• TheIvoryTower@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    What you are paying for is a standardised experience.

    There is a reason people visit Rome or Vietnam and still go to McDonalds: predictable, reliable experience.

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        3 hours ago

        The McDonald’s in Rome (specifically, the one near the Spanish Steps) is pretty darn nice, NGL. I got a gelato there once, which is better than anything I ever got at an American McDonalds.

        (Ironically for the grandparent commenter’s point, I visited two McDonald’s on that trip specifically to see what might be different about them in other countries. The other one was in the Amsterdam airport during my layover, whereupon I got a McKrocket. It was suitably weird.)