Current Events > *Goes to foreign, exotic country* *eats at Mcdonalds there*

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tbh iw ould love to try random mcdonalds-ized versions of dishes from all over the world
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I've been to a McDonald's in Austria and it had a fast casual atmosphere about it. Something like Panera.

Looked pretty nice.
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I've been to european mcds and I didn't get a fast casual impression at all...
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Kirby posted...

Boo_Guy posted...

Kaname_Madoka posted...

saspa posted...

human tourists

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I agree with OP. It's a fucking waste that people do this. Sure, if you're flat out busy and you just need some food and you don't feel confident about the sanitation, but that's not what OP is on about. Some people literally just want to never experience culture.

You see this attitude with white trash Brits in Spain. They go to spain, so they can sit on the beach and drink carling. No genuine interest to learn or experience spanish culture unless it involves a pub. Sad as fuck.
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deupd_u posted...

So their bowels won't be eviscerated.

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Same reason people eat McDonald's at home. It's quick, cheap and convenient.

I went to Japan with my Komodo Dragon last year and that little fucker had us eating at every Soba joint in Shibuya. I got real sick of him ordering everything in Japanese, too especially since he needed to look at his phone for half the shit he was saying
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knutjob posted...

Same reason people eat McDonald's at home. It's quick, cheap and convenient.

I'm not sure what the point of being on holiday somewhere is if you're just going to go about business like you have 30 minutes for lunchbreak on a tuesday at work.
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pinky0926 posted...

knutjob posted...

Same reason people eat McDonald's at home. It's quick, cheap and convenient.

I'm not sure what the point of being on holiday somewhere is if you're just going to go about business like you have 30 minutes for lunchbreak on a tuesday at work.

Tell me about it. How do you even respond to people who make a post like that? I just don't even...
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wow there's really japanese only restaurants? that's not good

like i get not wanting to talk to people in a different language but straight up not accepting them is fucked up
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Don't know if someone already said this, but two things:

1 - Things that are abundant in the US are still greatly different in other countries. For instance, McDonald's in another country might taste better or worse because of the quality of the meat, and they might have different things on the menu. It's just like how someone might drink Coca-Cola in another country even though they have their own sodas - yeah it's fun to try out those sodas, but it's also great to see how Coke with real sugar tastes (I know, they've brought back "Mexican Coke" a few years ago, but still).

also

2 - You're on vacation, you've eaten out for a few days in a row for lunch and dinner, the food's kind of expensive and you've been trying new things out the whole time. Sometimes you just want to not spend a ton of money and just eat something you're a little more familiar with to let your palette reset.

Those two points being said, I don't understand the people who go to another country and only exclusively eat fast food.

saspa posted...

I've been to european mcds and I didn't get a fast casual impression at all...

ITP: Every country in Europe is the same.
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pinky0926 posted...

knutjob posted...

Same reason people eat McDonald's at home. It's quick, cheap and convenient.

I'm not sure what the point of being on holiday somewhere is if you're just going to go about business like you have 30 minutes for lunchbreak on a tuesday at work.

Depends on the holiday

I had to make sure this wasn't a Complete_Idi0t topic.
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eston posted...

The main reason to do this is to see how different it is, because they serve different menu items and the experience as a whole is different depending on culture. It's not like people are going to foreign countries JUST to eat McD's. If you're gonna be somewhere for a few days, one meal isn't exactly going to define your trip.

This

Some Mcds have rice and chilli
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I can't tell if you're serious. So would you want to try burger king, pizza hut or subway under the basis of seeing how "different" it is in other countries, as opposed to local cuisine?
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saspa posted...

I can't tell if you're serious. So would you want to try burger king, pizza hut or subway under the basis of seeing how "different" it is in other countries, as opposed to local cuisine?

Boy, are you high?
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CEman tourists in a nutshell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6fNLzafDNE
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They feel more comfortable with what they know, and know what they are getting from the familiar.

They don't know how to order the food in the country they are in, don't understand the food very well.

McDonalds in foreign countries likely fry the fries in beef fat rather than vegetable oil, so it would be quite a treat.

Fuck vegetarians for forcing that change in America.
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When you're on a country for a couple of weeks it is kinda nice to get a quick, familiar meal in between all of it tbh. The differences are interesting too.

If it's something to get every day I don't understand it though.
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frozenshock posted...

You kind of have to do that in Japan, because if you go to a normal japanese restaurant you might get turned away at the door

http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html

Wow had no idea Japan was like this. Why do people even travel there?

RECON64bit posted...

frozenshock posted...

You kind of have to do that in Japan, because if you go to a normal japanese restaurant you might get turned away at the door

http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html

Wow had no idea Japan was like this. Why do people even travel there?

I never noticed it in Tokyo but to be fair I wasn't really looking for it.

Fun fact I did go to Tokyo McDonald's. After we ordered we got a table number and they dropped it off to our table. Haven't seen any others like that.

I tried out Burger King there too because they had some black burger thing for a limited time.
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Koala tourists feast on poison ivy when they fly to America.
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Vicious_Dios posted...

CEman tourists in a nutshell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6fNLzafDNE

I enjoyed that XD
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Darmik posted...

RECON64bit posted...

frozenshock posted...

You kind of have to do that in Japan, because if you go to a normal japanese restaurant you might get turned away at the door

http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html

Wow had no idea Japan was like this. Why do people even travel there?

I never noticed it in Tokyo but to be fair I wasn't really looking for it.

Fun fact I did go to Tokyo McDonald's. After we ordered we got a table number and they dropped it off to our table. Haven't seen any others like that.

I tried out Burger King there too because they had some black burger thing for a limited time.

I remember that! It was with squid ink to make the buns black. Very cool concept.
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Darmik posted...

RECON64bit posted...

frozenshock posted...

You kind of have to do that in Japan, because if you go to a normal japanese restaurant you might get turned away at the door

http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html

Wow had no idea Japan was like this. Why do people even travel there?

I never noticed it in Tokyo but to be fair I wasn't really looking for it.

Fun fact I did go to Tokyo McDonald's. After we ordered we got a table number and they dropped it off to our table. Haven't seen any others like that.

I tried out Burger King there too because they had some black burger thing for a limited time.

The McDonald's I went to in Narita wasn't like that. Seemed like a typical McDonald's but every single table had outlets to plug in your phone which was pretty cool.
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It looks like most of those Japanese only places are in Hokkaido
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The vast majority of places in Japan don't have those sorts of signs or policies, and a lot of them are based on past experiences with foreigners in the area rather than simply a dislike of non-Japanese people. Some of those policies are also based on the language barrier, although those are surprisingly few by comparison.

That said, some of them are definitely just that racist.
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McDonald's has Wi-Fi
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Dragonblade01 posted...

The vast majority of places in Japan don't have those sorts of signs or policies, and a lot of them are based on past experiences with foreigners in the area rather than simply a dislike of non-Japanese people. Some of those policies are also based on the language barrier, although those are surprisingly few by comparison.

It's interesting how there's a double standard where people will make excuses for people who do this in non-white-majority countries, yet if someone did it in a white majority country it would be universally condemned.
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Sativa_Rose posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

The vast majority of places in Japan don't have those sorts of signs or policies, and a lot of them are based on past experiences with foreigners in the area rather than simply a dislike of non-Japanese people. Some of those policies are also based on the language barrier, although those are surprisingly few by comparison.

It's interesting how there's a double standard where people will make excuses for people who do this in non-white-majority countries, yet if someone did it in a white majority country it would be universally condemned.

Oh, I don't think it's right for them to do it. I'm just providing context.
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WaterLink posted...

It'd be pretty cool to see the differences tbh. McDonalds in other countries aren't mere carbon copies of the ones in America. Hell, Japan has like some kind of quadruple burger or some shit. Yet we're the ones giving out too much portions?

well their extra large is like a medium here

Darmik posted...

Fun fact I did go to Tokyo McDonald's. After we ordered we got a table number and they dropped it off to our table. Haven't seen any others like that.

one of the mcdonalds near me does that, it's pretty great
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GODTIER posted...

McDonald's has Wi-Fi

Playing mario kart ds. Oh god the memories...
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Eating at the McDonald's on the Champs De Elyse in Paris is a really surreal experience!

It's funny because the French are so snooty and against any other culture yet they have both a mcdonalds and their very own disneyland, 2 very american brands.
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OwlRammer posted...

WaterLink posted...

It'd be pretty cool to see the differences tbh. McDonalds in other countries aren't mere carbon copies of the ones in America. Hell, Japan has like some kind of quadruple burger or some shit. Yet we're the ones giving out too much portions?

well their extra large is like a medium here

Darmik posted...

Fun fact I did go to Tokyo McDonald's. After we ordered we got a table number and they dropped it off to our table. Haven't seen any others like that.

one of the mcdonalds near me does that, it's pretty great

Yeah this is interesting how European mcds and other mcds outside of America actually have much smaller portion sizes compared to America.
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Dragonblade01 posted...

Sativa_Rose posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

The vast majority of places in Japan don't have those sorts of signs or policies, and a lot of them are based on past experiences with foreigners in the area rather than simply a dislike of non-Japanese people. Some of those policies are also based on the language barrier, although those are surprisingly few by comparison.

It's interesting how there's a double standard where people will make excuses for people who do this in non-white-majority countries, yet if someone did it in a white majority country it would be universally condemned.

Oh, I don't think it's right for them to do it. I'm just providing context.

Honestly, I can't blame them for disliking foreigners, have you seen what foreigners are like?
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deupd_u posted...

So their bowels won't be eviscerated.

It will if they eat at pink slime incorporated
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pinky0926 posted...

I agree with OP. It's a fucking waste that people do this. Sure, if you're flat out busy and you just need some food and you don't feel confident about the sanitation, but that's not what OP is on about. Some people literally just want to never experience culture.

You see this attitude with white trash Brits in Spain. They go to spain, so they can sit on the beach and drink carling. No genuine interest to learn or experience spanish culture unless it involves a pub. Sad as fuck.

I've actually met a lot of British people while traveling in Madrid, Barcelona and Ibiza, but they're the more high class kind since they can afford expensive resorts. I don't even know what white trash Brit would even look like. Would they even be able to afford a trip to Spain?
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Boo_Guy posted...

Kaname_Madoka posted...

saspa posted...

human tourists

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C7D posted...

Big N Tasty ist geschmeckt :)

gazoontight.
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iosifsvoboda posted...

It looks like most of those Japanese only places are in Hokkaido

Tokyo is probably where all the tourists go anyway.
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