You said that McDonald's "isn’t nearly as expensive as you think it is.". I know exactly how expensive they are and I know exactly how expensive my other options are. I can get ready to heat up beef goulash for less money then a meal from McDonalds. McDonald's only advantage is their hours at this point.
Your arguing that McDonalds isn't expensive is just you humblebragging. You tell people to touch grass as if it's hard to find a McDonalds and people are only hating on them for the memes.
I very much doubt that's actually the case if you look at prices closely. Prices went up, but not as much as the Internet would have you believe, and certainly not that much higher than other restaurants. Feel free to provide examples from your region but the US examples are cherry picked stores and are not representative of average prices.
I mean I’m “cherry picking” where I fucking live. A Big Mac meal is over $10 in CA. An in-n-out equivalent meal (double double + fries + soda), a chain that was paying well above minimum wage for decades, is $9. And you get way more food from In-N-Out for that price. McDonald’s even has gotten rid of cashiers (unlike in-n-out) and they still can’t compete on price. I’m sorry but McDonald’s is just fucking greedy.
It's not a flex, it's actual evidence to ops statement. McDonald's isn't more expensive than nice fast food, it's not that much more than the real cheap fast food, and it ain't even close to mid tier sit down much less a gourmet/Michelin star at $175/head.