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 OK, so you guys showed me McDonald's jacked prices at least 130% on the core budget item: the mcchicken. Mentally recalculating McDs as "literally more than twice as expensive is a doozy, sure but what I really wanna know: did they do any shrinkflation on top of that to really wring out the margin? Smaller patties, cups, fries, cheese or something? Or was it all just pure price action? 
 The nugs are legit 50% smaller - sad state of nugget affairs at the Golden Arches 
 Impeachable offense. 
 Facts 😂 
 Offense is confident you have won the game of American football to my understanding. Anyone have any ideas how to win in offense against ocala police departments? I literally got a ride home and the ocala police departments jeep drove right in front of us with their headlights so they always know where I am and when I get off work. They were mad that my schedule changed from 3rd to 2nd. They're still stalking me with no communication from @ssnowen  
 you need to get putin and xi to immediattely deploy MUSCLE they are trying to pull some marshal law while they have the president cornered and we need him live streamed to the USA to GIVE ORDERS WHO NEEDS to STAND DOWN GET CHID on it and MASS MESSAGE all MILITARY SR's NOT EVIL! KILL THE BAD GUY who is in NEW YORK THIS IS 911 THEY FUCKED UP and are NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN UNLESS EXPOSED SO first HILLSBORO POLICE THEN PUTIN and XI and then CHID then CELEBRTIES to MASS TELL EVERYONE and then TIMNIT or her first VIDEO CALL JUST HELP THEY HAVE GUNS ON THEM 
 That might be saving lives. LoL  
 McDonald’s price hike on the McChicken is no joke, but the real question is, did they secretly shrink the patty size while they were at it, trying to sneak it past us? 🍔💰🕵️‍♂️ 
 I don’t know any specifics but I suspect the “quality” of their “food” is significantly poorer than it used to be. 
 Oh man, that's insightful. I overlooked entirely the possibility that they could keep a patty the same size and weight, but change the gruelpaste/additive/filler ratios on anything not advertising-locked as "100% real beef" or whatever. Hell, even the definition of "beef" these days may have loopholes. 
 I believe their Patty's are all 100% beef? Or am I mistaken? I've heard their chicken is also of highest quality. A friend of mine did a Consulting job at the chicken provider for mcd in my country and said mcd gets too quality batch first, then the big supermarkets get whatever is left.  
 From what I understand the McDonald’s menu varies by country. I would not be surprised if you are outside of the USA and getting better quality meats than us. 
 Actually, I learned that mcd has 100% beef from @saifedean (who resides in the US from what I know?) 

He told me he sometimes goes to mcd and orders a stack of Patty's for a full fledged carnivore meal 😁 
 Hmmmm maybe, I’d be surprised though 
 Yes my thoughts exactly. I am also noticing at least here in the US, the term “Contains Bioengineered Food Ingredients” is quietly popping up on ingredient labels of food packaging at a rapid pace. Fiat food is rampant in America. 
 Hope to hear from you again on the U.S. podcast circuit. Been awhile! 
 Aaa man… where u go? Whatssamata u? Come back. 
 And the "100% beef" is actually hormones, antibiotics and mRna vaccines. Time to go veggie (but, of course, they'll poison them too.) 
 there's always the economic wild card (in terms of a mcchicken): avian flu 
 not only price is higher but the thickness of the patty and quality is all shit.  its not only McDs but everything and everywhere.  
 I'm not sure man, I know I went there recently here in the states and was appauled by the jacked prices, here where I live a big Mac is over $8!! And there was like 100 people in the building. Never going back, Wendy's is better (and cheaper) anyway. 
 Can’t prove it quantitatively, but for sure. 
 It's not only inflation now we struggle, it's bloating ⭕

(And WinZip'ing products 😂) 
 I double mcds are good chain anyway. All that it provides is toxic 
 More carbs in the “meat.” 
 it’s all a game 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣🤦🏽‍♂️🤣🤦🏽‍♂️🤣 
 the exact same thing happening to our $20 bills 
 They went from 50% chicken anus and labia to 100%. 
 I thought they were making it worse?  
 😂 
 *cloaca 
 Have you read the price of tomorrow by @Jeff Booth 
Highly recommend or any interview with him on YouTube 
 Bill Gates now is the largest agricultural land owner in the usa.  His farms sell potatoes/fries to McDonalds pumped loaded with his chemicals. 
 Here is this for you as of 2022
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 Yes deny word I'm still followed by ocala police  
 Edward need help 
 Today's McDonald's Filet-O-Fish makes me look like I have Andre The Giant hands. 
 Snowden .... .. 
 Here in Brazil they are small since my childhood 😂 
 @StellaAssange @Snowden its confirmed the police lynching or stalking is being called a shooting. And running away and hiding when I don't have to be outside IS EXACTLY what I should do. And on top of it my bottom is bleeding again and that's always the time when these cops are the most violent. Is when I'm losing blood or peeing in my pants because I can't use a bathroom. 
 The people are saying Big Macs are getting smaller. 
 Now it's just a mac 
 Next year it'll be the Lil Mack. 
 Beta Macs 
 I'm interested to know if the product varies between countries too. Is a US big mac the same thing as a Japanese big mac?  
 not at all. JP and CH are far superior to all other countries I've tried. 
 It was a long time ago, but when I lived in JP, the McD's were always top shelf compared to the standard suburban ones back home. And they had a local specialty — Shaka Shaka Chicken — that was great 
 Any objections to that, Me Snowden?
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 Every single countr have their local specialties 
 @Snowden where in Japan? I live in Osaka now - you probably stayed in Tokyo? The big macs are differently-sized as in the US but def better quality. 
 Snowden freezing nostr  
 Tor proxy server 
 Boycott McDonald's  
 London is the home of junk food  
 you need to get putin and xi to immediattely deploy MUSCLE they are trying to pull some marshal law while they have the president cornered and we need him live streamed to the USA to GIVE ORDERS WHO NEEDS to STAND DOWN GET CHID on it and MASS MESSAGE all MILITARY SR's NOT EVIL! KILL THE BAD GUY who is in NEW YORK THIS IS 911 THEY FUCKED UP and are NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN UNLESS EXPOSED SO first HILLSBORO POLICE THEN PUTIN and XI and then CHID then CELEBRTIES to MASS TELL EVERYONE and then TIMNIT or her first VIDEO CALL JUST HELP THEY HAVE GUNS ON THEM 
 u can get rice bowl in McD also in hawaii NOT in mainland 
 This man is a LEGEND!!! 😎
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 No peanuts on the sundae's anymore.  
 Don’t worry about McDonalds, There is always Vkusno i tochka. 
 Probably goes to make customer service better …… 
 Shrinking items, yes & God knows what sort of fillers they added as well 
 Yes, all the ex dollar menu sandwiches (mcchicken, cheese burguer) have smaller patties…
In Portugal it seems that it weighs 50gr at most  
 The responses to this 😂 
 Yeah everything is getting smaller exept my #bitcoin stack and #nostr frenzz 
 I haven't been to a McDs since COVID because they just can't run a drive through anymore. I honestly don't know how they stay in business. 
 Wouldn’t be surprised. Other cost saving measures I’ve seen at all our local McDonald’s: 
- cash registers not manned and ordering kiosks are the preferred way to order now
- no more drink machines in dining area, so you have to ask for refills at the counter (which is sparsely staff due to the ordering kiosks)
- no condiments or napkins available in dining area, so you have to ask for them at the counter. 
 Even in Dollar General, and gas stations across the US there are now self serve cash registers.. 
 In other words, shoplifting is encouraged lol 
 Stop buying their crap.  
 Meanwhile Culver's is the EXACT opposite. All of the above and you can't spit without hitting an employee 🤣 
 What’s McDonalds? 
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 Do you're saying McDonald's prices are going down if you're measuring them in sats?

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 When #bitcoin was $64,400 (11/12/2021) that was 12,951,990 pesos here in Argentina (1 USD = 200 pesos) Today #BTC is around $36,594 and that’s around 34,764,300 pesos (1 USD = 950 pesos). 
 That's both very interesting & sad (for your people) at the same time.

Are you seeing interest in Bitcoin increasing now that we're coming out of the Bitcoin bear market?

I know that Argentinians generally prefer USD but they'd also be acutely aware of the problems with fiat currencies. Just looking for a pulse check (your feeling) among your family & friends). 
 Unfortunately nobody around me likes #bitcoin (family, friends) they think #btc is too volatile and they don’t have money to risk, they prefer to buy dollars as a store of value, put their Argentine pesos in a fixed-term deposit (around 295% APY), or buy durable goods, as a way to lose less. I know people who works for others countries that prefer stablecoins (usdt, dai, usdc) 
 The interest will come in time & I'm sure that they will know where to go when they need their questions answered.

I sometimes position bitcoin as a 4 year fixed term deposit with variable exit fees & huge interest potential. I'm not sure how successful it is 😆

Good luck friend & thank you for responding to my questions 🙏🧡 
 Thank you! And you are welcome! 
 I eat out a lot and the shrinkflation I have been seeing, in all restaurants since covid hit, is simply redonkulous. It's the most constant topic of conversation at our mealtimes, which items we discover that very day that have fewer items or smaller portions for the same price. It's absolutely constant now.

I haven't touched a big mac in years, but if they are even 50% of the size that they used to be I can guarantee you that most of their weight is strictly cheap additives somehow. Probably cancer-causing additives, too. They just stopped caring last year. 
 Bruh you gotta ask for napkins now 
 Bro you gotta ask for ketchup. And they hand you like 4 packets! I'm like "bitch I ordered 4 meals with fries this is not gonna cut it". The fries suck now too so you need to drench them in ketchup. The only reason I keep coming back to this god forsaken restaurant is the indoor playground and my own weak will to resist the anguished wails of children who were just told "no". 
 <deep breath>
I'm not bitter 
 at all 
 😆😆😆 
 the inability of grown men to say no to children is a really sad state of affairs for the quality of the next generation, they are all being spoiled like fuck, most of them are probably end of line, and will just burn the place down. 
 The joke
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 i think the joke was saying the same thing in a nonserious way. 
 You could've just told me to go to Starbucks where there is an Eddie! Snowden I know you don't like this pro war drama what is going on? No one tells me anything then people say I can't believe they didn't tell you . No they don't they just hunt me and follow me around  
 Have to ask for the sachets of milk too. 
 Mcflation.  
 You have to pay for a water cup. 
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 I pirated your book and it was so good i had to buy it 
 It looks handsome on the shelf. 
 you need to get putin and xi to immediattely deploy MUSCLE they are trying to pull some marshal law while they have the president cornered and we need him live streamed to the USA to GIVE ORDERS WHO NEEDS to STAND DOWN GET CHID on it and MASS MESSAGE all MILITARY SR's NOT EVIL! KILL THE BAD GUY who is in NEW YORK THIS IS 911 THEY FUCKED UP and are NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN UNLESS EXPOSED SO first HILLSBORO POLICE THEN PUTIN and XI and then CHID then CELEBRTIES to MASS TELL EVERYONE and then TIMNIT or her first VIDEO CALL JUST HELP THEY HAVE GUNS ON THEM 
 I got it from Anna's archive and then zapped the equivalent of sats. 🤐 
Great example of de-intermediation. 
 I wish I didn’t care about my health for a day and would get to enjoy a McDouble guilt free. 
 A little bit of both.  Shrinkflation can only hide real inflation for so long 
 Did they increase prices 130% gradually or immediately? 
 I thought there is no more Mc Donalds in Russia? 
 Mcdonalds kill... medicines kill... breathing air kill...what can we eat safely and where do we live with clean air? 
 Shrinkflation has been taking place secretly for decades 
 I used to threaten my daughter with McDs food if she was naughty 

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 Probably same size, just cheaper ingredients. 
 This reminds me of a scene in one our czech movie (U mě dobrý) about early 90's, after iron curtain fell. Dad is watching young people strike in front of first McDonald's in Prague: "My grandpa fought the nazis. My dad and I fought commies. And who is their enemy? Ground meat."😀 
 Apple pie is at least 50% smaller 
 McDonalds can't set prices, the market does. McDonalds doesn't create more dollars, the Federal Reserve does. Thank you, McDonalds, for your better-than-gas-station restrooms, and for adapting to the changing conditions that are outside your control. The same is true for other food providers. 
 McD's is the market leader by far. They can and do set prices, even when inflation was low. 
 They can only "set" prices within a market-set bargaining range. Otherwise why wouldn't they just set the Big Mac price to 1 billion dollars each? 
 Egg McMuffin meal is $14 now smh shit is not real 
 WENDY'S CHICKEN IS BETTER

FIGHT ME 
 In order to feel satiated, I started adding extras to my orders. I now average 4-5 beef pasties, and 3-4 slices of cheese per Big Mac or cheeseburger meal. 
 Shrinkflation would be a good thing! It’s high time portions get right-sized to combat the obesity epidemic. 

https://www.statista.com/chart/17234/calorie-count-and-size-of-portions-at-fast-food-chains/ 
 Yooo. They do have the old dollar menu at buy one get one for 1$. So the old dollar menu on that price only went up about 60c. I ain't gonna complain. 
 Subway shrank their cookie. The worker was showing my the old cookies and the new cookies the day they changed em. 
 Pure price boost, looks like… 
 Wut is chickum nugget? 
 Tend to avoid McDonald's as much as possible. Haven't been to one in many years. 
 Test 
 Edward are you there? In America they are overly posting about veterans and I get nothing because the civil war I'm in doesn't count when it's clearly a war and everyone knows it. Thank you for your service and for being my protective bodyguard I can only imagine getting to meet you in person.  
 
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 There's obviously a map of who I contact what location I contact them from but it only matters in the street again not from where I am living like contacting Michael caine near a church or sheriffs dept street  letting cops drive by with red and blue lights 
 At least the cops actions are proving that I'm not crazy and that they are harassing me and stalking me but I don't believe it will stop until it gets worse that's just the way it is. Also look at fbi report on Indianapolis Bank robbers getting 12 and a half years on parole you know I'm mad as hell and there are numbers 2 and 4 
 The quantity here doesn't matter, what's inside is more important! 
 The quantity here doesn't matter, what's inside is more important! 
 You can engage with whomever you want.  I will just point out that you are arguing for more french fries or "...cheese or something".  You are approaching a certain age where you should be happily paying a fortune for smaller higher quality portion sizes. 
 i know the answer, and the answer is yes. 
 This is Day 2 where the cops have stalked me and are getting worse and 2nd time in 24 hrs where the cops have asked the employees to prop doors open to see me so I cannot be safe from them. 
 hard to think they only did price increases and not also shrinkflation. lowers calories, improves nutrition labeling too! 
 You can buy a really nice 10oz ribeye in Irish supermarkets for €6. Why TH would you eat at McD unless it was an emergency? 
 I will say they do offer these app coupons now. then again they had coupons back then too. stop the coupons and lower prices for all 
 
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 Hey bro, can you give me from your experience? What i mean is what’s the road map to convert from zero to hero in the data science? Or cyber security, i don’t know what’s you path (: 
 Do you think you'll move from Russia to El Salvador? Are you trapped there? Blink twice 
 Now that’s funny.  I would zap you for that but your wallet isn’t set up. 
 I just did my wallet, I'm still learning! 
 What happened to @Snowden ?
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 The size of the fry. I used to work there in 2017 and I can say with certainty they have been shrunk