• @Delphia@lemmy.world
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      2224 days ago

      Because I couldnt be fucked googling the exact price of items at McDonalds but the Double Quarter pounder meal was $15.30, the Happy Meal was $5.95 and her soft serve cone was $0.50

      So we spent about $78 at the movies. On two tickets, a large popcorn, a bag of chocolates and two drinks.

      • @neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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        223 days ago

        While that all checks out, you should never buy all that stuff at a cinema stand unless you’re willing to take out a small loan. It’s always been a massive ripoff.

        • @stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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          523 days ago

          Its also the way movie theatres actually make money on newly released movies, so if enough people don’t buy food from theatres, they’ll just close down eventually.

        • @Delphia@lemmy.world
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          323 days ago

          Oh I know, I had planned to take her to see the movie but one day when I picked her up from Daycare there was absolute traffic chaos, gps reckoned my 20 minute drive was going to take an hour and a half so I thought “Lets go to the movies, grab some dinner and wait for this all to blow over.”

    • themeatbridge
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      24 days ago

      Because McDonald’s is the cheaper alternative to eating at the movie. Most of the places near me will bring a shitty bar food to your seat in exchange for a mortgage payment. If you make the mistake of going hungry, you’ll leave poor.