• qyron@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Where?

    This chain is like an infestation of poison mushrooms. Where is it not present yet that could merit opening another of choke-n-puke?

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      11 months ago

      It plans to open 900 new stores in the U.S. and 1,900 in some of its bigger international markets like Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia. The company said it plans another 7,000 stores in other international markets; more than half of those would be in China.

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      11 months ago

      I get what you mean, but that is probably a bad analogy. Let me explain.

      Just because a mushroom is poisonous doesn’t mean its mycelium living underground isn’t essential for all the plants and trees in the area. Depending on the species, mycelium can carry warning signals between different plants, boost the health of the plant, increase fruiting yields and even fend off other damaging fungi and bacteria. There is even a type that will make little hyphae lassos to trap and consume nematodes that can destroy some root systems.

      McDonald’s does none of those things for humans, even in an off-handed analogy kind of way, unfortunately. It anything, a poisonous outcrop of mushrooms gives back more to its local ecosystem than a Big Mac ever has.

      Fungi are so misunderstood… ;)

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        11 months ago

        McD and poison mushrooms do the same to humans: poison them. End of analogy.

        I have an idea on how important of a role fungi play in nature and it’s one of those life forms I really enjoy finding in wild.

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      11 months ago

      Here in Korea there are some but not very many. I guess you could squish quite many in here. The question is only who will go there to buy something? I haven’t been to McDonalds for years. It’s good at night when nothing else is open but if I can choose then I’ll probable choose something else.

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        11 months ago

        Especially in Korea. I’ve read about that cuisine and I risk it has some really good food.

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      11 months ago

      I used to live a 10 hour drive from the closest McDonald’s. I think there was a lot of demand for the city that was in between.