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McDonald's "medium" drink is everyone else's "small" drink

Princess AlicePrincess Alice
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Everyone knows this, yet they get away with it because they're a Fast Food Empire and there's no way people are going to stop purchasing their Coke.

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  • Obā-sanObā-san

    they'll get away with it because fast food beverage sizes are such that a small is an absolute abundance of beverage

    plus you can just

    refill it?

    honestly, i never understood why anyone would order anything larger than the smallest size drink at a fast food restaurant
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I usually drink a small soda with my meal, then refill it as I leave. It's enough soda for me.

    The only reason I can imagine buying the larger sizes is if you're going to be driving for hours and don't want to make additional stops for drinks.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    Tamlin said:

    they'll get away with it because fast food beverage sizes are such that a small is an absolute abundance of beverage

    plus you can just

    refill it?

    honestly, i never understood why anyone would order anything larger than the smallest size drink at a fast food restaurant

    I see so many people say this and I don't understand how such a large amount of people can be so incorrect in every way
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    what is the correct beverage size in your mind then? do u want, like, a tureen of coke?
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    no you always get the large whenever possible!

    cuz then you're set for like several hours at minimum.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    well you're not supposed to refill them
  • MetaFourMetaFour
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Central Avenue said:

    Everyone knows this, yet they get away with it because they're a Fast Food Empire and there's no way people are going to stop purchasing their Coke.

    Hasn't every fast food chain been slowly increasing the sizes of their drinks since sometime in the 90s? So that a "small" today is the same size as a "medium" from however long ago?
  • DYREDYRE
    Soda from a fountain is kind of gross (relative to cans/bottles) so having several hours worth of it sounds awful.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    I am about to go full Northernion-finding-out-people-eat-fish-and-chips-with-their-hands
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    don't even get me started on extra small sodas

    those things are insulting
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Fast food soda sizes have gotten larger in recent decades, to the point of absurdity.

    That said, I have at times ordered the largest possible just so I could sip on it for a few hours. Is good on road trips
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    MetaFour said:

    Central Avenue said:

    Everyone knows this, yet they get away with it because they're a Fast Food Empire and there's no way people are going to stop purchasing their Coke.

    Hasn't every fast food chain been slowly increasing the sizes of their drinks since sometime in the 90s? So that a "small" today is the same size as a "medium" from however long ago?
    Imipolex G said:

    Fast food soda sizes have gotten larger in recent decades, to the point of absurdity.

    That said, I have at times ordered the largest possible just so I could sip on it for a few hours. Is good on road trips

    LITERALLY THE EXACT OPPOSITE HAS HAPPENED YOU PEOPLE ARE HIGH
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Klinotaxis said:

    well you're not supposed to refill them

    I don't know of any fast food place that lets you dispense your own soda but doesn't offer free refills

    The closest I've seen is the OSU McDonald's posting a sign begging you to only refill your cup once
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    Central Avenue said:

    Klinotaxis said:

    well you're not supposed to refill them

    I don't know of any fast food place that lets you dispense your own soda but doesn't offer free refills

    The closest I've seen is the OSU McDonald's posting a sign begging you to only refill your cup once
    some Wendy's I have been to do not allow refills (because the soda fountain is behind the counter) and I have never been to a Chick-Fil-A that allows them.

    this is known in some circles as "complete fucking nonsense".
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2017-04-25 20:32:59
    i just get water and be done with it
    DYRE said:

    Soda from a fountain is kind of gross (relative to cans/bottles) so having several hours worth of it sounds awful.

    if you're camped out in an AYCE dining hall for several hours or if you're on a road trip, you take what you can get
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    That's why I specified places that let you dispense your own soda.

    Most of the Wendy's around here used to have the soda fountain behind the counter but have transitioned to two Coca-Cola Freestyle machines.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    ah I can't read
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Jane said:

    no you always get the large whenever possible!


    cuz then you're set for like several hours at minimum.
    ok but here's the rub: you have several hours worth of soda

    but 1~ hour in it is flat

    and flat soda fountain soda is the work of satan
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    Tamlin said:

    Jane said:

    no you always get the large whenever possible!


    cuz then you're set for like several hours at minimum.
    ok but here's the rub: you have several hours worth of soda

    but 1~ hour in it is flat

    and flat soda fountain soda is the work of satan
    I am going to ban all of you and this isn't even my forum
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I had no idea this would be such a controversial topic.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    What is it with people on this forum having intense feelings about soda??
  • CrystalCrystal
    Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    I don't like soda, at least anymore, but my most favorite type of soda is definitely flat.
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
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    Central Avenue said:

    What is it with people on this forum having intense feelings about soda??

    I mean I'm like mostly joking.

    I just drink a lot (in general, and soda is no exception) so I always get the largest size I can afford.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    DYRE said:

    Soda from a fountain is kind of gross (relative to cans/bottles) so having several hours worth of it sounds awful.


    Fountain Coke's secret: no ice
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Jane said:

    MetaFour said:

    Central Avenue said:

    Everyone knows this, yet they get away with it because they're a Fast Food Empire and there's no way people are going to stop purchasing their Coke.

    Hasn't every fast food chain been slowly increasing the sizes of their drinks since sometime in the 90s? So that a "small" today is the same size as a "medium" from however long ago?
    Imipolex G said:

    Fast food soda sizes have gotten larger in recent decades, to the point of absurdity.

    That said, I have at times ordered the largest possible just so I could sip on it for a few hours. Is good on road trips

    LITERALLY THE EXACT OPPOSITE HAS HAPPENED YOU PEOPLE ARE HIGH
    What universe do you live in?

    Is it because I'm old enough to remember the 80s/early 90s, when a "small" soda was actually small?
  • DYREDYRE
    Anonus said:

    DYRE said:

    Soda from a fountain is kind of gross (relative to cans/bottles) so having several hours worth of it sounds awful.


    Fountain Coke's secret: no ice
    I actually almost never get ice because I don't want the ice to melt slightly and make the soda more watery, and I figure if I drink it fast enough then it'll be cold enough still to not be bad.

    I somehow never think that if I drink it quickly enough, the ice also won't melt.
  • SF_SorrowSF_Sorrow

    also doesn't McDonald's now have all the cup sizes cost a dollar
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    SF_Sorrow said:

    also doesn't McDonald's now have all the cup sizes cost a dollar

    well...yes
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Imipolex G said:

    Jane said:

    MetaFour said:

    Central Avenue said:

    Everyone knows this, yet they get away with it because they're a Fast Food Empire and there's no way people are going to stop purchasing their Coke.

    Hasn't every fast food chain been slowly increasing the sizes of their drinks since sometime in the 90s? So that a "small" today is the same size as a "medium" from however long ago?
    Imipolex G said:

    Fast food soda sizes have gotten larger in recent decades, to the point of absurdity.

    That said, I have at times ordered the largest possible just so I could sip on it for a few hours. Is good on road trips

    LITERALLY THE EXACT OPPOSITE HAS HAPPENED YOU PEOPLE ARE HIGH
    What universe do you live in?

    Is it because I'm old enough to remember the 80s/early 90s, when a "small" soda was actually small?
    I think I am just old enough to remember the size warfare of the late '90s/early '00s.
    DYRE said:

    Anonus said:

    DYRE said:

    Soda from a fountain is kind of gross (relative to cans/bottles) so having several hours worth of it sounds awful.


    Fountain Coke's secret: no ice
    I actually almost never get ice because I don't want the ice to melt slightly and make the soda more watery, and I figure if I drink it fast enough then it'll be cold enough still to not be bad.

    I somehow never think that if I drink it quickly enough, the ice also won't melt.
    Same, same.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    you americans and your "refills"
  • eriophora ziaeriophora zia
    I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god
    I thought mcdonald's did the same price for every size drink these days? I remember them heavily advertising the $1 large drink, anyway. Perhaps it was only a temporary promotional. 
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Yeah they've got the "any size soft drink or drip coffee $1" thing going on

    But that's of little use if you're ordering a combo
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    remember when fast food joints didn't have combos?

    probably not
  • BeeBee
    Yeah small definitely used to be a size smaller.  Sometimes I end up ordering kids' size because I don't need/want that much fucking soda.
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