Fast Food Ads vs. Reality

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nageov3t

Lifer
Feb 18, 2004
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BK stuff doesn't look that bad if it's all freshly prepared, but the bread gets limpy after sitting in the steam thingie and it all gets pressed down when you wrap/microwave it.
 

Shawn

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Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The real Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar looks repulsive. :laugh:

Tastes repulsive too. I vowed to never eat there again.
 

TonyG

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Feb 12, 2000
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There are people who make good money by making those sandwiches and burgers look so tasty, but it involves the use of lots paint, varnish, and other various chemicals and colorants, definitely not something you would want to eat.
 

chuckywang

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Jan 12, 2004
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So you take the best of the best (advertisement pictures) and compare it to the worst of the worst (pictures specifically selected to make the food look bad). Gee, I wonder if there's gonna be a difference.
 

Deeko

Lifer
Jun 16, 2000
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God it all looks so delicious. Both the ads and the real things. I wish the McDonald's a few blocks away didn't just close....
 

evident

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Apr 5, 2005
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fuck fast food. i can't stand that shit. americans eat that shit daily and then bitch about how fat they are getting. gaaah

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

lol, you sound offended. are you a conneseuir of fast food
 

Deeko

Lifer
Jun 16, 2000
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Originally posted by: evident
fuck fast food. i can't stand that shit. americans eat that shit daily and then bitch about how fat they are getting. gaaah

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

lol, you sound offended. are you a conneseuir of fast food

ah....he's pointing out the truth? Are you offended that people actually like fast food?
 
May 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: evident
fuck fast food. i can't stand that shit. americans eat that shit daily and then bitch about how fat they are getting. gaaah

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

lol, you sound offended. are you a conneseuir of fast food

He doesn't sound offended. The person that replied to him in an earlier post, on the other hand...
 

dbk

Lifer
Apr 23, 2004
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The second to last one is not Wendy's...it's Taco Bell's Belle Grande and they do skimp on the cheese all the time.
 

Pocatello

Diamond Member
Oct 11, 1999
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The ones in the ads look fake to me. On the other hand, some of the reality stuffs look disgusting.
 

XZeroII

Lifer
Jun 30, 2001
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It really doesn't look that bad in those pictures. I was expecting a more dramatic difference based on my own experience.
 

waggy

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Dec 14, 2000
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Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

What the hell are you talking about?! "Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing..." Are you smoking crack? How can you possibly say that augmenting just the colors and exposure on THIS would make it look 90% like THIS?

Or about about applying the same to make THIS look like THIS?

And I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination will adjusting the color and exposure make THIS look like THIS.

You're either blind or a complete idiot. :roll:


actaully he is right. the pics of the crappy food are taken with a cheap camera without really setting up the camera corectly. where the advertising food has everything (light, setting etc) perfect.

not to mention they take the worst food i have seen for the bad shots. most times the food does not look that bad.
 

Baked

Lifer
Dec 28, 2004
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When it goes into your stomach, everything looks the fucking same. Quit being a fucking woman and just eat your food.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing, specially considering they were prepared in a hurry AND all the pics are underexposed with crappy quality... IF I augmented just the colors and exposure of one of them it would look 90% like the real thing

What the hell are you talking about?! "Lots of them actually look very close to the real thing..." Are you smoking crack? How can you possibly say that augmenting just the colors and exposure on THIS would make it look 90% like THIS?

Or about about applying the same to make THIS look like THIS?

And I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination will adjusting the color and exposure make THIS look like THIS.

You're either blind or a complete idiot. :roll:

This same 'math' is how many here can say they have dated women better looking than J. Alba and company.

There are some fast food places I have been too traveling that I questioned even eating the smashed sandwich I received.

Some around here are under tighter management and they make nice looking sandwiches.
 

Sumguy

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Jun 2, 2007
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Meh, who cares. The burgers still taste the same. I lol'd at the Arby's beef n' cheddar, because I had one the other day and it looked exactly like the one in the picture (if a burger could be depressed, it would look like that). I didn't care much though, because it was friggin delicious.

Now, the only burger place I refuse to eat at are the Checkers around here. Their fries are amazing, but if you get a drink it usually has grease and shit on the inner rim and theres junk in your soda. Don't remember what the burger was like, probably because I didn't eat it.
 

Gothgar

Lifer
Sep 1, 2004
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the food used in the ads arent even made from food at all... thought everyone knew that.
 

nageov3t

Lifer
Feb 18, 2004
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Originally posted by: Gothgar
the food used in the ads arent even made from food at all... thought everyone knew that.

yeah... don't they use glue for mayonnaise and glaze the bread?

they also use actual lettuce leaves, whereas just about every single place uses shredded lettuce (easier to prepare, easier to standardize, easier to eat)
 

aesthetics

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May 12, 2008
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Once, in the 5th grade, someone from a fast food chain came in to show us how they actually make the food in the advertisements. The fries aren't actually cooked, they're put on picks, and stuck into a foam container to give them perfect shape. None of it is actually edible.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Eat at Waffle House. The food on the menu looks exactly like what arrives on your plate.
 

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
The real Arby's Beef 'n' Cheddar looks repulsive. :laugh:
Yeah it does, I actually LOL'd at that one.. hahaha.

Looks like he sat on it by mistake and then took the picture.