• daniyeg@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    please refer to him by his full title:

    Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah Abu’l-Fath Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah

  • Zeek@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    No thanks. I’ve been trying to purge all of my emerald tableware. Need to lower the emerald levels in my blood.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Ironically enough, that emperor would probably have thought it’s mana from heaven, if he ever got to try Sprite.

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    2 months ago

    What the hell is “mcdonalds sprite”? Is that any different from regular sprite?

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      2 months ago

      I don’t know if this is true but I’ve read that, in their fountain sodas, McDonald’s uses like 15% more flavoring syrup than what’s recommended, so the sodas taste extra good

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      2 months ago

      McDonald’s has some incredibly rigorous requirements and processes to ensure consistent qualities in their Sprite. I have no interest in propping up a giant harmful corporation, but their Sprite really is different.

      Random video discussing this: https://youtu.be/ATEMvaOcWWc

      The Food Theorist and many others have made videos discussing it as well. A few months ago I saw a particular one explaining the McDonald’s process at length, but unfortunately I cannot remember enough details to find the same one again.

      Side note: in typing this comment and trying to find relevant videos, I had to type “Sprite” an unreasonable number of times, and not once did my phone’s keyboard get it right.

      • Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        One night, I went to a McDonald’s expecting the fabled Sprite I’ve had before, and I guess their dispenser ran out the syrup. What I got was basically just soda water, and it low-key ruined my night because we got it via drive thru and I didn’t take a sip until we got home 🥲

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          2 months ago

          This is the quintessential McDonald’s experience. Every time I give in to that random pang of nostalgia, I know I’m in for some kind of disappointment. It might be a broken ice cream machine, an item that’s just out that day or been removed from the menu permanently, or something as mundane as having my order screwed up. In that, ironically, it rarely disappoints.

          That’ll be $28.73 at the second window.

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    2 months ago

    Fuuuuck McDonalds, bunch of god damn sociopaths pushing their addictive and unhealthy food on children.

    Seriously fuck McDonalds.

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      2 months ago

      Honestly, that’s true of all fast food places. They employ food scientists and psychologists to addict as many people as possible to their products. And once you’re hooked, it’s hard as fuck to get away. “I don’t go to Burger King anymore, but man I miss Whoppers” is the sort of thing I’ve heard more than once.

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    I don’t know why but the feeling that pops up in my head is basically “what it feels like to be 7 years old and you have no idea about what this weird glass is but the sprite is the only thing that matters”.

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      2 months ago

      Only if it’s an advert to loot museums or trade in illegal antiquities to Obey Your Thirst™ at McDonald’s™.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah kinda weird he specifically mentioned a McDonald’s ™Sprite™.Maybe its just because a big fast food chain most people know sounds more relateble.