eat a decade ago, not counting tax.

They actually have a McDouble meal for $6 now that has a McDouble, 4pc nuggets, fries, and a drink.

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Is McDonalds in America expensive and crap?

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I havent seen that. Here in the PNW, even formerly cheap sit-down restaurants have doubled their prices in the last few years. Red Robin's used to have burgers and bottomless fries for $9.99 and now those burgers are smaller "tavern style" and the fry portion is smaller and they want $18 for it.

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The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI | Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentatio…

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This could also be explained by the entire rest of the market being different flavors of the exact same thing. A little over a decade ago, we actually had choices in what type of phone we wanted. Now, if you want anything other than an identical slab, foldables are your only choice.

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USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950

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More range not only means driving further without charging but also fewer charge cycles being needed.

Imagine it being like your phone when you play games and the battery dies after 6 hours. How long do you think your phone's battery is going to last when you're regularly charging it that often? Now imagine you paid $30k-$100k for the phone and you'll see why range is important to most people.

I personally have a 100 mile work commute and have decided not to get an EV for the time being because I want one I can keep at least a decade like my current ICE (Camry) without worrying about a $20k battery replacement or having to constantly keep it on a charger. It looks like the new solid state batteries should solve this issue but nobody is producing them yet.

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Pentagon seeks $80 billion from Congress for Iran war

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Fetterman is just playing his part in all this kayfabe. Ever notice how there's always just enough Democrats willing to cross the aisle to pass this garbage legislation? That's because they want to make it appear as if there's actual opposition to stuff like this when in reality this was the plan all along, they're all in on it, and they're just following the script.

When Democrats have a majority, they flip it around and pretend like they always have to water all their bills down for 'bipartisan support' to the point of being completely ineffective so that they can keep us in our place while pretending to be heroes with victory just out of reach.

Victory will always be just out of reach so long as Democrats and Republicans control congress. The ruling class is always looking out for their own best interests not the intrests of the American public.

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Moviegoers Love Their Local Indie Theaters, With New Survey Showing a Boom in Younger Audiences

We go to a local 3-cinema theater in our town at least once a month. Tickets are $7 and a large popcorn and two beers is $20. The place was on hard times about 10 years ago but now it's always packed and Regal has actually shut down one of their own theaters in town (which was previously another independent theater that Regal ran into the ground after purchasing). The place is a local treasure for sure.

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The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether ICE Can Hold People Indefinitely. We Should All Be Worried.

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And yeah, we all need to be worried about an interpretation that being in America somehow does not place a person under the justification of the American justice system and all the rights and responsibilities that entails.

The Constitution references "under the jurisdiction of the United States" so if they do rule that these people aren't entitled to Constitutional rights, I'm curious how that doesn't also mean that these people are immune from US laws too. You can't claim these people aren't protected by our laws while also claiming that they're subject to those same laws.