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Hell yeah. Government inspected beef.
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if it ain't government cheese I'm not interested
Where do I sign up?
Your local recruitment office. They'll inspect your meat and give you a free haircut.
That's my fetish
That looks like a decent burger.
$0.39 in 1965 is $3.90 today.
And costs 50% more today still. Woooo
And tastes like something from burger king
only 50% more than it 'should'? they're more than double the inflation-adjusted price here--just for the burger.
Hey man, pink slime and Mexican vegetables are expensive ok???
I don't even live in the US, price is the same anyway
Whopper is 5.49 sandwich only rn when I check the closest one in their app. Texas for context.
Which means it is actually more expensive, since they raised their prices for anyone not using the app.
Uhhhhh….. what’s in the “coke”?
Sugar. Cocaine version was long gone by now
Oh I know, but if I came up and asked if you wanted a "coke" with air quotes, I'm sure you'd be a bit suspicious!
Once upon a time, they used the “whole” name. So Coke is in quotes because, hey - it’s kicky! And fun! Let’s all say “Coke” and lift our brand engagement! The kids will really “go” for that!
Even with the faded coloring, that burger looks at least an order of magnitude more appealing than the last Whopper I've seen. Granted, it's probably been 10 - 15 years since I've been to or eaten food from a Burger King, and things might've changed.
I haven't been there in awhile either, but I don't remember them toasting their buns.
It has changed for better. You gotta believe me🤣🤣🤣
For me it's $5.59 for one today... let's play with this...
Let's say this was 1969. $0.39 adjusted to 2024 dollars is $3.32 according to CPI.
At $0.39, and a minimum wage of $1.30/hr, that earns you 3.33 whoppers per hour.
At $5.59, and a minimum wage of $7.25/hr, that earns you 1.3 whoppers per hour.
If minimum wage kept in line with the cost of the whopper it would be $18.63/hr
When they didn't fake pictures in ads
Actually that's outlawed, the trickery starts surrounding what's being sold.
FTC laws state that whatever you're selling with a photo must be real in the image. To use a familiar example, if you're selling corn flakes the flakes must be real. But then it gets interesting. You can use white glue instead of milk in your bowl of flakes because you're not selling the milk, only the corn flakes."
God we live in a clownworld.
"Here's $500 to say we don't."
make that a monthly subscription and i will continue not to say it
Attaboy. Here’s your bicycle horn.
Ill play a little devils advocate here. You ever try to take multiple product shots of some foods and have it look good for the whole photoshoot? Cereal especially, its gunna get soggy, the milk will have bits of the cereal that have broken off floating around or itll start to get discolored. Not to mention that milk will be sitting under hot studio lamps for at least as long as the photoshoot goes which can go on for a grip there will be thousands of shots from multiple angles, same shots with the lighting moved around and changed and not to mention the photoshoots are usually of multiple products or the same product with different platings/bowls/etc so theres gotta be an inventory of of these products ready to swap out without them being disturbed. Photographers that tend to do the big stuff also tend to be very passionate and very serious about it as photography is an art form after all. As a consumer I would prefer honest representation of the product to be shown but as a photographer I do understand wanting to get the best look of the product and I know my 3am 2nd bowl of cereal isint ever gunna look like the picture on the box.
Fun fact: Ice that is usually always depicted in beverages is not actually ice but rather a gelatin or some other gelatinous material that wont melt under the lights this is true in movies too because you dont want ice clinking in glasses while actors are trying to have a conversation. And the frosting effect you usually see thats not CG effects is usually some form of aerosolised glue. Its actually fascinating all the effects that you can do to make stuff look a certain way in studio conditions without the use of CG
Or they can take their time to assemble a perfect looking burger with tweezers if need be, lit and photographed or filmed by the best technicians in the ad business.
It's not a lie by legal standards, but it definitely is deceptive.
Catsup? . . . . Ketchup.
Ketchup? . . . . Catsup.
Hey kid, want a "coke?"
“Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese” … oh, wait …
Back when they laid out what was in the special sauce.