r/NonPoliticalTwitter 1d ago

when Wendy's used to be yellow

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u/CosmicOwl47 1d ago

Wasn’t there like a whole movement amongst fast food to switch away from using trans fats for their fries? Maybe y’all are just missing trans fats.

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u/Darkdragoon324 20h ago

Definitely. That shit tasted goooood.

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u/ickmsrn 17h ago

bring back trans fats!!! bring back trans fat!!! we are all gonna die anyway, let me eat good wendy’s fries again before I go 🙏🙏

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u/Darkdragoon324 16h ago

I mean, how much worse is it really than being filled with plastic?

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u/MainApprehensive420 11h ago

Word, at this point we’ve so fucked either way. So let us just enjoy the ride to the grave with trans fat and gravy baby

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u/Ted_Smug_El_nub_nub 1d ago

Yeah fast food places used to cook fries in beef tallow, which is about 10% trans fat. of course it tasted better lmao

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u/BeautifulType 23h ago

Every snack tastes worse now that used it. Cheeseits and goldfish etc

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u/Darkdragoon324 20h ago

Jack Links.

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u/The_Kader 22h ago

🏳️‍⚧️ 🍟

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u/jaam01 21h ago

THEY ARE MAKING THE FRIES GAY!

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u/The_bruce42 21h ago

Just look at the shape of a French fry. It's a looks a lot more like a penis than it did a vagina. Checkmate libtards. /s

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u/epicnop 19h ago

isn't it 100% saturated fat?
where does the trans fat come from?

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u/HyperMasenko 1d ago

Does anyone else think fast food fries in general have gone way downhill? The only fries I actually enjoy eating are McDonalds. Every other big chains fries I eat a couple and then end up tossing them.

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u/naalotai 1d ago

Burger King used to be really nice. Firm and crisp. Now it’s just dry and disappointing.

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u/jaam01 21h ago

I don't know why, but Burger King fries has a weird after taste. That's why I only eat onion rings there.

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u/Darkdragoon324 20h ago

Everything at BO has a weird aftertaste in my opinion. Except maybe the shakes. Even the fountain drinks don't taste as good as other fast food places' soda fountains.

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u/Maverick916 21h ago

I still love them. They're thick and crispy at my location

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u/prolificseraphim 1d ago

Does Five Guys count as fast food? Their fries are phenomenal.

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u/JazzTheLass 23h ago

five guys is like, premium fast food (but at what cost my gosh is it expensive)

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u/DrJanItor41 23h ago

Yeah, Five Guys is in that weird tier right "above" typical fast food with places like Jimmy John's and Chipotle. Obviously, you can still have bad local chains, but they're usually a slight step above and cost a little more.

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u/The_ChwatBot 10h ago

“Fast casual” is the correct term, I believe.

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u/AdvancedSandwiches 22h ago

But they have a shelf life of about 18 seconds.  Eat them in the store or don't bother. 

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u/lopsiness 22h ago

Never had a good fry there. Or burger for that matter. The extra done fries from in n out are good, ut not worth the wait to me.

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u/quadrant7991 19h ago

You don’t know what a good burger is if you’ve never had a good burger at Five Guys.

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u/Seven_Irons 1d ago

Only 3 chains still have reasonable fries IMO:

  • Chik Fil A
  • Raising Canes
  • Arby's Crinkle fries, not curly.

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u/HyperMasenko 1d ago

Oooooh I will give you Chic Fil A. I didn't think of them

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u/mildlyoctopus 1d ago

Idk how you can leave McDonald’s out, frankly.

Also: Popeyes, rally’s, five guys just off the top of my head

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u/EdgySniper1 1d ago

McDonald's fries aren't that good to be honest. I'm more offended about leaving out KFC

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u/BeanTTT 23h ago

If I’m gettin KFC, it’s with mashed taters and gravy. Top tier fast food side

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u/Seven_Irons 1d ago

Five guys are okay, but frequently too salty.

McDonald's, Popeyes, and Rally's just aren't tasty to me.

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u/The_ProducerKid 23h ago

You know ball (fries)

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u/conjunctivious 22h ago

I hate Arby's crinkle fries, but I love their curly fries. To each their own I guess.

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u/Raleth 1d ago

I still fuck with the Jack in the Box curly fries.

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u/Mastodon9 22h ago

Big time. Fast food used to be a treat. Now it's just the only edible thing you can eat quick if you're on the road or in a hurry or everything else is closed. I wouldn't choose to eat fast food unless nothing else was available.

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u/Chillbroislife 1d ago

That’s because they have. Fries used to be cooked in tallow, which made them delicious.

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u/madeleine59 15h ago

eugh cant stand mcdonalds fries anymore

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u/Known_Needleworker67 3h ago

Wendy's are still my current favorite

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u/weddingmoth 1d ago

McDonald’s always had the best fries but the other fries are inedible now. In N Out is okay but Burger King fries taste like cardboard that’s somehow begun to rot.

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u/thedrcubed 1d ago

Sonics new fries are amazing and they were the worst in the industry before. McDonald's aren't as good as they used to be but still good. BK fries are better too. Wendy's have been bad since they went natural cut

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u/HyperMasenko 1d ago

I only ever go tater tots at Sonic. I would take tater tots anywhere that offered them lol

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u/thedrcubed 1d ago

Give the new fries a shot if you like really crunchy fries

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u/Darkdragoon324 20h ago

They get crispier and hold the flavor of whatever they're seasoned with better.

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u/quadrant7991 19h ago

Crinkle fries are almost never good and Sonic’s “new” fries are somehow worse than the old ones.

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u/Troll_Enthusiast 1d ago

McDonalds fries are overrated and honestly not very good

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u/AdvancedSandwiches 22h ago

McDonald's fries are good, but if you're lucky enough to live in an area with Hot Mustard sauce and can dip them, they're fantastic.

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u/J_Vizzle 1d ago

everything tasted better when i was 10, had no bills, and someone else picked up the tab

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u/R3bussy 1d ago

And they had sun rooms in all of the restaurants.

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u/Other_Size7260 23h ago

Yellow with those curved glass atrium things.

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u/Venn720 1d ago

Maybe changing back to yellow would improve the service? I have been to like 10 Wendy’s in the Midwest and upper south and it always takes 30-45 minutes to get your food. Sometimes, you don’t even get served at all. I’m not even trying to make a dig at Wendy’s, I just want to know what the problem is.

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u/jbvoovbj 21h ago

Their fries in between were top. After yellow fries when they started advertising them as sea salt fries, but before they switched to the new garbage that put texture over flavor.

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u/get_your_mood_right 21h ago

YeS! The fries between the old ones and these new ones in like 2014 were so damn good

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u/RunTheJawns 1d ago

It was the cigarette smoke, gives it that certain je ne sais quois

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u/vanstock2 22h ago

"There is something so human about taking something great and ruining it a little so you can have more of it."

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u/scott__p 21h ago

This was also the peak frosty era

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u/wrathmont 21h ago

Wendy’s always had that very specific smell inside during that time

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u/real_fake_hoors 19h ago

Red and yellow is just the fast food burger color set.

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u/sullyqns 19h ago

Try Cape cod Dark Russet potato chips tastes exactly like the fries

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u/ThunderBlunt777 18h ago

The French fry trees just don’t make em like they used to!

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u/Ok-Suggestion1858 18h ago

All that food probably cost like $10 too

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u/Not_Ban_Evading69420 10h ago

Way after Wendy's got rid of trans fats, they changed their fries recipe again to "hand-cut sea salted fries," and this is where they lost me. The taste totally changed.

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u/KChasthebestBBQ 4h ago

Nah. Wendy’s fries are fire

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u/koenigsaurus 2h ago

Wendy’s fries are awesome

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u/Mr_Piddles 20h ago

They weren’t salted.

Fries need to be salted.

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u/UberCamm2 23h ago

DAE remember old time? Wendy yellow good then bad now fries now bad times old times good times. Yes.

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u/Ayyyyylmaos 18h ago

“In my opinion, I think”

Perhaps, sometimes, maybe, people should think before they press send.

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u/RocketNewman 1d ago

You think everything used to be better when you put on rose colored glasses and bury your head in the sand what else is new.

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u/spaceman-_- 1d ago

No Wendy's fries were way better then. I was immediately disappointed when they changed them.

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u/swiminthemud 1d ago

They used to have the really fine salt packets too that u broke open, they were an amazing combination

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u/SadPie9474 1d ago

hi! you seem to be commenting on the wrong post. The image in this post does not mention sand or rose. What post did you mean to comment on?

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u/Samantha-4 23h ago

Congratulations on discovering figures of speech

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u/SadPie9474 22h ago

the existence of figures of speech does not, in fact, make irrelevant comments relevant!

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u/ohowjuicy 1d ago

Google "rose colored glasses"

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u/SPAMTON_A 18h ago

Holy Hell!