Epsilon-delta
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Arby's.
I like Arby's and they possibly have the best onion rings.
Screw the haters.
I like Arby's and they possibly have the best onion rings.
Screw the haters.
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Which fast food restaurant gets a bad rap?
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We make a lot of jokes about Arby's but I really mean them. I think it's genuinely wretched. And I'm still confused at how Taco Bell simply changes the order of layering of five ingredients and gets to call it a new dish. Eventually they're literally going to announce a dish that is simply another dish reversed or upside down.
Atomic Playboy
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Jon Stewart did a lot to perpetuate that on The Daily Show with joke "endorsed by Arby's" segments, which were hilarious, but he even admitted it didn't make sense to make Arby's the butt of all those jokes.
Walter White Walker
Member
Most of them really. Especially Taco Bell.
Arby's has good food but the problem is that it's crazy expensive for what it is. When I get coupons in the mail is the only time I'll even remotely consider going there.
Arby's has good food but the problem is that it's crazy expensive for what it is. When I get coupons in the mail is the only time I'll even remotely consider going there.
Arrogant Bastard
Banned
Yep. Plus and again you can blame this on "Christian values", but they treat their employees very well...least what I have heard. The pay is slightly above other fast-food places, Sundays off plus some major holidays, free food on days they work, etc.
The food is actually really good I know we eat it 1-3x a week (really like the salad). With that said it seems almost cultist when you go in, everyone is so nice its almost creepy. Really sucks that they support shit tier politics though.
Well, I mean they just had a double chalupa, which was just one chalupa.
Atomic Playboy
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To be fair, a double-cheeseburger is still just a single sandwich, just larger. The double chalupa is wide and awkward, but it's definitely larger than the regular chalupa.
thoseAREmySHOES
Member
Every national fast food/pizza chain. Seriously, there's a reason they have national success. I don't deny that there is usually a better local option, but there isn't a single national fast food or pizza place I would call "bad". Subway and Taco Bell for sure get the most unjustified hate on GAF though
One Eyed Willy
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Just about most of these types of kids/people they are come from local churches FYI. Its fairly known that church teens and 20 somethings desire to work at Chic-Fil-A as their entry level job given the Christian faith that runs the company. Like, Christian media gloats about the company and its values so it attracts that crowd. But these nice kids you're meeting are most likely church kids in the work force. Most of the music they play in store are instrumentals to Christian pop radio songs too FYI.
But ya, it is mostly subtle and people wouldn't know any different.
YuriLowell
Member
Around here they just take any HS kid that needs a part time job.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
KFC. Their potato wedges and mac and cheese are some good trashy food. They changed the tenders though, so maybe fuck them.
Lightning Count
Member
In the UK, almost all of them, especially after recent findings by watchdog showing their hygiene levels to be really quite bad.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Subway is how I manage to live every day because I can feed myself for 6 dollars a day. Trust me, it's way, way better than some of the other post-divorce foods I've been shoving down my throat.
TacosNSalsa
Member
White Castle and Taco Bell seem to get brunt of the bathroom jokes in my experience . I don't think I've ever eaten any fast food that has bothered me . While I don't care much for Taco Bell , White Castle is freaking amazing at 3 am !
hydrophilic attack
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mcdonald's and kfc are a'ight in europe
CopperPuppy
Member
TB is legit and never let anyone tell you otherwise.
adamantypants
Member
I had a coworker chide me for eating McDonalds for lunch. "You know that stuff's poison right?" She literally ate donuts and a soda for lunch.
I actually had not been to a mcdonalds since I was a kid until last weekend. I got some kind of angus burger and it was pretty good, although the best part was not having to talk to a human to get it - and it showed me exactly what would be on the thing so I could safely avoid pickles. That touchscreen shit should be everywhere.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Papa Johns is even worse than people say it is.
McDonalds, Subway, Taco Bell, and Jack in the Box all beat out their reputation, imo.
McDonalds, Subway, Taco Bell, and Jack in the Box all beat out their reputation, imo.
-Pyromaniac-
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Probably Taco Bell.
mullet2000
Member
Pizza Hut. It's not the best pizza in the world or anything but I'd pick it over Domino's and most of the other big chains.
mcdonalds is such a juggernaut that i almost dont think it matters what you say about them, though considering super size me did some work on them in the past maybe i am wrong. i do like mcdonalds quite a bit tbh
i have never been to arbys so i cant say whether or not they truly are terrible
round these parts it is probably taco bell. i dunno if its a joke or whatever but yeah.
taco bells food is basically all the same thing in different configurations, but so is something like dominos so who cares. either way taco bell has never made my digestive system explode and their food is just fine, i certainly dont think theres anything particularly wrong with it. its a generic american take on mexican food which many households basically replicate on taco night, at least my parents do. and its fine, not particularly exciting but serviceable
i have never been to arbys so i cant say whether or not they truly are terrible
round these parts it is probably taco bell. i dunno if its a joke or whatever but yeah.
taco bells food is basically all the same thing in different configurations, but so is something like dominos so who cares. either way taco bell has never made my digestive system explode and their food is just fine, i certainly dont think theres anything particularly wrong with it. its a generic american take on mexican food which many households basically replicate on taco night, at least my parents do. and its fine, not particularly exciting but serviceable
ecosse_011172
Junior Member
It isn't, it tastes like cardboard.
minor effort
Banned
Del Taco is Taco Bell for today's modern sophisticate.
gutter_trash
Banned
Elaine is right, Arby's is gross.
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the Pepsi Co chains deserve the hate because they are inconsistant as fuck depending on the franchisee, you can have a super nice KFC at an airport but then have a run down dump KFC on the side of the road. Taco Bell and Pizza Hut suffer the same problem. Good ones and there are aweful run down ones.
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the Pepsi Co chains deserve the hate because they are inconsistant as fuck depending on the franchisee, you can have a super nice KFC at an airport but then have a run down dump KFC on the side of the road. Taco Bell and Pizza Hut suffer the same problem. Good ones and there are aweful run down ones.
Agree with that. Their fries are among the best, and the rest is not bad, especially when you consider the price. I still like quarter pounders.
This. I've never had an issue with Taco Bell.
Reptars Revenge
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LOL half of gaf goes to Taco Bell to get PlayStation codes, gets mega diarreah, poops in the shower, doesn't actually shower, uses baby wipes, then posts about it.
you have some very tasty cardboard.
I would say mcdonalds.... but with this forum hands down taco bell gets a bad rap.
it's decent tasting and the cheapest place to at that this point since they actually still have a dollar menu unlike mcdonalds.
Sabercrusader
Member
Arby's and Subway seem to get a lot of hate here, I always really enjoyed them both, even if they're a little too expensive I think.
Chipotle seriously surprised me with how much hate it gets here too. Though I suppose some of that is warranted. Their food is still tasty to me though, so I'll continue to go there and enjoy it.
I do legitimately dislike McDonalds though. Some of their breakfast food is okay and I do like their snack wraps, but otherwise it's just not very good. Same with Taco Bell and I used to love both of those places.
In Taco Bell's case, I've gotten sick one too many times after eating it to want it again.
Chipotle seriously surprised me with how much hate it gets here too. Though I suppose some of that is warranted. Their food is still tasty to me though, so I'll continue to go there and enjoy it.
I do legitimately dislike McDonalds though. Some of their breakfast food is okay and I do like their snack wraps, but otherwise it's just not very good. Same with Taco Bell and I used to love both of those places.
In Taco Bell's case, I've gotten sick one too many times after eating it to want it again.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Feels like everyone shits on mcdonalds but I've been eating there my entire life and I think I've had one burger in that whole time that was bad, otherwise its least ok and otherwise pretty damn good.
Ravensmash
Member
McDonald's, at least the UK variant.
Its not something I'd eat every day, but the quality is consistent and its cheap and fast.
Personal favourites are the McChicken sandwich or a double cheeseburger and medium fries (£2.49!).
Its not something I'd eat every day, but the quality is consistent and its cheap and fast.
Personal favourites are the McChicken sandwich or a double cheeseburger and medium fries (£2.49!).
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
While I agree with people naming Arby's, I think that they deserved the bad rap back when The Simpsons first joked about them. That was a long time ago.
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